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8 A DESTROYED FIRM-Fire destroyed a jani- housed in same building. Battalion Chief torial supply firm and custom cannery in John Settler fell 35 feet into flames but Salem, Ore., last Thursday. Estimated $100,- safely made his way out and sustained only 000 damages were done to two businesses minor cuts. (UP1) THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA Motor Vehicle Department Officials Fired in California By United Pri International Three more state Depart ment of Motor Vehicles (DMV) officials were fired in a mounting scandal that Atty. Gen. Stanley Mosk said in dicated a break-down in the tate civil service system. Two other officials were fired earlier this year when Los Angeles Grand Jury in dictments touched off a shake up of the Department by Gov. Edmund G. Brown. Mosk said the civil service system "was established to prevent corruption within government, to insure a stable force of career employees and to end the evils of our spoils system. In this instance, the system Itself became a ma jor contributor to corruption.' Mosk said he would seek a complete reorganization of the DMV when Brown returned from his European vacation. Fired by the department during the week were James Edling, a DMV investigator, A. J. Vcglica, registrar of ve hicles, and William P. Scan land, chief special investiga- Fired earlier this year were Morris Genser, assistant -Mat Investlsatnr of the DMV for southern California, who posted $20,000 ball after sur rendering to the distlct at torney's office aunng me week. Genser and David Koff mana, head of the California dealers service, were charged by the jury with bribery and extortion for "favored treat ment" of some auto dealers in "cutting red tape" In sales of licenses and relgstrations of out-of-state cars. Elsewhere, there were these developments: .. ! .mi rnltfnpnl Rnnrpme I IIV I Court refused to force reap portionment of the State Sen ate to give Southern Cali fornia more representation. At the same time, the court is sued decision expected to ffect many counties ordcr- ; ing the Monterey county - board of supervisors .u portion its districts. But in the fight over Sen ate membership, the court said that the plaintiffs could seek remedies other than the petition which the court turn ed down. The plaintiffs were Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty, Supervisor Frank G Bonelli and others who failed in the last election .u approval of the electorate for reapportionment plan. In the Monterey county case Allen Griffin, publisher of the Monterey Peninsula Herald, protested that super visoral districts had not been lured since 1888 and that "e of the county's five dis tricts had 50 per cent of the Pulat?on and another on y per cent. The court, in ruling for Griffin, said tha this was " drtic deviation" from the principle of equality of population contained in the gtate's government code. Leines Named to Richfield Position The Richfield Oii Corp. has named H. M. (Hank) Leines retail sales representative In southern Oregon with head quarters In Medford. Leines fills the assignment formerly held by Ray Har oole. who will continue to headquarter In Medford as wholesale and commercial sales representative for the southern section of the state. Harpole moves into the post vacated by C. E. Shalcr, trans ferred to Salem as capital city manager for Richfield. The new retail representa tive will make his home at 204 Medford Heights Lane with his wife, Lcnorc, and five children. Leines is a graduate of Lewis and Clark college and has been with Richfield since 1960, assigned to sales In the Portland area. SUNDAY. AUGUST 2S. 1313 Civil Rights: The U.S. Civil Rights Commission was urged to hold a hearing on charges of brutal treatment of Negroes by Los Angeles police. The request came from the Cali fornia Advisory Committee to the federal commission head ed by the Rev. James A. Pike, San Francisco. The committee said it had received a "surprisingly hos tile" reception from Los An geles city officials in its study of relations between police and minority groups. Los An geles police chief Willian H. Parker commented, "while the committee heard numer ous witnesses who have made an avocation of criticizing the police, the majority viewpoint of the community was not en tertained. Unruh: Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh offered to let Republicans help choose the speaker and hold committee chairmanships if they promis ed not to take positions in caucus. Democrats changed the rules shortly before ad journment of the 1963 special session which gave the ma jority party now the Dem ocrats exclusive right to elect the speaker, who in turn was instructed to choose only Democrats as heads of com mittees. ' But Republicans, while say' high furniture mm DAVENO, CHAIR & OTTOMAN NYLON & Color Choice, Slocpi 3. Compart to $219.95 ... OPEIi NYLON & FOAM Full Sit Mattrau, Zippirtd Cuihioni. Compart le $219. 