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Hatfi HDSSDiiniri Congressional Leaders Hear Civil Rights Plan No Immediate Concensus Given On Proposals Kennedy Asks No Commitments Washington ftfPIV- President Kennedy laid his urgent new civil rights program before congressional leaders of both parties today but apparently won no immediate consensus on his proposals. One participant said the President's program, which is not expected to go to Congress before next week, will put weight behind school deseg regation, equal public accom modations and easier voting requirements - but not a fair employment practices pro posal. ' "FEPC is definitely out," this member told a reporter. Key Republicans, whose support is vital if Congress is to approve the President's still-tentative new legislative proposals, planned a news conference later today to dis cuss their position. The White House meeting lasted an hour and 40 minutes and was another in a series of sessions the President has been holding both with legis lative leaders and top officials in business and other fields. No Promisei Asked A Democratic source said no comi'ments were sought by the President and no con sensus was reached. - Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) told reporters the White House conference reviewed the President's civil rights pro gram in "general terms." . He said the President's pro gram "possibly" will go . to Congress next week, but there were indications there might be some further delay to per mit wider consultations with community and business lead ers. "It's better to be a little more solid and take a little more time, than just to rush in," Mansfield said. The Democratic leader said he would hope local and state authorities would "do what they could to meet their own responsibilities" in the cur rent racial crisis, which he said is a national problem. He said the GOP leaders were included in today's meet ing so they could be "in on the 'takeoff (of the civil rights program), so to speak." Medford Receives Achievement Award Medford has been awarded an outstanding achievement certificate by the National Safety council for accomplish ments in traffic engineering during 1962, according to an announcement from the coun cil's national headquarters in Chicago, 111. This is the second consecu tive year that Medford has been awarded the certificate. News of the award was re ceived by Mayor James Dun levy recently in a congratu latory telegram from Howard Pyle, president of the Nation al Safety council. Three other cities and the state of Oregon also were cited by the council for achievements in traffic safety last year. They were among 181 municipalities, 29 states and Puerto Rico receiving the awards. MEETS WITH GOVERNOR - S. K. Patil, India's Minister of Food and Agriculture, right, confers with Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield in Salem. Patil had recently participated in the World Food Congress in Washington, D.C., and conferred with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials on purchase of wheat and other commodities. Oregon is a prime supplier of wheat for India. (UPI) Mississippi Police Press Investigation Of Negro's Death Jackson, Miss - IUPI) - Po lice pressed one of the most intensive investigations in Mississippi history today for the killer of Negro civil rights leader Medgar Evers. A price of more than $22,000 was plac ed on the head of the sniper. Detectives - worked around the clock on several leads in cluding a "good" fingerprint from the apparent murder weapon. Mourning Negroes who had Long Beams To Be in Bridge Three -..pre-stressed beams, the longest under construction for use In Oregon's bridge system, will span Evans creek just west of the town of Rogue River, Robert J. uarsiensen. Jackson county engineer, re ported today. This distinction will De brief, however, Carstenseft added. A bridge has been de signed for a stream on the coast for which the beams will be six inches longer than those to be installed in Jack son county. The beams for the bridge are 123 feet in length. They ; being manufactured by Morse Brothers at Harrlsburg at a cost of $16,000, and will be delivered to the job. The footings have been poured and the breast walls and wing walls are completed on the all-concrete bridge. Carstensen said. The bridge is on the North River rd. just about 600 feet upstream