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Newspaper Page TextV: i i' r n i MI!m WW N 5) !l ft Li- or U Lro. WELCOME HOME Miss Georgia Rea Hub bard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hub bard of Eagle Point, gets a welcome home kiss from her mother as she arrived back in the Rogue valley last night following the state dairy princess contest at Portland. Miss Hubbard, who won the title of princess from Jackson and Josephine counties, was runner-up in the statewide contest. She will represent Oregon in the national contest at Miami, Fla. Sept. 14, however, because the first place winner, Linda Olson of Coos county, will tour the state and then attend the national dairy convention in Philadel phia next year instead of going to the Miami event. Miss Hubbard will also re ceive the same gifts, wardrobe and charm course as Miss Olson. (Knackstedl photo) Thornton to Give Title to Revenue Referral Measure Salem-flJPU-Atty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton said today he would assign a title for the referral of the 1963 leg islature's $60 million tax in crease package "well within the time allotted." . A referral petition was filed Thursday by J. Francyl Howard, president of the Citi zens Committee for Economy and Equitable Taxation. ' Thornton, who is hosting the annual meeting here of Oregon district attorneys, said "I'm tied up with the con ference today," but will-get to it as soon as I can. "I don't expect to take the full 10 days, but I can't say now when I will have the title assigned." Second Petition Meanwhile, there were still indications another group planned to file a second peti tion to refer the tax increase bill. None but Howard's petition had been filed with the sec retary of state by midmorn ing today, however. House Speaker Clarence Barton, who returned to the capitol today after spending the past week in Coquille, urged defeat of the referral measure. I "People should realize if taxes are not raised, education will be hurt and property taxes will go up. "We could eliminate the $11.5 million higher educa tion construction program, and drop the $11 million in crease granted for basic school support, but that would still leave us $38 million short," he said. Land Acquisition At SOC Authorized Salem - (UPD - The Emer gency Board today author ized release of $751,500 for site acquisition and architec tural planning for Portland State college. The money will be used to ward a new physical educa tion building. The board also authorized release of $40,000 for land ac quisition and architectural planning for Southern Ore gon college. The money is for a classroom, laboratory and office building. Accelerated Public Works Program Ends In BLM District About 100 men working in the Medford district of the bureau of land management Rooster Crow Is Slated Tomorrow Rogue River - The 1963 Rogue River Rooster Crow contest will be staged here tomorrow, highlighted by a number of events which are being included.., for thejirst time. Activities will cet under way at noon on the Rogue River High school and grade school grounds. New events include a queen contest, fashion show, talent show and various races and games. No parade is being held this year. The rooster crow itself will start about 3 p.m., serving as the climax of the after noon. Deadline for entries in the crowing competition is 1:30 p.m. Rooster owners are ad vised to keep their birds in covered cages until close to contest time. When the c-;-ers are taken off, the roosters are deceived into thinking that morning has come and they start crowing. The races, including three legged and sack races, will start the program at noon. The taltnt show will follow. The fashion show is sched uled to take place at 2 p.m. Coronation of the queen of the rooster crow will take place between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Fourteen Rogue River High school girls have been coi peting for tl.e honor, which will be decided on the basis of votes cast for each girl at various displays in local stores. The candidates are Shirley Daggett, Margo Hatch, Mar lene Stewart, Suzie Laubach, Carmen Lopez. Chris Moore, Renee Niquette, Dani Ni quette, Julie Ann Smith, Jean Baker, Judy Baker, Joanne Yancey. Janine LeMaster and Linda Yancey. Howard Norwood, former Rogue River resident and civic leader, will be master of ceremonies. under the government's accel erated public works program will be without jobs again to morrow. . The men have been" "work ing along the Rogue River trails between Grave creek. and Whiskey creek and on a timber management project at Kerby, but funds have not been made available' to con tinue the accelerated public works program during the fis cal year starting Monday. To, day is the last work day in the 1962-63 fiscal year. .r A bill to continue the pro gram has been approved by the Senate, according to BLM officials, and has been re turned to the House for ac tion. Help Relieve Problems The