Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 11, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIMS raw J j ed ran' Noon Edition MEDFORD 18 Pages Two Sections Legislature Caucuses pen Door for New Tax Measures , , ' fV- ' GRAVE DECORATED A bouque of flowers honors one of the thousands of graves of the nation's war dead at Arling ton National Cemetery near Washington. President Kennedy Linn Observance Of Veterans Day Draws Big Crowds ALBANY, Ore. (UPI) - I.inn County's Veterans Day obser vance, one of the largest in :he country, began at 6 a.m. today when buglers sounded reveille in Albany, Lebanon, Sweet Home, Harrisburg, Scio and Brownsville. More than 5,000 citizens show ed up for a pancake breakfast at the Albany armory and smaller crowds were reported at Harrisburg, Scio and Browns ville. Sweet Home held its pan cake breakfast Saturday. The crowd at Albany was so large a squad of cooks from Adair Air Force Base was rushed in to help. Half the pro ceeds from the affair went into a fund for Phil Whitehill, an Albany High School football player who has been in a coma since suffering an injury in September. Actor Leads Parade Actor Raymond Burr, televi- clnn'c Pamf Masnn WAS hnilOr- arv erand marshal of a three- ' mile-long parade that wound through Albany at midday. The. grand marshal was Maj. Gen. James C. Jensen, com mander of the Alaska Air Com mand. Planes of the Air Force end Oregon Air National Guard con ducted frequent flyovers. Store, Supermarket Burn at The Dalles ' THE DALLES (UPI) - Fire gutted a variety store and su permarket complex here early Sunday. Firemen said the blaze appar- pnllv started in the rear of Sawyer's Variety store and son, just back trom a European moved to the adjacent Thrift- visit, said the lesson of Vet way Market. erans Day is that in the NEWSO$BREF$ RUSSIAN DEMANDS UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. L PI Russia i demand for drastic changes in a 46-power resolution forced postponement to day of a vote on disarmament In the General Assembly's main political committee. SATELLITE LAUNCH INDEFINITELY DELAYED CAPE CANAVERAL, Kla. (LTD The federal space agency today Indefinitely postponed plans to launch a 138-pound satel lite named IMP Into a wide-swinging orbit around the earth. THUGS GET $37,000 IN JEWELRY NEW YORK (UPD A wave of jewel thefts in Manhattan spread to the Bronx early today when three men posing as po lice rilled an apartment of M7.000 in jewelry and escaped by subway. MEDFORD, Kennedy Place Wreath To Honor America's War Dead ARLINGTON, Va. (UPI) President Kennedy today led the nation in homage to Ameri ca's war dead by placing a wreath on the Tomb of the Un knowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Flanked by his military aides and by Marine Gen. David M. Shoup, Kennedy appeared promptly at 11 a.m. EST, the hour of the armistice ending World War I in 1918. A crowd of about 5,000 persons gathered at the historic tomb. A 21-gun cannon salute was fired in the background, after which platoon Sgt. Allen Eld ridge of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as wreathbearer, assisted t h e President in laying a wreath of red and white carnations. The President and his aides, with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, Army Secretary Cyrus Vance, and others, then stood at attention during sound ing of the taps. Wreath Of Popples In another ceremony at the shrine, a wreath of poppies from Flanders Field, Belgium, was placed at the tomb of Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of American forces in World War I. Veterans Day originally was a holiday marking tne world War I armistice, but after World War II the holiday was re-named Veterans Day and took on a more general mean' ing than a commemoration of the end ol "tne war to ena an wars." Ceremonies were held in many cities across the na tion as well as at Arlington. In a speech at Welch, W. Va., Vice President Lyndon B. John- DELAY U.N. VOTE OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1963 placed a wreath on the Tomb of today. (UPI) continuing cold war "it is necessary for free men to be firm." He warned, "it is clear that the cold war the constant probing for weak spots in the shield of freedom will continue. Whoever has illusions to the contrary need only read the headlines from Berlin." This was obvious reference to the recent near-crises over Soviet blocking of American convoys on the highway between West Germany and Berlin. Shoup Main Speaker The President returned from a weekend visit to his country home at Atoka, Va., to partici pate in the Arlington ceremony but did not speak. The main speaker was Shoup. He paid tribute to war dead while de ploring that warfare continues to take lives and maim surviv ors.. But, Shoup, retiring