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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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t