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12) 'ir n,. .!,. mn in. iiiii rJ'.M .(IHM1)M n ! HONORED AT DINNER Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), left, applauds as former President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, arrive in the ballroom of the Sheraton Park Russians Delay British Convoy On Berlin Route BERLIN (UPI) The Soviet Union again harassed Western Allied traffic on the Autobahn to Berlin today by holding up a British ' army convoy for more than nine hours. The convoy was cleared after the British re fused to bow to Soviet pressure. The convoy of 28 men in nine vehicles had been held up at Babelsberg, just outside the bor der of West Berlin, since 6:45 a.m. It was cleared shortly be fore 4 p.m. Soviet control officers had tried to force the British troops to dismount. Bui the British convoy commander refused. Then, after vigorous protests at the scene and at the diplomatic ; level in London, the convoy was allowed to proceed without ac cepting the Soviet demand. "The convoy is moving on our terms," a British spokesman said. Strong Protest The spokesman said Maj. Gen. David P. Yates, the Brit ish commandant in Berlin, sent a "strongly worded protest." to Russian Gen. Ivan A. Jaku bowski. The unexpected Soviet block followed a similar holdup of a U.S. Army convoy at the same checkpoint last week. It aroused fears the Russians were about to apply the same pressure tactics on the British. British officials said the So viets demanded that the 28 British troops get out of their vehicles and line up to be counted. They said the convoy commander refused. Willamina Logger Killed in Accident WILLAMINA (UPn-lterbert Gustav Rydell, 58, Willamina, was killed Tuesday in a log ging accident near here. Rydell, who was operating a Irartnr annarentlv f nl I off the machine and became entangled ! in its tracks, officials said. ITIMS FROM n f 7 AROUND THI OlOU KENNEDY ASKS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS FUNDS WASHINGTON (UPI ) President Kennedy asked Congress today for an additional $5.9 million to expand nuclear weapons lanoralones-io carry ran n.s testing and to be prepared necessary. L.N. COMMITTEE APPROVES TEST BAN UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (LTD The U.N. Main Political Committee gave unanimous endorsement today tn a Soviet American agreement banning 'outer space to nuclrar weapons. It sent the agreement to the General Assembly for final ratification. SEARCHERS SPOT PLANE EVERETT. Wash. (LTD the s-a 21 miles southwest of learch planes today spotted nuinci. VIET NAM COMMANDER ESCAPES INJURY SAIGON, South Viet Nim (LTD Gen. Paul D. Harkins, mmmanrftr nf U.S. military forces In VIM Nam. escaped injury today Vhfn the piM of his plane neglecu-d to lner (he bk Newbry Expresses Hope of Sales Tax For Defeated Plan Hope that a sales tax measure will be passed by a special ses sion of the legislature and re ferred to the people was voiced by State Sen. Lynn Newbry (R Jackson county) as a substitute for the tax program defeated by the people Tuesday when he spoke at the meeting of Associ ated Oregon Industries at the Rogue Valley Country club. Newbry had advocated a "no" vote on the measure, he said, and now feels that the people who oDoosed the tax program offered by the last session of the legislature have a "real respon sibility to come up with a solu tion to the problem. State Sen. Deb Potts (D-Jose-phine county) voiced fears that there will be further cuts in services made by a special ses- sion of the legislature. He said he felt that services had already been cut to the bone and that he could not with a clear conscience approve further cuts. Members of Committee Both state senators are mem bers of the Senate ways and means committee. Representative Sidney Bazctt U-Josephine county) suggested that a special session of the leg- Ashland Council Rejects PP&L Offer ASHLAND The Ashland city council last night officially turned down the offer of Pa cific Power and Light company to buy the city's electrical sys tem for $2 million. In so doing, it followed the recommendation of its elec trical committee, which had ad vised turning down the offer because it would be "to the economic advantage to Ashland citizens to retain the system." The committee had estimated that during the next 10 years, the city would realize approxi mately $225,000 income annual ly from its electrical system. If the system were sold, the city would lose this revenue after ultimate expenditure of funds from the sale, the corn- I mittee said. p. .u ..p .. to resume atmospheric tests II WRECKAGE AT SEA An F102 Jet fighter crashed In Cape Flattery Tuesday night and debris