Marine commandant, said, "it is what Americans stand for and what Americans are willing to fight for that has made America great." Shoup. who is preparing to retire from military service Jan. 1, is a holder of the coveted Medal of Honor. lie was a col onel when he won the na tion's highest military decora tion after suffering wounds at Tarawa, where the Marines lost more than 1,000 men in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific campaign. Pickup 6lh pgh Sen. Kenneth Grants Pass Firm Bids Low on School PHOENIX - Ausland Con struction Co., Grants Pass, was the apparent low bidder for construction of a junior high school addition at Talent, ac cording to school officials. The bids have been taken i under advisement by the school district. The low bid was $190,950 for the basic contract with three alternates. The addition to the school would be of block and frame construction and would add 16.800 square feet of floor space to the building. Facilities will include gymnasium, dressing rooms, and cafeteria kitchen. Seven other firms bid on the project. NEWS CONFERENCE SET WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-dent Kennedy will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. (EST) Thursday, the White House an nounced today. Tribune the Unknowns in ceremonies Activities Planned Tuesday During Duncan's Visit Congressman Robert B. Dun can is scheduled to arrive in Medford late tonight for a full day of conferences and public appearances Tuesday. He will come to Medford from Albany, following a talk this evening at a American Legion banquet at the Elks club. Tuesday morning he will make radio and television ap pearances here, then address the history and and govern classes at the Medford High School at 10:30 a.m. At noon, Congressman Dun can will speak at the luncheon of the Crater Linns Club at Kim's restaurant. Following luncheon, Duncan will hold office hours in his former offices in the Franklin building, receiving constituents from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. A social hour and dinner hon oring the representative of the Fourth Congressional district will be held at Kim's, starting at 6:30 p.m. Planned at a "Meet Your Congressman Night," an invitation is extended the public by the three sponsoring organi zations, The Jackson County Democratic central committee, The Eleanor Roosevelt League and tne Jackson County Demo cratic Social Club. Dinner reservations may be made by telephoning Mrs. Lewis Ulrich or Mrs. James Redden, in Medford; Mrs. Dee Newton and Gerald J. Scannel Jr., in Ashland: and Mrs. Frank Chris tian of Talent. Tickets will be available at the door. Rep. James Redden of Jack son County will be master of ceremonies at the dinner. Medford residents are also in vited to a dinner at Grants Pass Wednesday evening to be spon sored by the Jane Jefferson club. The dinner will be held at Larry's Banquet room, starting at 7 p.m., with Congressman Duncan as honored guest. Piece of Ice Falls Near Zehner Home A piece of ice, 3'4 by l'-i inches, fell near the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zehner, Box 430', Coleman Creek Road, Sunday at about 8:30 a.m. The couple observed the ob ject fall in a nearby open field. Upon checking the object they found it to be ice. The couple said that the sky was cloudy at the time and no airplanes were observed in the vicinity. The piece of ice is now behir.g saved in the Zch m)r's deep freeze. 58th Year Price 10 Cents No. 202 Rogers Reveals Plan To Submit Sales Tax Bill Hatfield's Proposals To Be Introduced SALEM (UPI) -The door was opened to the introduction of new tax bills Sunday night when the House and Senate held or ganizational caucuses here to agree on rules for the special session which opened at noon to day. Rep. Joe Rogers, R-lndepend- ence, announced he would sub mit a sales tax bill to the House shortly after it convened. House Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery, R-Eugene, said he would introduce two measures proposed by Gov. Mark Hatfield. One would give the governor al lotment control over basic school funds. The other calls for a $12 million speedup in with holding tax collections. Both chambers planned a skeleton operation. The House agreed to activate the Rules, Tax and Ways and Means Committees. The Senate activated only the Rules and Ways and Means committees, but indicated the tax committee would be acti vated if the House sent over a tax bill. Small Staffs . Both,. houses planned, .la. op erate with small staffs. The Senate hired IB full-time em ployes, and three part - time workers. The House staff in cluded 24 full-time, and one part time. With one exception, legislators secretaries' salaries will not be paid by the state. An exception was made for Sen. Andrew