accelerated public work program was designed to help relieve problems in areas of high unemployment. Josephine county in south ern Oregon qualified for use of funds under the program. Men working under the pro gram have constructed four miles of new foot trail along the north bank of the Rogue river between Grave and Whiskey creeks. The trail, in some places, was blasted out of the side of cliffs. A crew of five men will be retained by the BLM to com plete work on one point of the trail where it is being cut through a cuff. About a week's work remains on the trail at this point, BLM offi cials said. The trail will be open for public use when it is com pleted, officials pointed out. If the accelerated public works program is continued, the BLM plans to improve the foot trail from Whiskey creek- to Marial. ... r-r rr rrt wPST EAST GERMAN aui.uii.no Bad H.r,fi..d. German,,.. E.,1 : 0.rm.n so. ,.r. rammad their armorea car - dom today. Weal German police said. (., LAUNCHES DRIVE AGAINST REBELS H.fn"n - Pr.mi.r Fid.l C.tro d.cl.r.d Thursday s iT. Th.i hit army is launching a "final iwttp" againat r.b.1. in Cub. wTo'h. ..id h. b..n "abandoned" by th. United Stales. .rBiipt-mS SUPPORT CLAIMED NECESSARY RE W.,hNim"R.Pp Adam Clayton Pow.l, (D-NY.) ..irf tod.- that President Kennedy s propoeed ban on dit taid today " b,jc ,eeommodation -doean t f.E . chance" oi "e.in9 Congr... without Republican leaderahip support. u.rullU INTENDS TO LEAD PARTY M fondontn-p"m. Mini.t.r Harold M.ernill.n indicated fcrdaht th.l he intend. 10 UtU ConaerTatW. party at tne next general election despite demands lor h.a re.ignat.on. Dinner Scheduled For Play Company A dinner honoring mem bers of the Oregon Shake spearean Festival company will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Norths Chuck Wagon 1016 North Riverside avc. Hosts for the event will be Mr. and Mrs. John North and Mrs. Eleanore Edmonds. More than 120 persons are expected to attend the din ner, including members of the festival company, the festi val's board of director and prominent area residents. In addition to the company, guests will include Southern Oregon College President Elmo N. Stevenson and his wife, Mayor and Mrs. James Dunlevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Snider, Mr. and Mrs. An gus L. Bowmcr, and Medford Chamber of Commerce Man ager and Mrs. Don McNeil. Regional Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 38 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1963 No. 85 Russian Premier In East Berlin For Celebration Workers Marched To Parade Route Berlin - (UPD Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev flew to Berlin today in an attempt to match the personal suc cess of President Kennedy's visit to the divided city 48 hours earlier. He complained that Kennedy's trip was "di rected against the interests of the German people." The Soviet leader landed at East Berlin's Schoenefeld Airfield at 2 p.m. (6 a.m. PDT) to attend celebrations next Sunday of the 70th birthday of East German Communist party boss Walter Ulbricht and perhaps to hold an East ern Red bloc summit meet ing. Directed Against People In a welcoming speech Ul bricht charged that Kennedy's visit to West Berlin was "di rected against the interests of the German people." I am in full agreement with the remarks made by comrade Ulbricht about the Kennedy visit," Khrushchev said in a six-minute reply. East German Communist authorities pulled out all the propaganda stops to try to put on a show to compete with Kennedy's triumphant visit to West Berlin last Wednesday. The streets through which Khrushchev was driving from the airfield to the East Berlin City Hall and Ulbricht's offi cial residence at Niedcrscho enhausen were jammed with tens of thousands of East Ber liners. Big Difference - But there was a big differ ence between those who greeted Kennedy and those who came out for Khrushchev. Kennedy's welcome by an estimated 1,500,000 West Ber liners was a completely spon taneous turnout. East Berlin workers were marched from their stores and factories to line the streets and cheer for Khrushchev. Even housewives were ordered out to line the route of march. Evans Valley Votes Against Bus Service Evans Valley - Voters here yesterday decided to discon tinue school bus service to Grants Pass High school. At the same election they approv ed the Evans Valley School district's proposed 1963 -64 budget. Eighty persons voted to dis continue the bus service, while 70 voted to retain it. The Evans Valley district has only an elementary school, and high school age students are given a choice of attend ing either Rogue River or Grants Pass High school. The voters initiated the bus service to Grants Pass several years ago. Last year, 18 of 64 high school age students from the local district went to Grants Pass. Bus service will still be provided to Rogue River High, however. The vote of approval on the budget was 86 to 66. The budg et calls for a total tax