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9 HI M 0)1 ITU j AMI J v ;? - Ira, x . uU-'AV- ' ..-II STEEPLEJACK AT WORK A church in Jacksonville is catching the eye of tourists these days. High up on the First Presby terian church's steeple, approximately 80 to 85 feet high, works a steeplejack. The con tractor. Milton Wallace, is replacing the original wood shingles that were put in Council Accepts Report Favoring Terminal Lounge , The chairman of the air port committee of the Med ford city council reported last night that his group favored the establishment of a cock tail lounge in the terminal building at the municipal air port. The council, following sub mission of the report, voted unanimously to accept the recommendation. The lounge had been' re quested by Vern Langford, proprietor of the Sky Room restaurant in the terminal building. Committee Chairman Rob ert Cunningham said installa tion of the lounge "would be desirable as an additional service to the public." He said he felt the opera tion would be economically feasible on a modest scale. The committee report rec ommended the lounge be con structed in the area between the restaurant and main load ing ramp at a cosi nui j exceed $7,000. The lounge would be leased to Langford with a minimum monthly rental to the city of $125. Langford would have to post an advance rental of $2,000 to assist in construc tion of the lounge. No funds would be expend ed, however, the report stat ed, until an operating license had been obtained from the Oregon Liquor Control com mission. Ferry Replaces Trans-Columbia Boats Astoria -IUP&- The ferry Kit sap, brought from the state of Washington last year, re placed two smaller boats on the trans-Columbia from As toria to Megler, Wash., Thursday. UEWS( IT IMS FRM Ifc if GUNFIRE REPORTED IN KOREA TRUCE ZONE Alon the Truc Lin. Korea-'IPI'-Scattered gunfire aain brake out i the Demilitariied Zone between North and fiuth Korea early today, but a U.S. let Cavalry Division officer indicated the .hooting was insignificant. HADIO JAMMING SAID DECREASED London-lPP-Radio monitors create of jamming of Western broadcast, to Communist Ro mania. This follow, the end of Soviet jamming of Ruoian language broadca.t. of the British Broadca.ting Corporation (BBC). Jamming ended June 8. PULITZER PRIZE POET DIES Seattle. Wash.-'VPI -Prof . Theodore Roethke, SS. a Pulitier Prise winning poet, died of a heart attack Thursday night after collep.ing in a neighbor's private swimming pool en Bainbridge Island. 0 4 place in 1881 when the church was com pleted. The original builders of the church used rough hewn shingles and nailed them in place with square nails. Roofing of the steeple should be completed sometime next week. Council Delays for Four Months Action On Request for Zone The Medford. city council, obviously persuaded by the arguments of Attorney Rob ert Boyer, reversed an earlier decision last night and voted to postpone action for about four months on a request to rezone a half-mile strip of property lying between Bid die rd. and Interstate 5. The applicants, owners of property located at 801, 851, 895 and 955 Biddle rd., sought to have the parcels rezoned from single family to limited commercial. The planning commission at its June meeting had voted to deny the request. The city planning staff had recom mended that the 80-foot wide strip be acquired for park purposes. Appeal on Recommendation The request last night was an appeal from the planning commission's negative recom mendation. Boyer represented the applicants. Boyer told the council ne understood the city adminis tration was going to attempt to acquire the strip of prop erty with "national financ- Fire Damages Home On Lake Highway Fire yesterday damaged an unoccupied house owned by RalDh Glass on Crater Lake highway one-half mile south of Desert Service station. Central Point rural firemen said the cause is being in vestigated. They reported that the blaze started in the bath room which was heavliy dam aged. There was smoke and heat damage throughout the house. Rural firemen were sum oned at 2:55 p.m. yesterday. today reported an end or de- I ing. ' He said the property owners were in sympathy with the idea and asked a Lour month's delay on. their zone change request in order to give the city time to seek federal aid. City Attorney William Mansfield agreed that "four months would be sufficient to explore the federal possibili ties." He said the city had exhausted all possibilities of state assistance. The