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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1963)
i M Ul ev... , VAa L . i j y ,: :-' Xy:: p s S i r u ' I i UowileMir. . ;! ..AA J 1: ,A y V , -A- S'Si. r T'-Uj-, i i .. : .55' - SI :i ,..rri ' :S ! Pr i n ! L.J U : 1. ' ! i J U IJ n AJ SV . 1 1 j V Wf4T' -TENTH t, STREET ' f il CIVIC CENTER BOUNDARIES The heavy slashed lines above indicate the boundaries of the proposed civic center as defined by resolution of the Medford city council last night. The block bounded by West Eighth, South Holly. west Ninth and South Ivy sts. Macmillan Hit By Election to Replace Profumo Stratford-On-Avon, England -1UP1I- Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservative party was rocked anew today by the results of an election to fill the parliamentary seat vacated by disgraced War Minister John Profumo. The Conservative candidate ,won Thursday's by-election, but the margin was so small the opposition claimed a "mor al victory." The results ap peared to forecast further trouble for Macmillan whose government was nearly top pled last month by the reper cussions from the Profumo scandal. Journalist Wins Conservative candidate An gus Maude, a 50-year-old jour nalist, was the victor as ex pected in this Tory strong hold, but his majority was so much less than his party's margin in the last .election that the opposition Labor party claimed a "moral vic tory." Observers had regarded the Stratford-On-Avon by-election the toughest public test for Macmillan since the Profumo scandal shocked the nation earlier this summer and near ly toppled his Conservative government. Santiam Scenic Areas Established Salem - (WO - The Oregon Scenic Area Commission has established scenic areas along 78 miles of the Santiam High way from Salem to Sisters, it was announced today. The scenic designation had been petitioned by Mill City garden and woman's clubs. The clubs had sought to make the full route from the Salem bypass to the Sisters city limits a scenic zone, but the commission declined to set aside 29 miles, according to chairman A. N. Weir. Under the scenic areas act, the commission may establish scenic areas along public highways which have views of unusual natural beauty or have historical significance. tlEl7S(ABRIEFS nuns rioM U R0UND ' CANADA. U.S. AGREE ON NUCLEAR WARHEADS Ottawa-a'Pli-Primt Minister Lxttr B. Pearson today an nounced an agreement with the United States to give Canada nuclear warheads under "joint control" with "satisfactory" protection for Canada's national intertill. MAJOR BREAK HINTED IN RAIL DISPUTE Wathington-OW-A union source said he expected a major development today in the stalemate over railroad plant to liminate thousands oi jobs, and the union threat to stage a nationwide strike Aug. 29 if the work rules are changed. The source refuted to reveal the nature of the development. RED CHINESE TROOPS MASSING. NEHRU SAYS New Delhi. lndia-'VPI-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru laid today that Communist Chinese troopt were matting eing the border tor a pettible attack on India. XA IU Jt - a is the site of a proposed new r; X C : ( i : ii Resolution Defines Boundaries of Civic Center in Medford A resolution defining the boundaries of the proposed civic center was passed unan imously by the Medford city council last night. The action was taken at the specific urging of the Capital Improvements committee, which has designated the civ ic center and a new city hall as its top priority items. . The city planning commis sion met informally Thursday morning and recommended Council Delays Transfer Request A request by the proprie tors of the Frontier Club, 43 South Front si., to transfer its beer dispensing license to a new location at 902 North Riverside ave. was deferred by the Medford city council last night. The applicant, Robert Knox, told the council his present lease for the Front st. location will expire Sept. 1, and that it would take at least two weeks to install plumbing at his proposed new location, which has been occupied by Hal's Sport and Agate shop. Knox told the council he had personally checked with nine property owners in the vicinity of his new site and that only one of them object ed to his plans. Councilman William Singler moved to put the request on the Sept. 5 council agenda to give the property owners in the vicinity of 902 North Riverside, ave. an opportunity to appear before the council if they should wish to protest the matter. The motion to defer action passed by a 6 to 2 vote. However, toward the end of the meeting, Councilman Joe Hosick reopened the mat ter by pointing out that Knox would find the delay costly and that he deserved a more prompt Teply to his request. Hosick moved lo reconsider the request, but his motion failed by the same 6 to 2 margin. A J.. - ; :xVVfH' v: - .,(7 " federal post office. No final plan for location of proposed municipal buildings within the civic center area has been developed, but a new city hall and a public safety building are contemplated in the general area lying south of the public library. the boundaries which the council approved last night. The proposed civic center lies in an area bounded by West Main st. on the north, by Mistletoe st. on the west, by West 10th st. on the south, and by South Holly