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Newspaper Page Texti I den Accident (Bommissioners Jamed; Hearing said 'Kangaroo (oirf Hatfield Calls on Staff To Continue Working Forward Hearing Held on Inefficiency Charge JFK Vows Allies' Defense at Risk To U S. Cities Pledge Made to ermans In Frankfurt Talk Speech Said Major Address of Tour Frankfurt, Germany -fl)?I- President Kennedy pledged today that the United States would risk its own cities to defend iti allies. "A threat to the freedom of Europe is a threat to the free dom of America," the Presi dent said in a speech at the historic Paulskirche (St. Paul's church), which is regarded as the cradle of German democ racy. A million cheering Germans greeted the President as he arrived here to make the speech that was billed as the major address of his 12-day-tour of West Germany, Berlin, Ireland,, and Britain. Report ers who have traveled with Kennedy said it was perhaps the most enthusiastic welcome he has received abroad. The 20-mile route from Han au, where the President re viewed 15,000 American serv icemen, was lined three to five persons deep all the way. The crowd in front of Frankfurt's city hall, where the President climbed out of his bubble-topped car went in side to sign the famous "gold en book" of celebrities, was so enthusiastic in its welcome that it almost got out of hand. While he emphasized de fense matters, the Chief Exec utive also called lor economic unity and common political purpose as requisites to suc cessful Western resistance to Communist penetration. The main thrust of the speech was aimed at interna tional critics who have fore cast that the United States ul timately will welsh on defense commitments to it, Western Allies and revert to what the President scorned as "narrow nationalism." W. H. Leveretle Dies at Home Walter H. Leverette, Kirk land road, Central Point, long time resident o f southern Oregon and retired rancher, orchardist and operator of a theater chain in Oregon and northern California, died at his home Monday. Private funeral services will be held at the Perl Fu neral home. Leverette also operated the Lithia hotel in Ashland 20 years ago, and engaged in the fruit packing, as well as the growing industry. In the Rogue valley. His stock ranches were located in the Table Rock and Eagle Point districts. He was originator of a number of the slogans used in the promotion of the fruit in dustry and the Rogue valley, in general, among them "Sun Sugared Pears," and "This Is a Great Country." He was a charter member of the Medford Rotary club and a benefactor of the YMCA and Boy Scout pro grams and an early promoter of the Pear Bowl football games. He was active in the Jack son County Sheriffs Posse, the Medford Masonic lodge and Hillar Temple of the Shrine, and the Christian Scl- anna rhlirph Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Doreen L. Vaughan, Eagle Point, and Mrs. Richrd (Jeanne) Reum, Mpdford. two sons, Bruce Leverette and Timmy Lever ette. and seven .grand children. MUSEUM TO CLOSE .lix-kcnnvllle - The Jackson ville Museum will be closed all day tomorrow in memory riaire Hanlev. who died in a Medford hospital Monday. b IN MISS CLAIRE HANLEV Din in Hospital Funeral Services Set Wednesday for M iss Claire Ha nley Miss Claire Hanley, presi dent of the Southern Oregon Historical Society and descen dant of the Harris, Love and Hanley families, prominently linked with Oregon s early history, died Monday after noon in a Medford hospital. She had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at her home on Hanley rd. Sunday night. The daughter of John A. and Mary Love Hanley, Miss Hanley was the great grand daughter of George and Mary Ann Harris, whose home was under attack in the Rogue River Indian uprising in which Mr. Harris was killed. Although devoted' to the preservation of southern Ore gon's colorful past, Miss Han ley was equally active in or ganizations to improve condi tions in present day Oregon. She worked with the Jackson County Home Extension pro gram more than 25 years and was a member of the Home Extension Advisory committee from 1944 through 1948. Member of Clubs She was a member or the Jacksonville Garden club and a past president of the Oregon Federation of Garden clubs. She served on the interim committee of the Oregon legis lature, appointed in recent years to make a study of Ore gon museums and was a mem ber for two terms of the board of the Oregon Historical Society. Other memberships includ ed the Jacksonville