from the freeway. Carstensen learned today that an order had been placed for beams which would ex ceed in length the record-mak ing three designed for Jack son county. l ALBANY YOUTH DROWNS Albany 0IPB Malcolm Rog ers, 15. of Albany drowned Wednesday while swimming with a companion in the Wil lamette river near its junction with the Calapooya river. Theft of Ski Pants Brings Term in Jail Portland (UPD Federal Judge Gus Solomon Wednes day sentenced Albert L. Jones, 63-year-old Milwaukie long shoreman, to 60 days in jail on a charge of stealing a pair nf S20 ski Dants from the waterfront here. The Judge said that "If 1 were ever going to make an exception, I would do it in this case," but added that he would not go back on his rul ing that anyone who stole from an interstate shipment must go to Jail. been led by Evers In months of integration demonstrations were called on Wednesday night to start a mokth of black armband mourning, fasting and abolition of all downtown shopping. Demonstrators Arrested Following the slaying, which President Kennedy called an "act of barbarity," 160 Negroes were arrested during spontaneous marches in this tense capital city. There were sporadic incidents of violence including the stoning of a police car Wed-. nesday night in the Negro sec tion. The vehicle was dam aged but there were no in juries or arrests. Evers, field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Mississippi, was cut down at the age of 37 early Wednesday by a single bul let from a .30 caliber rifle. Evers apparently had some premonition that he might pay with his life for his mili tant civil rights stand in the Deep South . Widow Speaks At Rally His grieving widow and mother of his three small chil dren told a tearful memorial rally Wednesday night that her husband talked with her briefly Sunday night, saying that if he had to die he would rather be killed in the midst of a fight for his people "than to sleep away to. death. 1 don't want his death to be in vain," Mrs. Evers said from the pulpit of a church crowd ed with more than -900 Ne groes. "That would be as big a blow as his death." Evers was shot at close range as he walked from his car to his neat one-story home following a civil rights rally. The bullet pierced his body, entered the house where his wife and children were await ing his return and richochet ed off a refrigerator. The bul let was found on a kitchen table. NLMA Indignant' Over Refusal of Lumber Marking Fear of Ruffling Relations Noted Washington - (lit - The Na tional Lumber Manufacturers Association said today it was indignant about a senate committee's pigeonholing a proposal to require lumber imports from Canada to be marked as to country of origin. The trade association said it understood the proposal was sidetracked for fear of ruffling U.S.-Canadian rela tions. The measure, a keystone in the drive to reduce Canada's $280 million a year softwood lumber sales in the United States, had been offered as an amendment to a House passed bill dealing with mark ing other imported articles. The Senate Finance Commit tee Wednesday ordered the bill reported to the Senate floor without the amend ment. Through Canadian Glasses "Were indignant," an NLMA spokesman said. "We are rather distressed at those members of Congress who continue to see the problems of American lumber men through Canadian glasses." ben. Len B. Jordan (R-Ida- ho), who sponsored the amendment, said the proposal was not dead because it was embodied in other legislation before Congress. He said the lumber-marking requirement might actually fare better on its own than as a rider to the bill that was reported Wednesday. The NLMA said it was still committed io the Drin- ciple of restricting Canadian imports to a reasonable per centage of U.S. consumption." Easier To Enforce Policiet The marking reauirem e n t would have made it easier to enforce "buy American" doII- cies in lumber purchases. It also was a foundation for pro posals to require U.S. lumber to be used in any construction financed with loans guaran teed under federal programs, Among other lumber mea sures before Congress is a bill that would restrict imported softwood lumber to 6 per cent or u.b. consumption. , ' Imported soft wood, almost entirely from Canada, Regional Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 44 PAGES Five Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963 No. 72 sip r T ' T fcSSp . 