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Newspaper Page TextA fo) WW Ul M Regional Edition MEDFORD 58thYear Ttit Price 10 Cents BUNE 24 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGO r!C03o0 ,3N30n3 mmxi o jo n No. 79 Accident Commission unairman Quits Logan Refuses to Resign; Coos Bay Man to Fill Post Lewis Gives In To MOH Demands Salcm-OIFP-Industrial Acci dent Commission Chairman Sidney B. Lewis bowed to the governor's demands today and resigned from his $11,700 a year position. Commissioner Emily P. Lo gan insisted again today that she would not resign. Gov. Mark Hatfield aA week charged both with "inef ficiency in office" and de manded their resignations. Both Lewis and Mrs. Lo gan initially announced they would not quit, and demanj ed a public hearing. Serve Term William Jordan, 49, of Coos Bay was named to the com mission today to serve out the unexpired term of Lewis. Jordan is personnel man ager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. operation in Cops Bay. Gov. Mark Hatfield was no tified of Lewis' resignation when he arrived at La Grande today to attend the Indian Summer Festival Lewis told newsmen today he was quitting because the governor refused to outline reasons for the charges. "My relationship with the governor has been destroyed by this. I can't appear at, hearing if I don't know what the charges will be. It's like running up a blind alley when there are no specific charges to fight." Rim Drive at Lake Opens Saturday The rim drive at Crater Lake National park will open at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 22, one week earlier than usual, W. Ward Yeager, superintend ent of the park, said today. Snow removal operations on the 35-mile drive were to be completed this afternoon. The lighter snowfall of the past winter has made possible the earlier opening of the road at this high elevation. The lake trail from the rim parking area at Cleetwood Cove to the lake also will open Saturday to mark the beginning of the launch trips on Crater Lake. The trips are conducted by the park conces sioner. Crater Lake Lodge, Inc., twice daily. A national park service ranger-naturalist a c c o m panics each launch trip explaining the natural phenomenon of the lake. Opening of the trail at Cleetwood Cove also will permit access to fishermen in terested in angling for rain bow trout and kokanee sal mon found in Crater lake, Yeager noted. House Committee Approves Record Defense Budget Washington-IPD-The House Appropriations Committee ap proved President Kennedy's record defense spending plans today almost intact. The com mittee said that if war could be deterred by strength, the Exile Commandos Join Anti-Castro Forces in Cuba MiamMUPD-Exile comman dos were believed to have joined up today with anti- Castro forces in Cuba whe-e multi-point landing success fully penetrated the island's Communist defenses. Miami's huge Cuban refu gee colony, still throbbing with excitement over Thurs day's surprise announcement by the Cuban Revolutionary Council, were eagerly waiting radio reports from the commandos. Heavily Armed A radio broadcast from Cuba late Thursday night re ported that militiamen fought with a group of eight heavily armed anti-Castroites in the vicinity of "El Camino." The broadcast did not say if the rebels were of the invading commandos or guerrillas op erating in the mountains of Oricnte, Las Villas and Pinur Del Rio provinces. The broadcast said the anti- Castroites opened fire with out warning late Thursday afternoon and were repelled with submachine gun fire. There was no report on casualties. Government radio messages picked up by the UP1 moni toring center here announced that three air force jets presumably Soviet-b u i 1 1 had been ordered into the air and told Cuban military and naval installations to main tain "permanent vigilance." power this country had would deter it. The committee voted $47 billion to support in the year starting July 1 Army, Navy and Air Force functions for which Kennedy had asked $1.9 billion more. But much of the cut reflected book keeping transactions which will not save any money. The rest of the cut was scattered through most ' ma jor items, and was calculat ed to back up the committee's insistence on elimination of waste. No major functions were eliminated or even heavily pared. In approving the bill the House group joined Defense Secretary Robert S. McNa mara in virtually writing off the controversial 2,000 mile-an-hour RS70 bomber, for which no additional funds were requested or provided by the committee. Can Get More McNamara was told, how ever, that if the $155 million he had left from this year for this project proved in sufficient to complete the three test planes