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18 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
Rusk Warns Indonesia
On Trouble Over Malaysia
Tax Commission
Layoffs, Dropped
Services Hinted
Election Defeat
Warning Issued
SALEM (UPI) Personnel
lav-offs will result in "drastic
ally curtailed or abolished serv
ices" by the State Tax Com
mission it the tax measure is de
feated Oct. 15, the commission
warned today.
A notice in the September is
sue of the Oregon State Tax
Commission Bulletin warned
that a 25 per cent department
cutback "would have to be met
by eliminating personnel, which
would mean resulting cut of
services to the counties, tax
practitioners, and the public in
general."
The commission said the state
wide property reappraisal pro
gram would be among pro
grams cut, as would assistance
to counties in the maintenance
of uniform appraisals, and as
sistance in the auditing of mer
chandise inventories.
Schools Threatened
The commission said the mer
chandise inventories assistance
program in the 1961-62 tax year
resulted in discovery of more
than $11 million of true cash
value which had not been re
ported to the county assessors
by taxpayers.
In service training scnoois
conducted by the department
also would be threatened, as
would the program to improve
and modernize tax records sys
tems used by assessors and tax
collectors.
A cut in the commission's
timber section personnel would
bring about a decrease in tim
ber tax receipts to the counties
and this would cause a corres
ponding increase in local proper
ty taxes, the bulletin noted.
Dr. Goldhammer
To Speak in City
Dr. Keith Goldhammer, direc
tor of the Bureau of Educational
Research of the School of Edu
cation at the University of Ore
gon, will speak in Medford
Wednesday under auspices of
the Citizens Advisory Commit
tee on Education, H. P. Bos
worth Jr., committee chairman,
announced today.
The meeting of the full com
mittee will be held at 7:30 p.m.
in the lecture center of the Med
ford High school. Bosworth, in
announcing the speaker, issued
an invitation to all interested
persons in the community.
Dr. Goldhammer conducted
the 19fil survey, made of Med
ford's secondary school building
needs, which is being studied by
the committee, and conducted
the follow up analysis of cost
factors related to the provision
of school facilities for District
549C in 1962.
This will be Dr. Goldham
mer's first appearance before
the Citizens Advisory commit
tee, which is studying the needs
of the Medford district in school
construction as well as many
other areas of education.
HEIVS(Q)BRIEFS
HAITIANS CHASE ATTACKING GUERRILLAS
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (LTD Haitian bor
der troops chased attacking exile guerrillas across the border
Into the Dominican Republic Monday and brought the Island
of Hlspaniola to the brink of war for the second time this year.
VIETNAMESE BISHOPS ABSOLVE CHURCH
ROME (I PI I Six South Vietnamese bishops, arriving to
attend the Ecumenical Council, said today the Roman Catholic
church should not be held responsible for the actions of their
government. They said South Viet Nam's "coercive measures"
gainst Buddhists were taken for "political and not religious
motives."
HURRICANE EDITH SPRINGS INTO ACTION
HAW (LT41 Hurricane Edith quickly sprang up in the
tropical Alfantic today and aimed SO-mile-an-hour winds at the
chain of Islands bordering the eastern Caribbean Sea.
SENATE CONFIRMS POSTMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON (IPI The Senate todav confirmed John
A. Gi-tyiauskL. ecoftnnisl ti tt cxfdkt, A ij noiuiiaster gen
frit to the Kmeo cabtart.
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PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Mrs. Tamara Titov, wife of Soviet
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov, has given birth to a daughter, the
Soviet news agency Tass reported today. It is believed to be
the first birth of a child to any astronaut after a space flight,
thus silencing fears that space flight might induce sterility,
Tass said. The couple is shown in Moscow after a boat ride. (UPI)
Kennedy Launches
ll-State Tour of
Conservation Areas
WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ken
nedy will get an aerial view of the Rogue River
project in Southern Oregon Friday as well as
the proposed Dunes Seashore Park, Rep. Rob
ert Duncan (D-Ore.), aid today.
Duncan said inclusion of the Rogue River
project to the President's flight itinerary was
arranged at the congressman's specific request.
If the weather is favorable he will view the
Lost Creek, Elk Creek and Applegate dam sites.