3011 fa' MIRACULOUS ESCAPE - The driver of what's left of this water tank truck, Tim Trujillo of Pueblo, Colo., miracu lously escaped death near Calhan, Colo., when his truck was hit broadside by a passenger train. Ander Lund, of Chicago, was the only person aboard the train to be in jured In the ensuing derailment. Trujillo is said to be in satisfactory condition in a hospital. (UPI) Medford Girl Stale Treasurer Of Gitls State Attempt To Kill Betencourt Brings Police Crackdown NR7S( BRIEFS ITtMS rtOM J AROUND THI OlOM Bridge Damaged in Storm to Open The Kane Creek bridge, damaged in the Dec. 2 flood and closed since that date, will be open to traffic Friday evening, County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen reported today. Jackson County Commis sioner Edwin Taylor and Car stensen inspected the recon struction Thursday morning The settling of the Kane Creek bridge from flood wa ters was the major bridge damage to the county system from the flood, Carstensen said. Bridge is located two miles south of Cold Hill on the Old Stage rd. A detour has been open to traffic during the repair prikd. Salem -OlPli- Cynthia Jean Harless, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. L. Harless of Klamath Falls, was elected Girls State governor here today. Named secretary of state of the mythical government was Robbie Jean Hamel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hamel of Eugene. Patricia Longmore, daugh ter of Mrs. W. D. Longmore of Medford, was selected state treasurer. Named attorney general was Kathy Slmantel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Slm antel of Hillsboro, and Patri cia Kuhn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kuhn of Cot tage Grove was elected state labor commissioner. Barton To Be Speaker The new officers will be sworn in this afternoon by Suzanne Gearhart, Salem who was elected chief justice. Caracas, Venezuela - (UPD - Police cracked down on Com munists today in the wake of an attempt to kill President Romulo Bctancourt. At least ISO Reds were taken into custody in Caracas alone, ac cording to a reliable source. The police action followed Betancourt's orders for the "preventive arrest" of all known Communists and fel low - traveling revolutionary left movement members. Bet- ancourt issued the order from Permit Issued for Office Building San Felix, 463 miles southeast of here. Under current police regu lations, the Reds arrested to day may be held without charge (or 15 to 30 days. Bctancourt called on con gress to act speedily on pend ing emergency legislation pre scribing severe penalties for hoodlumlsm and political crimes. "Today, I Inaugurated the archbishop's palace (In San Felix)," Bctancourt said. the police hadn't been on their I toes,' my, companions and (bi me inauguration) might nave been blown to bits Kennedy Predicts Congresional OK For Medical Care Washington (UPD President Kennedy said today that medical care for the aged un der Social Security is "very vital ' and predicted that Con gress will pass such legisla tion this year. The President msde a strongly-worded speech on be half of the so-called Medicare bill before about 1,000 cheer ing members of the National Council for Senior Citizens. They met here to press for The inauguration c e r e- aC-l mnnloi uilll h hIH thin after. counted for 15 per cent of noon n tne House of Repre sentatives in the Capitol build- u.a, consumption last year, according to the Commerce department. U.S. ind u s t r y spokesmen have said the share has climbed to above 17 per cent this year. Timber Assessment Baffle Shaping Salem (UPD Ground rules for a battle over timber land assessments in five Western Oregon counties were laid down today at a meeting of state tax commissioners and county and industry repre sentatives. ... Timber land assessments for Benton, Columbia, Linn, Lane and Washington coun ties were increased earlier this year, and caused a storm of protest from the lumber industry. Protest hearings on the in creased assessments will be held over a four-week period beginning next week. Tax Commission Attorney Ariolph Petersen told the 50 county officials and industry representatives "the commis sion feels its valuation Is cor rect, the burden of proof rests with the industry to show that the commission Is wrong." Permits for the construc tion of a