st. on the east. Municipal Purposes Within that area, however, the council designated a fur ther four-block section which it intends to devote to public use for municipal purposes. ' That area was defined as bounded by West Eighth st. on the north, by West 10th st. on the south, by South Holly st. on the east, and by King st. on the west. Not intended for city use within that area is the prop erty owned by the federal government for the site of the new post office and the Med ford Plaza apartments, 235 South Oakdale ave. Tentative plans now call for the eventual construction of a new city hall and a public safety building within the pre scribed area. City Manager Robert Duff said today that the next step is to acquire appraisals on the property the city hopes to pur chase. He said council com mittee approval would be re quired, however, before an appraiser can be hired for the survey. Plans Ready for Republican Even) Plans have been completed for Saturdays picnic and ral ly under auspices of the Jackson County Republican Central committee, Robert Balk, picnic chairman, an nounced today. Food servers for the din ner, at which Gov. and Mrs. Mark O. Hatfield will be hon ored guests, will be Repre sentative Edward Branchfield, County Judge Earl Miller, Representative John Dellcn back, District Attorney Alan Holmes, Commissioner Don Faber, Sheriff De Armond Leigh. Surveyor Mark Boy den, Deputy District Attor neys Tom Owens and Robert Fox. Republican members of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce are chefs for the open-pit barbecued chicken dinner. Activities will begin at 4 p.m. at TouVelle State park. Tickets, now on sale by the teenage committee of Pam Trowbridge, Ann Parsons, Robin Emmons, Day Lynch, Nick and Chris Rasmussen, Ed Davis. John Eads, John Case and John and Allen Col lins, will be available at the park Saturday. OLCC STICKSto RULE Portland - CPU - The Ore gon Liquor Control Commis sion stood fast Thursday on its rule forbidding anyone un- ; der the age of 21 to sell al- cohjic beverages. 7) Hf V- ' x- V :A'A y,vV- V A, A A s - . ,v- :' V--' Subpoena Threat Voiced in Study 01 Insurance Salem (UPIt- The Legisla tive Interim committee on in surance today tnreatened to subpoena Rep. Shirley Field (R-Portland) to explain her charge that the committee would "whitewash" the Ore gon Insurance industry. The subpoena threat came as the committee met to begin work on a five-ppint program during the next 14 months. Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D Portland) said Rep. Field "should be subpoenaed before the committee if she does not appear voluntarily to explain her charges." Redden Discussed Ittue Rep. James Redden (D-Med-ford) said he had discussed the issue with Rep. Field and she was anxious to appear at a committee meeting in Port land because she had several witnesses who also wished to address the committee. Committee Chairman Rep. F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene) outlined the five-point pro gram, and announced subcom mittee assignments. Sen. Walter Pearson (D Portland), Rep. Morris Croth ers (R-Salcm) and Montgom ery will study the sale of life, health and accident insurance by companies not authorized to do business in Oregon. A study of rate setting by title insurance companies will be made by Mahoney, Redden and Montgomery. Rep. Philip Lang (D-Port-land), Sen. Eddie Ahrens (R Salcm) and Mahoney will probe the sale of life insur ance with provision for mu tual fund participation. Reserve, surplus and capital requirements of firms engag ed in casualty or disability in surance will be studied by Redden, Ahrens and Pearson. The committee added a fifth area of investigation, hospital ization insurance standards. Named lo this subcommittee were Crothers, Lang and Red den. Legislators Leave On Hawaii Junket Portland-WPB-Sevcn Oregon legislators left Thursday night for Honolulu to attend the Na tional Legislative Conference and to try to bring the confer ence to Portland in 1965. "We have all the confidence in the world," said Rep. Ed Whclan (D-Portland) about chances of getting the 1965 meeting. Others leaving were Reps Clarence Barton (D-Coquille), William Holmstrom (D-Gear hart), Berkely Lent (D-Port- land). Robert F. Smith (R- Burns). George Flitcraft (R Klamath Falls), and W. O. Kclsay (D-Roscburg). Another group ot legislators will also be in Honolulu next week to attend the Interstate Cooperation meeting. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 20 Pages Two Sections Timber Operators Council Isi Agreement With Unions Only Loose Ends Of Lumber Strike To Be Settled Settlement Follows Pattern Portland-IUPH-Thc 196-mcm-ber Timber Operators Coun cil and the two lumber un ions reached agreement on a new contract Thursday. This left only a few loose ends to tie up to bring an end to the Northwest lumber strike that started June 5. The TOC agreement with the International Woodwork ers of America and the Lum ber and Sawmill Workers Union called for the same 30 Vi cent hourly wage in crease over three years that has become the pattern throughout the industry. Mutt Be Ratified The agreement has lo be ratified by union member ship. Union officials said this should come the first of next week. The TOC represents smaller firms. In another aereemenl Thursday, the Pine