and Cen tral Point Granges, Altrusa In ternational, Reames chapter Order of Eastern Star, and the Southern Oregon Pioneer association, of which she was a past president. She also was a charter member of Friends of the Library of Medford and Jackson County, serving as board member continuously Since organization of the asso ciation, and was active in the Medford Rose Society. Surviving are two sisters. Miss Martha Hanley, and Miss Mary Hanley, curator of the Jacksonville Museum. A brother, Alex Hanley, who made his home in eastern Ore gon, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at Perl Funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Dr. Clifford Miller of Southern Oregon college officiating. In terment will be in the Jack sonville cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Arthur Taylor, Mrs. Edith G if ford, Raymond R. Reter, L. G. Morthland, Frank Ross, Harry Barneburg, Herb Grey, R. J. Tetreault, Glenn Simpson, V. G. Barnthouse, W. E. Thomas, all members of the board of the Oregon His torical Society; and Dr. Law rence Buonocore, Arnold Bohnert, Arlan Skinner, and Charles C. Hoover. Active pallbearers will be Dr. George Gitzen, Claude Hoover. Mel vin Hoover, James C. Hayes, John M. Sutton and Wesley Hartman. Threat of Referral Slows Plans for New Construction Board Cautions on State Tax Measure Salem - (CH - The threat of a referral of the 1963 legisla ture's revenue measure caused the Board of Control to pro ceed slowly today on planned new state construction proj ects. The board approved draft ing of plans for several proj ects, but made it clear nothing else would be done, and no construction work would be started, until the question of a referral of the revenue bill had been settled. The work approved today by the board will cost about $119,000. The plans will be for sev eral additions to state institu tions. Gov. Mark Hatfield said the additions were urgently need ed, but he felt the board should go slow until the re ferral question was settled. Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr., and Treasurer Howard Belton agreed. The board also decided to plan for spending only about half of $500,000 set aside for purchasing more property for expansion of the Capitol Mall area. Some property must be purchased to make way for the planned new agriculture building. - The balance of the funds will be held back for use later in the biennium. The board also formally transferred the tuberculosis hospital in Salem to the Board of Higher Education. The hospital is to be oper ated by the University of Ore gon Medical school. Transfer of patients to the hospital al ready has begun. Designation of Oregon State hospital as Hie institution to handle persons committed for treatment as sexually danger ous individuals also was made by the board. ; Titular Head of Indian Tribe Dies ' Hornbrook - Sergeant Sam bo, titular head of the Shasta Indian tribe and one of the last full-blooded Indians of the area, died Monday night at Siskiyou General hospital. He was believed to be 10S years old. - ... ... , . Sambo had lived in Horn brook for 20 years before be ing admitted to a rest home in Gazelle two years ago. Head of the tribe which once ranged from Jacksonville to Shasta valley and west to Quartz valley. Sambo was born along the Klamath river near Hamburg -during a time when the Indians were mak ing baskets from willows. He was given the Indian name "Ah Kee Ah Humpy," which meant "one who was carried in a basket from a place where baskets are no longer made." He drew the name Sambo from' his father, who was called that by white beaver trappers in the 1840s and Ser geant from soldiers who were stationed at Ft. Jones in 1852. The soldiers gave him a large blue cape at that time, which he kept all his life. Later Sambo was a range rider. Then after suffering an injury he turned to cooking, and cooked at the Hornbrook hotel when the community was a railroad division point. During recent years h e worked with anthropologists and University of California students in their studies of Sis kiyou county and northern California Indian tribes. Named i .