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Hoffa Outlines
Truck Industry
Pact Demands
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Team-sters'
President James R. Hof
fa expressed confidence today
that his union would win most
of the $600 million worth of
wage-benefit increases it seeks
from the trucking industry in a
new nationwide contract.
Hoffa said the demands he
outlined Wednesday were not
unrealistic. He predicted the fi
nal settlement would be close
to the union's 90-cent-an-hour
package proposal.
The controversial Teamsters'
chief declared he would not call
a national truck strike to en
force the demands although he
left open the possibility of "se
lective" area strikes if the con
tract talks become deadlocked.
Hoffa said that trucking firms
would have to raise their
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JAMES HOFFA
Not Unrealistic
turn
Hatfield Finds
Some Optmism
In Vote Outcome
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -Gov.
Mark Hatfield of Oregon
found some small basis for opti
mism Wednesday despite a gen
eral nationwide pattern of Dem
ocratic v i c t o r y in Tuesday's
state and local elections.
"We were behind in the regis
tration column," he said, "but
still an aggressive, virile Re
publican voice was heard in
some areas. In Philadelphia and
Kentucky, for instance, the Re
publican party at least realized
it had a potential and went out
and battled for it."
nesnite the defeats, Hatfield
said, the GOP should not "adopt
a shroud of defeatism."
"This points up some of our
deficiencies and our responsi
bilities to recognize and solve
them."
Addresses Luncheon
Hatfield, addressing a lunch
con audience of the Bay Area
Republican Alliance, said that
for the "big battle of 1964" the
GOP must find aggressive can
didates on all levels, must pre
sent alternatives to the major
issues of the day and must have
a party organization, "that can
guarantee the integrity of the
ballot box."
In regard to the last point, he
cited the "glaring examples of
Cook County, Illinois, Philadel
phia and Texas, where (in I960)
there were irregularities that
have never been rcf'.rtcd."
Hatfield also:
promised to support anyone
who is the Republican presi
dential candidate next year.
Avoided comment' when
Queried by newsmen as to the
possibility he will be the GOP
vice presidential nominee, but
said he hoped to have a voice
in shaping the national platform.
Urged the GOP to crack the
"democratic iron curtain" and
seek support in labor and aca
demic circles.
freight rates to meet . the un
ion's demand for a three-year
contract providing average 45
cent hourly pay increases for
450,000 drivers, helpers, ware
housemen, mechanics and cleri
cal workers.
First In History
The Teamsters' proposal
started the ball rolling in the
first nationwide trucking indus
try negotiations a longtime
Hoffa objective. The union now
negotiates cither area-wide or
city-wide pacts for over-the-road
and local truck drivers
and related employes.
The pay increases sought by
the Teamsters are far above
the settlements in other indus
tries in recent years which have
averaged about 7 or 8 cents per
hour. . -
The size of the package de
mand far exceeds President
Kennedy's suggested guidelines
for wage increases roughly 3
to 4 per cent but Hoffa has
long ago denounced the Chief
Executive's proposal as govern
ment wage-fixing.
Hoffa also announced that the
Teamsters would seek tighter
restrictions on "piggybacking"
or movement of truck trailers
on railroad flat cars.
Seeks Assessment
He said trucking firms would
be asked to pay $5 into Team
sters' pension funds for each
trailer moved by "piggyback."
Under the present contract
those firms which had used the
"piggyback" method before
1955 were exempt from the $5
assessment.
Hoffa estimated the demands,
including a 15-cent-an-hour
wage increase during each year
of the 3-year pact, would cost
about $900,000 for each working
day or $200 million a year.
He said 16,000 trucking em
ployers in 48 states all but Ha
waii and Alaska would be noti
fied formally of the Teamsters'
DroDosal on Friday. Negotia
tions are expected to begin
later this month in Chicago.
Exchange of Rogue
Lands
EUGENE (UPI) -The U. S.
Forest Service and U.S. Ply
wood Corp. have announced
agreement on terms of an ex
change of lands near the lower
reaches of the Rogue River.
The Forest Service said it has
agreed to accept the firm's 5,
195 acres of timberland fronting
various sections of the river be
tween Lobster Creek and Ag
ness. In exchange, the firm will
get 4,179 acres of land away
from the river containing an
equal value of timber, the an
nouncement said.
The Forest Service said tnis
would assure continued protec
tion of forested scenic vistas
along the river near Gold
Beach.