levy of $88,741.15, an increase of $1, 632.43 over last year. Money saved from the discontinuance of the Grants Pass bus service will revert to the general fund, to be used toward a fu ture tax saving. FIVE OREGON COUNTIES MAY LOSE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CIVIL DEFENSE By ZAN STARK Salem-HCT-Federal funds approved Thursday for five county civil defense organizations may be withdrawn be cause matching funds to bolster the state agency were de nied. State CD Director Robert Sandstrom indicated. "The state will probably not be able to administer the matching fund program in counties which also made ap plication," Sandstrom said. Regional Civil Defense Director Charles C. Ralls said the state agency did not qualify for federal funds. ine legislature slashed the agency to a three member coordinating staff attached to the governor's office. Before the cutback was ordered, Oregon had an 18-mem-ber CD staff. Gov. Mark Hatfield had asked funds for a 20-member staff. The notice from Ralls that the state agency would be denied federal funds also said funds had been approved tor five counties "subject to the submission and approval of a revised state program. "One requirement that must be stated In the resub mission Is the state's intent to administer the approved county programs," Ralls said. (Continued on Page 2) Paving Resumed On Barnett Rd. Extension Work Crews from M. C. Llnlnger and Sons resumed paving work on the Barnett rd. ex tension project Thursday, ac cording to Medford Public Works Director Vernon Thorpe. Plans call for constructing the extension 52 feet wide from Riverside ave. to Holly St. Total cost for the improve ment project is $27,757.25. Completion date is Sept. 30, Thorpe said. The public works director explained the purpose of the Barnett rd. extension is to relieve traffic pressure on the Stewart ave. railroad cross ing at the Riverside ave. in tersection, and also to im prove access for westside traffic to the Barnett rd. free way interchange. Notified by SP Thorpe said he had been notified that Southern Pacific company has completed con struction of the railroad cross ing and has also finished in stallatlon - of traffic signals. Informal word has been re ceived from the state high way department, Thorpe said, that bids will be opened some time in August for installs tion of traffic signals at Bar nett rd. and Riverside ave I wo nouses and a garage located at 903 South Holly st. which had to be removed to facilitate the street extension project, were razed earlier this month by Gordon West wood, who paid the city $10 for the materials in the struc tures, Thorpe said. The city council had ap proved the transaction at its May 2 meeting. Body of Clackamas Man Found Under Car Oregon City - HIPIl - The body of an 80-ycar-old man, who apparently had been pin ned under his car since late Monday when it slipped from a jack, was found late Thurs day. Dead was Russell Rosier Ripley, Clackamas. He appar- j cnlly died from exposure. Petitions Filed for Election by Workers Medford Corporation has been notified by the National Labor Relations board that a petition has been filed by some of the firm's employees n the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union seeking an election in the firm's lumber division as to whether or not they want to continue to be represented by LSW Local 2715. The NLRB hearing has been scheduled for July 15 at 11 a.m. in the federal courtroom In the Medford post office. At the hearing parties in volved will formally state their position. As a result of the facts from that hearing, the NLRB regional director will deter mine whether or not to order an election. Medford Corporation offi cials today said the company does not oppose such an elec tion. They noted that the hearing could be avoided if the NLRB could get the par ties to agree to a consent elec tion. Petitioners are Carl Cook, Walter Craig, and Paul Deck ard, according to the NLRB office in Portland. 1' 7 J:') M!r v, i , ... ii wy 9 is J ' rp A ; " ...,tic A. Ml GREETS BOOSTER Sen. Barry Goldwater shakes hands with one of his "Barry for President" boosters shortly after his speech to the Young Republican Convention in San Francisco. Goldwater, unofficial choice of the group for the 1964 presidential nomination, attacked both Democrats and liberals, charging that "American liberals are captives of big city political machines." A story on Goldwater's speech is on page 2A. Ashland Freeway Section May Be Open on July 15 No actual opening date has been set for the section of Interstate 5 from Barnett rd. Interchange to the North Ash land interchange at Valley View rd. north of Ashland, but state highway department officials here said that they are trying to gel the section open by July 15. Local engineers reported that paving o( the two inter changes for the two Valley View rds. remain to be com pleted, as well as installing a few signs, guard railing and painting. A signal to control