9S H CASCADE 826-4351 ing they welcomed the "spirit" of the offer, were critical of Unruh for allow ing the rule change in the first place. They charged him with "bossism." Trawlers: The Navy con firmed that two Russian fish ing trawlers had been oper ating on the edge of the Pa cific Missile Range during test firings of missiles and satellite launches. An official of the 11th Naval District in San Diego said two 168-foot vessels carried electronic gear that could scan missile firings at Vandcnberg Air Force base and Point Mugu as well as Navy experimental activities on San Clement. He said the trawlers had not interfered with Navy training activities off southern California. Graham: Evangelist Billy Graham, holding mass serv ices in Los Angeles, called for greater emotion in religion and criticized critics who claim emotion has no place in religion. "While I have never subscribed to sensation alism, surface emotionalism or fleshley religious demon strations, I believe there is a burning need for a return to heart-felt i failh in Jesus Christ," he said. "Nazism had fire; Communism has fire, ana i-nrisiianuy naa Deuer catch fire. FOAM TODAY -II00II HIDE-AWAY (T " District Court Issues Warrant Charging McCoy A district court warrant charging Raymond Harold McCoy, 31, with obtaining money by false pretenses was issued late Friday, according to Medford police. McCoy is now in the Jack son county jail awaiting grand jury action on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. He was arrested by Medford police and Oregon state po lice Aug. 18 in connection with the entry of Grandvicw Market. About $204 in stamps and currency were missing from the safe of the post of fice substation at the market. Late Thursday, city police found the majority of the miss ing postal money order blanks taken in the burglary. City police said the new charge filed against McCoy concerns several checks which have been brought to their at tcntion. Bail was set at $1,500. David Clarence Moore, 37, of Eugene and Medford, who is wanted by local officers in connection with the Grand- view market burglary, is ex pected to be returned here from Eugene early this week. Moore was questioned with McCoy Sunday morning, but was later released. New evi dence led to obtaining the warrant for his arrest, officers said. Moore is in Eugene where he was arrested on a traffic violation. Bank Debits Show increase in Area Bank debits for Curry, Jackson and Josephine coun ties increased in July, 1963, compared to debits in the same month last year, the University of Oregon bureau of business research has re ported. Debits for the period total ed $116,298,346. For June, 1963, the total was $104,438, 144, and for July of the same year the total was $104,083, 366. Oregon, with 261 banks, had an increase of bank debits in July, 1963, of 13.7 per cent, compared to June of the same year, and an increase of 14.4 per cent compared to July, 1962. Total debits for Oregon in July, 1963, came to $2,534, 208,805, and for June, 1963, the totHl was $2,228,461,460. For July, 1962, the total was $2,216,157,131. $ 169 88 $10 PER MONTH to 6 P.M. BED 159 88 $10 PER MONTH Located MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON APPOINTED -Hugh Cole man, 112 Greenway Circle, Medford, has been appointed as associate director of the ad visory board of Stockman's Life Insurance company. He has long been active in local and regional civic affairs. His Crater Lake Motors company in Medford has one of the old est franchises in the Ford Mo tor company. 2,200 Students Expected at SOC Ashland - More than 2,200 students are expected to en roll at Southern Oregon col lege fall term, Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, registrar, has an nounced. This is an 18 per cent in crease over enrollment last fall term. The projected en rollment figure was based on applications received as of Aug. 9. One-thousand new students are expected on campus along with 1,200 returning ones and the freshman class is expected to be the largest with approxi mately 700 students. New stu dent applications are ahead 19 per cent over last year and show a 21.8 per cent gain in Oregon students and a 5.8 per cent gain in out-of-state stu dents. Dormitory reservations are up 25 per cent over last year and a total of 614 of the 690 available dormitory spaces have been reserved. According to college offici als, the expected enrollment can be partially attributed to a number of factors: the re gional college status of SOC has been recognized; because of new course offerings and business degrees; increased status of the faculty; and be cause the southern Oregon area is growing in population, Mrs. Winston noted. Freshmen who have not taken entrance exams may take them Sept. 21. Freshman Week will be Sept. 23-2R and registration will be Sept. 27 and 28. Classes will begin Monday, Sept. 30. 36 Mos. fro Pay DUPOIIT "501" r j Nylon Carpeting including 40-oi. Padding & Installation 4V' $9.95s,.. 36 Mo. X 9x12 9x12 l,m Braided back RUGS $JgS8 FREE Delivery LAY-A-WAYS! SATISFACTION GUARANTEED INDEPENDENTLY OWNED in in the Beautiful Cascade Shopping WHITE CITY, OREGON . . . Forest Service Files The U. S. forest service has filed an application to set aside 608 acres in the Siski you National forest in Jose hine and Curry counties, the bureau of land management has announced. The lands will be used for campground and recreation areas, administrative sites and one combination administra tive and recreation parking area. Locations include Illinois falls, Oregon Caves National monument buffer strip, Cave creek, Bigclow lake and Tan nen lake campgrounds. The areas will be supervised by the regional forester, U. S. forest service, Portland. This type of withdrawal protects government improve ment investments and secures the lands for public uses, ac cording to Stanley D. Lester, BLM land office manager, Portland. To Protect Perimeter Withdrawal of the Oregon Caves National monument buffer strip, involving 289 acres, would protect the per imeter of the national monu ment area for public recrea tion use and facilitate man agement and use of multiple resources. A detailed description of the affected land will be pub lished in the federal register. It also will be posted in the BLM land office in Portland, in the court houses at Gold Beach and Grants Pass and in local post offices. The public has 30 days from Professor to Attend Nebraska Meeting Eugene - Professor Warren C. Price and Dean John L. 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