professional office building at 17 Myrtle st. and a Signal service station were issued by the Medford build ing department Wednesday. Valuation . of the , office building, which is being de signed by Medford Architect Jerrv Hunter, was $60,000. ing. - ' The service station which is House bpeaxer uarence to. be iocated at 1068 South Barton (u-i.oquiiiej win aa- R)vcrsde vei( WM valued at ress me juiiit nuujiracitnw; i 22 000 Inefficiency' harge Leveled By Governor Dismissal Takes Effect June 25 Salem-UPD-Gov. Mark Hat. field has charged two of Ore gon's three industrial acci dent commissioners with "in efficiency In office" and dis. missed them effective June 25. The dismissal notices were sent Wednesday to Chairman Sidney B. Lewis, Salem, em ployers' representative whose term expires Jan. 7, 1967, and to Emily P. Logan, Corvallis, public representative whose term expires Jan. 2, 1965. The third member, William Callaghan, Portland, labor representative on the board, was not discharged. Botn Lewis and Logan told UPI they would not resign. Letter Quoted Hatfield wrote both: "I hereby remove you from the office of industrial accident commissioner, effective June 25. If you wish to appear and be heard on your own de fense, a public hearing will be held Monday, June 24, at :30 p.m. in the Board of Control room.' Attached was a list of charges. Both were notified they were being dismissed for inefficiency In office." Warne Nunn. Hatfield's ex ecutive assistant, would not explain what the governor meant by "inefficiency in of fice." Both Lewis and Logan in dicated they would appear at tne Hearing. Lewis said "I am not re- signing, everything is as usual," Mrs. Logan said "I am not going to resign." Special Bill Killed During the recent legisla tive session a special bill was introduced which would have session of the mythical gov ernment at the inaugural ses sion. Girls State delegates will visit the Oregon Supreme Court, and select a candidate for Girls Nation at tomor row's sessions. Couple Hospitalized In Morning Accident A man and woman were hospitalized at Ashland Com munity hospital this morning following a two-car accident on Highway 99 near Lithla DrWe-in Theater. The couple, occupants of one of the vehicles, were tak en to the hospital by Litwil lcr's Ambulance service shortly after 11 o'clock. No other details were available at press time. Hay Creek Ranch Near Madras Sold Redmond - (UPD - The his toric Hay Creek Ranch 15 miles east of Madras was sold Tuesday to a Southern Cali fornia ranching family lor a price said to be more than $2 million. J. W. Chase and Sons pur chased the ranch from Curtis H. Martin Sr. of Portland and his sons, William F. and Cur tis W. Martin. The transac tion was handled by Red mond real estate agents Lee Rhodcn and Ed Kelsay. The ranch includes about 52,000 acres of deeded land, 11,000 acres of leased timber and summer range, 7,200 acres of cropland and a 2,700- acre wheat allotment. It is one of the largest cattle and wheat ranches in the state. The Hay Creek Ranch was involved in a number of early day range wars and was own ed for many years by Fred Wickman of Honolulu. Other permits Wednesday were issued to Robert Wick- am to creel' a sis.uuu resi dence at 1416 Oleander St.; to Don Lcwellyn to erect a $12,000 residence at 1333 Ridgcway ave.; to W. A. Sco ville to remodel a residonce at 20 South Barneburg rd. at an estimated cost of $5,000: and to Mrs. Marie Blessing to remodel a residence at 1223 East 11th st. at an approxi mate cost of $1,000. A permit was issued Thurs day to A. R. Dubs to erect a $15,000 residence at 864 Morrison st. THIRD NEGRO REGISTERS IN SCHOOL Huntsville. Aa-TPt-Daid Mack McGlathery, 1 mathe malician In the nation's space program, today registered without incident as the third Negro Hudent at th University of Alabama. DELAY THREATENED IN SOLVING CRISIS United Nations. N.YITI'-The powerful Afro-Asian group loduy threatened a long delay in the drive to end the U.N. financial crisis. DEFEAT OF BILL DECLARED TRAGIC Washington - m - President Kennedy today declared as "tragic" the House defeat of his bill id expand federal aid to communities suffering chronic unemployment. Loon Lake Site Development Planned Portland -tPD- The Bureau of Land Management has an nounced plans for develop ment of a recreation site ct Loon lake in Douglas county cast of Reedsport. Bi-s will be open June 18 for the project, which will in clude construction of a boat ramp, improvement of the swimming area and parking facilities. WEATHER roftFCAST: ritr ton. flit ind Friday. Change of alt moon nd evenlnc ihoweri. Low to- Uht SI. Htgh Friday I. Temp. Hliheit Yerterdiy Lowcai Thti Morning tS Our Skies Tonight ftuntrt today I1J p.m. SunrUr tomorrow J:JI a m. MoonrUe tomorrow 1:14 a.m. f-att Quarter to. morrow . 