Russia Unveils
Defensive Missile
MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet
Union today unveiled the vaunt
ed Soviet anti-missile missile
which Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev once said could
hit a fly m the sky.'
A squadron of three of the
silver-painted rockets, fitted
with huge fins at mid-fuselage
and tail, was nauiea tnrougn
Red Square on open trucks for
this year's military parade on
the anniversary of the Russian
revolution. The fins apparently
provide maneuverability.
Minutes earner ouviui de
fense Minister Marshal Rodion
Malinovsky had described the
Soviet Union's might in a brief
speech which warned that any
aggressors would meet a
"crushing retaliatory blow."
Newspapermen
Study Supreme
Court Decision
Oregonian Argues
Against Liability
SALEM (UPI) -Newspaper
executives today were studying
an Oregon Supreme Court ruling
to determine what effect it
might have on the delivery of
daily newspapers.
In a 5-2 split decision Wednes
day, the high court upheld a
Union County Circuit Court de
cision which held The Oregonian
Publishing Co., and one of its
distributors, guilty of negligence
in an auto-bus crasn.
The distributor did not appeal
the verdict, but The Oregonian
did, claiming the distributor was
an independent contractor, not
an employe. The newspaper ar
gued it was not liable for the
activities ot independent con.
tractors.
The Supreme Court found
"that The Oregonian directly ex
ercised considerable control
over the detail" of the distribu
tor's ODerations.
The court said when a firm
"makes regular use of the serv
ices of individuals over whom
it reserves absolute economic
control, such persons are subor
dinates." Decision Studied
William R. Morrish, assistant
to the publisher of The Ore
gonian, said he had ordered at
torneys to study the decision.
"I don't vet know what the
full meaning is. I don't know
whether this sets a precedent.
We'll have to study the decision
and await word from our attor-nevs."
He said he did not know
whether it would be possible to
appeal the decision in tne feder
al courts, or whether that would
he a wise course.
Carl Webb, manager of the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association, said the details of
the decision would have to be
studied.
Degree of Control
"The degree of control comes
up all the time. It not only ap
nlies to newsboys and motor
route men, but to newspaper
correspondents as well.
"Generally, the firm con
tracting the work can be inter
ested in performance, but not
the way it is achieved. The
question revolves around the
degree of control. I don't think
this decision upsets the little
merchant or independent con
tractor situation, but we will
have to study the case."
Traditionally newspapers sell
their papers to route men and
carrier boys who as "independ
ent businessmen contract to
provide delivery. v
Wires Exchanged
By City Officials
: Typical of the byplay that al
ways comes into the competi
tion when the Black Tornado
meets the Cavemen are the
wires that were exchanged by
officials of Medford and Grants
Pass yesterday.
The first came from Police
Chief Phillip G. Averill of
Grants Pass. It was answered
in kind by Mayor Jimmy Dun
levy of Medford.
The first telegram read:
"Have just received word that
your Senior Hlgn scnooi ana a
Grants Pass Elementary school
are scheduled to participate in
a game of football on Friday
in the city of pears, fog, snow
and rain. Please confirm."
The mayor's answer read:
"Confirming your wire of the
6th, Medford plays the 'Ingram
Institute' here on me tn. ry
the time they come out of the
fog we will have a -pear oi
touchdowns and still be 'reign
inn' as Oregon's top team."
The tup contender for gain
in this exchange was Western
Union.
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DEMOLISHED CAR This picture shows the
remains of a car two Medford men drove into
the side of a moving train at the Jackson
Street railroad crossing about 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Both men, Virgil Dexter Evans,
26, of 911 Murray St., and Charles Wright
Irion, 27, Lake Hotel, were taken to Sacred
Heart Hospital. Evans, driver of the car, was
.treated and released, and Irion was reported
in good condition today. Witnesses told Med
ford police the Evans car, which was travel
ing west on Jackson Street, drove through the
warning signals and crashed into a box car
about in the middle of the 12-car train. Engi
neer of the switch engine was Howard Edgar
McLane, 43, of 2976 Crater Lake Ave. The car
was dragged about 40 feet. Evans was cited
for disobeying a traffic signal.
Employment High
During October
In Jackson County
An unusually high level of em
ployment for October in Jack
son County was reported today
by John J. Patton, manager of
the Medford office of the State
Employment Service.
Patton said there were no
major layoffs during the month.
There were fewer, people out
of work during the month and
non-agricultural job placements
made through the local employ
ment service were 95 per cent
of the level of October, 1962.