and recovered the pilot's hotel in Washington for a dinner in his honor. About 1,500 Republicans threw a $75-a-plate fund raising party celebrating Eisenhower's 73rd birthday. The story is on page 2A. (UP1) islature be called with three committees set up to work out budget reductions and to make a careful study of anticipated revenues. He also favored initia tion of a sales tax. Bazett predicted large in creases in corporation and per sonal income in the state and charged that these figures had been erroneously computed by the tax service. A show of hands vote was tak en at the meeting and 30 people out of the 40 attending favored a sales tax with exemptions forJ food and other utility items. Express Dissatisfaction Many members of the organ ization, which is composed of members of finance and indus try, expressed dissatisfaction with the way the state board of higher education conducted the election campaign. Tactics used, one member charged, caused people to change to a "no" vote. David Lowry and Jerald Mc Grew are local members of the board of the Associated Oregon Industries. Area meetings are planned hy the association throughout the state for discus sion of the tax program, work men's compensation reform and other measures affecting Oregon businessmen. Before discussion of the tax referral was opened at the local meeting, Ike Conlan, managing director of the AOI, slated that the organization had felt that re ferral of the tax bill was a mis take, and predicted that new tax measures would come about which would hit business "the hardest." He based his predic tion on statements of leading members of the legislature, he said. State Finance Mead Takes Half-Year Off SALEM (UPI) - Finance and Administration Director Free man Holmer begins a six-month leave of absence today, the . ! governor's office announced. I The announcement was made late Tuesday, before results of the tax referral election b e -came known. During his leave, Deputy Di rector Lcander Quiring will as sume Holmer's duties. The governor's office said the leave will permit Holmer t o "undertake a private business consulting assignment, first of fered two months ago." Holmer served in August as a consultant on budgets adminis- , ...,. . . ,.sk ,... annoint- V, "h " r ' ed by Michigan Gov, George Romney. Quiring has headed the serv ices division of the department since February of 1959, and served as deputy director since June, 1962. School Bona Issue Defeated in Yreka YREKA - A $675,000 school bond issue was defeated by the voters of the Yreka Union High school district Tuesday, 943 to: The bonds would have pro- vided funds for a variety of con- j utraction and remoaennj prnj - lt Skiing Planned At Mf. Ashland During Winter ASHLAND Some sort of skiing will be available on Ml. Ashland this winter, but the Mt. Ashland Corporation has decid ed to halt construction of its ski lodge because it appears the road to the ski area definitely will not be finished in time. Lloyd Selhv, corporation pres ident, and Glenn Jackson, vice president, indicated a decision was reached after inspecting progress on construction of the road. Carroll Brown, supervisor ot the Rogue River Natkmal forest, announced last week that the road, which was to have been completed and surfaced with crushed rock this fail, was only 20 per cent complete. Something For Skiicr "We do feel there will be something up there for the skiier," Selby said, however. The lifts will be completed, and there should be some sort of transportation from Bull gap to the ski area. The lodge contractor will win terize the building and complete it next year, it was explained. There is a possibility that a tool shed at the construction site could be transformed into a warming hut for this winter. Jackson said he was "bitterly disappointed" by the situation. There also was a report that the corporation has lost money be cause of the developments. Possibility of New Center on Agenda A report on the possibility of establishing a teen-age center in Medford will be presented at tonight's meeting of the park and recreation commission. Addressing the group at the session, which is slated to be gin at 7:30 o'clock, will be Terry Bowles a student at Medford High school. Final preliminary plan for development of Bear Creek park, the 78-acre site lying east of Interstate 5 and north of Barnett rd., had been scheduled for presentation tonight, but has been postponed. Park and Recreation Director Robert L. Haworth explained today that Asa Hanamoto, member of the San Francisco firm drawing up the park plan, will not he able to come to Medford until Friday. Haworth said a special lunch eon will be arranged Friday at which time