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J I Mclbmara Stales Budget Cut May Force Reductions Washington - (UfH - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNam- ara says the $47 billion de fense appropriations bill it missing $140 million that will force a 60,000-man cut in the armed forcts. He also claims the House Appropriations committee left the Defense Department short on money needed to buy fight er planes. These were McNamara's two objections after the House ' committee passed the record defense spending measure al most intact Friday. McNamara's com plaints brought an Immediate reply from Rep. George H. Mahon (D-Tex ), chairman of the ap propria 1 1 o n a subcommittee which worked on the bill. He made clear he believed Mc Namara was misinformed. Half of Budget But the defense secretary said he would fight in the Senate Appropriations com mittee for restoration of the funds to the $47,092, 208,000 measure, which amounts to roughly half of the entire fed eral budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, The House committee cut President Kennedy's request by $1.9 billion. But most of this reduction was In book keeping transactions that meant no actual spending cuts, and the committee cited its action as proving full sup port for the U. 6. military program. McNamara said In a state ment, however, that cuts In military personnel funds "would result in a reduction " of our military manpower by some 60,000 men as of the end of the next fiscal year." - Personnel Costs Mahon replied that the De fense Department always overestimated personnel costs, and the committee's report called for manpower to be held at the 2,690,000-man goal set by the President. On the fighter planes, Mc Namara referred to "proposed cute ln the procurement of Air Force tactical fighter air craft which would deny us necessary tactical support for our combat-ready Army divi sions." ' Mahon asked what fighter plane McNamara had In mind, and was told It was the RF4C, a reconnaissance version of the F4C Phantom jet fighter. The congressman said the committee's $28 million cut in research end development funds for the plane was based on McNamara's own reluc tance to go Into any big pro curement project until prob lems in the plane's develop ment have been solved. 11 b MX If i '4 J 't i ' , A ' l( r Time Short for Citizens Tax Coniniittee Salem (Uf The Citizens tary of state next Wednesday i group has to circulate peti- Committee for Economy and ' without signature. ' tions. LirTS OFF PAD - The highly reliable Thor-Delta Booster, lifts off Its launching pad in Cape Canaveral last week, In an attempt to orbit Tiros VII around the earth. The early morning launch found the moon (upper right) just beginning to rise, as the weather observing satellite reached for its goal. (UPI) Marine Pilot Lives After Fall Of 15,000 Feet Into Pacific Long Beach, Calif. - IMD "This business of your whole life flashing before you is baloney, at least in my case. I was too busy for that." Thus did Marine 1st Lt. Cliff J. Judkins III describe his reaction to plunging IS,- 000 feet and landing - feet first In the ocean when his parachute failed to open after he balled out of his disabled jet fighter. The 28-year-old Atlanta Ca pilot Friday said that he almost didn't get out of his F8 Crusader jet because his ejection aparatus would not work after he discovered something went wrong with the plane. Speaking from the hospital Rogue Valley Edition Medford Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1963 Group Recommends Closing Bases If Prejudice Persists Washington - lUPI . A White Case Is Dismissed In Medford Court Three cases of violation of the city curfew ordinance and a disorderly conduct suit were brought Into Medford Municipal court Friday mora ing. The youths, 14 and IS years of age, were given 90-day sen fences which were suspended by Municipal Judge Justin Smith. Two of the youths were from Myrtle Creek. The disorderly conduct suit against Virgil Vanburean Jones, Jr., charged with dis turbing the peace by engag ing ln violent conduct with Gordon Otto Maurer in the parking lot at the Brave Bull restaurant, June 19, was dismlxsed upon the city's mo tion. The bail of $30, collected from Jones, was returned to him. House committee today, rec ommended that the armed services consider shutting down military bases near cities where race discrimin ation is widespread lt other measures do not halt the prac tice. .. , 5. .. , - President Kennedy referred the report to Defense Beer tary Robert S. McNamara and asked for a report within 30 days on this and other recoin mendatlons to promote equall ty In the services. The Chief Executive said the report showed significant progress in the IS years since former President Harry S. Trumsn ordered desegregation In the military. But he agreed with the committee that "much re mains to be done, especially ln eliminating practices that Portland Store Buys Building Portland - UrD - The Lip man Wolfe It Co. today an nounced purchase of the build ing it has leased for the past 80 years. The price for the 10-story downtown structure was re ported as In excess of $3 mil lion. Clarence Miller, store man ager, said tne building was bought from Henry A. Kuck erberg and the O'Donald and O'Shea estates. William Roberts, president of Lipman Wolfe announced the purchase. The Roberts' company