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Wi Basic School Cuts Would Hurt Poorer Districts Transportation Not To Be Reduced SALEM (UPI) -Cuts in basic school support will hit poor dis tricts hardest, School Finance Director L. E. Marschat told the Ways and Means Committee here today. In outlining effects of the pro posed $10.8 million cut in state school aid, he said allotments for transportation would not be reduced. But for each $1 million reduc tion, growth allotments would be cut $33,000, equalization would be reduced $193,400, and the al lotment for each census child would be down $1.77. Sen. L. W. Newbry, R-Ash-land, said the effect of cuts at the local level would be com-i pounded because payments from the irreducable school fund, which this year totaled $5.1 mil lion, would be only $2 million next year. Deputy Superintendent of the Education Department, James Turnbull, outlined $2.8 million in operating cuts ordered for the department by the governor. He . said elimination of the $1.3 mil lion community college construc tion program was ordered by the governor. Enrollments Up Robert Hatten, head of the community college program, said enrollments were up 22 per cent this year to 4,200 full time equivalent students. He said another 20 per cent could be handled with present facilities, but noted that several high schools now housing com munity college classes are push ing out the programs because of their own space needs. It was explained that defer ment of the community college construction program, as well as many of the other cuts pro posed by t h e governor's auster ity program, were pushing the fiscal problem into the next bi ennium. Thursday afternoon the Ways and Means Committee reviewed cuts in the state's mental insti tutions and hospitals, and wel fare department reductions. (Pickup 4th pgh: Mental Health Mental Health Administrator Dr. J. H. Treleaven said "men tal health is going to suffer as a result of the cuts, there's no doubt of it. Long Struggle Noted "We have struggled in this state a long time, but have made major improvements in the past 10 years. We have aim ed these cuts at quantity, not quality. I oppose going back to the kind of programs we had 15 years ago." He said the staff-patient ratio at state hospitals had been cut "dangerously thin" as a result of the reductions. Welfare Administrator Andrew Juras detailed the $1.6 million welfare cuts ordered by the gov ernor, and warned reductions in institution budgets could result in more people being placed on nursing heme care. He said there now are 6,500 nursing home beds in Oregon, and that 3,640 are occupied by welfare cases. He noted that in addition to the cuts ordered as a result of the Oct. 15 referendum, the de partment had to reduce general assistance aid because it was $234,000 over budget already this biennium. Little Girl Removed From House on Fire ASHLAND An overstuffed chair and part of a wall at the home of Wes Smith, 221 Oak St., caught fire Thursday afternoon, causing a minor amount of dam age to the house. Ashland firemen said they re moved a little girl from a smoke-filied upstairs room. She was apparently unhurt. It re quired only half an hour for firemen to control the situation. PROGRESS REPORTED IN SALE TALKS WASHINGTON (UPI Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk said to day that "some progress has been made" in negotiations to sell American wheat to the Soviet Union. But he said he did not know whether a deal would be completed. HOME WINS ELECTION TO COMMONS PERTH, Scotland (UPI 1 Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas Home today won a seat In the House of Commons and called his 1,328-vote majority "a decisive vote of confidence in the government." TRANSPLANT OF HUMAN HEART PREDICTED PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Dr. Minnesota, said Thursday night be successfully transplanted within "the next year, or two years. FRENCH MILITARY BUDGET ADOPTED PARIS (UPI) The national assembly adopted France's new military budget of $3,974,000,000 early today, permitting Presi dent Charles de Gaulle to proceed with his plans to create an Inde pendent nuclear force. amette SUGGESTION CONSIDERED Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, R-Maine, shown in her office in Washington, is giving "serious considera tion" to the suggestion that she seek the Republican nomination for president and en Two Reports Are Accepted, City Councilmen Two separate reports having no apparent relationship to each other were accepted and