High way OB traffic at the Valley View rd. exits for this sec tion of freeway has been in stalled, it was noted. The freeway In this area is of a continuous concrete trip construction, the long est which has been laid. In the United States. On the freeway section be tween north Ashland and the South Ashland interchange, grading Is nearly completed, engineers report. The con tractor tentatively plans to start paving in that area in August. No opening date has Unions Pledge Cooperation To Achieve Demands Meeting Recessed; Subject To Call Portland - 1TD - Leaders of two Northwest lumber unions -threatened more strikes to day in a lumber industry dis pute that already has idled some 19.000 workers. Announcement came after the International Woodwork ers of America reported no progress in contract talks with the "Big Six" employer group, composed of St. Regis Paper, U.S. Plywood, Weyer haeuser. International Paper, Crown Zollcrbach and Ray onier. IWA Regional President Harvey Nelson told newsmen Thursday his union modified its demands on travel time for loggers during Thursday's talk. He said the union also rejected an employer offer concerning week end work ing hours. There was no men tion of wage discussions. The meeting was recessed subject to call by either sida or by federal mediators. Unions Stick Together Officials of the IWA and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, which also is involved in the dispute, ' said the two unions would work together to bring the striko tn a successful conclu sion. .They struck St. Regis ' and U.S. Plywood plants in Oregon, Washington and Northern. California June 5 and the other four members of the "Bin Six" shut down in retaliation. Talks also have been re cessed with the limber Oper ators council, which repre sents, some 1B8' firms from California to Alaska. Earl ... Hartley,1 executive secretary of the LSW, said the unions ..would settle the dispute at their leisure, "even if it takes all summer." He estimated some 70,000 work ers might be affected eventu ally. He said plans for extending the strike are not completed and declined to pinpoint any specific firms. 'Will Select Companies' ' "We will select companies' , we believe best able to rjav Underwater Photos Show Slipper of Thresher Crewman 1 1 Vietnamese Die As Bicycles Blow Up Saigon. South Viet Nam -UTt - Eleven Vietnamese were killed and 39 wounded today when three explosives - laden bicycles blew up outside the U.S. military aid mission com pound. Three American civilian employees working in offices inside the compound were in jured in the blasts, believed set-off by Communist Viet CoiTg terrorists. WEATHER rORKCAST: Moltlv floudy. Co lai.e ihowcry Innliht and satiirmr Low tonlfhi 4. Hih Saturday (4-la. Temp. Hlhl Vilrar . . ' Lowcat Thia Mtirnlni 4a Prrc. to IS ..m. Today .2 Our Skies Tonight Snnarl today tj) pm Sunn tomorrow .... S:lt a.m. MoonaM tomorrow l:la a.m. Thr Moon will mil July e and at that time a partial r-rlip of th Moon will orrur that will be vlalhle over Ure trraa of all the eontlnenta ta- rlrpt North America. Aboard the USS Fort Sncll- ing at Sea -(UPll- The Navy dis closed today that underwater pictures taken in the Thresher search area included one of plastic slipper worn by nu clear submarine crewmen. The photograph taken by the bathyscaph Trieste on the bottom of the Atlantic clearly showed the letters "SSN on the yellow slipper worn by crewmen to protect their feet in an atomic-powered subma rine's nuclear reactor com partment. The letters arc the call letters of nuclear type submarines. Five from Rio De Janeiro Fire Claims Five Rio De Janeiro -Wt-persons died jumping windows of a burning 22-story office building today in the heart of Rio's movie district. Firemen rescued scores of persons from the blazing building but said others were trapped inside. The fire broke out at noon on the seventh floor and flames rapidly Isolated upper floors. Three men and two women, oil Identified as Bra zilians, were killed when they jiuapcd but missed firemen's ncT. Kennedy Addresses Irish Parliament Dublin - UIPli - President Kennedy today called on the Red-dominated peoples behind the Iron Curtain to follow Ireland's example and never cease to struggle for freedom. The Presidnt's appeal was delivered befor an historic joint sssion of the Irish par liament shortly after Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived In East Berlin and accused Kennedy of trying to play politics with the Ger man Issue. Kennedy was In good form after his flying visit to Cork, where he was made a freertun o (the city and given probably the most tumultuous welcome of his career by cheering, laughing crowds who pushed him bacwards into his auto mobile in their rush tc get close to him. "Those who suffer beyond that wall of shame I saw on Wednesday in Berlin must not despair of the future " Ken nedy said. "Let them instead remember the constancy, the faitlr the endurance and ultl mafrf success