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Newspaper Page TextI Mill mm wmsm : ; : : : : : - ; ; u 1m Mkml MMm Filed by .;..Oitizens.."iroup 23,186 Signers Needed To Secure Special Election Measure Not Yet Signed by Governor Salem-IUPH-A petition to re fer the 1963 legislature's $60 million revenue increase measure to the voters was filed today with the Secre tary of State. The petition was filed by J. Francyl Howard, who list ed himself as president of the Citizens Committee for Econ omy and Equitable Taxation. Elections Supervisor Jack Thompson of the Secretary of State's office said the petition was in proper order. Measure Not Signed The tax increase measure has not yet been signed by Gov; Mark Hatfield. Thompson said he would hold the petition in his office until the tax increase became law, either with the .'gover nor's signature, or on June 26. Howard said he felt "the people should have a chance to vote on this." ' . If he secures 23,186 signa tures on the referral petition, the tax increase will be voted upon at a special election to be held Oct. 13. The legisla ture set aside $300,000 and the October date for -a refer ral election in case voters ob jected to the tax hike. ,r Alternate Proposal Howard said he had an al ternate revenue proposal, but would not outline it today. Howard also declined to say who else was involved in the Citizens Committee for Econ omy and Equitable Taxation Howard, editor of the week ly Albany Greater Oregon newspaper, told UPI Saturday that a group was preparing to refer the legislature's reve nue measure. At that time he said his ' newspapers were not spear heading the referral move. Six Apply Investig for ator Post STEEL NEGOTIATORS - The International Executive Board of the United Steelworkers of America were briefed by USW President David J. McDonald on a reported pro posal that could result in a contract agreement without "pressure" bargaining. Shown at the start of the meeting are, from left, I. W. Able, secretary-treasurer; McDonald, and Howard Hague, vice president. (UPI) For Mew Steel m Talks Oositiract '; The district attorney's of fice now has six formal appli cations for the new special investigator job. District At torney Alan B. Holmes said this morning. The county curriculum ma terials, center will help by testing applicants. Interviews will follow, Holmes ex plained. The county budget commit tee allocated $5,148 for in vestigating non-support cases. The district attorney's office is to make a written report to the county budget commit tee at the end of the year to determine whether the pro gram should be continued. Holmes said such an investi gator is used by other coun ties. He predicted the in vestigator would not reduce the caseload in his office, but it would save on welfare funds paid under the aid to dependent children program. Deputy District Attorney Robert Fox recently visited the special investigator pro gram in Santa Clara, Calif. Parking Lot for Class Members Only The parkine lot at Haw- thorne park will be closed during the remainder of the summer in order to provide parking for persons enrolled in swimming instruction class es at the pool, according to Robert L. Haworth, Medford parks and recreation director. Week End Traffic Crashes Leave Five Persons Dead By United Press International . Five persons lost their lives in traffic accidents in Oregon during the week end. Richard Anderson, 19, Dal las, Ore., and Sherrie Wendell, 16, Salem, were killed Sunday afternoon when their. car col lided head-on with a truck on State Highway 22 about 15 miles west of Salem. Arthur McAllister, 67, Grand Ronde, the driver of the truck, was. taken to. a Dal las hospital with minor in juries. Ernest Norris, 66, and Roy Stewart, 55, both of Eugene, were killed late Saturday night in a one-car accident on U. S. Highway' 99 10 miles south of Albany. Norris was deputy director of civil de fense in Lane county. Stewart was the commander of the American Legion post in Eugene. Cheryl Lewis, 17, Redmond. died in a flaming one-car crash on U. S. Highway 126 about 10 miles east of Red mond late Saturday night. The toll for the first 17 days of June shows 25 dead in Oregon traffic, compared to 20 in a similar period in 1962. A total of 223 persons have died on Oregon highways so far this year, compared to 