Na terlin, D-Newport, who is blind. Although he object vigorously and said "If I can't take care of myself I should stay home," the Senate voted unanimously to provide secretarial help for him. The Senate's organizational meeting breezed through in 50 minutes, despite a move by Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Gresham, to overthrow the plan to require all bills to go through the rules committee before being intro duced. "I'm not here to be a rubber stamp, and I don't want a com mittee to be able to restrict what I want to do for my con stitutents," Cook said. But in the House, it was a different story. Green Light Given The plan to have all House bills go through the rules com mittee was upheld 31-27 only after it was explained that any bills dealing with new taxes or budget cuts had a green light. House Speaker Clarence Bar ton, D-Coquille, said as I see it, any bill that treats to the solution should pass rules in cluding a sales tax, cigarette tax, or cutting of legislators salaries. Barton added "I would think the quicker we co ild get through our business the better off we'd be." Senate President Ben Musa, D-The Dalles, told his colleagues we all know why we are here, We are going to do the best we can. I hope our decisions are equitable and just, and are made without any undue hard ship to any person or thing." Musa said the Senate Tax Committee would be activated with the same membership, and possibly expanded, if the House sent over any lax Dins. While the Senate s organiza tional mecling moved swiftly along, the House got off to a halting start, and took 90 min utes. In addition to Rogers' sales tax bill, Rep. Morris Crothcrs, R-Salem, plans to submit a cig arette tax bill, and at least three House members plan to submit measures which would reduce legislators' salaries. Weyerhaeuser, Union Settle Differences COOS BAY (UPI) - A strike which had idled Weyerhaeuser Co. lumber operations in the Coos Bay area since the middle of last month was settled sun da afternoon. Council Document Would Absolve Jews of Blame Church Tradition Would Be Erased VATICAN CITY (UP") - A document before the Ecumeni cal Council absolving Jews of sole responsibility for the death of Jesus Christ would wipe out centuries of Roman Catholic Church tradition. Pope Innocent III told coun cil fathers of the Fourth Lat eran Council in 1215 that Jews were condemned to perpetual servitude because they crucified Christ. Numerous other church ac tions and statements dating back to the Fifth Century con tributed to the anti-semitism which persists today, although the Catholic Church and its Popes also acted at times to curb the extremes of anti-Jewish practices. The Fourth Lateran Council ruled that Jews and Saracens (Arabs) living in Christian countries were to wear a dis tinctive badge of yellow cloth sewn on their clothing. Hitler Takes Cue Adolf Hitler thus took a cue from a council of the church when he required 20th Ccnturv Jews in conquered Europe to wear such badges. The ruling of the Fourth Lat eran Council was enforced in several European countries up until the time of the French Revolution in 1787. The Christian antagonism to ward Jews originated in the an cient belief that Jews were the murderers of Christ. In the eany centuries priests, some times deliberately, whipped up anti-Jewish passions with heat ed sermons during Holy Week recounting tne death of Christ. Indignant Christians came out of the churches and attacked Jews. Mother, Children Die in House Blaze CANNON BEACH, Ore. (UPI) "A mothci' and Tier tli ree children -died early today in a tire mat swept their coast cot tage here, firemen reported. The victims were identified as Mrs. Margaret Gee, 24; her dau ghter, Michelle, 4, and sons, Warren, 2, and Daniel, 8 months. The Cannon Beach volunteer fire department was c a 1 1 ed about 4 a.m. Firemen said the home was a total loss by the time they arrived. Three nearby cottages were damaged by the flames. The burned bodies were re covered about dawn. The mother and three chil dren had moved here from Sea side last summer. Towers for Ski Lodge To Be Placed ASHLAND - Lifting of four large towers into place atop the Mt. Ashland Ski Lodge, now under construction, is scheduled to start tomorrow. The towers have been con structed individually on the ground and will now be hoisted to the top of the main structure. Workmen at the project hope to get two of the towers into place tomorrow and the other two on Wednesday. The hoist ing was scheduled to take place last week, but was delayed by snow and rain. Other phases of the project have not been affected by the stormy weather, however, re ported Alex Murphy, Mt. Ash land Corporation manager. Construction of the road from the top of the Siskiyou Summit across to the ski area is pro gressing well, he said. Murphy warned prospective sightseers that the T o 1 m a n Creek Road to the ski area is muddy and slick in places. Grange Convention Opens in Portland PORTLAND (UPI) - The Na tional Grange opened its 97th annual convention at the Mult nomah Hotel here today. The meeting runs through next Tues day. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly clntirlv and mild thlk afleriinnn. fix iraiinn cIiiidhieB lunlKht. (irnr rally cloudy with a llttlf rain Tur day, becoming heavier Tiirday nlehi. Hitch this afternoon near fifl. Low tonight AZ, High Tuesday Si. Tf mi. Highest YrUrrrtav .'i5 Low et Thlk Morntni Sit I'rec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight 8unet lortay 4:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .. (t:5S a.m. Moonrhe tomorrow.. 3:1 n a.m. New Moon Nov. 15 The planet, Jupiter, li now nearly atailonsrv amone the ktark. Next month II will re mine lt cant w ard movement a lour Ihe erllnltr. 4r?""MT """"i'i rt " -Mt -jt, t -' fcf t ; - vi vv ' ' L c""' ""'ki-'G SrJ MAIL SORTED Senate mail man Leonard Chapman delivers the first letters1, about 300 of them, to the Senators on the opening aay oi me special session ol tile (UPI) Nine Elk Hunters Trapped by Snow In Wallowa Forest LA GRANDE (UPI)-No word had come early today from nine elk hunters snowbound on the upper reaches of the Little Min- am River in t h e Wallowa Na tional Forest. However, hopes were high that they could make their way to civilization today. The men were marooned some 30 miles east of here when a storm dumped two feet of snow on the area Thursday night and Friday. Drifts were reported 20 feet deep in some places. The men had plenty of food and were in no danger, but hunting lodge operator Bob Blank made his way out or lie area on horseback .Salti.'cljy in an attempt to get some feed for their horses. He flew over Hie area later thut day, but t heavy cloud cover forced Ihe piano to drop its supplies scveivil miles from where the hunters were trapped. Blank then set out on horse- Japanese Tragedies Result in Charges TOKYO (UPI) - Japan's weekend train and mine disas ters, which claimed a total of 615 lives, turned into a political issue today. Opposition parties charged that the government was not paying enough attention to pub lic safety. The charges hit in the final 10 days of national election campaigning, giving the race against Prime Minis tor Hnyato Ikeda its biggest controversy thus far. A second train accident today increased concern over safety measures but caused no serious casualty toll. Only six persons were injured. A police count today showed that the three-train cash Sat urday between Tokyo and Yo kohama killed 163 men, women, and children, and injured 71. A tew hours earlier, an explosion in the nation's biggest coal mine complex killed 452 miners and injured 470. Grants Pass Child Survives Close Call GRANTS PASS (UPD-Litlle Philip McEuen was listed in fairlv good condition in a hos pital here today after a brush with death Sunday. The 2Vi-ycarld child fell into a 15-foot hole at a city sewer construction project here. A neighbor boy, John Arthur Close, 5, saw the child in about 7 feet of water and ran to get his father. The father, Clarence Close, called another son, Clarence Jr., who went down the side of the excavation and pulled Phil ip to the surface. The elder Close held out a board so they could get out of the hole. Close then carried the child to its home, where the mother, Mrs. Clarence McF-ucn, applied artifical respiration until Philip started breathing again. HEADS ASSOCIATION GEARHART (UPI)-Dr. Don ald C. Duncan, dean of men at Central Washington College, was elected president of the North west College Personnel Associa ting at its annual meeting here. Oregon Legislature In Salem, back Saturday night in an at tempt to reach the hunters and lead them to the supplies. The few telephone lines in the area were knocked out by the storm. A road was plowed to Blank's hunting lodge on the Little Mm- am Sunday, freeing a number of hunters who were caught there when the storm hit. Accidents Claim Two Oregonians By United Press International Accidents claimed the lives of two Oregon persons Saturday. a bin (hat wou!d require em One of he deaths was recorded pIoyerg to specd up $eir (urn. in the state Don Hid John Sinner. 