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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.
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MedfordmTribune
18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1963 No. 179
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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.
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