177 in the same period in labi. Forest Closedown Regulations Extended Salem - WPD - Forest close' down regulations were ox- tended today to the entire coastal area from Westlake north to the Columbia river, the State Forestry department announced. Closedown regulations are now in effect for the Coast Range and the Cascades gen erally from the southern bor der of Lane County to the Columbia River. No Progress Noted In Negotiations Oil Lumber Strike Portland - (UPI) - Federal mediators reported no' prog ress -toward ending the Northwest lumber strike to day, although there were no indications it would spread beyond the 19,000 workers now idled, a i Mediator George Walker said he . had made no prog ress toward bringing the In ternational Woodworkers of America or the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union to gether with representatives of the "Big Six" of the North west wood products Industry. The unions are on . strike against St. Regis. Paper Co. HSd)BRIEFS t ir.HT TO INDICATE VOTE FOR POPE Vatican City-arT-A Vatican official has announced that ii ..... lioM will be used durina this week' conclave to indicate the outcome of voting for new Roman Catholic pontiff. BBtTtcu WiRTtME CHIEF DIES LondonwlPlwField Marshall Viscount Alanbrooke, Brit ain't wartime chief oi the imperial general ttaff, died today Dr. Bailey Suffers Stroke at Home Dr. Margery Bailey, promi nent educator and director of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival's Institute of Renais sance Studies, is in a critical condition today, following a paralytic stroke, William Pat- ton, general manager of the Shakespearean festival, announced. Dr. Bailey was discovered unconscious in her Palo Alto, Calif., home Saturday evening and today remains in a coma at a nearby hospital, Patton was informed. 'Long recognized as an au' thority in the field of dramat ic literature, Dr. Bailey was professor emeritus of English at Stanford university, fat ton said. "She was expected to arrive in Ashland witnin tne next few days to continue her long and effective association with the Shakespearean production organization, the general manager added. and U.S. Plywood' Corp., and are, locked out at Weyer haeuser, International Paper Rayonier and Crown. Zeller bach. Both unions have filed charges of unfair labor prac tices. A judge in Montana Satur day issued a temporary in junction for bidding a strike by LSW locals against St. Regis plants at Libby and Troy, Mont. It will be in ef fect at least until a hearing Is held Thursday. Walker said the LSW has bargaining session scheduled with two large independent firms, Simpson Timber Co. and . Georgia Pacific Corp., here Wednesday and Thurs day. The IWA is scheduled to meet June 24 with Georgia Pacific and the next day with Simpson. A meeting between the IWA and Simpson last week ended with both sides saying they were "hopeful'' a settlement could be reached. riMOPinr.r. NEGROES PLAN MASS RALLY Cambridge, Md.-tn-Catnbrldge Negro leaders taid today thai they will hold a mass rally tonight to decide whether to hold new demonstrations in defiance ol a National Guard order. Short Delays To Be Caused by Blasting Only short dclayt, primar ily during actual blasting, are anticipated on Highway 89 during Interstate 5 construc tion on the Siskiyou moun tains. According to a spokesman for Peter Kiewit Sont' com pany, contractors for the project from South Ashland interchange to Wall creek, flagmen in the 3.65-mi!c proj ect will control highway traf- ifc for equipment crossing Highway 99. It was noted that the ma jority of the material to be moved is on the west tide of the present highway, and this must be moved across the I roadway. Continued Watch Kept Over Hoover New York - tUPI) - A team of doctors and nurses contin ued a round-the-clock watch today on former President Herbert Hoover who was re ported still in "very serious" condition suffering from ane mia. It was revealed Friday that Hoover, 88, was suffering from anemia and was bleeding from the g a s t r o intestinal tract. The last medical bulletin on his condition issued Sunday by the three doctors treating him said that while Hoover remained in very serious con dition, he "is in no pain and resting quietly. The doctors said there had been "no evidence" of further intestinal bleeding