Hanamoto will pre sent his proposed plan to the commission. Central Point Voters a a I approve wmenumem CENTRAL POINT- A city; charter amendment providing for a city judge to preside over Central Point municipal court was approved by the voters here Tuesday. The final but unofficial result was .133 to 263 in favor of the amendment. The amendment will allow the city council to appoint and set the salary for a judge. Pre- v'ous 10 tnls lm'- lne c"y bA' mm.strator-recorder served as JU5C- Tne measure won approval in three of the four city precincts. The breakdown was an follows: to 70 in precinct 70; 118 In i m m. i i rm I ii in 71J3. Algerians Scores Answer Ben Bella's Plea To Take Up Arms Morocco Denies Americans Involved ALGIERS (UPI)-Thousands of Algerians, many singing and cheering, flocked to recruiting stations today to answer Presi dent Ahmed Ben Bella's appeal to take up arms against Moroc co. Old and young massed before army barracks near the center of the capital and south of the casbah. As volunteers marched through the streets they sang and cheered. Women lined the route, wav ing and cheering on their men. Former Information Minis ter Mohammed Yazid and a senior Algerian army advisor, Maj. Slimane Hoffman, flew to Marrakech as special envoys from Ben Bella for talks with Morocco's King Hassan. The pair met Tuesday with Moroccan officials and re turned Tuesday night to inform Ben Bella of the situation. Both Claim Victory Both sides claimed victory in fighting for Hassi Beida and Tinnjoub, two tiny border out posts about 550 miles southwest of Algiers. Ben Bella announced the call up of all veterans of the fight for independence from France in a speech before 150,000 per sons Tuesday night in Algiers. He called King Hassan II of Morocco a stooge of neo-colon- ialism. The crowd roared its approval and then surged through the city howling anti- Moroccan slogans and chanting "Hassan assassin" in front of the Moroccan Embassy. In Constantine, hundreds of Algerians who heard a broad cast of the speech smashed windows at the American Cul tural Center after Ben Bella said war planes piloted by for eigners supported a 4,000-man Moroccan force attacking Al gerian troops in the border area. (In Morocco, the government denied that American pilots were involved.) Five Candidates File for Election JACKSONVILLE Five candi dates will be in the race for three seals on the Jacksonville city council at an election here Nov. 5. They are incumbents Paul Godward and Ruth Walker, and new candidates E. W. (Dusty) Hannon, Richard Souza Jr. and Bob Cosier. George McUne, who also had filed a nominating petition, was told by the city council last night he could not legally be a candidate. The council deter mined that he was not a "quali fied elector" of the city because he had not registered in time to meet city charter specifications. In another portion of last night's city council meeting, a letter was read from John Keaveny, in which he resigned as chairman of the Jackson ville planning commission, ef fective Oct. 18. Keaveny explain ed that he is leaving the state for the winter. Krebfozen Backers Continuing Battle WASHINGTON (UPD-Back- crs of krebiozen refused today to give up their fight for the "cancer drug" even though I eovernmcnt scientists have hranriori it worthless. The soon ; sors aj50 acc the threat of pos- sible criminal charges. WEATHER (ORhCAST: Flf lontiht ind ThUMdav. txcept (or mornlnc low timid or ftif. Mild aft" noon trmpfrilurM. I.ftw to niht 4i. High Thundy nar Hi(hrl VMterilav l.oHf.i Thifc Morning 4S Our Skies Tonight Kumrt Indiv Pm- Aunt-It lom'ttrow V! am. Srw Moon tomorrow I. II a.m. PROMINENT fUR Mutf. hi hln touih 11 Bfif letup. n 11:11 p.m. VIMBI.F. PLAN I T ftaturn, in touthwrM II I? P m Jupltrr. In ih touth H IT a m Regional Edition MedfordmTribune 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1963 No. 179 y"' J ' " fa I DISCUSS PLAN Dr. Harold L. Richards (left), superintendent of Blue Island, III., sec ondary schools, is shown above with Ward Hammond (center, vice chairman ot the Medford school district's Citizens' Advisory Jackson Voters Reject Measure By 5 to 1 Margin Jackson county voters, by more than 5 to 1, voted down the 1963 Legislature's tax pro gram during tne special elec tion Tuesday. A total of 21,707 out of .lack- son county s 3,1,517 registered voters voted in the election, a 65 per cent turn out. Break down of the vote showed 18,366 no, 3,431 yes. None of the county s 128 pre cincts in the election voted in favor of the tax program. The total docs not include 447 absen tee ballots which remain to be counted. With ballots for only one mea sure to be counted, the unofficial