beyond which he has been unwilling to go, he can get additional money by transfer from an other project - . Dynasoar also on McNamara a unfavor ed list. That would mean scrapping Dynasoar, envisioned as winged space vehicle or orbit ing plane, launched on a mis sile but capable of being piloted back to a landing Actually the committee's com- ments, in a report to the House, indicated that both Dynasoar and RS70 are fated to go down the drain. WILL REPORT-Speaker Gio vanni Leone has been named by Italian President Antonio Scgni to try to form an emer gency government to end a 36-day-old crisis threatening to get out of hand. Leone, a good-humored 54 -year -old man, promised to report back "as soon as possible" on whether he could accept the premiership. (UPI) DOCTOR NAMED Atlantic City-fETO-Dr. Ray mond M. McKeown of Coos Bay, Ore., was named to the board of trustees of the Amer ican Medical Association Thursday. Dr. Norman Welch, Boston, was named presidentelect. Hawaii Newspapers Closed by Strike Honolulu -flJHi- The first daily newspaper strike in the history of Hawaii today shut down the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin. Some 850 members of seven newspaper craft and labor un ions walked out at 6:28 a.m. (12:28 p.m. edt) following col lapse of all-night negotiations. Another 150 employees also were affected. A newspaper spokesman said no attempt would be made to publish. The Advertiser is a morn ing paper with 62.239 circu lation; the Star -Bulletin an afternoon paper with 100.858 circulation, according to Edi tor i Publisher year book. The two papers jointly publish a Sunday edition with 146,540 circulation. NR'TOBRIEFS IT IMS ritOM DV MOUNO THI OlO M Plans for Civic Center Approved Plans to establish a Civic Center in Medford including a city hall were approved last night by the Medford city council. In a resolution calling for the establishing of the center, the council directed Mtyor James Dunlcvy to appoint a committee to study the en tire plan of capital improve ment and to determine a rec ommended priority list. The plans will be a coordi nated effort for review of the city's administrative staff, and the planning and park and recreation commissions. In its resolution the coun cil stated that a grouping of public buildings in a central location in the city will be of great benefit and within the public interest. It called for necessary steps to be taken so necessary real property may be acquired to avoid additional rising land values. The city planning commis sion at its last meeting sent a resolution to the city coun cil urging the adoption of the civic center development plan and land acquisition for its implemcn!ation. Plans for a civic center which have previously been presented to the city, call for its location in the Jackson county courthouse and city park area. FRANCE TO PULL OUT NAVAL UNITS Paruwlrl-France has notified the Norih AlUntic Treaty Organiittion (NATO) it it pulling tome naval units out of the unilied NATO commend, in American KATO source said today. MACMILLAN ANNOUNCES INQUIRY London-arT-Prime Minuter Harold Macmillan today announced Judicial inquiry into the Profumo scandal. Labor leader Harold Wilson called the plan "totally in adequate." TERRORISTS DYNAMITE SCHOOL Georgetown, Britiih Gulana-trT-TerrorUti dynemited an elementary school early Thursday, letting fire that destroyed one wing of the wooden structure but ceusing no Injuries. KENNEDY CONGRATULATES POPE Weshington-'irf - President Kennedy todey tent his heartiest congratulation! to the new head of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Paul VI and wished him "long ears of leadership in the cause of peace. Water Carnival Events Scheduled All Day Sunday Ashland - The Rogue val ley's first water carnival is scheduled Sunday at Emigrant lake, southeast of Ashland, and the Ashland Chamber of Commerce hope It wlll- b- come -on annual event. . -Chcrye Meggers, who was chosen queen at last Satur day night's coronation ban quet in the Mark Antony ho tel ballroom, will lead the boat parade at 1 p.m. Accompanying her will be the two runners-up, princesses Karen Wood and Loretta Whipple. The three contest ants were chosen from nine finalists, after having dem onstrated their water skiing skill, and having appeared in swim suit and formal gowiii at the banquet. The Naval Reserve unit will compose the color guard, and the boats of all participants and contestants will form the line-up. Activities at the lake will start at 9 a.m. with slalom eliminations. Queen's Entrance Following the queen's en trance, the kids' ski race will begin at 1:15 p.m. The Pyra mid show will be at 1:30, the slalom finals at 1:45, the ex hibition at 2:15. and the wom