within the 36-hour period preceding the bulletin but that Hoovers heart action was "somewhat irregular." and he had a low- grade fever. Wage Policy Group To Study Proposal Tuesday WEATHER Pittsburcli-!UPIl-The Interna tonal Executive Board of the United Steelworkers of Amer ica was given a 30-minute briefing today by USW Presi dent David J. McDonald amid indications that a hitch had developed in proposed con tract agreement. Following the briefing, an official union source said "no agreement has been reached" in contract revisions with the nation's 11 leading steclmak ing firms. The union s. 170 member Wage Policy committee, com posed of top international of ficers and representatives of the rank and file, is scheduled to meet Tuesday to study the proposal. The committee is the union's final authority on contract matters. Meeting Since January The proposal was advanced by the Human Relations com mittee, a joint union-manage ment body, which has been meeting informally since Jan uary. The present contract does not expire until next year. However, either side has been free since May 1 to call for a formal reopening of wages talks, vacations and pensions. This clause also permits the union to strike 90 days after formal re-opening. The union, in the past six months, has been seeking an expanded ' vacation program and elimination of contracting in-plant work to firms whose employees it docs not repre sent. . ' Three Decisions The Wage Policy committee can make one of the following decisions: -Accept the proposal. -Recommend resumption of talks within the Human Re lations committee. -Reject the offer snd order a re-opening of formal talks No matter what action the Wage Policy committee takes there is a chance the Human Relations committee will be revamped this week. Both union and manage ment agree the basic philoso phy is sound, but both agree that some changes could be made that would be beneficial. Bible Reading Also Ruled Out By Supreme Court Stewart Dissents In 8-1 Opinion Washington- - The Su preme Court ruled 8 to 1 to day that use of the Lord's Prayer and Bible reading in public schools is unconstitu tional. It held that the state must be neutral between man and God. In a landmark opinion from which Justice Potter Stewart harply dissented. Justice Tom Clark cited the First Amendment's ban on state establishment of religion" as the basis for the court's far- reaching decision. Religious exercises now are permitted as part of the school program in 39 states. It most cases, each school day is op ened with a home-room devo tional service which includes the Lord's Prayer and a read ing from the Bible. Clark said this neutrality is "clearly and concisely stat ed in the words of the First Amendment." Applied to States The First Amendment says, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The same prohibition is applied to the states by the 14th Amend ment under previous Supreme Court decision. The court cited both amend ments last year in ruling out use in New York schools of 22-word non-denominational state-written prayer. That opinion also was 8 to with Stewart dissenting. Stewart charged that to day's ruling actually inter feres with the religious free dom of parents "who want their children exposed to re ligious influences in school. For a compulsory state ed ucational system so structures a child's life that if religious exercises are held to be an Impermissable activity in schools, religion is placed at an artificial and state-created disadvantage," he said. Said Necessary . , Stewart ..continued;. "Viewi ed in this light, permission such exercises for those who want them is necesary If the schools are. truly to be neu ti-fll in the matter of religion And a refusal to permit re ligious exercises thus is seen, not as the realization of state neutrality, but rather as the establishment of a religion of secularism, or at the least as government support of the be liefs of those who think that religious exercises should be conducted only In private." Regional Edition Medford Price 10 Cents Tribune FORECAST: lair tonlthl and Tur.dty. Low Uinlfbt Si. Huh tomorrow Si. Temp. Highest Ytitcrday . 91 Lowell Thla Mornlnl , .41 Our Skies Tonight Bumrl today t:SI p.m. bunrlta tomorrow ...... 