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Labor Fledges Support mm of GMI' .Rbdits I Regional Edition MEDFORD ' 1 ..jgj ' - ' 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 28 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 14, 1963 No. 73 ! Lumber Unions : Put Pressure on .'Big Six' Firms Portland - (UPO - The Pacific Northwest's big lumber un 'kms moved on two fronts Thursday to put more pres sure on the "Big Six wood products manufacturers.1 . A strike against St. Regis jPaper Co. spread to Montana With the announcement that 1,000 members of the Lum ber aid Sawmill Workers Union would walk off their jobs at St. Regis operations In Libby and Troy, Mont., to day. ' . The action was announced by Earl Hartley, executive secretary of the union's West ern Regional Councli. Strike 10 Days Old ;AThe LSW and the Interna tional Woodworkers of Amer ica struck St. Regis and U.S. Plywood 10 days ago after contract talks broke down. The four other members of the "Big Six," Weyerhaeuser, International Paper, Rayon ler and Crown Zellerbach, then shut down in retaliation, 1 claiming a strike against one was a strike against all. The IWA announced Thurs day it had filed charges of unfair'labor practices against all six firms. Western Region al President Harvey Nelson said the complaint charges the companies conspired to close their operations by locking out union members illegally. Complaints were filed here and in Seattle. . Alba, Italy, Man To Visit Medford Dr. Enrico De Maria, a resi dent of Medford's Sister City, Alba, Italy, will arrive in Medford in August for a six weeks visit. The announcement was made by The Experiment in International Living, Putney, Vt. Arrangements for the visit were made through the Rogue Valley council of the organization. The local coun cil is supported by interest ed valley residents and organ ization. Dr. De Maria, 25, will live with three families during his visit here. A graduate of a technical school and the Uni versity of Torina, he majored in economy and commerce. His interests are reported to be modern European his tory, football, baseball, swim ming and Jazz. The Italian visitor will fly to New York City in July, spending three days at the Experiment in international Living orientation headquar ters at Brattlesboro, vt. From there he will spend three days in New York City, visit Washington, D.C., and travel cross country by bus. He will leave the nation's capital cn Aug. 1. This is the second Alba res- ident who has visited Med ford. Last August the visitor was Pino Dutto, Alba lawyer. REGULATIONS ISSUED . Salem-WPB-Humidity regu lations were issued, effective at midnight Friday for forest operation close-down zones 10 and 11, the Lane County Williamette National Forest area. Pi Am II' ' '-' I I o I r j BIDS FAREWELL-President Kennedy bids cussed civil rights, he quickly replied that farewell to former President Harry S. Tru- , there was no need for them to do so. He man after the latter paid a call at the said their ideas for handling the present White House. When reporters asked Tru- situation were the same. (UPI) man whether he and the President dis- , , '. - . ' ' ' Planning Group Turns Down Request To Rezone Property The Medford planning com mission last niaht voted unani mously to recommend against rezoning four narrow parcels of property trapped between Biddle rd. and the Interstate 5 freeway through Medford. Owners of the property, who were represented at last night's meeting by Medford Attorney Robert Boyer, had requested tne property de re zoned from single - family to limited commercial. The matter, with the plan ning commission s iretu recommendation, will appear on the agenda of the city council at its June gu meeting The applicants had sought the same action two years ago. At that time, the planning commission also had recom mended against the rezoning, but the city council over-rode the commission's suggestion and voted to approve the re quest. However, Mayor John W. Snider vetoed the council action on July 12, 1961. Land Undeveloped Last night, Boyer argued that the parcels have remain ed undeveloped in the last two years, and .that the prop- locaiea u" The attorney charged the planning commission had , in effect "strip zoned" his cli ents. He admitted it would be "wonderful" if the properties could be purchased for public use as a park, but he said, "If neither the city nor the state is going to buy it, and if it is not going to develop as resi dential property, it should be rezoned." Narrow Depth Cited Boyer's arguments were countered by Commissioner Larry Horton, who recalled the request had been denied the first time partly because of the narrow depth (80 feet) of the properties. "I can't think of any pos sible commercial use the property might be put to without causing traffic prob lems on Biddle rd.," Horton said. Commission Chairman