-Bogus. Offfefe il lea 10 Ordered for Questioning on Worthless Leases Truman's Interior : Secretary Named New York (UPC A former U.S. interior secretary and an ex Massachusetts congress man were among several pro minent persons named today day in an order directing them to appear in court for questioning about an attempt to sell investors $3 million in worthless oil leases. . State Atty. Gen. Louis J. Lefkowitz obtained the order in State Supreme Court in New York county against 10 persons to appear for ques: tioning under oath on Thurs-' day. Lefkowitz said the inquiry was aimed at uncovering the operations of James E. Lof- land and James E. Lofland Enterprises, Inc. He said $200,000 in worthless mineral land deeds was sold to invest ors from the firm's Manhat tan offices. Name Broadway Actress in addition to Lofland and the corporation, those named in the order were Oscar L. Chapman of Washington, In terior Secretary under for mer President Harry S. Tru man; former Rep. Joseph E. Casey (D-Mass.); James Mur ray Jr., Washington, son of a former U.S. senator from Montana; Dennis Chavez Jr., Washington, son of a former U.S. senator from New Mex ico; prominent Broadway ac tress Dolores Gray; Anky Von Boythan, of New York; Agnes E. Kelson, San Anto nio, Tex.; Stanley J. Gould, New York; Arnold S. Polls kin," Rutherford, N.J., and Joseph- Smith, - New York The latter three allegedly were connected with the Lofland firm. - Lefkowitz also - obtained court permission to examine the books and records of the individuals named, and to bar Lofland, the -firm, Gould, Smith and Poliskin from selling mineral land deeds in the state "pending the final determination of the matter." He said he would seek a per manent injunction barring them from engaging in the securities business. Obtains Mineral Rights the attorney general's of fice charged that Lofland based his operation on the re covery of multi-million-dollar mineral rights which he claimed the federal govern ment had taken from "home steaders" in New Mexico. Between 1956 and 1959. the state charged that Lofland ob tained from owners one fourth to one-half of the min eral rights on 70,000 acres of homestead land in Lea Coun ty, New Mexico, at a price ne estimated at $450,000. Keaional Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 22 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1963 No. 82 Gambling Law Petitions Stolen in Washington Olympia, Wash. - IUPD - Po lice today were looking for two men - one tall and the other short - who were be lieved to be the thieves who stole 75 pounds of petitions which had been intended to nullify the state's new "toler ance policy" gambling law. The petitions, which con tained 82,955 names of per sons who wanted the act to be submitted to the voters in a referendum, were stolen from a vault in the State Cap itol building. rrus rom ny "ouwo m etoM HATFIELD SIGNS SUBDIVISION LAW Sslem-frT-The subdivision control taw approved by the 1963 legislature was signed into law today by Gov. Mark Hatfield. STUDENTS ASK FEE REMISSION Eugene-TrH-About II par cent of tha University of Oregon's out-of-state students hsve applied for rtmitsions oi thtir recently-increased tuition fees, tha Office of Student Aftairs reported today, t t Rooster Emblem Found Near Wimer Roffue Rivcr-Th nmhlom of the Rogue River Rooster Crow was found again Mon day afternoon. The emblem, a trailer with a large rooster painted on the side, had been reported miss ing for the second time m mree aays Monday morning. It was taken sometime (VI. dav nisht. thpn fnnnH nn North River rd. about five miles west of Rogue River Saturday. ReDorted mlntntf noatn Monday morning, it was lo cated in ine anernoon near wimer and returned to its dls Dlnv Dosition at the Interior. tion of Depot and Main sis. nere. SPACE REMNANTS FOUND Washington -flJTO- The gov ernment said today that the broken remnants of four So viet spacecraft, authoritative ly identified as planetary and lunar shots which failed, have fallen out of orbit and pre sumably burned up in the atmosphere. Southampton, N.Y.-JWH-No- bel Prize winning author John Steinbeck was reported "rest- Ins comfortably", today at Southampton hospital follow ing an operation to correct the detached retina of his left eye. 1 Salem-flPU-HaHway Garase and Stages in Baker county has been authorized to in crease passengers fares by 10 per cent, tne public utility commissioner said today. WEATHER FORECAST: ParUy rlsutfy throucti Wednesday, t'hanra of few showers over mountains early Wednesday, l-ow tontfht -!. Him tomorrow Jl-12. Hlfheat Veilerday SI Lowest This Morning 17 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 1 SI m. Sunrise tomorrow ..... ft:JI a.m. Moonset tomorrow 12:t a.m. rirst quarter June 21 PROMINENT STAR Rfeulns, leads the Moofl. VIIIBI.E Pl.ANtTS Mars, to the left of Uie Moon. Satorn, rises at mldnlghL Jupiter, low Ul tail ..... IU a.m. Venus, rises 2 a.m. Negroes Wounded By Shotgun Fire In Mississippi ; By United Press International Five Negroes leaving a vot er registration campaign meeting were wounded by shotgun fire Monday night at Canton, Miss. Police Chief Dan Thomp son said the men were not hurt seriously. He said an investigation of the incident was under way. The Congress of Racial Equality has been conducting an intensive voter registration drive among Ne groes recently . in the town about 25 miles north of Jack son, Miss. ' Accepted Federal Funds Federal Judge John N. Butzner ruled at Richmond, Va., Monday that the U. S. government has the right to bring school desegregation suits in Prince George Coun ty, Va., because the county accepted federal funds to ed ucate children from military bases. The ruling is expected to have an effect on other seg regated school systems near military establishments which get federal aid to defray ed ucational costs. At Mobile, Ala., Federal Judge Daniel H. Thomas or dered the 'Mobile County School Board to present a desegregation plan that would begin in- September, 1964. It was the first integration edict below the college level in Alabama. 1 Partial Success Claimed ' . ' Nearly . 1,000 Negroes and whites demonstrated through the streets of Los Angeles Monday against alleged de facto segregation in the schools. Their leaders claim ed only partial success on their demands after attend ing a school board meeting. They were divided on wheth er more demonstrations would be necessary. About 500 Negroes gather ed in front of police headquar ters at Savannah, Ga., Monday night to protest the jailing earlier In the day of more than 50 demonstrators. The group dispersed peaceably af ter hearing Its leader, Hosea Williams, criticize Savannah's segregation customs. . Harbison Named as District's Lawyer ' Sam .Harbison, Medford lawyer, was appointed Med ford Irrigation district attor ney at a special board meet ing yesterday. His appointment will be ratified at the next regular board meeting In July, ac cording to MID Chairman Al bert Hueners, Jacksonville. Harbison replaced Philip B. Lowry, Medford lawyer, who resigned at the June 4 meet ing. Harbison's appointment will be for the remainder of 1963, Hueners said. The MID board discussed restrictions on a 29-acre tract near Roberts rd. owned by Richard Padgham, but indi cated it is reluctant to remove the restrictions if il should be sold for subdivision prop erty as indications are it will. . The entire tract is under irrigation. A channel through it takes the overflow from the city of Medford reservoir. 1 1 m HONORED ON RETIREMENT A. S. Cum rnins (left), vice chairman of the board of directors of Pacific Power & Light com pany, and former president of California Oregon Power company, and John C. Boyle (right), vice president and Copco division engineer, were honored on their retire ment last night. Charles Crary (center), re tired business agent for the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers, present ed both with plaques from the union cit ing them for helpfulness and cooperation over the years. Both Boyle and Cummins will become consultants to PP&L and di rectors emeritus. (Knackstedt photo) t PP&L Executives Are Honored On Retirement After 50 Years Bathyscaph Search For Thresher Delayed Aboard the USS Fort Snell ing at Sea - OlrD - The Navy called off today's scheduled dive by the bathyscaph Trieste in search of the nuclear sub marine Thresher because of minor difficulties. The dive, second by the bathyscaph, was rescheduled for 9 a.m. (edt) Wednesday. 3.693 AT U OF O Eugene -HffU- Enrollment at University of Oregon summer sessions reached 3,693 at the close of the first week, Dr Paul B. Jacobson, director of the summer sessions, an nounced today. . ... . L.'Ttsv, Two 80-year utility execu tives were honored on the oc casion of their retirement last night. They are A. S. Cummins, vice chairman of the board of Pacific Power & Light com pany, and John C. Boyle, vice president and chief engineer of the Copco division of PP&L. . Theirs will be an active re tirement, it was announced at last night's dinner, attend ed by more than 300 col leagues and admirers of the long-time executives of Call- Vandalism Checked By City Police Medford police today were investigating several cases of vandalism in the city, one of them involving damage esti mated about $800. Robert Whipple Root re ported to police yesterday that a bus parked at '663 South Grape st. had been se verely