filed by the Medford City Council last night. In reality, there is a close connection between the two re ports. In part, one seems to answer and to some extent, refute the other. One report was from the Capital Improvements Commit tee and recommended priorities Two Elections Set In Talent District TALENT-Voters in the South Talent Sanitary District will go to the polls twice next month to elect a new director and to vote on a $135,000 bond issue. The district board originally planned to hold a single election on both matters, but their bond ing attorneys advised otherwise. The board now has set Dec. 2 as the date for the director election and Dec. 9 for the bond vote. Both are Mondays. The term of Don Grimes ex pires this year, and Grimes has indicated he does not plan to run again. Candidates must get signatures of 10 registered vot ers in order to qualify for the ballot. One candidate, Art Oettinger, has filed a petition, but it has not yet been certified. Deadline for filing of petitions is next Tuesday. The term will be for three years. At the Dec. 9 election, voters will decide whether or not to authorize sale of $135,000 in bonds to finance installation of a sewer system to serve the most populated portion of the district, from the Talent city limits south along both old and new U. S. 99 to a point some what south of the Lithia Drive- in Theater. MRS. FDR PRAISED HYDE PARK, N. Y. (UPl)- United Nations Ambassador Ad lai Stevenson praised Eleanor Roosevelt on the first anniver sary of her death as the em bodiment of "the vision and the will to achieve a world in which all men walk in peace and dig nity." C. Walton Lillehei, professor of a human heart probably would ter the New Hampshire primary election in March. Mrs. Smith does not plan, however, to comment on the matter until Dec. 5 when she speaks before the National Press Club in Washington. (UPI) Filed by for various proposed major im provement projects in the city. The other report, which was prepared by the city administra tion, is a summary of informa tion pertaining to property tax rates, level of expenditures and revenues for Medford and cer tain other comparable cities in uregon. Lists Number of Items The Capital Improvements Committee's reported listed a number of items which the group felt were "imminentiy necessary," but which it recom mended not be undertaken un til tne council nad taken "ac tion to reduce existing city ex penditures to a point more in line with comparable commun ities in Uregon. The administration's report, however, tended to demonstrate that city expenditures in Med' ford were, in general, not out of line when compared with such communities as Corvallis, Salem and Eugene. For example, figures obtain ed for the Jackson County as sessor s office showed that Med- ford's property tax millage rate tor 1963-64 was slightly below average when compared with 16 other cities in Oregon. Expresses Relationships (A millage rate expresses a numerical relationship between the value of assessed property and the amount of taxes levied.) Astoria (110.6), North Bend (102.3), Eugene (101.2), Spring field (100.7), Coos Bay (100.4), Burns (93.4), and Corvallis (92.1) all have higher millage rates this fiscal year than does Medford, which has a total rate of 89.1. The report further revealed that while nine communities in Oregon increased their millage rates this year, Medford was among seven cities which re duced their millage rates. Both reports will be given further study by the City Coun cil and the Citizens Budget Com mittee. Highwaymen Take Gems From Truck NEW YORK (UPI) - Four daring highwaymen, two of them wearing Halloween masks, forced a jewelry messenger truck to the curb a few blocks from Times Square today and hijacked an estimated $1 million worth of gems. Police said the robbery took place shortly before 1 p.m. at 12th Ave. and 38th St. The gun men, carrying three weapons, intercepted the panel truck and handcuffed six guards who were protecting about 14 bags of jewelry. The men forced the guards out of the truck and into a se dan, drove them to 38th St. and dumped them, police said. Two of the gunmen fled in the se dan and the other two roared away in the jewelry truck. Knights of Columbus Elect Sfoyfon Man NEW YORK UPI) -Edward J. Bell of Stayton, Ore., was named supreme warden Wed nesday by the Knights of Colum bus supreme board of directors. Bell becomes one of eight su preme officers and the only one from the West Coast. He is the first man from Oregon to serve on the supreme council. Two Candidates Seek Position on District Board Two candidates are seeking position on the Medford Irriga tion District board. The annual election is scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 12. The polling place will be the residence at the Oak Grove School, 2792 Jacksonville HiEh- way. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Candidates are Albert Huen- ers, present chairman of the board, and Wilton A. White. Kirtland Road. The position is for a three-year term beginning Tuesday, Jan. 7. To be eligible to vote in the election a person must be at least 21 years of age, be an owner of two acres or more of land within the irrigation dis trict, and the deed must have been recorded more than six months prior to the election date. Must Show Contract If the buyer of land in -the district is under a sale contract, he must show that the contract for the two or more acres of land has been recorded mors than six months. A husband and wife owning same property will be allowed only one vote. Where the land is in a mul tiple ownership, the vote may be cast by any one of the mul tiple owners whose interest is one-half or greater, or who hole' : an authorization in writing from one or more of the other owners. Only eligible voters in Pre cinct 3 are entitled to vote in the election, Precinct 3 is the land in the district west of Kings Highway, irrigation district of ficials noted. Fire at Empire Takes Life of Man EMPIRE, Ore. (UPI) -A fire which was believed to have started in an oil stove gutted a two-story frame house south of here Thursday night and claimed the life of Gale Ray mond Abbott, 54. Abbott's body was found in a bed on the second floor. The bed had partially fallen through a hole burned in the floor. The fire was discovered about 8:30 p.m. by a neighbor. The Charleston Rural Fire Depart ment answered the alarm. Eugene Man's Death Declared Homicide azeugene (UPI) The death of a Southern Pacific Railroad maintenance worker here has been listed as homicide, Lane County Sheriff Harry Marlowe said Thursday. Lawrence Pinkham. 53. was found dead in his cabin Satur day. Marlowe said he apparent ly was beaten to deatn. WEATHER FORECAST: Rain, ii llnui heavy, tonight and Saturday, Low tonight 43. High 8aturda 50. Temp. Highest Yesterday 44 Lowest This Morning . 43 Preclp. To 10 a.m. Today 98 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:3? p.m. Sunrlte tomorrow 8:54 a.m. Moonrlan tomorrow 12:13 a.m. New Moon ...Nov. 15 PROMINENT STAR Regulus, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus. kU 3:28 p.m. Saturn, due south 6:19 p.m Junlter. high In southern . . 7:34 P m. Streams mmmg ti Regional Edition if A T T :1 MEDFORDrak 20 Pages Two Sections Government Hanna Smelting WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Justice Department today filed suit in Portland, Ore., to recov er more than $1.8 million from the Hanna Mining Co. and the Hanna Nickel Smelting Co. for overcharges on a stockpiling contract. It was the first government suit stemming from the stock piling hearings conducted by ben. Muart Symington, D-Mo., last year. President Kennedy last year expressed concern about excess es in the government stockpile of strategic materials and Sy mington then began investigat ing stockpile transactions, in cluding the Hanna Nickel con tract, a month later. Humphreys Contract Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy said that the suit filed in Port land today seeks to recover overcharges on a contract nego tiated by George Humphreys just before he became, secre tary of treasury in the Eisen hower administration. The contracts were based on the defense production act, which was designed to encour age domestic production of stra tegic materials like nickel which previously had to be imported. Kennedy said the government advanced more than $20 million to the smelting company to develop nickel production facil ities in Riddle, Ore. The smelting company pro cessed ore mined at Riddle, by the mining company. The government agreed to buy 125 million pounds of nickel at prices partly related to produc tion cost, according to tne com plaint. But tne company Dasea lis price for the nickel on cost fig ures which included tne pur chase price of machinery for which the government had paid, the complaint added. Because of incorrect account ine entries, the smelting com pany overstated its production cost and the government has Reminders Issued fo Jacksonville People JACKSONVILLE - City coun cilmen issued two reminders to Jacksonville residents today