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I Series Reviews
Sen. Goldwater's
Stand on Issues
Where docs Sen. Barry
Goldwatcr (R-Ariz.). a
leading candidate for his
party's presidential nomi
nation, stand on major is
sues? Congressional Quar
terly has prepared a two-
part article reviewing nis h
issues and on foreign pol
icy. The articles will appear
in the Mail Tribune on
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Vandals Break
Windows at School
Vandals last night broke four
windows and the plate glass
front of a showcase in the Arts
and Crafts bldg. at McLoughlin
Junior High school, according to
Medford city police.
Officers said the breakage was
caused by vandals who threw
rocks at the second story win
dows. The building was not en
tered, according to reports.
58th
MILFORD, Pa. (UPI)-Pres-
ident Kennedy keynoted an 11
state tour of conservation areas
today with a call for space-age
Americans to discover "whole
new universes" of opportunity in
their own land, water and idle
youth.
The Chief Executive's avow
edly "non-political" five - day
journey across the continent
started with a salute in Penn
sylvania to the Republican fa
ther of the conservation move
ment, Gifford Pinchot.
Kennedy's tour also will lake
him to nine north - central and
western states where Democrat
ic senators running for reelec
tion in 1964 have invited him
to share in the reflected glories
of local natural wonders.
In his initial speech the Presi
dent gave his administration
credit for increasing 'the pace
of resource development and
conservation in a variety of
ways" since taking office in
1961.
I begin today a journey to
cava Amnrinq'. nqliir.l Wit.m.
a journey to preserve the past
and protect the future," Ken
nedy said at the outset of re
marks prepared . for delivery
here at his first speechmaking
way-station.
Institute Dedicated
The President scheduled the
stop to dedicate the 83-year-old
"Grey Towers," the ancestral
Pinchot home, as the Pinchot
Institute for Conservation Stu
dies. Pinchot, twice governor of
Pennsylvania, served under
President Theodore Roosevelt as
the first chief of the U.S. Forest
Service and was one of Amer
ica's most renowned conserva
tionists. Saboteurs Sef Off !
Bombs in Saigon !
SAIGON. South Viet Nam s
(UPI) Communist saboteurs
Monday set off bombs in two '
Vietnamese transport planes at I
an airfield used by U.S. trops j
training Vietnamese soldiers, a '
U.S. military spokesman said ;
today. i
P0RTUND7uFf)" Sen j
Daniel K. Inouye (D-HawaiiH
will be the major speaker at a !
statewide Democratic fund-rais-
ing dinner to be held Nov. C. I
Year Price 10 Cents
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24, 1963 No. 160
Peaceful End
Of Difficulties
Said Necessary
Economic Aid
Halt Implied
NEW YORK (UPI) - Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk today
warned Indonesia that con
tinued trouble in that area over
creation of the new nation of
Malaysia would be against the
interests of the Jakarta govern
ment. This was understood to have
been the principal point made
by the secretary during a 30
minute conference with Indone
sian Foreign Minister Suban
drio. The implication was that In
donesia could expect no more
U. S. economic aid until it
peacefully settles its difficulties
with the new country.
Rusk was said to have ex
pressed the strong interest of
the United States in the prompt
normalization of the situation in
the Southwest Pacific, where
Indonesian resentment against
creation of the new member of
the Commonwealth has sparked
anti - British rioting, burning
and looting.
Official sources said Suband
rio was unable to give Rusk the
assurances the United States
was seeking concerning Indone
sia's future course in the Malay
sian dispute. Subandrio pleaded
ignorance, saying he had been
out of touch with affairs at
home. He told the secretary he
planned to leave this afternoon
for Jakarta and would keep in
touch with the U. S. government
after he reached his capital.
Clear Warning
Rusk s reference to Indone
sia's self-interest in stabilizing
the situation was described as a
very clear warning, by implica
tion, that the U. S. Congress
would force the administration
to cut off aid to Indonesia if it
persisted in threatening Malay
sia. The Philippines, like Indone
sia, is unhappy about formation
of the new nation as a Common
wealth member by the uniting
of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak,
and North Borneo. However,
Philippine resentment, stemm
ing from an old and disputed
claim to North Borneo, has not
taken the violent form followed
by Indonesians.
Grants Pass Trial
Resumes Today
GRANTS PASS - The first
degree murder trial of Norman
Stewart Thomas resumed this
morning in Josephine county
circuit court after having been
recessed since Friday.
Thomas, 22, of Grants Pas.-i,
is charged in connection with
the death of Lloyd Miles Har
per, 48, of Grants Pass on July
12.
A second man, Gerald Rich
ard Oden, 25, of Wolf Creek,
was found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter Sept. 14 in con
nection with the same incident.