of the Irish." After a crewman leaves the compartment, he removes the slippers and deposits them in a bag to be cleaned in a de contamination room. Experts examined the slip per picture as well as photo graphs of paper scraps. Dangerous Game The pictures were made Thursday by the Navy hathy. scaph Trieste in 8,400 feet of water while U. S. Navy surface ships played a poten tially dangerous game of cat and mouse with Soviet ships harassing the search for the past five days. The papers were discovered by the Trieste in a 0 y 30 foot area near the point where the $45 million sub made its last dive 220 miles from the coast last April 10. The two man crew aboard the Trieste also reported making sonar contact with an unidentified 60-foot object in the area. Tvo Russian ships renewed intrusions Into the 25-mlle search area, which was post ed as off-limits to non-search vessels in a "notice to mar iners" on April 22. The Navy requested ships of all nations to stand clear. Election Scheduled In Sanitary District Talent - An election on the proposed 1003-84 budget of the South Talent Sanitary dis trict will be held Tuesday. Polls will be open at the Res more motel on Highway 00 south of Talent from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The budget calls for a tax levy of $2,510. Sexton Summit Nation's Coldest New York-nThe low eat temperature in the na tion reported this morning, excluding Heweii and Alas ka, was 38 at Sexton Sum mit, Ore., the Weather Bu ftau aaid. been set for this section. Valley rains have not ham- and t0 influence the industry pered construction crews on lo recognize tne justice of our the South Ashland inter- "emends, jvelson huld news- chanflto tn Wall rrpplr spntinn I men, of the freeway, an official) Mnrtlcy said unions feel of the" Peter Klewlt Son's ,ure lurnh-r firms have contractor for the n"st-'C "ie ball in the last company. irajiict, reported. It was not d that the majority of the material being moved on this project is from the west of the highway to the cast side which will cause some mud on the highway. of Storm Brings Snow To High Elevations An early summer storm system brought .26 of an inch of rain to Medford and some snow above the 5,000-foot elevation last night and early today. ' The , weather bureau fore casts continued cooling over most of the state and more rainfall during the week,, Snow was reported by for est agencies. Rogue River National for est officials reported three Inches of snow fell at Dutch man peak lookout in the Applegate district and at Rustler peek north of Butte Falls. Similar reports of snowfall during the nizM came from Crater Lake National park, which reported a trace, and from the state forestry de partment which reported an inch at Soda mountain. few yeiirs' on the issue lumber workers' salaries. Asked if the IWA was sat isfied with the offer made by Simpson Timber Co., an independent firm, Tuesday, Nelson said tho union agreed only in principle. Simpson proposed a five-cent per hour increase in travel time pay for loggers and is now con sidering a union request for a 10-cent increase. Nelson said the "Big Six" failed to respond to this pro posal Thursday. "They didn't even give us the courtesy of their consideration," he com mented. The LSW is scheduled to meet with the "Big Six" Mon day. The IWA had a meeting scheduled with Georgia-Pacific Corp., another large in dependent, today. AMERICANS KILLED Tokyo-dJPU-The Communists claimed today they killed 51 Americans and wounded four others In the central part of South Vict Nam In the first five months of 1963. GOP Headquarters Moved To Portland Portland -fl.TD Republican stale headquarters was back in Portland today after halt a dozen years in Salem. Phillip J. Roth, Republl can stale chariman, said one of the first jobs out of the I new heiidquiirters would be a fiind-nnsing campaign. He said it was likely a paid finance' director would be hired. The hcadquiirters are at 305 Times Building on SW Washington st. New Law on Tax Exempt Groups To Be Enforced Salem -UPli- Atty. Gen. Rob crt Y. Thornton announced today that plans are under way to administer the new law for supervision of tax exempt charitable organiza tions. The uniform supervision of trustees for charitable pur poses act takes effect on Sept. 2. The measure was enacted by the 1063 legislature. Thornton said the law pro vides for registration of chari table trusts, foundations and similar tax exempt groups in thetiiiterest of the trust bene ficffiics and the public. Exempt from provisions of the reporting statute are re ligious organizations, educa tional institutions, hospitals and public bodies. A public rcRister of organ izations reporting under the law will be maintained by the attorney general's office. Thornton said he will ask presidents of various organ isations such as the Oregon State Bar to name representa tives to an advisory commit tee. The committee will be ask ed to recommend orocedures for enforcing the few.