results were known by 11 p.m. at the elections department in the county courthouse. Counting started at 8 p.m. when tne pons closed. Highest ratio against the tax program was in Precinct 6 in Ashland which voted 129 against and 5 for the measure. Precinct 55A, in southwest Medford, had the highest percentage of vote in favor of the measure, 111 acainst and 45 for. Counting of the absentee bal lots is expected to start later to day. Once that counting is com pleted the official canvass ot ballots will begin, elections de Dartment officials said today. Deadline for completing the canvass is Oct. 25. SOC Students Favor Tax in Mock Vote ASHLAND Southern Oregon college students held a mock election Monday and the tax referendum carried by a good margin. There were 721 votes cast with "yes" voles number ing 4.14 and the "no" vote totaling 283. There were two void votes. The election was conducted by the American, Slate and Local Government classes with four polling places opened to students. Dr. Marshall E. Woodcll, professor of political science, acted as election ad visor and a Medford student, John Harmon, was election chairman. In the past, Dr. Woodcll said. the student vote has been 85 per cent accurate in predicting the success of candidates and 73 per cent correct on returns on measures. The turn out was one of the largest reported for a mock election at the school. Flock T Two Sections 58th Year Price 10 Cents Advantages of 2-2 Plan on Secondary Level Are Reviewed Dr. Harold L. Richards, su perintendent ot secondary schools in Blue Island, III., told the Citizens Advisory Commit tee on Education of the Medford school district last night that the 6-2-2-2 plan has accomplish ed what his district thought it would. He spoke here at the invita tion of the committee, which has been conducting a scries of general meetings on aspects of educational programs, buildings and administration. Following Dr. Richards' pre sentation. Ward Hammond, vice chairman of the committee, jut lined work to be done by tne subcommittee, and urged them to consider material presented to them as suun as possible. Reviews History Dr. Richards reviewed Ihs history of the district, and the process of reaching a decision to start the 2-2 plan on the sec ondary level. The 2-2 plan has been in operation in Blue Island, III., about 14 years, he noted. One of the major factors in deciding to go to a 2-2 plan was the belief that if the 6-3-3 plan was good, then perhaps the 6-2-2-2 plan could be better. He said the situation confronting the Medford district now is sim ilar to the situation the Blue Is land district faced in 1946. Dr. Richards reviewed some of the districts findings con cerning the 2-2 plan, pointing out the administration and school board have found "no real serious disadvantages to the plan. Advantages Are Nnled Among advantages of the 2-2 nlan. Dr. Richards said, are ! separation of young students in their formative years trom up per classmen, providing an op portunity for more rapid adjust m e n t of the 9th and 10th graders; an opportunity for j more individual attention to slow, average and fast learn ing groups; an opportunity for individual talent to develop more rapidly; more encourage ment for students to remain in school; and development of more interest by the student in school activities. The plan has been accepted and supported favorably by faculty members, and actually attracts teachers to the district, Dr. Richards noted. A 2-2 arrangement, he said, encourages better discipline since more students become in volved in school activities and students are grouped in closer age groups. The district operates three "feeder schools" and one "grad uating unit," he said, The feed Committee on Education, and Frank Bush, chairman of the Medford school hoard, prior to Dr. Richards' talk on the 6-2-2-2 plan be fore the committee last night. (Knackstedt photo) er schools house 9th and 10th graders, and the graduating unit contains 11th and 12th grades. There are 2,200 in the graduating unit, and feeder schools house 1,200, 800 and 500 students with the school located in a neighborhood arrangement. Dr. Richards said the cost factor in the 2-2 plan also is favorable, pointing out there is no appreciable difference in operating the 2-2 plan than any other plan. . Dr. Richards met with ad ministrators and supervisors this morning, and with the school board at a luncheon this noon. Jacksonville Man Killed in Mishap Norman Almand Meeds, 38, of North Oregon St., Jackson ville, was killed Tuesday while loading logs 12 miles south of Carberry creek on Steve's fork, stale police reported. Meeds was loading logs on to a truck for the R. W. Jacks Logging