en's ski race at 2:30. At 2:45 p.m. Lon Skinner's special kite act will begin, in which Skinner will attach himself to a kite, take off from water skis, and "fly" over the lake pulled by Bill Wall in "Crazy Lady." The hot boat race will be at 3, the barefoot skiing at 3:15, the men's ski race at 3:30, the exhibition skiing at 3:45, and the second heat of the hot boat race from 4 to 4:15 p.m. No admission will be charg ed for spectators, and conces sion stands will be operated by the Rogue Aqua Ski club. Three trophies will be awarded for each competitive event. Industry Heads, New Steel Contract Pact Insures Two Years of Peace Pittsburgh - WPD - Ameri ca's basic steel industry and the huge United Steelworkcrs Union today put finishing touches on a revolutionary new contract which insures nearly two more years of la bor peace. Climaxing six months of in formal negotiations, the par ties announced agreement Thursday on a 21-month con tract which features a unique extended vacation plan the union says will create up to 25,000 new jobs in the indus try. And for the second consec utive year the steelworkers passed up a straight wage in crease for job security. Becomes Effective The contract becomes effec tive Aug. 1 of this year. It can be reopened upon 120 days' notice anytime after Jan. 1 1065, thus assuring la bor peace in the industry dur ing the presidential year of 1064. The union said contracts should be signed by next week. In Washington, White House Press Secretary Pierre Salin ger said President Kennedy was "gratified by the early agreement in steel." He de ferred further comment. The vacation plan vm 'conie"efeclive 3nn. 1, 19H4, for half the industry's 423,000 workers. Under the setup, workers at each of the respec tivc "big 11" steel companies ranked on the upper 50 per cent of the seniority list will receive 13 weeks vacation ev ery five years. This is in ad dition to their regular vaca tions. Those workers retiring bc for the plan takes effect will receive a comparable cash payoff, a bonus week and their regular vacation time pay. I .. ! SJ0-3 ill .... y w,fi iBniS .ft, ELECTED POPE Giovanni Buttista Car- . the second day of balloting. He has chosen dinal Montini, 05-year-old Archbishop' of Mhc name Paul VI. The new pope is shown Milan, Italy, was elected pope of the Ror ,' here as he entered the Conclave area of man Catholic Church today. The Sacred the Vatican two days ago to begin the College of Cardinals elected Montini on voting (UPI) new um 1 1 au 15 r e a e r a 1 iv iu n e y tu r Sewer Treatment1 Plants Is Approved 7 T Irrigation District Names New Head Grants Pass-Grants Pass Ir rigation district officials have announced the appointment of Charles J. Dillon, 32, re cently of Cave Junction, as district manager effective Monday. Dillon, who has been cm ployed as a safety engineer on construction of the Randolph Collier tunnel, replaces Neal Shaffer, who resigned June 4. Dillon has worked for the past seven yean In connec tion with construction proj ect in Arizona, Ohio, Mon tana and Pennsylvania. k Summer Officially Arrives This Evening Summer will be here it 7:04 o'clock this evening, all weather indications to the contrary. There were suggestions that the weather man and the almanac makers had failed to get together but the season will change, ac cording to the letter's schedule. It Is the season of the year in which the "sun shines most directly." It wasn't shining through the clouds In several localities this morning. There will be little chenge noted by many peo ple in the odicial arrivel ol the seeson. Daylight sav ing came to Oregon far in advance of summer and to most residents f.het really marks the season change. Hearings on Civil Rights Announced Washington - (UPD - Senate hearings on the controversial public accommodations sec lion of President Kennedy's civU rights program were an nounced today as Sen. Barry Goldwatcr R-Ariz.) was re ported to have shifted his po sition on the issue. Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R- N.Y.), a backer of Kennedy's program, told a news confer ence it now appears that Goldwatcr, a leading GOP presidential possibility, has "apparently abandoned his oft-stated position against new civil rights legislation." Javits said this could be a "major breakthrough" if It means Goldwatcr will vote to kill an expected Southern filibuster against the program. Everest Climbers Said Recuperating Washington -TO- The Na tional Geographic Society said today two Mt. Everest climbers are recovering from frostbite and are not expected to suffer the loss of any fin gers or toes. Two of the climbers who reached the summit May 22 suffered severe frostbite and were Inter hospitalized at Kat mandu, Nepal. They