a bo operates stores In Salem, Corvallis and East port Plata in Portland. cause Inconvenience and em barrassment to servicemen and their families in commu- n 1 1 1 e s adjoining military bases." The President said he agreed with the "spirit" of the proposals and called on restdenta of cities near mill' tary basea to open up public accommodations and housing to Negro servicemen. Worst Problem The report, prepared by a seven man committee under the direction of Gerhard A Gcsell, said discrimination was a problem In promotions and assignments. But lt said the worst problem was oft base segregation which "ad. vcrsely affect service mor al." Calling for new leadership by the defense department in promoting racial equality, the report recommended that base commanders form bl-ra cial committees to deal with segregation in towns adjoin Ing military sites. It suggested that the com mandera may order soldiers to boycott establisments in these cities that discriminate In service to Negroes and their families. Openings Available in YMCA Day Camp Plan Announcement has been made that there Is stlU room for more boys In the third week period of the YMCA day camp. The first and second weeks are filled, YMCA of. ficlala said. Anyone interested In giving first or second grade boys an experience In day camping may call the YMCA tor In formation and registration The third week period Is from July 1 to 8. TA At , THRIFT AUTO SUPPLY wmr - - J ;SY Maefere, $01 N. Rlnrilea Grin n. St S t. etk MARK IV AUTO AIR CONDITIONING America's top stlling cus tom Installed unit. Fits your present car. 12 Month warranty. OPIN SUNDAYS Hams si 10,000 llama ship Haven, Judkins said at first he was afraid to go over the side for fear of hitting the tail. Gat Out "I was thinking to myself, what a helluva way to die, watching it come up at you, when Bill (1st Lt. Bill Waters, wingman in the formation) hollered to set out anv wav l could. Judkins said he narrowly missed the tail, but fell free- only to find his main chute would not open. "The rest of the way down was shaking hell out of the chute trying to get it to open." The flying Leatherneck said he saw an oil slick where his plane hit the water. He hit the water - feet first - 100 feet away. "It didn't hurt then, al though I figured my back was broken. I could tell my ankles were broken from the way my feet flapped around." Rescued by Ship Judkins spent Vh hours ln the water before he was res cued by a Navy ship. He sub sequently was transferred to hospital ship and brought nere. Attendants said Judkins re. ceived a compressed back fracture, a hairline fracture of his pelvis and two broken anKles in the accident last Wednesday over the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles from snore. Judkin s condition orisina ly was listed as critical, but ne now was reported much improved. His was one of the few cases on record in which a man has fallen from such height and landed In the ocean - and survived, Navy meaicai records indicated, Latham Elected Vice President of Publishers Group Coos Bay - (DPD - Lawrence Spraker of the Stayton Mail was elected president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers association at its 76th annual meeting here Saturday, Gerald T. Latham of the Medford Mail Tribune was elected viae president and Walter McKlnney of the Hills- boro Argus; treasurer. Spraker succeeds Elmo Smith, publisher of the Al bany Democrat Herald, who became a member of the board. The President's Award made annually by the ONPA president, was given to Wal lace C. Eakin, associate edi' tor of the Albany Democrat Herald. Eakin was a member of the first graduating class of the University of Oregon School of Journalism. Smith described him as "an excep tional journalist and an out standing community worker." The association voted to hold its 1964 summer meeting at Gearhart. Dick Lyman, publisher of the Elgin Recorder, aucces' sfully defended his golf championship and will keep the Press International for another year. West Coast Airline Buys Pacific Stock Seattle - (WD - West Coast Airlines has bought 34 per com or me stock of Pacific Air Lines and announced plans to seek a merger be tween the two carriers, which together serve cities in sev. en western states and Alberta lanada. wick bci. ores dent n West CoaM Airlines, said ap proval of the merger would be sought from both boards oi directors, the stockholders and the Civil Aeronautics board. racmc Air Lines serves mainly California and Las Ve gas and Reno, Nov., and Med ford and Portland, Ore. West toast operates in Washing ton, Oregon, California. Mon tana, Idaho, Utah and Alber ta. Gustafson Named to Association Office Charles Gustafson. admin l.itrntor of Rogue Valley hos pital. Medford, has been named secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Association of Hospitals by the board of trustees of the organization Gustafson succeeds A. C Branson of Salem. He be comes a new member of the hospital association board as a result of the appointment Trustees also named Ernest Frye of Keizer hospital In North Bend as vice president of the group. Equitable Taxation Isn't going to have much time in which to circulate petitions to refer the legislature's tax increase. The group, headed by J. Francyl Howard, editor of weekly newspapers in Albany and Corvallis, isn't getting any help from the governor or legislative leaders. Informed sources pre diet Gov. Mark Hatfield will send the $60 million revenue in crease measure to the secre- ONPA Friday United trophy Cox Working With State on Program Dealous Cox, Medford, as sistant superintendent for the Jackson county schools, wlll work in the state department oi education ln Salem for the next six weeks, according to State Superintendent Leon P. Mlnear. He will be associated with the Oregon Program and the division of Instruction work ing on evaluation procedures, A native of Arizona, Cox has lived in Medford since 1046. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Southern Oregon college taught in the Jacksonville elementary schools for eight years, and was principal of Evans Valley school until his appointment as assistant su perintedent of Jackson coun ty schools three years ago. Cox is secretary of the Ore gon Association of State Su pervlsors. Associate Director of the Southern Region Fall Conference of the Association for Supervision and Curricu lum Development, a member of Phi Delta Kappa, and the American Association of School Administrators. Tnts is the deadline by But Howard's group may wnicn Maineia must euner wind 37 davs i ample time. sign measures, or let them be-1 jhe Ist time a tax measure Barton told Oregon Newspa-ltax package could result in per Publishen in Coos Bay I "the worst rise in property Friday lhat rejection of the taxes in Oregon history." come law without his signa ture. Deadline apt. 2 A measure must be referred within 90 days of the end of the legislative session. The deadline if Sept. 2. If Hatfield lets the measure become law without signature next Wednesday, 23 days al ready will have elapsed. Jack Thompson, elections supervisor for the secretary of state, said the tax measure will be forwarded to Atty Gen. Robert Y. Thornton as soon as he receive it. Thornton has 10 days in which to prepare a ballot title and statement of purpose. During this period Howard has to re-file his referral no tice, because' his original peti' tion was filed last Monday, before the measure became law. After Thornton assigns the ballot title, there is a 20-day period during which his title may be appealed. The full process could take up as many as 93 of the 90 days Howard's Fort Rock Ddieafd As Sit of Interest Fort Rock - (Orl - The 9,' 000-year-old home of what may have been the first Ore gonians was dedicated as a place of scientific interest to day by the U.S. National Park Service. The sit is Fort Rock Cave in the high desert country of Central Oregon. It waa there in 1998 that University of Oregon anthropologist Luther Cressman unearthed sandals and other articles that won national attention. Dr. Cressman was the prin cipal speaker today. was referred it took only two weeks to get the necessary signatures. Hatfield already is on rec ord in opposition to referral because it would result in a special session of the legisla ture. ' , "If the legislature couldn't draft a better bill in 141 days, there's no reason to believe they could do better la a spe cial session," he said. House Speaker Clarence LASr.lE You Specify... ...We'll Satisfy Oakleae', Saa Ffaswisce, Us Aaf'l and Other California PMart. CaH Jack Frrst.raM, 77J-77S1 lea Angeles-Seattle Motet Express, Inc. MORRISON'S MENS WEAR WILL BE CLOSED HOBDAY & TUESDAY TO SLASH PRICES! QUITTING BUSINESS! SALE STARTS 10 a.m. WED. MORRISON'S MENS WEAR 229 E. MAIN MEDFORD Officers Elected For Rights Council The Rev. Robert Tull, of the Medford Congregational church, was elected chairman of the Medford Human Rights Council recently at a meeting in the home of Dr. and Mrs. D. K, West, 2990 Old Military rd Medford. Other officers elected were Mrs. Lester D. Harris, vice chairman; Mrs. Charles Adam son, secretary. The organization exists pri marily to support existing laws of the slate regarding discrimination and to develop better understanding of cur rent problems, a spokesman explained. Those Interested in attend ing the July meeting should contact Mr. Tull. Wine Claimed Balm For Autumnal Years Los Angeles, Calif. - fl'Pf Guess what's balm for the autumnal years? "Wine," says Dr. Salvatore P. Lucia, chairman of the de partment of preventive medi cine at the University of Cali fornia school of medicine. ATTENTION FARMERS Canvas Irrigation Dams READY-MADE ANI Burk's READY-MADE AND MADE TO ORDER for All Your Canvas Need 314 IAST MAIN Psrs a SHe-4$H Somas WAREHOUSE INVENTORY REDUCTION! irrira NEW, USED, SHOPWORN MERCHANDISE! Pianos, organ, TV's, tapt recorders, amplifiers, band instruments, guitars, stereos, radio-phonographs, electronic components, many miscellaneous items, many one of kind. 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NOW IV7 6 Used Phonos Now $5.00 to $25.00 New Floor Model 23" TV-Radio-Phono-Was $525 NOW $399.00 New Transistor Radios $12.50 New 2 Manual Organ ...$399.00 4 Only-New Stereo Portable Phonographs-Were $70 NOW $58.00 New AM Clock Radios With Wink Alarm ONLY $24.95 Used Hammond Chord Organ New Guarantee Was $1065.00 NOW $595.00 Used Kelso Upright Piano-Was $175 NOW $119.50 New Stereo Radio-Phono, Discontinued Model Was $398.00 NOW $348.00 MANY MORE ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION! Just come to the warehouse through Purucker's to the building across the alley. MUSIC HOUSE 111 No. Ctntral Phont 773-7538 A r