in view of the rainy weather during the week. Property owners were remind ed of the ordinance passed last winter which provides that they must keep all waterways and drainage ditches clear of debris in order to lessen the chance of flooding in the city. The council this week gave property owners until the end of next week to comply with the ordinance. If compliance is not forthcoming, the ordinance gives the city authority to do the cleanup work itself and charge it to the property owner. Councilmen also warned all residents and visitors to be careful when driving over the sewer ditches in the city. The rain has softened the earth which was used to fill in sewer trenches after pipe was laid during the summer, and numer ous vehicles have become stuck in the mud. James Frake Ties In Writing Contest NORFOLK, Va. (UPI) -Dav id Lawrence Jr., of Bradenton, Fla., and a student at the Uni versity of Florida, Thursday night won the undergraduate news writing contest at the an nual convention of Sigma Del ta Chi, professional journalism society. The contestants were judged on stories based on a speech by Glenn Scaborg, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, to about 600 journalists attending the convention and on an inter view and press conference with Scaborg. David M. Brown of Blackfoot, Idaho and a student at the Uni versity of Idaho, won second prize. Three students tied for third place. They were D. C. Flippen Jr., of Richmond and Washing ton and Lee University; James R. Frake, of Medford, Ore., and the University of Oregon and Lloyd H. Westlen, of Detroit and Wayne State University. Lowell Thomas Has Heart Attack DETROIT (UPI) -News com mentator Lowell Thomas suf fered a mild heart attack and will be hospitalized for an Indef inite period, his doctors said to day. MEDFORD, OREGON, been overcharged $1,816,798 for nickel delivered so far, the com plaint continued. It asked for recovery of this amount and interest. Some 17 million pounds of nickel still is to be delivered un Juvenile Advisory Jury Returns First Verdicts forjudge ASHLAND - The Ashland Juvenile Advisory Jury, a group of high school and college stu dents participating in an ex perimental program with Judge Richard C. Cottle of Ashland Municipal Court, returned its first verdicts last night. It considered five cases in volving 12 young men, ranging in age from 17 to 19. The charg es ranged from reckless driving to illegal possession of alco holic beverages. All pleaded guilty. The courtroom, moved up- Man Hospitalized In Grants Pass After Shooting GRANTS PASS (UPI) -Ger ald Norvin Frye, 47, was in fair condition at Josephine County Hospital today after a shooting in a remote area of the wild Rogue River country Wednesday nigni. His wife, Florence Ellen, 50. was held in the Douglas Countv jail at Roseburg on a charge of assault witn a dangerous wea pon. She was scheduled to be taken to Gold Beach today for a preliminary neanng. State Police at Rosebure said f rye was shot In the abdomen with a 9 mm Lugar pistol at the couple's home some 37 miles southwest of Glendale. A cousin, Norman Frye, walked five miles to a road, from where he hitched a ride to Glendale Wednesday night and reported the shooting. Glendale authorities called State Police at Roseburg. It took a stretcher crew nearly 12 hours to get the wounded' man across the Rogue River and carry him to a road, from where he could be taken to a hospital. Duncan Visions No Early Adjournment PORTLAND (UPI) -Rep. Robert Duncan, D-Ore., said to day he did not foresee any early adjournment of Congress. Duncan, who arrived here for a week's visit to his home state, said it was "probably my only opportunity to get back to Ore gon this year." He was here today to talk to a City Club luncheon. Regarding the special legisla tive session opening in Salem Monday the fon.ier House speak er quipped, "I'm in Congress. You've got 90 people down there in Salem and I'm going to leave the solution to them. He predicted a two-year ex tension of the Jones Act modi fication and more pressure for higher grazing fees on public domain. Maurine Neuberger Proposes Health Warning Label on Each Package of (UPI) SEN. NEUBERGER 'Smoke Screen' Author 58th Year Tribune FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, Sues der the contracts. The com plaint said the contract price to the government for this nickel also is too high. The suit asked that the price be lowered from 58.77 to 57.70 cents per pound for the remaining nickel. stairs from its usual quarters to '"'e Ashland