Judge Orval J. Millard is
presiding in the courtroom.
Larry Aschenbrenner, county
district attorney, is prosecut
ing the case. Defending Thomas
is Charles Telfcr, a Grants Pass
attorney.
Aschenbrenner is contending
that Harper died after he v as
pulled from an auto by Thomas I
and also that Thomas w.is in I
the act of committing a rohocry
during the incident.
The defense's case is built
around the contention that Har
per fell from the car accident-,
ally.
True Cash Value
Of Property Higher
SALEM (UPI) - The true
cash value of property in Ore
gon again attained a new all
time high this year, the Stale
Tax commission reported today,
summary of assessment rolls
shows a total true cash value of
$11.5 billion, an increase of
more than MM million over last
year's value.
Total assessed value is also
up, with the 196.1 total at $3.1
billion about s'fi million more
th;a the 1962 Iiaure, the com
mission noted. ' -
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MONORAIL DERAILED An elderly vie- out of the door. Thirteen riders, mostly senior
tim of a monorail crash at the Los Angeles citizens, were in the car when the back end
county fair in Pomona, Calif., is helped onto crashed off a railing and onto the ground. All
a stretcher while firemen help other riders were taken to a hospital for observation. (UPI)
Airliner Struck
By Gunfire at
Saigon Airport
SAIGON, South Viet Nam
(UPI) Pan American Airways
Boeing 707 jetliner with 78 per
sons aboard was hit by ground
fire on its final approach to
Saigon Airport today.
One engine was pierced by a
single bullet, but the plane
landed safely on three engines.
No one was injured.
The huge airliner was on a
regular run from Jakarta anJ
Singapore with 68 passengers
and 10 crew members when it
was hit by the ground fire.
It was the first time a com
mercial airliner using Saigon
Airport has been hit by Com
munist fire, although military
aircraft using the airfield huve
been hit occasionally.
The incident was first report
ed by military sources and later
confirmed by Pan American of
ficials. The incident occurred as Sec
retary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara and Gen. Maxwcil
Taylor, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, were en route
to Saigon on a fact-finding mis
sion for President Kennedy.
16 Per Cent of UC
Goal Is Reached
A total of $28,263.04 has been
collected so far in the United
Crusade of Jackson County, ac
cording to reports at the second
report meeting yesterday.
The total ot 16 per cent oi tne
$180,040 campaign goal. Since :
the first meeting, $12,317.90 was ;
collected. I
poncTtotal of" $18,774'tM. 'or
22 per cent of the goal of $85,-
052 for the various divisions. The
plant chapter reported that $9,-
489 had been collected in that j
unit: it is 9 per cent of a $102,-
034 goal.
The public emplovees section j
reported $11,255.54 collected, 64 over 17 month sand it was hint
per cent of a $17,500 goal. j cd another one may be on the
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Street Program Is
Reviewed for City's
Citizens Group
A report on Medford's pro -
jected arterial street program
was presented to the Capilal
Improvements committee at its
meeting this morning.
Public Works Direclor Vernon
Thorpe outlined his department's
plans for immediate work, as
well as developments which will
take place at intervals over a
25-year period.
The only item Thorpe listed
as needing immediate attention
was property acquisition (or
widening Biddle rd. from the
Crater Lake interchange to
Jackson st.
Thorpe told the group that
negotiations have been under
way for some time to obtain the
strip of property trapped be
tween Hie freeway right of way
and Biddle rd. The strip varies
in width from 100 to 80 feel.
Would Allow Construction
He said acquisition of the strip
would permit construction of
southbound lanes of traffic on
Biddle rd. along the freeway.
Northbound lanes of traffic on
Biddle rd would remain within
the present right of way. He
estimated the costs of acquisi
tion for the right of way about
$150,000, the entire amount of
which would have to be paid by
tne city.
The public works director said
that projected improvements for
the six-vear period from 1(16.1 to
1069 will cost about $1,585,000.
He estimated costs at $5117,0000
for I960 to 1975. and at $1,-
bm.uw lor tne uscai mra-i
period.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI)-The
Portland zoo today produced its
fourth baby elephant in a little
ThC,m,Ty, ?irlThrn 81 i M I Jennings, chairman of the Jack
a.m. (PUT) to Tuy Hoa Tee-l cnun.v nm,hlirfln Central
Vtah also was only the fourth
elephant born in this country in
more than 44 years.