council then voted 4 to 3 not to grant the four month's postponement. Re.erve Right To Speak But Boyer, who had re served the right to speak "on the merits" of the matter if the council denied the post ponement', then pointed out that the city had taken no action on the property since 1961, when it denied a simi lar request from the property owners. Boyer quoted the 1961 chairman of the planning com mission who said in denying the request then that "the city should purchase the prop erty." "But the city has made no attempt in the last two years to buy the property," Boyer argued, "and the owners still seek the change." Councilman Jack Edson said he would vote for the postponement, but warned that "if this becomes a half- mile long commercial strip of small businesses, it will be detrimental to the city." The council then voted unanimously to continue the matter for about four months. after Boyer assured the group he did not feel they would be "committing" themselves by the delay. Portland Bureau To Hire Negroes Portland-dlPIi-The city car ried out an agreement Thurs day by notifying two Negroes that they may report Monday morning for jobs as recrea tion leaders with the Park Bureau. Samuel Macon, 25, and Na than Jones, 24, were sent for mal notices by certified mail. They had charged the city with discrimination in its hir ing practices. The Oregon Labor Bureau and the city agreed Monday the charges would be dropped if Macon and Jones were offered jobs. Jones currently holds a high-paying job with the post office. Macon had previously been offered a job but he re fused It because of conditions he said the city attached. A $ Regional Edition MEDFORD 20 Pages Two Sections U.S. Halts All Arms Shipments To South Africa Move To Honor Existing Contracts United Nations, N. Y. -JP0-The United States announced today that it Is halting all shipments of military equip ment to South Africa to pre vent their use to support pol icies of racial segregation. U. S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson made the announce ment in the course of a Se curity Council debate on the South African government's racial segregation policies. "We expect to bring to an end the sale of all military equipment to South Africa by the end of this calendar year," he said. Thij, he added, would allow existing contracts to be honored. Obligation. Said Unmet The United States, Steven son said, "feels South Africa is failing to carry out its obli gations under the UN char ter" in continuing to deny Africans any political rights. "By stopping the sale of arms to South Africa we will emphasize our hope that the republic will now re-assess its attitude on apartheid in the light of numerous appeals from the UN and from mem ber states such as the United States." Stevenson said the United States is prepared to meet with other UN members and with the foreign ministers of African states to discuss what can be done about South Af rica and racial segregation. To Have Suggestion "We will have some sug gestions at that meeting," he said. He did not say what these suggestions were. Stevenson's statement fol lowed a call from Alex Quai- son-Sackey of Ghana for a total embargo on all arms shipments to South Africa The Ghanaian said that arms shipped by the Western pow ers, such as jet planes and armored cars, were being used by South African troops and police against unarmed Afri cans. Treasurer's Office Gets Liquor Check The Jackson county treas urer's office has received $1, 610.31 as its quarterly allo cation from liquor receipts, County Treasurer Karl Ja nouch said today. Medford has received $1, 125.44 from the state liquor receipts. Other cities in Jackson county and the amounts re ceived based on population are Ashland $410.94; Butte Falls, $16.22; Central Point, $110.27; Eagle Point, $32.61; Gold Hill, $26.36; Jackson ville, $50.82; Phoenix, $37.90; Rogue River, $22.55; and Tal ent $40.50. Groener May Seek Legislative Seat Milwaukie - IUPD - Former state legislator Richard Groe ner said Thursday he may seek one of Clackamas coun ty's four scats in the Oregon House of Representatives. He denied he would be a candidate for county commis sioner. Groener, a Democrat, said he was denying any intention to challenge either Fred Stef- ani or Stan Ely, incumbent commissioners, now to "clear the air."" Groencr was elected to the House in 1954, re-elected in 1956 and elected senator in 1958. He lost the Senate scat last year to Democrat Tom Monaghan by 24 votes in recount. WEATHER