City Council chambers, had a solemn Atmos phere. Between the jurors, de fendants and onlookers, there was standing room onlv. The jury considered the cases in two sessions, leaving the room alter each to deliberate, Students on Jury Twelve st'ldents. six from Ashland High School and six from Southern Oregon College, are serving on the jury. Six, three from each institution, serve each Thursday night, with me two groups alternating Judge Cottle launched t h e program in hopes that it will reduce the incidence of juvenile misbehavior in the area and also give those young persons serving on the jury a chance to give the adult world a better imee of their generation. The proram has been tried in a few other communities around the nation, notably in Jackson ville, Fla., where it has been credited with cutting juvenile crime in half in one year. judge Cottle hopes that hav ing juvenile offenders question ed ana judged by their peers win take tne elamor out of youthful misbehavior. . At last night's debut, the jury and the judge,-" who makes the final decisions and imposes the acfai sentences, saw pretty mucn eye to eye. Sentences Recommended The young jurors recommend ed these sentences: A $20 fine on each charee in me case or a voutn cited for violation of basic rule and ex cessive exhaust noise, and sus pension of his driver s license. The judge suspended imposi tion of sentence for one week in order to get a transcript of the boy's driving record. A $35 fine for an 18-yenr-old charged with violation of basic rule with an accident involved. The judge concurred, but Indi cated he might have imposed a more narsn sentence. "Campusing" (confining to campus) through Nov. 17 for three Southern Oregon College youths, charged with illegal pos session of alcoholic beverages. The judge concurred, but added a suspended $100 fine per youth, to be assessed if the "campus ing" restriction are not adhered to. Work detail on two week ends for two college youths charged with fireworks viola tions. The judge concurred. And a $20 fine per person for five Medford and Jackson ville youths charged with late and unusual hours (2:35 a.m.) on Halloween night. The judge again accepted the recommen dation. EVROPEANS WARNED BRUSSELS (UPI) - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson warned Europeans today that if tu-y nlsc tariff walls against American products the United States cannot afford indefinitely to maintain defense forces in Europe. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sen Maurine B. Neuberger, D-Ore., proposed today that each pack age of cigarettes be required to carry a warning that smoking can lead to lung cancer, heart disease and other health risks. The proposal was part of a four-part attack on smoking outlined by the attractive for mer school teacher in her book, Smoke Screen," which was published today. Mrs. Neuberger, a former smoker, stopped short of advo cating tobacco prohibition, but she said there were "practical and judicious measures which can effectively be employed to brake the rising roll of smok ers." "It Is my purpose In this book to enlist the support of my I readers in the task of imple capacity Price 10 Cents 1963 No. 199 1 MISS WORLD Carole Joan Crawford, 20, of Jamaica smiles from her throne after being selected as Miss World in London. Picked from a field of 40 aspirants from countries around the world, the 34-22-: beauty won $7,000 and a screen test. (UFI) Withdrawal ol Men, Planes horn Britain Scheduled WASHINGTON (UPI) - The rwn. IVnartment announced today that 2,650 American mill tarv personnel and 41 bombers and tanker planes win De witn- drawn from Britain by next July 1. The withdrawal involves' the closing of two of four bases in Britain currently used by B47 bombers, and the return to tne United States of 19 bombers and 22 tanker planes. The reduction amounts to ap proximately 10 per cent since there are now 25,000 U.S. mili tary personnel and . approxi mately 35,000 military depend ents in Great Britain. In London, informed sources described the move as the first in a series of reductions in U.S. bomber, jet interceptor and air! transport units in Britain, Spain and France. The cuts will be made during the next nine months, it was said. It was announced here, how ever, that u.o. nuclear power available for free world defense is being increased by the addi tion of Polaris submarines each armed with 16 missiles. The subs are being produced at the rate of one a month. Transient Lodged (or Shoplifting in City George Carrol Travis, 45, tran