1:34 a.m. .Moonrltr tomorrow ...3:19 a.m. Nfw Moon June 21 PltOIINI.T STAR Rtiulut. In tilt wrtt, 1(41 P.m. VIMHLE PLANUS Mart. In ihf weal 1 1 1 1 p m. Saturn. rWet 12:JJ a.m. Jupiter, low Hi eatt l-At a.m. Yenut, met .. . 4:41 a.m. 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1963 No. 75 iiissiai iiirl osmonette. Cosmonaut Within Near-Rendezvous First Woman Circling Planet Moscow-flJTD-Valentina ' Te- e s h k o v a, the first space woman, flew within three iles of Cosmonaut Lt. Col. Valery F. Bykovsky Sunday during her first orbit, the So viets said today. . Tass news agency said So viet scientists determined the near-rendezvous after receiv ing "more precise data about the trajectory of the flight" than had been available at first. - This was a mile closer than the two crafts piloted by the first Soviet space twins had come to each other. Refreshed After Sleep The world's first cosmo nettc, a dimpled bachelor girl who wore lipstick into space. nd Russia s fifth cosmonaut whirled confidently in their twin orbits, refreshed after a night's sleep. . ., :, , , Although the. two craft came to within three miles of one another, there apparently will be no cosmic boy-meets- girl linkup of the space craft durina the current (Hants. ; Moscow . r a d 1 o said both were in "top shape." While there has been spec ulation that the 28 year old Miss Tereshkova and 28 year old Bykovsky might try a f ! ' a. t ' V.i fi' "CM c v A I I (,(. p its,: I VALENTIN TERESHKOVA. . i ; Flnt Woman In Space Opening Held by Lily Glen Stables A small group of persona attended the official opening of Lily Glen riding stables at Howard Prairie Lake Friday afternoon. The stables opened for the season Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wil- hclm, concessionaires, served refreshments - to mark the event. The guests. Including County Judge Earl M. Miller, and Commissioners Edwin Taylor and Don Faber, rode horses through the adjacent wooded area. The riding stables are lo cated at the former Lindsay Brothers ranch at the north end of the lake. The stables are named after the early day post office here and the mead ows full of lilies. The Forest service is work ing on a trail from Lake of the Woods to Howard Prairie now, it was reported. About 80 members of the Medford Trail Riders camped at the new concession over the week end and held a barbecue. County Parks Commission er Mrs. Marvel LcPlniec com mended the Wilhclms for cleaning up the area. link-up of their vehicles in space, an authoritative source said the twin flights now did not call for a rendezvous. Miss Tereshkova, a brown- haired parachutist who Insist ed ! on wcurinjr makc-un on her historic mission, was fired into orbit Sunday aboard the Vostok VI and passed In "di rect vicinity" of Bykovsky's Vostok V, which was launch ed Friday. The cosmonelte's feat set off a wave of delighted fe male reaction across the world St the new champion of women. Soviet Premier Ni- kita S. Khrushchev radioed her a message as she orbited. "Now you see what women are capable of," he taid. Khrushchev told the cos- monctte " 1 am very glad and feel fatherly pride that It is our girl, a girl from the land of the Soviets, that is the first in space .. ." Miss Tereshkova. a Drcllv lass with a tmall spit curl and a yen for high adventure, thanked the Soviet leader,and said she would "spare noth ing to carry out her assign ment. ' Moscow Radio taid at 11 a.m. (PST) that Valentina had completed more than 14 orbits and Bykovsky 48. "All flight systems In the two ships ' are functioning tmoolhly," the radio said. "The present hygcnlc eondl tlons are being maintained in the cabins of the ships. Kingsley fighter Plane Reported Down Klamath Falls, Ore. - (UPD -An F-101 fighter plane from Kingsley Field was reported to have crashed about 20 miles northeast of here today. Air Force officials said the pilot and radar observer ra dioed about 9:30 a.m. they were parachuting from the disabled plane. A search was begun Immediately, Child Drowns in Indian Creek Happy Camp Adrianne Ferryman, 3, daughter of a Happy Camp couple, drowned in Indian creek about six miles north of here Sunday af ternoon. The girl was on a picnic with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferryman, and two little brothers. She went to wash her hands in the creek and failed to return. Her body was found a few minutes later