These placements included an
unusually large number of jobs
in the professional, clerical and
sales categories, according to
Patton. This activity, he said,
was higher than had been ex
pected, partly due to the fact
that the pear harvest was com
pleted in September and there
was as a result no labor de
mand from fruit processing in
October. The total pear pack
out placed the crop at one third
of the normal harvest.
Claims Also Down
Unemployment compensation
claims were also down in Octo
ber as alwavs happens in a high
employment period. The rate of
insured employment was 3 per
cent at the end of the month.
This rate is only two-thirds of
the level, experienced at the
samp time one vear ago.
Southern Oregon College has
announced its enrollment to be
over the 2,000 mark, the highest
in history, the employment of
fice manager aiso mentioned m
giving his survey of Jackson
County conditions.
The month of November will
be marked by full operation of
of the Christmas gift packing
by the fruit industry, an activ
ity which will supply increasea
employment until the end of
the year.
Duncan Scheduled
To Arrive in City
Monday for Visits
tfKfipBS
MARGARET CHASE SMITH CONSIDERS CANDIDACY
WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, R
Maine, is giving "serious consideration" io suggestions that she
seek the Republican presidential nomination and enter the New
Hampshire primary next March, her top assistant said today.
VIET NAM JUNTA WAITS RECOGNITION
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) The ruling military junta
today awaited official diplomatic recognition by the United States,
committing Itself to an early return of democratic government
and all-out war against the Communist Vict Cong guerrillas.
KHRUSHCHEV CONSIDERS ALLIED PROTEST
MOSCOW (UPD Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev today con
ci.wr.ri itronclv worded note from the three Western Allies pro
testing "continued Interference" by the Soviet Union with Allied
convoys on the Berlin highway.
RUSSIANS RAPIDLY CLEAR U.S. CONVOY
BERLIN (UPD The U.S. Army loday sent another convoy
through the Soviet checkpoint at Marienborn and the Russians
cleared the 22 men in 10 trucks in only 20 minutes.
Training Program in
Log Industry Urged
PORTLAND (UPI) -The log
ging industry needs a program
of vocational training to supply
it with skilled and semisKiuca
employes, a panel moderator at
the 54th Pacific Logging Con
gress said today,
r H. Willison. an official of
Crown Zellerbach from Port
land, said the industry was
faced with a growing pool of
men wanting work, but un
trained for the jobs there are to
fill.
Apples Destroyed,
Warehouse Damaged
WENATCHEE, Wash. (UPD
Goldwater Seeks
To Avoid Fight
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen
Barry Goldwater of Arizona
was pictured today as deter
mined to avoid a knock-down,
drac-out. party-splitting fight
with Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel
ler for the Republican presiden
tial nomination.
A source close to the senator
told UPI the New York gover
nor's formal announcement
of his candidacy will have no
effect on Goldwatcr's plans.
The senator expects to an
nounce in January whether he
will seek the nomination. He
also will decide then whether to
enter New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation
primary.
Congressman Robert B. Dun
can is scheduled to arrive in
Medford Monday night, Nov. 11,
coming here by car from a
speaking engagement in Albany,
the committee arranging the
Tuesday dinner in honor of the
congressman, announced today.
Tuesday morning, Duncan will
fulfill several speaking engage
ments. He will appear on Radio
Station KMED at 10 a.m. and at
the Medford High School- at
10:30 a.m. Speeches for other
radio stations and botn tele
vision stations also are sched
uled but the -exact time had
not been set today.
- Tuesday afternoon the con
gressman, representing the
Fourth District, will be in his
former office in the Franklin
building to receive constituents,
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Dinner Scheduled
The dinner Tuesday evening
at Kim's restaurant is scheduled
for 7 p.m. and will be preceded
by a social half hour, starting
at 6:30 p.m. The public is In
vited to attend both functions,
which have been scheduled as a
"Meet Your Congressman
Night."
A telephone committee has
been set up to enable people to
make reservations tor tne din
ner. It is composed of Mrs. Lew
is Ulrich and Mrs. James Red
den, in Medford; and Mrs. Dee
Newton and Gerald J. Scannell,
Jr., Ashland.
Rep. James Hecldcn win act
as master of ceremonies at the
dinner if he is able to leave
Salem, where the special ses
sion of the Oregon Legislature
opens Monday.
Sponsors Arc Listed
The "Meet You Congressman
Night" is being sponsored by
the Eleanor Roosevelt League,
the Jackson County Democrat
ic Central Committee and the
Democratic Social Club.