sient, was lodged In Jackson county jail Wednesday on charge of shoplifting, according to Medford police. Travis was taken into custody about 9 p.m. after he attempted to take an item from a local supermarket without paying for it, police said. menting such measures," she said. But Mrs. Neuberger offered little hope of enlisting her fel low senators to enact legislation which would carry out any anti smoking program. She proposed that the program be implement ed by administrative orders "within the framework of exist ing legislation." Mrs. Neuberger's book was the signal bell for what is ex pected to be a difficult round for the tobacco Industry In the battle against any action that would curtail sale of Its pro ducts. A special committee has been appointed to deal the industry a severe blow late this year by reporting that there is a def inite link between smoking and A,. --r A Santiam River Expected To Crest Over Flood Stage More Rainfall Forecast Tonight By United Press International Soaking reins sent streams up In Oregon today and the Weather Bureau said many trib utaries in the Willamette Valley would reach the bankfull stage -this afternoon. Moderate to substantial rises were forecast for the Willamette River in the next two days but the main stem stream was not expected to flood. The Santiam River at Jeffer son rose nearly seven feet in 24 hours and was expected to crest a foot and a half over flood stage this afternoon. More rain was forecast tonight on the heels of a storm that brought nearly an inch in 24 hours to several areas. Snow fell at higher elevations, with a foot reported overnight at Toll- gate in the Blue Mountains. There were 30 inches on the ground at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. Gusty winds accompanied Thursday's rain with the coast recording velocities up to 95 miles per hour along the Ore gon coast. There were no re ports of damage or of ships in trouble, however. The Yaquina Bay Coast Guard Station near Newport had steady winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour at 3:30 p.m., with oc casional gusts to 80. The higher winds were mea sured at some exposed and ele vated headlands. At Winchester Bay, wind gauges showed a steady 40 mile an hour gale, with a few gusts to 60. Garibaldi and the PL Adams Coast Guard Station near Astoria had readings in the 30 40 range. Heavy rains came with the storm In most areas. Highway crews worked to clear a slide on Route F about Vh. miles east of Mapleton. The slide covered the road complete ly. Another slide was reported west ot Mapleton. The U.S. weatner Bureau m Portland reported gusts up to 50 miles an nour in the namor, out said It did not consider wind warnings necessary for either the Willamette Valley or the Portland area. . warnings remain uu.- Pyea loaay ok ino w icr southerly winds 30 to 40 knots from Tutoosh to Cape Blanco. Storm Brings .68 Inch of Moisture Today has been the Medford vicinity's rainiest day so far this fall. Medford station of the U. S. Weather Bureau reported .68 of an inch of precipitation from midnight to 10 a.m. today. Previous heaviest rain for a midnight to midnight period was .61 on Oct. 22. This morning s rain brought the total for November to 1.63 inches. The November fall of 95 inch to last midnight was 39 ebove normal. Seasonal total was still .48 below normal. A total of 2.62 had fallen from Sept. 1 to midnight last night. Seven Inches ot snow leu at Crater Lake National Park last night for a total of 22 inches on the ground, park officials reported today. However, a warming trend early this morn ing changed the snow to rain, which is melting the snow. Officials reported the rim drive and the north entrance to the park are closed. Rain was reported on the sum mits of all major highways out of the valley. Rain, heavy at times, is fore cast through Saturday. The five, day forecast for western Oregon predicts above normal precipi tation. Hazard Cigarettes lung cancer, heart disease and other ailments. Mrs. Neuberger said a host of surveys left no doubt there was a link between smoking and lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, cancer of the blad der, gastric and duodenal ul cers, bronchitis, pneumonia, in fluenza, and other diseases, She ' said her "best guess" was that there would be 300,000 to 500,000 fewer deaths each year if it were not for smok ing. In addition, she said, there probably are about 1 mil lion or 2 Trillion persons in this country who are "disabled to some degree by the effect of smolcing cigarettes."