about a quarter mile downstream. Mrs. Ferry man tried to revive the girl with mouth-to-month resusci tation, but her efforts and those of the Siskiyou county sheriff's and Happy Camp fire departments were futile, ACCOUNTANTS TO MEET Portland (UPU More than 900 dclcgatci are expected for the 40th annual Pacific Northwest Conference of Cer tified Public Accountants here Thursday through Satur day. The delegates will be from Oregon, Washington Hawaii and Alaska. Gurion Resigns As Israel Premier; S accessor Sought Jerusalem, .Israel - (UPI) Israel, facing Increasingly hostile Arab neighbors, today sought to fill the big void left by the resignation of Premier David Ben-Gurion, leader of the- nation since- lit birth in 1948., ....-, ..-v Ben-Gurion, 76,' announced his resignation Sunday, bring ing down Israel a 10th coali tion government. He said ha was leaving the government completely "for personal rea sons." i , The veteran Zionist, de er I bed by i many as the George Washington" of Israel, also quit as defense minister and member of the Knesset (parliament). He made the announcement at the reg ular cabinet meeting.!: Ben-Gurion a trouble-shoot er and finance minister, Levi PUBLISHERS TO MEET" Coos Bay-UPU-The Oregon Newspapers Publishers As soocialion will hold Its annual convention here Thursday through Saturday. Transient Charged With Burglary Darwin Elmer Poche. 36, transient, accused of breaking Into a Medford supermarket late Saturday night, was scheduled to be arraigned in district court at 1:30 o'clock today on a charge of bur glary not In a dwelling. rho accused was arrested by Medford city police offi cers about 11:38 p.m. Satur day near the Oregon Food store, S23 South Central ave Officers had been called to the scene by residents in the area of the market who re ported having heard the sound of breaking glass. - Poche admitted to officers that he had broken the glass out of a door to the market and had taken a variety of food items. He was lodged In Jackson county jail. ' Eshkol, 68, appeared to be the most likely choice for the premiership. Eshkol helped form the three-p arty government in 1961 when Ben-Gurion balked at forming the coalition on his own, i i. a Urgent consultations went on d u r I n g the day among leading figures In Ben. Gurion's Mapai party. AU in dications pointed to a re newed coalition among the Ahdut Haavoda, the national religious party and Mapai, Terie Announcement . Ben-Guroin's announcement was terse, saying only he wag leaving public life for "per sonal reasons ... personal needs which were not con nected with any state prob lem or event." One friend said "he kept It close to his heart, as he did all previous historic deci sions." Another said Ben Gurion is "tired and needs a long rest," but the white- haired leader dally walks four miles and Is famed for his seaside headslands and exer cises. . Party circlet said Ben Gurion was fed up .with the increasing difficulties of hold ing the coalition together. The well-informed Jerusalem Post said In an editorial there was "no specific Incident" but just a series of points that led to his resignation. Salem furniture Store Destroyed Salem -flJPD- The Woodry Furniture Co., in downtown Salem was destroyed by a roaring fire which started shortly before midnight Saturday. East German Trade Ministry Building In East Berlin Reported To Be Bombed Berlin-flJPO - Anti-Commu nists were reported today to have thrown a damaging bomb at the East German Trade Ministry building on the 10th anniversary of the East German workers revolt. The East German news serv ice ADN reported the bomb attack and taid there was "property damage." The agen cy . taid there had been a scries of other attempts to set off bombs in East Berlin on the revolt anniversary. West Berlin police said they could not confirm the ADN report. The East German news agency blamed "revenge-seeking bandits" from West Berlin for the explosion which oc curred in the early morning hours Bonfires burned on the East- West border as symbols of German unity and of solidar ity with East Germans whose "bread and freedom" revolt was crushed by Soviet troops. The fires, lit In the West during the night, set off a day-long observance of the loth anniversary of the riots of June 17, 1933, a holiday marked in the West at "Ger man Unity Day."