It was the second elephant
birth here in just nine days. A
still-unnamed boy elephant was
born tn Pet Sept. 15.
The noo now has produced two
bflby ky mid two koby girl ele
phants. Today's arrival was up and
about three hours after she was
born, having breakfast. She
was described as a little larger
than her half brother born last
week who weighed 153 pounds.
i Thorpe referred to a Central
Business District study pre-
pared by the Bureau of Munici
pal Research in 1961 which in
dicated that in the future Cen
tral avc.. traffic should be re
routed to the west of the core
area along Holly st. Such a
plan, however, would require
two grade separations in con
nection with the Southern Pa
cific railroad tracks.
Other Proposals
Other alternative proposals
are being studied, Thorpe said.
Final decision on possible re
routing of north-south artcrials
through Medford depends to a
I large extent on final plans for
I rcvitaliziation of the central
business district, which may in
clude a shoppers moll and vari
ous off-street parking facilities.
Committee Chairman Richard
Travis said that next Tuesday
the groupu will hear capital im
provements reports from the
police and fire departments.
That mcetiing will complete the
hearings on .department re
quests, and the committee will
embark on a series of study
sessions prior to making its
recommendations to the mayor
and city council.
6,300 Enrollees at
Portland State Seen
PORTLAND (UPI) - Regis
trar B. C. Baumgartncr said to
day about 6,300 students are ex
pected to be registered at Port
land Stale college for fall term
by Sept. 27. Opening registra
tion Inst year was 5,788.
Western Conference Draws Interest
From Republicans in Jackson County
Considerable interest has been
expressed by Jackson county
Republicans in the Western Re
publican conference scheduled
nvl m.ntk in fTunnns. II. ink
mm,n ,.,i.
committee, said this week
The number who will attend
from Medford and the county
cannot be determined, Jennings
explained, since the schedule of
activities was received late last
week.
The conference is scheduled
Oct. 10 through in.
New York Gov. Nelson Rocke
feller will speak at the Satur
day, Oct. 12 luncheon at Mc
Arthur court, and Sen. Barry
Goldwatcr will speak at Mc
Arthur court at 7 p. m. Oct. 12,
with a dinner and reception to
ROLL CALL VOTE
LISTS 80 TO 1 9
FAVORING PACT
WASHINGTON (UPI) In a historic action, the Senate today
ratified the treaty with Russia banning nuclear tests in tha
atmosphere, outer space and under water. President Kennedy
called It a single but "substantial" step toward peace.
All but one of the 100 senators the ailing Sen. Clair Engla
(D-Calif.) were on hand for the 80-19 roll call vote. The margin
was 14 votes more than the required two-thirds majority.
The pact docs permit underground testing and the adminis
tration has pledged to push ahead In this area to maintain what
experts consider the present V. S. atomic lead over the Soviet
Union.
Senate galleries were jammed as the Senate started its roll
call at 10:30 a.m. (edt) to climax weeks of debate featuring
untold thousands of words on the agreement reached between,
the United States, Britain and Russia after prolonged negotiation.
On the showdown, 55 Democrats joined 25 Republicans in
voting for the treaty. Opposed were U Democrats and 8 Repub-licans.
Ratification of the pact was
expected and it was a diplo
matic if not a direct political
victory for Kennedy who had
argued that rejection of the
pact, despite its limited nature,
would be a step backward in the
quest for peace.
The only surprise on the roll
call was provided by Sen. Mar
garet Chase Smith who kept her
Senators voting for and
against ratification of the nu
clear test ban treaty are list
ed on page 8B.
stand in doubt throughout the
long debate and wound up vot
ing against the treaty.
Mrs. Smith said in a state
ment that her "troubled vote"
was one of the most difficult she
has faced in 23 years in Con
gress. "The jeopardy the treaty Im
poses on our national security is
a more compelling argu m e n t
against the treaty than the po
litical and psychological disad
vantages that would stem from
rejection of the treaty," she
said.
Sen. Barry Goldwater (Ariz.).
the front - runner for the Repub
lican presidential nomination in
public opinion polls, carried
through his vow to vote against
the treaty even if in his words
it meant "political suicide.
Just before final action, Dem
ocratic congressional 1 e a ders
conferred with the President at
the White House. Senate Dem
ocratic Leader Mike Mansfield
(Mont.) told reporters "the
President expressed his delight
with this single but substantial
step toward peace."