Congressman Duncan comes
into Oregon Friday, according
tn his Washington office, to
attend the Democratic Fund
Raising dinner in Portland. He
will remain tnrougn nov. to,
making six scheduled speeches
in addition lo the "Meet Your
Congressman Night" appearance.
These include the Portland
City Club, Oregon Farm Bureau
Convention, Albany American
Legion, Crater Lions Club in
Medford Tuesday noon, the
Soil Conservation District Con
vention in Grants Pass and the
Eugene Chamber of Commerce
in communication witn nis
Eugene o f fi c e, Congressman
Duncan said he had hoped con
gress would be adjourned by
now so that he could spend
more time with the people in his
district.
"Instead, I have tried to cram
as many- appearances as pos
sible into one short .week during
a period :when there .will ap
parently not be a neavy amount
of legislative work in the House
of Representatives, "Duncan
said.. ' . "i i '
"I will also have office hours
for mv constituents in some
cities during the week. I am
looking forward to this a great
deal. It is always nice to be
home in the Fourth District."
Vays and Means
ommittee Hears
Revenue Ideas
Group Conducts
Salem Meetings
By ZAN STARK
SALEM (UPI) -Approval of
the governor's austerity pro
gram would result in 522 state
workers being laid off and 749
now vacant positions being eli
minated, the Joint ways and
Means Committee was advised
today.
All 14 members of the Budget
drafting committee were on
hand, backed by more than a
dozen other legislators, to get
a running start on the special
session which convenes Monday.
It did not appear lawmakers
were headed for any quick solu
tion to the state's fiscal prob
lem.
There were suggestions for
alternate revenue programs, rig
id economy, reductions in dedi
cated fund agencies but no
agreement on which course
might be followed.
Two Days of Hearings
The Ways and Means mem
bers today launched two days of
hearings into the governor's re
commended austerity program,
state revenues, and proposed
cuts in basic school support.
The Ways and Means mem
bers, many wearing their meat
cleaver tie clasps, came to Sa
lem ahead of time at their own
expense, at the request of Sen
ate President Ben Musa and
House Speaker Clarence Bar
ton. -
Sen. Ward Cook, D-Portland.
said the committee was meet-
(UPD
NELSON ROCKEFELLER
Doing Spade Work
N. Y. Governor
Hurls Challenge
Jo Goldwater
Hopeful Admits
Underdog Role
NASHUA, N.H. (UPI) -New
York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel
ler formally announced today
his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for president.
After making the long-antici
pated announcement at Albany,
N.Y.. Rockefeller flew in a
rainstorm to New Hampshire to
do some spade work for the
states first-in-the-nation presi
dential primary in March.
Hurls Challenge
Rockefeller lashed out at the
Kennedy administration and
hurled a challenge to Republi
can Sen. Barry Goldwater to
oppose him in state primaries.
Goldwater, though an unan
nounced presidential contender,
is regarded as the front-running
PEINE, Germany (UPI) - "a7
Rescue workers brought 11 men Rockefel er r to ame
Sfe.i.l!,fJr??UatMneiit he made in Albany
w hS iSS Tr,nH tZ,2 hnnoundn8 his candidacy for
they had been trapped for wo tne GOp ,nomintion.
. . V " Tn Then, in answer to news-
TS.Z,h.nmea'a Questions, he acknowl
narbrrtTetht rcach &he W8S
omMA1Hcea.,huee .?edime"- or behind matters verv little.
tation Dasin on tne sun ace coi- v, Im ,-.,et iini
lapsed Oct. 24 and poured 10 h said
million gallons ot water down , ., ,
iha choftc I 1 Voices Confidence
There were 129 men in the LH s?'.d he will rturn to New
mino ni'tho Hmo tinsi oononpri Hampshire as often as possi-
immediate! v. Three were We" to discuss the issues. He
plucked from another under- expressed confidence he can
ormmri inmh loci um.u beat President Kennedy be-
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rfisenvoreH SunHnv nftnr ihov lost faith in the President "for
had been given up for dead. Put.tin,? expediency before prh-.-
fir hit i-mnninrlnx 1ft hnHino K.IVIV.
located n the chamber " "e WMS!t uie . numiiwuun,
Rescuers Bring
German Miners
Safely To Surface
reached today. Another 19 are Rockefeller said, he will sup
missine and Dresumed dead. Prt "whoever is nominated tc
Thnso hmiioVit im tntinv In. run" on the GOP platform.