Industrial Relations Council and the two unions agreed at Redding, Calif., on the 30V cent wage package for 7,000 workers in Oregon and Northern Cali fornia. The council is an advisory orniin for about 100 indenend- nnf rnmnanies. Job adjust ments and other clauses of the contracts were being left for negotiation by individual firms. Unsettled Areas iinspttlert areas in the In dustry were at North Bend, Ore.; Anderson, Calif., and Libby, Mont. Some 325 men Tcmaincd iHinrf at the Menasha Ply wood Co. plant at North Bend where local issues have pre vented a settlement. Af AnHprsnn. officials of the U.S. Plywood Corp. were hopeful that the strike by the t cw wnuM he settled by the end of the week. Local issues also were involved there. A meeting was scheduled here today to attempt to reach a settlement between the LSW and the St. Regis nnpratinn af T.ibbv. involving some 900 workers. The LSW Wednesday reached an agree ment on the 30Vi cent formula with St. Regis at the Klicki tat, Wash., operation. Two Portlanders Shot in Argument Portland - WP1) - Two men were in serious condition after thev were shot at a garage early today. Paul R. Mullen. 21, and Paul G. Rustan, 25, both of DnrtianH uuprp rharscd with attempted assault with a dead ly weapon and larceny from a garage. Bail was set at $5, 000 each. Garage attendant Patrick Hopcroft, 27, said he shot at thp nair when he was threat ened with an iron bar. He said he refused to lend them tools from the garage to work on their car. Police said the two enter ed Smoke's 24-Hour Auto Re pair to borrow the tools and were refused. Police reports said the two men became abu sive and Hopcroft got the gun. A scuffle ensued and Hopcroft said he got free and fired. WEATHER FORECAST: Clear throufh Sat urday with tome high cloud!. neu at timet. Low tonight 30 55. High Saturday 80-95. Temp. mhf at Yesterday Loweil Thli Mornlni S2 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today :12 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 11:20 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow 4:ZS a.m. New Moon ... Aug. 19 PROMINENT STARS Fomalhaut, rliei ...11:04 p.m. Aluir, high m tooth 11:18 p.m. Between them ts the planet. Saturn, which It now bright- -V MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST ifTx?- '-fin i , , V tt"My??mmJ A-. I P 1 HI TIRED FAIR-GOER Joe Walsworth, 15, young Walsworth had been working around Phoenix, took his ease in a cattle chute near the fairgrounds helping with the livestock the main show barn. An employee of the during the annual Jackson County 4-H and Rogue Valley Livestock, Inc., Phoenix, FFA fair. Elderly Welfare Patients Removed By Nursing Home Monmouth - lt!PI - Seven elderly persons were removed from the Madonna nursing home here Thursday because the owners of the home said they couldn't afford to keep them. The Polk County Welfare Department said today that while earlier reports indi cated that 14 patients were to be moved, only seven left and others remained at the fa cility. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Drahelm complained lo the Polk Coun ty Welfare Commission that allowances for the recipients were not sufficient to run the home. The patients ranged in age from 77 to 95. Those who were moved went to homes at Dallas and Independence. "We could keep them on the $101 to $174 a month we get." Mrs. Drahcim said, "We could keep them like you wouldn't keep a dog." She said the welfare com mission had "downgraded the care allowance so much that we Just can't keep them." Mrs. Ruth Hardy, director of the Polk County Welfare Department, said the com plaint of not enough money Is common among operators of nursing homes in the country, but this was the first time the department had been asked to move the patients. Bulletin Washington -'CCD- Secre tary of State Dean Rusk said today Russia could make a "very helpful con tribution" lo overall im provement in U. S. Soviet r e 1 a tioni by completely withdrawing its military personnel from Cuba. Rusk did not appear, however, to make this a condition for Eail-Weil talks to follow up the limited nuclear test ban treaty with sthor ten ioeaiing agreements. Tribune 4-H Style Revue Is Scheduled Tonight; Judging Continues The annual Jackson Coun ty 4-H and FFA fair activity will hit its peak at 7 o'clock tonight with its award pro gram and 4-H Style Revue. Members of 4-H clubs will carry off trophies almost as big as themselves. More than 100 girls will promenade down a narrow walk to show off their efforts with needle, thread, sewing machine and scissors. Judging of approximately 100 dairy animals is expected to be completed this after noon. Approximately 150 head of breeding sheep were run through the show ring today. One of the newer fair ac tivities, guide dog obedience judging, was scheduled for 1 o'clock this afternoon. Saturday's activities will wind up Ihe week-long fair Foremen of Meeting in "The Changing Concepts of Newspaper Publishing" will be reviewed here Saturday for foremen of the Oregon News paper Publishers association at their sixth semi-annual meeting to be held at North's Chuck Wagon. Speaker will be William B. Swectland, publisher of the Klamath Falls Herald and News. The two-day meeting will be devoted to the many phases of change in production tech niques and mechanical