1 :S4 P Ventif, the krlchteit planet. Nei tomorrow at .... f:4ff a.m morrow at ... . . 4:4t a.m ou til of Venui (visible In the toulhern part of the L'.S) ll Mercury, the una Ileal planet. Trial Date Set In Land Fraud Case Portland-OIPtl-Trlal of seven men charged with mail fraud in connection with the Lake Valley subdivision in Eastern Oregon today was set for Oct 15 In U.S. District Court. All seven men entered pleas of Innocent before Judge Gus J. Solomon today. The Judge granted Uie defendants 20 days in which to file motions In the case. The defendants, all out-of-state residents, are Abraham Koolish, David F. Koollsh, John M. Phillips. Jack Cecil Chcrbo, Richard Dale Walker. George Edward Isaacs, and Maurice Arthur Hall. All were released on their own recognizance and given permission to leave Oregon I for their homfe states. Wounded Police Officer Succumbs Portland - (UPD - Policeman Henry H. Brown, 53, who was shot three times at his home Tuesday night, died late Wednesday at Portland Sani tarium. He was to have retired next year after 25 years of service. ine snooting climaxed a family quarrel, according to Multnomah county deputies. He suffered two gunshot wounds in the abdomen and one in the shoulder. His wife, Irene, 55, was ar rested after the shooting and charged with assault with in tent to kill. Brown was appointed to the police bureau in 1939. He had walked the tough ;kid road beat north of Burnside street most of the time. Wednesday evening, short ly before he died, two skid road residents who had been arrested a number of times by the policeman appeared at Central Precinct and volun teered to donate blood tor the wounded officer. the legislation. "I think this bill will pass'M "nlnated the terms of all the Chief Executive, told: jnree commissioners, and al them. v A lowed.the governor to appoint . Arttno ihnt nr wrni a new- commission. "Last night, two Commu-1 v., The bill was killed la the nlst terrorists were caught In 1 1 provide some form ol medl-Houe' Opponents said 11 the me act 01 carrying uiree sucks i CK care for older cltliens, I vernor waniea to get ina of of dynamite and a time clock I Kennedy said; . ' llne commissioners, he should Into the palace.", . , I "ifs time the United States! do lt himself, and not pass T . . i, . 1 . . . I (Un Kt.nl. - .1 1 I neporis irom tne scene saia cburiu up. l aon't tnink wei "ul-- "'s icsisiuiure. the time clock was set to-ex-1 ought - to be second in any-l The controversial work plode 'the dynamite at the thing." men's compensation measure,, hour of the ceremonies dedi- Then, thumping the" lectarn wnicn was killed In the House) eating the churchman's resi- for emphasis, he declared? '" the final days of the legis- dence. "My prediction certainly Is I 'tlv session, alto contained A third' terrorist involved that if members of the House" Provision for ending the In the dynamite plot escaped, land Senate have a chance-to term ot Vie three commie- ' but It was reported that police vote on the bill It will pass slner- know who he Is and expected fin this' 88th Coneress."-; - I Rumor '"' some members to apprehend him.- I The House Ways and Means01 " commission would re- oeuincouri, wno nas' been on a 2,500-mile tour of the provinces, announced thai he would return immediately to Caracas. Grange Master Addresses Session Oregon City - (UPI) - Ore gon s public utility district law should be changed to al low PUD directors to issue revenue bonds without the necessity of voter approval, according to Allen P. Wheel er, master of the State Grange Wheeler, addressing the Grange's 90th annual conven tion, urged members to seek legislation that would give an equal opportunity with Wash ington In setting up PUD dis tricts. He said Washington PUD directors can Issue rev enue bonds without submit ting the matter to a vote of residents in the district. Oregon, he said, has only four PUD'S in operation with seven Inactive, while Wash ington has a large number of them. Welfare