are Dr Approved by City For Collections A new contract between the city of Medford and the City Sanitary Service com pany was approved by the city council last night., The 10-year contract in cluded a rate increase for res idences of 25 cents per month. New rates for a dwelling for one 30 gallon container will be $2.25 per month.. The company will pay the city 112 of 2 per- cent of the previous year s gross bus iness from within the city limits, excluding leases on containers. The new rales will be ef fective July 1. Service will continue for residences with twice a week pickup. The contract calls for the company's continued use and maintenance of the city-owned dump located In the White City area. A city council committee with William A. Singlcr as the chairman has been work ing with the Sanitary Service company since March to for mulate the contract. It was mentioned at the Thursday council session that Anthony Boitano and Charles Bottjcr, owners of the com pany, will have provided san itary service for the city 25 years In October. Nations Unable to Agree on Fish Pact Washington-WU-The Unit ed Slates, Canada and Japan failed Thursday to reach agreement over Jupan's bid to rewrite a 10-ycar-old conser vation pact which has barred Japan from some fisheries in the eastern North Pacific ocean, informed sources said The three nations were ex William Unsocld of Corvallis, I pected to end their two-week Ore., and Barry Bishop of Be thesda, Md. A third member of the sum mit teams, Luther Jcrstad of Eugene, Ore., suffered frost bile but was nut hospitalized. The National Geographic Society helped sponsor the Mt. Everest expedition. RETURN ORDERED McMinnvllle-flTO-Thc Yam hill Plywood Co., which was struck June 6 by Local 3-213 of the International Wood workers of America, has writ ten union members to return to work next Monday or they will be conidrred fired, un ion sources said today. meeting here today with the intention of trying again later In the year WEATHER ronHC.tST: VrUIl rloudl net ihrouih Raiurday. ronlln iird riHil. Low lonllhl IS. HUh Saturday IS. Tun". Illlhtu Vftlrtdav 1' Lownt Thll Mornlm . ' Ptrr. To le a m. Tudar Tr. Our Skies Tonight Suntrt lodar S IS p m. SonrU uimorrow . S:J4 a m. lnnnrt Utnllhl . ...1:1 p.m. Hr.l quanrr June !S -tMriiv la lh laal fll a( hDTlnC tomorrow U Uif llr.t day of hummrr. The Sun rtrtra his and will bt II drtrrra above the horlion here al noon loaay White City and Talent were among the communities which were approved this morning by the Oregon slate sanitary authority for federal money for construction of sewer treatment plunts. They were among 13 proj ects approved by the author ity for 1964 contingent on Congress appropriations. White City will receive $33,340, and Tale" on the condition that a bo.id election Is held prior to Oct. 1, $31, 430. ' The authority held Its regu lar session in Medford at the county courthouse auditorium. In other matters concerning the Rogue valley, the board commended the clly of Med ford for Its recently adopted air pollution ordinance. Discusses Fallout Frank Koch, Central Point, spoke regarding the fallout and odor problem in the south No New Development's In NW Lumber Strike Portland -(UPD- No new de velopments In the North west's lumber strike were re ported Thursday following a meeting between officials of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union (LSW) and Georgia-Pacific Corp. A company spokesman said the meeting was concerned mostly with pensions. A rep resentative of the union said Us principle value was In "breaking down the barriers Central Point area due to the Cheney Studs mill. It was ex plained that while the board has authorized a hearing on this situation, a date has not been set, due to a need for ad ditional data. Ted Gerow, Medford, state sanitary . authority district sanitarian, explained that he has been keeping records of the area for the last five months and Is currently try ing to establish another sam pling system as the present records show fallout in the area 10 to 60 times higher than normal. With him Koch had signa tures of 259 residents of the area objecting to the polulion problem. Seeks Infoinution Mrs. R. G. Tabor. 