damaged by vandals. Root said 15 windows were broken, the scats of the ve hicle removed and thrown on the ground and various parts of the engine smashed. Root told police the van dalism occurred sometime during the week end. He esti mated the. damage tt about $800. Edna Pearl Gay, 600 Mary Place, reported to police this morning that vandals had tipped over a pickup camper at her residence sometime last night, causing an estimat ed $200 damage. Proprietors of Lee's Union Service Station, 1251 South Riverside ave., reported to police that someone had bro ken a window and a tire rack at the station sometime last night, causing an estimat ed $14 damage. Anthony Manno, owner of Acme Hardware, 245 South Central ave., reported to po lice that unknown persons had broken the glass In the front door to the store some time Sunday night. No est! mate of the damage was given. Election Today on Sams Valley District Sams Valley-Property owners within the area of the proposed Sams Valley Irri gation district art voting to day on whether or not the district shall be formed. The polls will remain open until 8 o'clock tonight at the Sams Valley Grange hall., f fornia Oregon Powef com pany and PP&L, which sue cecded it. Both will become consultants to the firm and directors emeritus. In addition, Boyle is being named today . to the state board of engineering examin ers by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. Will Succeed Boyl It was also announced last night that Harlan Bosworth Jr., vice president of PP&L, will succeed Boyle as chief engineer of the Copco divi sion. Most of the top personnel of PP&L attended, including Paul McKee, chairman of the board, and Don McClung, president. McKee last night announced that he is relin quishing to McClung the post of chief executive officer of the big company. Other PP&L executives, civic leaders and co-workers from California, Washington, and many points in Oregon attended. The dinner, neld at the Rogue Valley Country club, was marked by both senti ment and nostalgia. One of the highlights was the presen tation of plaques to Boyle and Cummins, remarking on their long service, help and cooperation, from the Inter national Brotherhood of Elec tric Workers. Presentation was made by Charles Crary, retired business agent for the IBEW. Reviews Events Glenn Jackson, vice chair man of the board, reviewed the events leading up to the merger of Copco and PP&L a few years ago, and recount ed the benefits which have accrued to the stockholders. the ratepayers,, and the em ployees as a result. He also commented that both Boyle and Cummins had actively ac cepted the merger as the best Tor -ail," despite what their own feelings may have been. Jackson announced that sur veys are being undertaken looking toward the establish ment of a heating and air conditioning research labora tory In Medford, and the fact that $400,000 has been allo cated to surveys of the Klam ath river for new generating facilities. He also pointed out the work PP&L is doing In a wide range of activities, in cluding industrial and tourist promotion, agricultural Im provement, and a number of others. i McKee, McClung, Cum mins and Boyle all spoke briefly, many of their re marks recalling "the old days" when Copco was small and its future uncertain. Frank Bash, vice president and Copco division manager, was master of ceremonies. (Se story A13) North River Road Will Be Closed The North River rd., west of Rogue River, will be closed for about one hour this after noon and for approximately two hours Wednesday morn ing, according to County En gineer Robert C. Carstensen. The contractor is setting large bridge beams in place on the abutments of the bridge over Evans creek, the county engineer explained. The beams are some, of the longest and heaviest of this type in Oregon at the present time, he added. The Evans creek bridge is being widened to a 26 foot roadway with a five foot sidewalk on the upstream side, he 'explained. Democrats Pick Atlantic City As Convention Site Washlngton-luTD-The Demo crats agreed today to hold their 1964 national conven tion to renominate President Kennedy at the famous board walk resort of Atlantic City, N.J., beginning August 24. The convention will come Just five weeks after the Re publicans select their chal lenger in San Francisco.. Barring some stunning poli tical upheaval, the Democrat ic convention will be devoted largely to renominating Ken nedy for a second term and hammering out a party plat form. Atlantic City - which