Seeking New Caseworkers Salem -UP- The State Pub lic Welfare commission is dou bling Its efforts to find new caseworkers, administrator Andrew F. Juras said today, The governor Wednesday signed the agency's budget. which includes provision for 128 new casework positions The department now has dboul 380 caseworkers. Committee has been the ma- ign W.CP. ne capital Tue- ior bottleneck In the admin- u"'". "canesoay. Islralion's campaign to have the program enacted. Chair- All three commissioners said Wednesday they would luiH.... irvi.i, not resign, but Lewis said he II iiuuui ir. Luna ii-v-i n. r r , iiiiKiii manu a suitejnenc imer in the day. . recently marie clear that he still adamantly opposes the bill. Kennedy said in a spirited five-minute address that he could not see why It was necessary to fight for hospital Insurance through Social Se curity since the principle was adopted by this country more than 30 years ago. "We are not suggesting something radical or new or violent, he said. "We're suggesting some thing that has been done by every Intelligent, developed country In the world." Galice Rd. Opened To One-Way Traffic Grants Pass - Galice rd. west of the Rogue river and northwest of Grants Pass, has been opened to one-way traf fic, Oregon state highway de partment officials announced today. The road was closed by a slide during the week end about two miles downstream from Galice. Traffic was being rerouted along Interstate 5 before the road was opened. Officials said that first signs of the slide were no ticed Saturday night when a few rocks were reported on the road. Later rocks and dirt completely blocked the high way. Movement is still reported in the area and further clear ing of the roadway will not be started until the slide has stopped, officials said. It is said to be In the Hooks Gulch area. State Forestry Mans Three Lookouts The state forestry depart ment has manned three more iookouts in the area. They are at Fredenburg, in the Butte Falls area, Soda mountain and Round Top, In the Umpqua region. Buck Rock lookout, north of Trail, will be manned tomorrow. Funeral for Pope To Resume Friday Vatican City -(UPD- Funer. al rites for Pope John XXIII were suspended today for the feast of Corpus Christl, but church officials went ahead with preparations tor the se cret conclave which will elect his successor. The nine-day funeral of the late Pope will resume Friday and go on through Monday. The steady flow of pilgrims to Pope John's temporary tomb in the crypt of St. Pe ter's Basilica continued. Preparations for the con clave to elect a new pontiff were approaching completion. The conclave area in the Vat ican where the cardinals will remain until they choose his successor was being carefully sealed off from the outside world. Boundaries of a Proposed Zoned Area To Be Checked Washlngton-UPI-Glcn Van Slyke III, IS, Oak Ridge, Term., became the nation's spelling champion today. A meeting, to determine the boundaries of a proposed in terim zoned area south of Ashland and to consider re strictions in the ordinance, will be held Monday, June 17, by the Jackson county plan ning commission. . The meeting was scheduled following a .commission meet ing last evening at the Bull view school In Ashland when some 50 area persons voiced their opinions regarding zon ing The area in question con cerns that portion of the Bell vlcw district adjacent to High ways 86 and 99 and Crowson rd. The Monday meeting will be at 8 p.m. in the planning commission office at the courthouse. The discussion was held aft er the commission received petitions, signed by more than 60 residents, requesting zon ing. Other petitions were re ceived lust evening. During the meeting it was learned that petitions had been circulated by two differ ent groups. One group had objected to the possibility of a cement block plant locating in the area. The other group sought controls which would regulate lot minimums and building setbacks. Since no definite boundar ies had been determined for the area requesting zoning, the commission had to sched ule the Monday session. When more accurate boundaries are known it will ge referred to the county court with recom mendation that the area be. zoned. Copies of tin interim zoning ordinance in effect In another, part tit the county were dis tributed with residents mak ing recommendations as to ad ditions and changes.