devel opments in the newspaper field. C. S. (Doc) Slcsslcr of the Medford Mail Tribune will preside as chairman at the buffet luncheon scheduled for noon Saturday. Other Speakers Noted Other speakers on the Sat urday program are Wally Walsmith. production mana ger. Pacific Northwest News paper association; Dudley Stafford of the National Cash 58th Year Price 10 Cents 16, 1963 No. 127 shows. The 100 hogs will be auctioned starting at 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual Bar-B-Q will follow. Then the beef will be auctioned off starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Saturday's event start with the agriculture demon strations at 8:30 a.m. with dairy showmanship. The flow er arrangement contest will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. Dairy goats will be judged at 2 p.m. SUED FOR DIVORCE Los Angeles -IUPD- Actor Peter Lorre was sued for di vorce Thursday by Mrs. Anne Marie Lorre, 37, who charged extreme mental cruelty and said the 58-ycar-old whimsi cal movie villain was "utterly irresponsible" about money. ONPA Slate Medford; Speakers Noted Register company and instruc tor in electronic data process ing. Walsmith's topic will be "What's New Today?" and Spofford's "What About Com puters?" A panel discussion of classi fied ad production is sched uled for 3 p.m. with Ken Bue, Daily Astorian; Sam Gruver, Corvallis Gazette Times, and Jim Adams, ' Salem Capital Press, participating. The panel will be followed by one on local display ad production. Speakers for this panel will be Guy Bcathe, Grants Pass Courier; Frank Lorcnz, Statesman - Journal newspapers, Salem, and Don Reed, North Bend News. Roy French of the Medford Mail Tribune will speak at 4 p.m. on "The Maintenance of Composing Room Equip ment." Arne Strommer, Eugene Register Guard, also will be heard during the afternoon sessjrm on the topic, "A Sys oint Program With Satellites Starts Next Year World Survey Due Information Washington (DPR The United States and Russia to- - i day announced final approval of a Joint program of expert ments with weather and com munication satellites starting next year. The two nations also agreed to contribute satellite infor mation to a world magnetic survey to be made in 1965. - Agreed In 1962 The U. S.-Russia agreement for limited cooneratinn in space was reached at Geneva in June, 1962. The program given final approval today was worked out at Rome last March and in Geneva in May. The experiments with wea ther satellites will result in the exchange of information and cloud pictures by means or full time, four-wire tele communication link between Washington and Moscow. This link is to be establish ed by early 1964 and probably will be routed from Washing, ton to Moscow by way of New York, London or Paris, Ber lin and Poland. To Use Echo II Both nations will launch satellites for use in the space weather observation program. The experiments in satellite communications will be con- ducted with an Echq II to be launched by this country in 1964. Echo II will be a shiny 135 foot sphere which will be used as a banking board for radio signals. Since Echo II, to be launch ed in a near polar orbit, will not be in line of sight the same time between United States and Russia, exchanges wtU be-made with the help ot Great Britain s Jodrell Bank Radioastronomy Observ atory at Manchester. To Be Relaydd Communications : will he' . sent from the United States to Jodrell by cable or radio and Jodrell will relay them to Russia by the Echo II sat ellite. These experiments, too, will begin next year. The two nations will each launch a special satellite equipped to measure the earth's magnetic field. Thij information will supplement various other ground, sea and air measurements to be under taken internationally during the world magnetic survey to be conducted in 1965. More Loot Found In Train Robbery London -IUPD- Police dis closed they have found more of the loot taken in last week's $7.1 million mail train rob bery, some of it from two middle - aged sisters among five persons formally charged in the case today. The total thus far recovered totaled $674,000, with report3 that police were seeking an additional $1.5 million buried on a farm near the scene of the greatest robbery in his tory. Two suitcases crammed with money, believed to be about $280,000, were found in a forest near Dorking, south of London. Earlier, police said they had recovered about $394,000 at Bourne mouth, and $5,600 in bank notes elsewhere. Semi - Annual tem for Controlling Hold Ads." : The Medford Mail Tribune will be host at the cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served early to enable the foremen to attend the Shake spearean Festival in Ashland., Glen Prcscott, Ashland Daily Tidings, will assist Slessler. as host. Sunday morning the letter press men will meet at the. Mail Tribune plant under the chairmanship of Slessler, and offset papers will meet at North's Chuck Wagon under the chairmanship of Walt Mc Kinney, Hillsboro Argus. Luncheon will be served at North's Chuck Wagon at noon and two movies will be shown. One will be on Du Pont's Dy cril plates and the other on R. Hoe and company press in. stallation at Grit, showing' multi-color printing. A chairman will be elected -for the next meeting at thp Sunday session, s H if