company, when one rolled off the truck and crush ed him, officers said. The scene of the accident is about six miles inside Josephine county. The slate police at Med ford received the call about 10 a.m. and the accident occurred about 8:30 a.m., they said. KAItK HIKE ASKIOI) PORTLAND (UPI) Rose City Transit Co. asked for a fare hike today. General Assembly Hears Nationalist China Plea UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPD Nationalist China told the General Assembly today that if Communist China gained a U.N. scat, it would try to wreck the United Na tions as it has split the Com munist camp. Ambassador Liu Chieh, chair man of the Nationalist delega tion, attacked the Peking re gime as the mischief-maker of the Communist world. He leaned heavily on Moscow's own criti cism on Red China to support his arguments. His speech was a sharp re joinder tn Albania's demand that the assembly expel the Na tionalist government and seat Communist China in the Unit ed Nations. Albania and Cam- Hatfield Meeis With Leaders 01 Legislature Montgomery Calls I For Cigarette Tax PORTLAND (UPI) - Oregon voters Tuesday defied the plea of Gov. Mark Hatfield and lee- islative leaders, and smashed down the legislature's 50 miU lion tax increase bill. Hatfield termed the defeat "a mandate to slash programs and services." House Minority Leader F. P. Montgomery immediately called for enactment of a ciearetta tax, and a sales tax to ba referred to the voters. The defeat threw the stata in. to a grave fiscal crisis. Hatfield called an emercencf meeting of legislative leaders in Salem for 1 p.m. today. It seemed certain the governor would order a special session of the legislature. lhe tax measure suffered more than a three to one de feat. 60 Per Cent Vote About 60 per cent of fhn state's 758,047 registered voters cast ballots in the referendum. neiurns from 3,114 of tho state's 3,253 precincts showed No 345,779, and Yes 101.298. The measure was defeated in every county in the state. Worst setback was in Jose phine County where 68.4 per cent of tho registered voters cast ballots, and scuttled tha tax hike 8,063 to 708. In Benton County, home o( ' Oregon State University, there was a 64.7 per cent turnout. There were 4,255 yes votes and 5,781 no votes the best show ing the measure made in any county. At McDermitt in Malheur County 18 of the 37 voters cast ballots all no. Hatfield was expected to call the legislature into special ses sion nexl month after this aft ernoon s meeting with lcgisla tive majority and minority leaders. The defeat means that tha stale is $60 million short of thn money it needs to finance the two-year $404 million general fund budget approved by tha legislature. Educalion Hit ? Severe cuts are expected ta be made in education which takes more than half the total general fund budget. Basic school support alone ac counts for $141 million, and this cannot be cut without legisla tive approval. Both Hatfield and Secretory of Stale Howell Appling Jr. an' nounccd they were ordering im mediate cutbacks in their of fices. State Welfare Administrator Andrew Juras said cuts in statn welfare aid affecting food stand ards, medical care and nursing home aid for the aged and un derprivileged would tako effect Nov. 1. He said the initial cut back was likely to bo 14 pet cent. The State Welfare Com mission earlier authorized tha cuts in case the tax measura lost, he said. (See Story on Page 2A) Portland Symphony Arrives Here Today The 70-piece Portland Sym phony orchestra will arrive in Medford today for two appear ances, part ot a stale-wide tour. Jacques Singer, internationally known musician, is conductor. Concerts are at 3:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m., both at Hedrick Jun ior High school. Tickets will b on sale at the door. The orches tra is sponsored by the Associ ated Commuters club of South ern Oregon college. Following tonight's program, the orchestra will be honored at a reception at Rogue Valley Country club with the Peter Britt Music and Arts association as sponsor. bodia have proposed a resolu tion to that end. Every year since 1050, the as sembly has barred Communist China and given Nationalist China another year in posses sion of the seat it has had since joining the United Nations as a founding member. The Nationalist government has also retained its perma nent seat on the Security Coun cil, and thus Its veto power. There was nothing in sight today to portend a different re sult. Observers expected little change from the 56-42 vote In the last assembly that defeated a Soviet resolution that would have expelled the Nationalists and put the Communists in their feat. for I landing. -1