Significantly, the treaty car
ried no U.S. reservations or "un
derstandings" which might
jeopardize ratification by other
countries. All such proposals
were rejected.
Autopsy Report Is
Given on Death
The death of Gerald Walter
Hobbs, 14, Medford High school
sophomore is probably due to
"cardiac arrest from an unde
termined cause," Dr. A. Arin
Mcrkel, Jackson county public
health officer and medical ex
aminer, said today.
Dr. Mcrkel said officials prob
ably would never know why the
boy died Friday afternoon short
ly after a swimming class at
Jackson park pool.
The autopsy revealed the
heart was normal, no obstruc
tions in air passages and x-rays
of the head and neck showed
nothing wrong, the medical in
vestigator said.
According to Medford police
and school officials, the boy was
swimming with friends in the
shallow end of the pool following
a regularly scheduled physical
education class. He stood up,
appeared dizzy, then started to
fall, and two senior leaders
helped him to the edge of the
pool where attempts were made
to revive him. He was dead on
arrival at Sacred Heart hos
pital. follow at the Lane county fair
grounds.
Prices for the lunch and din
ner are $4.50 and $7.50, res
pectively, but the balconies will
be open so the public may at
tend the talks without charge.
Reservations for all events
and housing are being handled
by the Eugene Chamber of Com
merce. Other siieakors scheduled Sat
urday following a welcoming ad
dress by Gov. Mark U. Hatlield
are Sen. Gordon Allolt, Colora
do; Sen. Milward L. Simpson,
Wyoming; Congressman John P
S a y 1 o r, P cnnsylvania; Sen.
Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania, who
will sneak for the Friday noon
luncheon; William E. Miner,
chairman ot the Republican Na
tional committee, Clare B. Wil
Senate Sets Vote
On $47.4 Billion
Weapons Bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Tha
Senate prepared today to follov
up its historic vote for a "peace
promoting" treaty with action
on a $47.4 billion money bill to
pay for the instruments of war
The big appropriations bill,
amounting to nearly half of tha
entire annual federal budget,
was scheduled for debate imme
diately after ratification of tha
nuclear test ban treaty.
Sen. William Proxmire (D
Wis.) said he planned to offer at
least one amendment to cut $60
million added by the Senate to
the House bill to speed research
on a mobile medium-range mis
sle, designed to be fired from
trucks or other vehicles.
Advance Warning
But Sen. Richard B. Russell
(D-Gs.), top Senate military ex
pert, issued .advance warning
last week when the bill cleared
the appropriations committee
that any effort to cut the outlay
would be strenuously opposed
Russell, chairman of both tha
Senate Armed Services Com
mittee and defense appropria
tions subcommittee, said that
because of the test ban treaty,
it was all the more imperative
that the United States remain
militarily strong.
The bill provides funds for
the manpower and weapons to
maintain the nation's armed
might in the fiscal year ending
next June 30.
In all, it totals $47,371,407,000,
which is $i89.4 million more
than the House approved last
June but $1.6 billion less than
President Kennedy requested.
Picking, Packing
Season Nears End
Medford fruit growers and
shippers will wind up the pear
picking and packing season at
the end of this week, generally.
The season has had one of the
fewest days of picking of any
on record, one fruit grower not
ed this morning. Most packing
houses will complete their oper
ations Friday or Saturday. One
or two may continue with pears
in storage a few days next
week, it was reported.
Present picking includes some
Patrick Barrys, Bosc, Packham
Triumphs and a few Winter Nel
lis, growers said.
Sixty-seven Mexican Nation
als will leave the valley Wed
nesday. Local growers had re
contracted them to California.
This means that growers felt
they could not kep them picking
full scale for the minimum reg
ular contract time of four weeks
so took them for six weeks, but
recontractcd them to California
for the remaining three weeks.
Few transient pickers are left
in the valley. Most of the pick
ers yet remaining are Mexicans
from Texas or California.
liams, assistant chairman, and
Gov. Henry Bellmon of Okla
homa. Official delegates to the con
ference are the state chairman,
vice chairman, national com
mitteeman and national com-
mittccwoman from each of tha
13 western states. The meetings
are open to all interested per
sons with registration $15. Per
sons who wish to attend the
luncheons and dinners Friday
and Saturday may do so at meal
prices, it was stated.
Sen. Goldwater's appearance
had earlier been scheduled to
follow the dinner and reception,
but television requirements nec
essitated the change, it was
stated. Buses will be available
for transportation from the cam
pus to the fairgrounds.
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