El wood Hedberg pointed out that Biddle rd. may have to be widened soon to handle the expected increased traffic flow from the freeway off ramp at the north end of the street. Such action would nar row the width of the prop erties even further, making priv. which is Biddle rd. about halfway be tween Jackson st. and Mc- them virtually untenable for Andrews rd., can t De useu commercial developments, he for residential purposes. ' He pointed out that the property on the east side of Biddle rd. has been zoned commercial. "People on one side of the street have rights," Boyer argued, "but the peo ple on the other side don't." S()BnlEFS said. Commissioner Waller Hig ging noted that the property owners had received sever ance damages from the state highway department when the freeway right of way was pur chased. Further, he said the planning commission denial of the request did not amount to practical confiscation of the land since at least two owners are still living on their prop erty. "I admit there is a real problem here," Higgins said, "but compounding the prob lem by rezoning is not the answer." Fletcher Fish Dies at Hospital c Following jllness Fletcher Fish of Colver rd., Phoenix, long time Rogue River valley orchardist and participant in the musical de velopment of southern Ore gon, died Thursday afternoon in a Medford hospital follow ing a several months illness. Mr. Fish, who was born in San Francisco, came to Jackson county in 1905 with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Johnston Fish, who purchased an orchard in the Phoenix area. Mr. Fish had continued to make his home on that properly until his death. He had retired from the orchard operation a num ber of years ago and was for many years state fruit in spector for this valley. As a member of the An drews Opera company, The Glcemen, and other musical organizations, he ws active in the promotion of musical and theatrical presentations in Oregon. He was a member ot St. Marks episcopal church and sang in the church choir for many years. He was a long time member of the Medford Elks lodge. Surviving are his wife, the former Jean Garman; one son. Fletcher David Fish, at home; three sisters. Mrs. William A. Thompson, Medford; Mrs. C Brlttaln Drake, Norfolk, Va.; and Mrs. Burdctte L. Dodge, Medford: and two brothers, Theodore J. Fish, Tule Lake, Calif., and Raymond S. Fish, Medford. FuneTal services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Perl Funeral home. The Rev. Eric O. Robathan, assistant rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church will officiate. Inter ment will be private at Siski you Memorial par Switchmen Quit Negotiations in Railroad Dispute Washington - fflPD - A sharp split developed today in rail labor ranks that may make it tougher for the administra tion to avert a nationwide railroad shutdown that could begin any time after mid night Monday. The Switchman's Union -one of five brotherhoods in volved in the three-year-old work rules dispute - pulled out of negotiations and said it would bargain on its own. Another union - the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brakemen - also was reported ready to withdraw from the talks. The rift was disclosed after leaders of the two unions were not shown during an hour-long television show Wednesday night dealing with the railroad dispute. Smallest Unions The switchmen, with 10,000 members, and the conductors, with about 20,000, are the smallest unions Involved in the dispute. The others are the engineers, firemen and enginemen and the trainmen. The split presented a new problem for Labor Secretary W. Wlllard Wirtz, who had called in union and manage ment representatives to his of fice this afternoon for an other mediation effort. Informed sources said Wirtz probably would seek to re pair the break in labor unity before continuing with the ne gotiations since all five or ganizations ' are 'deeply In volved in phases of the dis pute and separate bargains would make it much more difficult to settle. Federal Contract Being Voted On Central Point-Before noon today 25 of the 200 eligible voters in the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district had voted on the federal contract for construction of Agate dam and reservoir on Dry creek. The polls at the irrigation district office opened at B o'clock and will remain open to 5 o clock. The project was authorized by Congress In 1981 and funds were included in the Presi dent's budget for the 1964 fiscal year. Favorable action by Congress to appropriate these funds is dependent upon the project approval by the district's voters. Those entitled to vote on the proposed repayment con tract are those with a two acre or larger ownership tract assessed in the district. Estimated project cost Is $1,802,000. The district's ob ligation will be $993,000, or slightly more than one-half. The reservoir would have a capacity of 4,600 acre feet and would provide a water supply for about 1,810 acres of new land plus supplemen tal water to existing lands within the district. Drain Pair Honored At Grange Meeting Oregon City -CPU- A Doug las County couple. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bom of Drain, was honored at the Oregon State Grange meeting Thurs- MINDSZENTY NOTIFIED OF CONCLAVE Vatican Cirr-4Pt'-Tht Sacred College of Cardinals today formally notified Jonef Cardinal Mindiienly. the "prii-ner of Freedom Square." of the day nd hour set . lor the eon clave to elect a new Pope. KENNEDY PROMISED RUSSIAN SUPPORT CeneTi-'tPt-The Soviet Union today promised President Kennedy its "full support and cooperation" in carrying out his appeal of last Monday for an end to the cold war. XOW YIELD' TEST CONDUCTED IN NEVADA UT..L1 a .1 an ft ..J..nrAiin(l flllrlatav fftst Af "lfl W . """"i""'' "" " . . day as the organization's out vie d" wet conducted today at the Nevada test sue ol " .,',,. ., .,!. I. i- r r it.. AEC announced. I landing young couple. UN FINANCIAL NEGOTIATIONS SLOWED MILL DESTROYED United Nations, NY.-trT-Neflolialions on the U.N. finan. Madras-AW-Fire destroyed eial crisis, now In their fifth week, were back almost to the Dahl Pine Sawmill 33 their starting point today because ol new Afro-Asian de- miles north of here Wednes mends for lower due. i day night. v Leaders Assure Chief Executive Of Full Backing Job Discrimination Battle Promised Washington-IUrD - President Kennedy had a pledge from organized labor today to fight job discrimination and sup port the civil rights program which be plans to send Con gress next week. The President got the. as surances during a two-hour meeting Thursday at the White House with some 300 union leaders from through out the nation. Kennedy called on the la bor chieftains to support a five-point program aimed at providing more jobs for Ne groes in what he called "this summer of determined ef fort." The labor leaders promised to see that their pledge to wipe out job discrimination was honored down through their local unions. AFL-CIO Vice President James B. Carey said it applied to the building trade unions, a ma jor target of Negro criticism, as well as to other AFL-CIO affiliates. Carey, Steelworkers' Presi dent David J. McDonald and other union officials said they promised their complete sup port for the President s forth coming civil rights legisla tion. Five-Point Program The five-point program that Kennedy urged the labor leaders to adopt calls for: Creation of a top - level AFL-CIO committee to make massive attack on job dis crimination, concentrating on 30 or 40 cities In both the North and South. , . -Labor Bupport for bt-raclal councils throughout the coun try, with unions organizing them where necessary. . -Backing for a voter regis tration drlVs ior, thr.19G4 presidential and congressional elections. It would be aimed chiefly at Negroes and other ! minority groups.. , : -Giving Negroes were re sponsible union positions. -Support for-all of Ken. ncdy's social welfare legisla tion. Some participants said the President took the posi tion that his entire legislative program had been endanger ed hy his civil rights stand. Meets Leaders Monday The President will meet with congressional leaders of both parties Monday to dis cuss civil rights proposals. Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirkscn (111.) said after a similar session T h u rs d a y morning that the administra tion indicated it would submit a four-point program. It would consist of pro posals to desegregate public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants; authority for the attorney general to start school integration suits; guar antees of voting rights and extension of the Civil Rights Commission. j tr . a UVU AF I ; i VALERY F. BYKOVSKY The Russians Say He's in Orbit Cuban Diplomatic Refugees Declare Russians in Control Woman Reported Being Prepared For Rendezvous Eight-Day Orbit Attempt Hinted Miami - UIPU - A group I of ,107 diplomatic refugees, carrying little clothing - but loaded with cigars, arrtved from Havana Thursday and reported that Cuba was firm ly under Russian control. - All key positions In tne military,- and the -police are in Russian hands, '. said one of the refugees from the Uru guayan. Embassy, In. Havana A t second . Pan . American Oregon Prune Crop Nearly Non-Existent Corvallls - (ITt - The West ern Oregon prune crop nearly non - existent, accord ing to the Oregon Livestock and Crop Reporting Service. Rainy weather during the entire bloom period prevent ed pollination and fruit set, the agency said today. Recovery Cofecfions In State Total $54,895 Salem - UPJ - Collections by the welfare recovery di vision of the State Depart ment of Justice totaled $34, 89J in May, Atty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton said. Of this amount $51,374 was collected for child support, and $3,502 in welfare fraud. AOI IN SESSION Portland (UPtt Members of Associated Oregon Industries held their annual meeting here today. K.F. WOMAN KILLED Klamath Falls -l?ti- Juani la Moon, 23, Klamath Falls, was killed early today when she was thrown from a car that crashed on Spring Lake Road, just south of here. WEATHER ronrcAST: rilr ins wttmrr tonight lltS fMlurtfiy. Low to mini Si. Hiib motor row ti Temp. Hlih-.t Vnurdir ... Leortl Thli Hornlnf . H Our Skies Tonight ftuiwt Xntty . . I i P m. Hoitrl lamorraw .. S.14 m. Moonrli tomorrow 2:tl t.m. Nw Moon .. Juno 21 PKOMINtNT STAR Uplra. In touthoitt 11:44 pm. VIHIHir. PLANUS Man. In Hit w-.l 11:21 pm ftitorn, In tonovavt 2:tT l m Jupttcr, low la tatt S:SS e.m Vanui. rlMl 4:4 Explosion Hurts Mt. Hebo Worker Tillamook-HIfP-A construc tion worker at Mt. Hebo Air Force station was in critical condition today after an ex plosion of a scaled air pres sure tank Thursday. The worker, James Gib sun, 48, of El Paso, Tex., was taken to the Tillamook Coun ty General hospital for sur gery. He had multiple frac tures of the right leg, facial lacerations and possible head Injuries. Gibson was working for the South West Transfer Co. on the dome of t radar tower when the tank exploded. Central Point Farmer Gets Hay Cut Free A Central Point area farm cr received a free hay cut ting Thursday. PHlrick Mclvln McCormlck route 2, box S72D, Central Point, reported to sheriff's deputies two men were In his field cutting hay. When dep uties Investigated they found the cut hay in the field, also a mowing machine. Those re sponsible were nut found. School for Migrant Children Scheduled Independence, Ore. 'DPI1 State-s ponsored summer classes for children of ml grant workers will open Mon day at Independence Elemen tary school. Service Station: ConstrifctiohVii The fourth building permit for construction of a service station In Medford this month was Issued Thursday to 'the Richfield Oil company.; ... " The station, to be built at 2110 Crater Lake highway, will cost $22,000. , Another permit Issued by the city building department to the same firm was for a truck scale valued at $7,000 at 2390 North Pacific highway.. ; , The other service stations for which building permits have been issued this month are i to American Oil com pany, 400 North Riverside ave., $30,000; Shell Oil com pany, 320 North Riverside ave., $30,000, and Signal Oil company, 1008 South River side ave., $22,000. . This brings, to nine, the total number of service sta tions which have been built, or are undor construction within Medford during the ten month period. . ... Permits Issued last year were to Humble on, izo North Riverside ave., and 35 West Eighth st., $20,000; Standard Oil, 417 Barnclt rd., $17,877, and Crater ' Lake highway and Biddle rd., $23,- 000; American Oil, 308 Bur nett rd., $18,396.- Total valuation is $203,273 Moscow -(UPD- Russia lifted ' its fifth man into space today and the. first Soviet space woman was reported standing by at an undisclosed launch ing site, ready to join him in a t osmic rendezvous. 1 Lt. Col. Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky, 28 year old air force pilot, was hurled into orbit at 8 a.m. (pdt) in the space ship Vostok 5. His flight in Russia's fifth manned Sput nik was believed to be the first step in a "Romanov and Juliet" man-and-woman tan dem space effort.: Reliable sources said the ' space woman was ready and waiting and would be sent aloft "within the next few days." Eight Day Try Seen According to reliable In formation Bykovsky will try to stay up eight days, roughly five times as long as U. S. As tronaut Maj. L. Gordon Coop er did last month. Whether the girl cosmonaut - described as In her 20s and pretty - would Join him early or late in the flight was not known. Bykovsky, meanwhile, whirled around the earth in space once every 88.4 min utes, reporting that his condi tion was fine and - sending! various Communist propagan da laden messages to the various continents and peo ples as he passed overhead. 1 Shortly before 9 a.m. (pdt), Moscow television began World Airways flight treeing I showing live pictures of By- me aipiomaiic rciugccs wasiKovsky in a direct iransmia achedulcd to arrive at Miami I sion from space.. The transmls- international Airport today, sion was similar to those re- Two more flights are sched- celved last summer irom the ulcd on Monday and Tuesday 1 Nlkolayev - Popovlch flights, of next week. I Today's pictures were slightly . Bloody Battle Reported llluttery, but Bykovsky wai The new exiles Thursday UlearW visible - movina his told of report they' heard (head Inside his space-helmet, while confined In the Havana I Tass said Soviet Premier embassy ol a bloody battle NtWta, Khrushchev sent By four days ago between reb- kovsky a message saying: "I els and militiamen. In Cuba's heartily congratulate you on Malanzas Province. They said the successful beginning of the 45 militiamen and 14 rebels new fiht. We are closely were reported killed, and an Ojjowlng your flight ndlhop unknown number wounded. , you fcel well end success They also brought more sto- ,, ..,mnlinh votir tmmk I rles of Increased Soviet pene- ,end you my kindest wishes, tration ot the Fidel Castro w oholl tt Dleaaed to em- government. ., ..,',., , brace you in our homeland." i And although the refugees I Khrushchev himself lent left most of - their possessions I support. ..to . -the .. speculation in Cuba, they took up their f about a second space shot allotted baggage woight 'for I being In the offing. The Soviet the flight with hand - made premier greeted visiting Brit ish Labor party leader Harold Wilson in, the Kremlin by jubilantly announcing that another Soviet spaceman was in orbit and indicating anoth er shot was planned. . Cuban cigars, a rarity in this country since the severing of economic relations with Cuba. Customs officials would not release any Information on the cigars brought in by the refugees, but unofficial esti mates put the number at be tween 40,000 and 50,000 smokes. 150 Cigars allowed The plane carried 74 adults and 33 children. Customs agents said each passenger Is allowed 150 cigars duty free, and the duty above the legal limit is about five cents apiece. Authorities said most ot the refugees who brought cigars apparently intended them for personal use or as gifts to relatives or friends in this country. It Is Illegal now to Import Cuban tobacco or ci gars for sale. Festival Features Junior Rose Parade Portland 4UPU The Junior Rose Parade wound through the Hollywood district of northeast Portland to high light today's Rose Festival activities. The afternoon parade of children, floats, and march ing units was viewed by Jun ior Rose Queen Shannon Riordan, Prime Minister Bill Childcrs and Grand Marshal Terry Baker. , , The Rose show, which opened Thursday, continued to draw visitors to view the thousands of blooms on dis play. A hybrid orange-blend blossom, "My Choice," grown by Mrs. Bert Butler of Portland was the winning flower. Central Point City Budget Hearing Set Central Point - A public hearing for the Central Point city budget has been set for July 2 at 8 p.m. In the city hall. The total budget, including bonded indebtedness, is $71, 729.78. The amount outside the six per cent limitation is $39,892.92. Since there is a 15 mill continuing levy, no elec tion will be necessary. Local Girls Win Girls State Posts Salem (UPO Sue Leeson ot Portland has been elected president' ot the Senate and Terrle Todd of Bend as the speaker of the House at Girls State here. Gov. Cynthia Jean Harless- of Klamath Falls has an nounced her list ot appoint ments, and the girls visited their real life counterparts to day. She named Sandra Irving, Medford, superintendent of public Instruction; Sandra Taylor, The Dalles, superin tendent of state police; Kathy Berman, Milwaukie, superin tendent of state banking; Sandra Brumbaugh, Toledo, state librarian. . Susan Hufford, Portland, is director of finance; Kathy Zapell, Medford, director ot civil defense; Helen Moore, Reedsport, director of motor vehicles- Linda Greiner, Portland, director of elec tions; Jill Gentry, Lebanon, insurance commissioner, and Jean Schlegel, Banks, direc tor ot vc'.erans affairs. Coronation Ball; Catfish Derby Set This Week End BRIDGE SHOWS PROFIT Olympia. Ws.h.-ibTO - The Vancouver Portland Inter state toll bridge had a net profit of $161,502 during May to bring its profit for the cur rent fiscal year to $085,037, the State Toll Bridge Author ity reported Thursday. Activities this week end In Jackson county include the coronation ball in Ashland Saturday evening when the Water Carnival queen will be chosen and the Catfish Derby Sunday at TouVelle State park. Saturday's activities in Ash land will begin Bt 7 p.m. with dinner at the Mark Antony hotel. Judging of water skiing ability was held June B. Fol lowing the dinner the candi dates will compete in the poise and beauty contests, first in bathing suits, then In formal wear. The ball will follow. Sponsor of the event Is the Ashland Junior Chamber of Commerce. the Ashland Water Carnival the following week end which . will begin with an Aqua pa rade Saturday, June 22 at 9:30 a.m. She will also open the Water Carnival at Emi grant lake the next day. Registration for the Catfish Derby will begin at noon at the park with competition be ginning at 1 p.m.. continuing until 5, p.m. Sponsor of the event it the Active 20-30 club. A variety ot contests for chil dren will be held during the afternoon with prizes award ed. Other June activities In the Rogue valley Include the an nual Rogue River Rooster The queen will reign over 1 Crowing contest on June 29. i t