never has had a national political convention - was selected by the Democratic Party's sites committee at a special break fast session. The recommenda tion was quickly approved by the Democratic National com mittee without audibloOdis- sent. The New Jersey city, famed for Its weatherworn board walks, salt water air and roll ing chairs, won out over Ml ami Beach and Chicago in the final balloting. William S. Potter of Dela ware, chairman of the sites committee, told the national committee that "money means a great deal" in selecting a convention city. He noted that the Atlantic City bid included $625,000 In cash and a rent- free hall. He said the hotel situation there was good Salem-IUPV-Two new Indus trial accident commissioner! were sworn in today by Gov. Mark Hatfield, who then made an unprecedented ap pearance before commission employees and urged them to "continue working forward. onward and upward to make ' this the best program In tht nation." The action came on tha heels of Monday's public ' hearing on charges of "Inef ficiency in office" against Commissioner Emily P. Lo gan. Mrs. Logan refused to answer charges at the hear ing, and termed- the affair a 'kangaroo court Legality Questioned ' . Her attorney, Ernest Bony- hadi, questioned the legality of procedures followed by Hauieid, and said be had not yet decided whether to take the issue to the courts, or to answer the charges in a pub lic statement. Mrs. Logan and Commis sion Chairman Sidney B. Lewis received dismissal no tice, effective today, oa June 11. Monday's hearing' was set in case either wanted, to dispute the charge. Lewis resigned Friday, and a few hours later Wilfred A. Jordan, Coos Bay Republi can, was named to succeed htm. Shortly . after Mondav'i hearing, Hatfield named Grants Pass Mayor Charles b. uill Jr., a Democrat, to succeed Mrs. Logan. Monday s hearing was held because Mrs. Logan refused to resign. Warne Nunn, Hatfield's ex-. ecutlve assistant, read a five- page statement which declar ed "the functioning of the de partment has deteriorated . . . due in large part to the in- cmciency of . Commissioner Liogan. .. . The statement was critical ot the management exercised oy ine commissioners. "The arDiirary manner of that mm. mission has caused an ex tremely low Staff morula which, through reduced pro ductiveness, has been costly." ine statement then includ ed II sets of quotes from un identified persons criticizing' department morale. "When the morals nrnhlom had been' brought to the at tention of the commissioners, they denied that a nrohlom existed," the report charged. . "On several occasions th two commissioners have met on commission business and ' made commission decisions without inviting the third commissioner (William Calla. nan) to be present. This is nioieranie. Nunn concluded: "The In. ' creasing coats of tha depart ment, the inefficiency of op eration, the low morale of employees, and the deteriora tion or the status of the de partment in the eyes of the legislature and the public are a direct, result of the arbi- trariness and lack of skill on the part of commissioners Sidney Lewis and Emily Lo gan. Upon arrivlna at thin conclusion, action was taken to remove them from office." Legality Questioned. Bonyhadi then read exerpti from a five-page statement - questioning the legality of noi providing Mrs. Logan with specific charges. ' He said "the governor's right of removal Is not abso- . lute ... the right of removal is prescribed and limited by statute ..." He charged Hatfield had failed to give Mrs. Logan 10 -days In which to prepare an answer to the charges, as the law required. "We believe .your failure -to supply charges in advance, " as requested by Mrs. Logan, denies our chance to prepare a defense. It is unfair to Mrs. Logan and the public." He said Mrs. Logan was a . person of "unimpeachable reputation," and noted she had been twice appointed to the commission by Hatfield. At this point Nunn inter rupted: "Are you going to discuss the charges?" ' Interrupted Again Bonyhadi started to resume his statement, then was in-' terrupted again by Nunn, and admonished to comment on the charges. Bonyhadi then asked that ' the hearing be adjourned "at least 10 days to allow Mrs. to prepare a thoughtful re- sponse." Nunn asked "are you ques tioning the procedure?" , Alter conferring with Hat-, field and Hicks, Nunn com mented "the governor feels the law has been complied ' with. . . , "We deny your request foe a postonement. This hearing ii concluded." ' 1 X.