nliirlnrl in minora onrl a vniinff Rockefeller's arrival in New
oiopii-iclnn who uin imnnort Hampshire was delayed by
rim-inn his firsi trin inin a dense fog. He criginally was
ing early to "become oriented." mint. scheduled to land at Grenier
Rep. Ross Morgan,. DrGresham. . lYnnr frill n nut Air Force Base in Manchester
said the group' "may lend a Whon the resenv drill put but tlew on to Nashua after his
hand in determimne where cuts ihrnnnh tn ih o.hv.w.fnM plane circled in tne air lor
should not be made." chamber In which the men had nearly an hour to await lifting
uep. otattord Hanson, rt-rlcr-1 huddled since the disaster, ' tog.
miston. got to the core of the ihnr unr fnnrn that the rnnf Assails Kennedy
issue shortly after the meeting of the gallery might collapse, 11 took the governor eight
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White City Fire
Burns Equipment
WHITE CITY Heavy dam
age to equipment resulted from
fire at Perma Products, Inc.,
on Circle Drive here late yes
terday afternoon, Central Point
rural firemen said.
Slight damage was done to
the interior of the building.
Firemen said that fire result
ed when sparks from an electric
drill ignited an inflammable fluid.
Coffins, paddle boards and
roundboats are manufactured
from fiberglass in the business
which is owned by Alvin D. and
Rene Bounds, Ashland.
Firemen were called about
5:50 p.m.
Timberline Lodge
To Open Earlier
TIMBERLINE LODGE (UPI)
Timberline Lodge will open a
week earlier than planned be
cause of an early heavy snow,
manager Richard Kohnstamm
said today. More than two feet
of snow has fallen.
Kohnstamm said the down
stairs part of the lodge would
be open Saturday through Mon
day from 8 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
and ski lifts would operate from
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The lodge
then will close until Nov. 15, the
regularly scheduled opening, he
said.
FILES CANDIDACY
SALEM (UPI) -Donald Doug-
Fire destroyed the roof of a las Jolley, 21, an electrical cn-
warehouse of Ihe James M
Wade Fruit Packing Co. here
Wednesday night and ruined ap
proximately 100,000 boxes of ap
ples stored Inside.
Sinecring senior at Oregon State
hiversitv. has filed as a can
didate for delegate from the
first congressional district to the
Republican National Convention.
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unft today 4:5 P m-
Sunrise tomorrow 6:53 a.m.
Moonrlif tonlffhl ...11:07 p.m.
t.aht Quarter tonliht 10:37 p.m.
I-HO.MINKNT SIAHS
Fomalhaill,
low In inulh 7:7 p.m.
AHalr, low In wesl . 10.13 p.m.
The hrlclit lr now teen hall
way between Fnmalhaut and
Altalr la the planet, haturn.
opened when he asked "how are
we going to go. Shall we go
along w i t h the governor', or
adopt our own plan ' ,
Other committee mem
bers were hesitant to make any
policy decision until after the
conclusion of the hearings.
Question Posed .
A major question was posed
by legislative fiscal officer Ken
neth Bragg who asked "are we
making temporary cuts, or are
we making permanent reduc
tions in the level of state service?"
Finance and Administra
tion director Freeman Holmer
said the budget cuts proposed
by the governor are temporary.
He said it would have to be de
cided before the 1965 legislature
whether permanent long range
reductions should be made.
"I expect the governor will
ask the 1965 legislature for fur
ther reforms," Holmer com
mented.
Rep. John Mosser, R-Portland,
said the voters didn't under
stand the difference between
dedicated fund and general fund
agencies, but wanted economics
in all parts of state government.
Sen. Lynn Ncwbry, R-Ashland,
fired back "I oppose messing
with dedicated funds."
Kadclcy's Program
As the meeting began Sen.
Edward Fadelcy, D - Eugene,
handed out copies of his alter
native to the governor's auster
ity program.
: Fadelcy called for a $10 mil
lion tobacco tax, and use of $10
million from auto license fees.
and $12 million from a one-shot
speedup of withholding tax col
lections to offset most of the
revenue lost by defeat of the tax
measure Oct. 15.
He also would transfer $5 mil
lion from the veterans fund, cut
capital construction $9 million,
basic school $7 million, and oth
er agencies $5 million.
It was apparent that several
other alternate plans, many
built around cither a cigarette
or sales tax, would be unveiled
within the next few days.
Roseburg Woman
Placed on Probation
PORTLAND (UPI) -Mrs.
Marie Elaine Marshall, 21.