FORECAST: Pair through Sat urday. A little cooler Satur day. Low tonight $2. High Sat urday 87. Temp. HI cheat Veilerrlav Xft Lowest Thti Morning 40 Our Skies Tonight Svnsrt todav 1:31 p.m. Sunrlte tomorrow ..I S:04 i..m. The Moon rises . tiM p.m. todav ind ride !ot. Full Moon Auk. S PROM IN fc NT ST.lt Splca, sets 1142 p.m VISIBLE PLAVFTS Mart, low In Mt 1:U p.m. Saturn. In aontheau il:n3 p.m. Jupiter, low in ait 11:03 a .m Former Soldier Says Experience In Red China Disillusioned Him Hong Kong-IUPV-A former American Army corporal who chose communism and lived for nine years in Red China said today the experience dis- illusioned him. Lowell D. Skinner of Ak- ron, Ohio, who was captured during the Korean War and refused repatriation after the armistice 10 years ago, left Red China Thursday on his wav back home at last. The 32-vear-old Skinner. one of 21 American soldiers captured by the Reds and who elected to stay behind, de- scribed conditions in China now as improved over the chatotic stituation that pre- vailed during the "great leap forward" that failed in 1959 and the withdrawal of Soviet help to Peking in 1960. But the life there is still far from good, he said. If you want to change your work, you can t, he New Move Made ! To Take Ineligible Off Welfare Rolls Salem-IUPII-New efforts to eliminate ineligible persons from Oregon's welfare rolls were announced Thursday by State Welfare Administrator Andrew F. Juras. Earlier it was announced in Washington, D.C., that 5.4 per cent of the persons on Oregon Aid to Dependent Children rolls had been found to be ineligible. The Oregon figure was Iden tical to that of the national average found in a survey made last winter by federal officials. The survey was made public Thursday. Juraa declared the Oregon Welfare Department would go beyond minimum federal requirements, in his efforts to cut ineligible . recipients from the rolls. Federal requirements now specify a continuous review of eligibility; redetermination of eligibility for all ADC families every six months and stale-by-state reviews of pro gram administration. , Inve.tigator. Hired State investigators are be ing hired to probe suspected frauds and complicated prop erty cases where eligibility is questioned by either the regu lar caseworker or the special reviewers. Welfare workers will check industrial accident and un employment compen s a 1 1 o n lists to be sure welfare recipi ents aren't getting money from those sources. New efforts are belna made In the state to simplify wel fare standards and policies in order to cut the chance of error, Juras said. The federal survey found that some families, even though eligible, received in correct amounts of ADC as sistance. It indicated that 61 persons received overpay ments while 38 families were entitled to more money. Deliberate fraud was indi cated in less than half of the Oregon families where ineli gibility was found. 380-Acre Fire Near Bandon Controlled By United Pre.. International A 330-acre fire in grass and small pine near Bandon was brought under control today, the State Forestery depart ment said. The blaze, which started late Thursday afternoon, was one of four reported in the Coos District. The other three were brought under control quick ly. State forestry officials said no other fires were reported on state-patrolled lands. The U.S. Forest Service re ported three small fires, the largest of which burned three acres in the Wallowa-Whitman National forest. TO REBUILD CITY Skopje, Yugoslavia - il'PD -The mayor of Skopje said to day the city will be rebuilt on the same site where an earthquake destroyed most of its buildings and killed more tmm 2,000 persons. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, said you "If you want to study, can't. If you want to travel, you can't." "In 1958 when the 'great leap' program started the peo pie thought they were going t gam something. But then they got tireder and tireder." whcn the "sreal leap for- ward" of Communist Chinese leader Mao Tzc-tung started in 1958. "things got all mixed "P." Skinner said, especially ln the field ot agricultural production. He said the Chinese at that time "didn't produce too much." Skinner said that at the height of the "great leap" program he actually had a home steel furnace set up in his backyard in Tsinan. "It didn't work," he said, reflecting the general opinion about the backyard steel pro- duction experiment, which dated from the Peking uom- Timber Operators Moves To By United Press International . The Timber Operators i Council, in a stunning step to end the Northwest lumber dispute, today recommended putting its latest wage offer to two lumber unions into ef fect without their approval. The council, which repre sents 196 firms in the Doug las Fir belt from Northern California to Alaska, recom mended to its members that its offer of a 26-cent an hour pay increase over three years go into eifccl immediately . An . estimated., 30,000 , em plbyees' would gel a 12-cent pay increase retroactive to June 1 . when the last con tracts with the International Woodworkers of America and Jacksonville Sewer Construction Starts Jacksonville - Construc tion of Jacksonville's sewer system is under way. Officials of the construc tion company, R. A. Hciutz of Portland, and Jacksonville Mayor E. O. Graham issued a warning advising parents to keep children away from sew er piping, and especially away from open trenches. Graham announced that forms will be mailed to home owners shortly by the sew er contractor asking where in his property the owner wishes to have his hookup placed. "Filling out of these forms can save time and trouble both for the homeowners and the contracto r,'' Graham noted. Residents will be notified when the resident engineer will visit their property to make arrangements for con nections. Persons not able to be home al thai time may designate the spot desired for the hookup by putting up a stake with a flag on it. STRATEGY CONFERENCE President Kennedy held a final strategy conference today with Secretary of State Dean P.usk on the East-West security talks set wilh Russian lead ers in Moscow next week. From left are Rusk, President Tribune AUGUST 2, 1963 munis, party's directives about organizing people's communes in ivoo. He said that at the height of the "leap forward" pro- cram in Seotember 1958 it was common for people in Red China to work 21 hours a nese repay old debts - "main day. But now the work day ly Korean War debts, but also is back to eight hours, he those for the large industri said. al enterprises." Skinner said life inside Red He said the Russian with- Chlna grew very difficult in drawal principally had affoct- idsu-uu, with itn tne worst vear of hardshin for the Chi- nese population. That was the year the Rus- sians withdrew, and a period which was further compli- cated by "droughts and floods, bad management, and lack of experience." "If we had to live like or- dinary people, no one would have survived," he said. For- eigners were given better ra- tions than Chinese, he said. He said that office workers with legs ana arms swollen End Lumber Strike the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union expired. The plan was attacked im mediately by Harvey Nelson, President of the IWA s Region Nelson called it "another example of bad faith bargain ing by the Timber Operators Request lo Move Business Denied . An application by the pro prietors of the. Frontier Club, 43 South Front st., to trans fer their operation to a new location at 226 North Front st. was unanimously voted down by the Medford city council last night. The applicants, Robert L and Edna J. Knox, were rep resented by Attorney A. E. Piazza, who said he was "puz zled" by opposition to the pro posal. Piazza argued lhal the pres ent operation of the appli cants was "orderly" and that the proposed new operation would be just as orderly. He said that the proximity of the proposed location to the city police department one-half block away would further Insure the orderly conduct of the tavern's pa trons. Attorney Frank Farrcll, representing several proper ty owners in the vicinity of the proposed site of the tav ern, said that Colony restau rant lounge in that block was sufficient "lo take -ire of the public need." He said property values would be "seriously down graded" if the tavern were allowed to locate in the build ing presently occupied by the Whisllcstop Cafe. A petition signed by seven adjacent property owners op posing the request was pre sented lo the council. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 115 from malnutrition were a common sight in those days. Skinner, who married a Chinese girl who remained behind when he left, said that in lOKn n, Rnoiint ot nm point demanded that the Chi- cd the construction of tex- tile anH fertilizer nlants. "Some of these big enter- prises had to stop after the Russians left," he said. Noting the cooling-off of Soviet-Red Chinese relations, Skinner said that in 1957-58 there was no talk about Mos cow-Peking troubles. But just before all the Rus- sian technical experts left Tsinan in 1960, he said he no- ticed a remarkable increase in violence - of anti-Kussian statements Dy me cninese. Council Council." He said the union will meet it "with any action that is deemed appropriate, but would not elaborate. The unions rejected the 26- cent package offer at a meet ing in Portland July 26 and Nelson said the TOC prom ised then to put its proposals in written form- and submit them to the unions and to federal mediators. He said he is still waiting for his copy. Earl Hartley, executive sec- retary ot tne Yvesiern council, LSW, was not available for comment today. Registered letters notifying the unions of the TOC plan were sent to Hartley and Nel son Thursday night, the as sociation said. In making this offer, we are fully cognizant of our legal responsibility ot contin uing to bargain collectively. emphasized Karl F. Glos, ex ecutive vice president of the TOC in Portland. 'We feel strongly that the offer is fair and proper under the circumstances. We are de termined lo attcmpl to bring the negotiations to a conclu sion as quickly as possible." The TOC said July 25 that the 26-cent offer was the max- mum under present lumber ndustry conditions and a tcady increase in Canadian lumber sales in the United States. It called the unions' de mands for 33 'S cents "unre alistic and uneconomical." The unions got 33 V cents from Simpson Timber Co. in a settlement announced July 19. About 29,000 workers are idle in Oregon, Washington, northern California and Mon tana in a strike against some TOC members, independent firms, and two members of the Big Six. The other four Big Six members closed down in sympathy. No additional strikes were reported Thursday or today. Kennedy, Llewellyn Thompson, East-West affairs adviser, and William C. Foster, disarmament chief. The story is on Page 2A. tUPI) '..-' 0 0 IS Admitted To . . - Army Hospital; Driver Arrested Men, Helmets Strewn Over Road , Ft. Dix, N. J. -(UPIU An automobile plowed into a col umn of 150 marching soldiers on a wet dimly lighted road here late Thursday night, in- 1 juring 21 of the troops, nona , seriously. "There were men, rifles and helmets strewn all over the road," said Nick Grand, one of the first to reach tha scene, near the post's south ern boundary. Fifteen casualties were ad mitted to Walson Army hos pital on the post with in juries that included broken legs, fractured ribs, lacera tions and fractured arms. Tha others were treated for minor injuries and released. No Serious Injuries An Army spokesman said none of the hospitalized was in serious condition. The motorist, Pfc. Robert C. Keyers, 23, of Toms River, N. J., apparently failed to yield the right of way and bowled over the troops as they crossed Texas ave. onto Range rd., the spokesman said. The soldiers, all basic train jees, were returning to their barracks from a night training, mission. The stretch of road was dark and the pavement still wet from an earlier rain. The soldiers, members of Co. "D" of the 3rd Training ing Regiment, were marching north when the car bore down on them from the south. Tha impact hurled men and equip ment of the third and fourth, platoons over several hundred feet of the roadway. Carrying Flashlights An Army spokesman said officers in the column were carrying flashlights with red ireflectors and should have been visible from a distance. More im 20 ambulances from the nost anH noarhv rnm. munities converged on the scene to carry the injured to the hospital.. The Army also searched Engineers lake, ad jacent to the roadway, on tha theory that some of the sol diers may have been hurled Into tbe shallow water, but none was found. Keyser, who escaped ' in jury, was taken into custody by military authorities for questioning. onstruction Man Dies on Project Newport (UPU Construction worker Lee Paulson, 22, On tario, died Thursday of as phyxiation at a construction project Vt miles east of Newport. Paulson, an employee of Arenz Construction Co., Port- and, was lowered into a man hole about 2:30 p.m. to search for a severed pipeline. When fellow workers were unable to arouse him an ambulance from Newport was called. Ambulance driver Bob Boyd was lowered into the hole and immediately lost consciousness. A Newport Fire Depart ment member with a gas mask then retrieved Paulson, who was pronounced dead on arrival al the Pacific Com munity hospital here. Boyd was reported in satisfactory condition. $9 O a