10 Knoll Crest dr., Ashland, asked the authority for information re garding the requirements to apply for federal money for areas for sewer plant faclll I ties. Representing an' area south of Ashland encompas sing 1,000 acres and 800 per sons, Mrs. Tabor said the resi dents object to possible an nexation by the city of Ash land and they are attempting to incorporate as a city. The authority explained that the requests for federal assistance may be made by either an incorporated city or an incorporated sanitary dis trict. Harold F. Wcndcl, Port land, chairman, presided at the meeting which also act ed on pollution problems throughout the state. New Pontiff Was Favorite Before Balloting Began Montini Regarded As a 'Liberal' r Vatican City-Wt-Glovannl Battista Cardinal Montini to day was elected pope of th Roman Catholic Church. He chose the name Paul VI. - Montini was a favored candi date before the election be gan. He has been the Arch bishop of Milan. The Sacred College of Car dinals elected Montini on the second day of balloting in their secret conclave inside the 16th-century Vatican Palace. The new pontiff, a 65-year- old "liberal" intellectual and close friend of the late Pope John, Is the 262nd successor to the throne of St. Peter. Continue Support Montini is considered forward-looking and Vatican ob servers believed he would continue supporting the move ments started by Pope John toward church reforms, Chris tian unity and Improved rela tions with the Communist governments. The big bronze bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled out the joyous news as a vast crowd of more than 60,000 persons raised a cheer of "viva ill papa" - long live the pope -in sun-lit St. Peter's Square. . As Pope Paul VI, Montini appeared on the central bal cony of the basilica for the first time in the white robes of pontiff at 12:22 p.m. (4:22 a.m. prit). Third Round Eighty of the 82 living car dinals had entered the con clave. One emerged a pope in the third round of voting. ' Montini's election was an nounced from the main bal cony of the basilica by Al fredo Cardinal Ottavianl, sen ior cardinal deacon. For the first time In his i .. 41, . i i . a AU kwWi twVt button CmttuAtoo, V -v mVVrrVnm YtwnwAxwt-ton "to frtfi-eny antt io me world. A great roar of applause rose from the throngs after the benediction. 1 Spotless in his white gowns draped with a richly embroi dered stole. Pope Paul VI raised both his hands, palms faced towards his gravely etched face, in acknowledge ment of the cheers before the benediction. Copeland Resigns As Superintendent Butte Falls-In effort to re store harmony to the controversy-torn Butte Falls School district, Superlnten dent Charles Copeland has resign ed, the Mall Tribune learned today. The resignation was the lat est development In a disagree ment touched off when the Butte Falls school board vot ed last March not to rehire C. L. Stratton, principal of the local elementary school. A group of residents has been trying for several months to get Stratton resin stated and to secure Cope land's resignation. The superintcdent's deci sion to step down came after a meeting between represent atives of that group and school officials Tuesday night. At the meeting, it was learned, the representatives indicated that they would not drop their effort to get Strat ton reinstated if Copeland stayed on as superintendent, but that they would drop it and use their Influence to re store harmony if he did re sign. Copcland's resignation was accepted by the school board Wednesday night. Security Measures Extended Around Hatfield Due To Threats on Lite Salcm-WPl-Thc Governor's office denied today that Gov. Mark Hatfield had declined to participate in Ruse festival activities because of threats on his life. It was admitted however "there has been some exten sion of security measures" for the Governor. On Dec. 8, 1982, UPI learn ed of s threat or. the Gover nor's life, but at the request of the Salem office of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, did not publicize the incident. It was believed that the threat was related to the then- pending execution of child slayer Jeannace June Freeman. a At lhat time, the Governor had not been informed of the threat, UPI learned. When Hatfield flew to Washington, DC, this week to visit with President Ken nedy, he was accompanied by State Police Sgt. W. F. New all. Rumors have circulated in Portland recently that Hat field passed up the Rose fes tival parade because of threats on his life. "It is true that two mental patients who had exhibited unusual interest in the Gover nor were at large the week end prior to the Rose festi val," Travis Cross, the Gov ernor's press secretary, said. "One had escaped, and one had been discharged from a state hospital. "But both were back In confinement at the time of the Rose festival. "The Governor was home with his wife who was under going extreme pain from an eye ailment." Cross said "crackpot letters and phone calls are not un- lie said Hie Legislature was aware of "this and after the shooting of the Governor'i car as it sat beside his resi dence, the Legislature passed a resolution direction the su perintendent of state police to provide whatever protec tion he felt appropriate.