Roseburg. was olaccd on proba
tion Wednesday by Municiapl
Judae J. J. Labadie in connec
tion with a high speed chase
Sept. 19 from McMinnvillc to
Portland.
She had entered a guilty plea
three weeks ago to a charge of
attempting to elude a police of
ficer. The judge also suspended
a $500 fine. Mrs. Marshall told
the judge she recently had ob
tained a Job here and was tak
ing care of her two small children.
But the roof hold. . and
torpedo shaped steel capsule
quickly was put into operation
to bring tne men to uie sur
face, one by one and in swift
succession.
All were ashen - faced . and
haggard, showing the terrible
strain of tnelr long imprison
ment underground.
Public Hearings
On Council Agenda
Five public hearings on Hems
including three proposed zone
changes, will be held at a meet
ing of tho Medford city council
at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
A variety of completed public
works projects also will be re
viewed by the group.
Hearings will be held on in
stallation of a proposed sanitary
sewer on btcwart Avenue and
Chestnut Street, and a property
annexation at the northwest cor
ner of Prune Street and Colum
bus Avenue.
Zone change requests involve
property located on the . south
side of Crater Lake Highway,
north of Delta Waters Road; at
the northeast corner of Crater
Lake Avenue and McAndrews
Road; and at the northeast cor
ner of West Main Street and
Western Avenue.
minutes to read his l,300rword
statement. He also took ihe oc
casion to assail the administra
tion of President Kennedy
which, he said, had:
Failed to "stimulate fho
American economy so as to
provide the jobs and greater
opportunities promised our peo
ple by Kennedy during the 1960
presidential campaign.
"Failed to preserve the
strength and unity of the free
world and the vitality of its al
liances.
"Failed to understand and
meet the menace of internation
al communism."
(See story on page 2A)
Sfafe Employes
Open Convention
EUGENE (UPI) The Ore
gon State Employes Associa
tion opened its convention today
with talks by Gonzaga Univer
sity President , the Rev. John
P. Lcary, and Warne Nunn, ad
ministrative assistant to Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
About 200 delegates were reg
istered for the three-day meeting.
lection in County
lost State $8,366
The special election in Octo
ber in Jackson County cost the
state $8,366.22, according to an
itemized statement sent lo Jack
Thompson, Salem, director
of elections, by Jackson County
Clerk Marvin Madden.
The county will be reimbursed
by the state since money for the
tax referendum election was
voted by the state legislature
earlier this year.
A copy of Madden s statement
to Thompson was sent to the
County Court this week explain
ing the reason for the present
status of the department fund
to pay election department per
sonnel. In a statement Wednes
day County Court Judge Earl
M. Miller noted that this depart
ment had overdrawn $202.88
for personnel.
In his letter Madden noted
that once the county receives
the money from the secretary
of state. Madden will petition
the court to restore the money
in the election department budg
get in preparation for the 1964
Primary.
Annexation Election
Slated in Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS - An election
will be held here tomorrow on
the annexation of 156 acres be
tween the north city limits and
Interstate 5.
The annexation question,
which has been under discussion
for some time, was presented
at a public hearing at a City
Council meeting last night.
There were no remonstrances
from the people of Grants Pass.
The polls will be open from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in a home
in the area. Eligible to vote on
the annexation are the 50 prop-
Canaveral Showered
By Minuteman Debris
CAPE CANAVERAL (UP)) I nosed downward. As Uie nose
A Minuteman "instant ICBM" aimed at the ocean and the
veered wildly out of control fiery tail swung upward, a
and blew up a scant few nun-1 range safety officer on the
dred feet above Cape Ca
naveral today, raining fiery
wreckage over the missile test
center.
Chunks of solid propellant,
burning furiously, touched off
fires over a dozen spots on the
15.000-acre Moonport U.S.A.
The 54-foot Minuteman bolted
from the bottom of a concrete
lined launching silo at 12 noon,
EST. after a perfect countdown.
Almost from the start, the
flight was a failure.
erty owners whose land is in- The rocket, instead of cllmb
volvcd. I ing into the blue sky, suddenly
Cape flipped a pair of switches,
touching on an explosive ae
struct" package that blew tho
missilo into a hundred pieces.
The wreckage hit tho Cape
with a thunderous roar. White
smoke and red flame licked up
ward from a dozen separate lo
cations, mostly amid the scrub
bushes that abound on the test
ing center.
About 15 minutes after Ihe
accident, the fires began to die
down.
The Air Force could give no
reason for the failure.
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