20. Mad ras, was killed when his car hit utility pole and tree near Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. A passenger, Leona Mauritso 21, Newport, Wash., was cri tically injured. Robbie Shipley, 18-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shipley of Brookings, died in a fire that destroyed his home and three nearby buildings. The parents and their 4-month old daughter escaped with minor burns. In addition, the body of George Dancer, 52, Oakridge, was found in his wrecked car in a water-filled ravine off U.S. Highway 101 five miles north of Recdsport. State police said Dancer's vehicle apparently plunged off the highway Wednesday. TO SKEK POST ST. HELENS (UPI) - Larry Brooks of St. Helens said today that he will seek the post held by Slate Rep. Wayne Turner, D St. H'Vns, at next year's elec tion. Sports Bulletin PORTLAND (UPI) De fend I n g champion Medford again was In first place among the slate's class A-l liinl'iall teams in the Journal coaches' poll. Medford polled all 80 first place votes to r8 for second place Itoscburg and li,'l for Pendleton, In third place. North Salem was fourth and Grants Pass fifth. I'lincnix continued to pace the A-2 poll. Parade, Stand Dedication Highlight Veterans Day A colorful parade through the downtown area highlighted Vet erans Day activities In Medford today. Grand Marshal was Mayor James Dunlevy. Earlier, the mayor accepted a dedicatory plaque from the Allied Veterans Council which will be affixed to the speakers' stand in the library park. The plaque, which was pre sented by John Frank Wendell, president of the Allied Veter ans Council, read: "Dedicated to the citizens of Jackson County who made the supreme sacrifice in defense of our nation." Marching bands from Med ford and Crater High Schools, and McLoughlin and Hcdrlck Junior High Schools participat ed 'jjn the parade. The Moose Limit Attention To Fiscal Crisis, Governor Says Joint Session Hears Address SALEM (UPI)-Go. Mark Hatfield called for a "no new taxes" policy today' as the spec ial session of the Oregon legis lature convened. In a terse address to a joint session of the Senate and House, the governor said the lawmak ers should "be aware the vast majority of the people expect no new taxes from this extra ordinary session." Hatfield told the legislators to attend to the state's fiscal crisis and go home. He recommended re-passage of a $12 million tax speed-up. and cuts in basic school sup port and capital construction. The text of Gov. Mark Hatfield's address to the joint session of the Oregon Legislature ap pears on page 2A. "We are met to respond to the expressed will of the peo ple," he said. The voters "summarily, and decisively" rejected the $60 mil lion tax increase passed by the regular 1963 session, Hatticld said. "The fruits of your previous efforts have been voided by those to whom we owe final responsibility," he remarked, noting that his own proposals hart been ignored. Hatfield said the defeat ot the income tax program has been variously interpreted to mean the voters want a sales tax, a cigarette tax, or no more taxes. "To . interpret last month s election results as a demand for a new tax is to misread the in' tentions of those we serve," he said. Hatfield's address came short ly ' after members ot the Houso voted to open the door to in troduction ot any and all tax bills. The Senate, taking an op posite stand, declined even to activate its tax committee. ' The governor recommended over of withholding taxes to the state, netting an extra $12 million this bionnium. The one shot measure was a relatively uncontested portion of the tax program which the voters re jected. Hatfield also called for author ity to reduce basic school mon ey, for a saving of-$12 million. And he asked the legislators to place a moratorium on stats construction. Hatfield already has trimmed $17 million from agency budg ets under his control, and has junked $18 million in capital construction and salary hikes. The governor charged the leg islators "to undertake no sub jects at this session which are not directly related to our fiscal picture." And he urged them "to recog nize that there will remain the uncompleted task of tax reform which must be faced squarely by the 1965 regular session." Hatfield took the opportunity to give the legislators a brief re buke. He noted the regular ses sion had rejected his own re commendations for broad tax re form -and a cigarette tax, and had turned down his proposal for a mid-session election to de termine the wishes of the people. He said the program the leg islature finally approved was "disliked for many reasons." "But it is not for us here as sembled to dwell on the past," he said. "Let us resolve here together that we will so meet the chal lenge which is ours that we will deserve the confidence of the people of Oregon," he said. "They have spoken. There is only one response, and that is 'so be it.' " Lodge Junior Drum Corps also marched in the event. Active and reserve units from the armed services, including A and D Batteries, 249th Artil lery, National Guard, took part in the parade. Mounted riders from the 4-H Satellite Club also were in the event. At 11 o'clock,' activities stopped while buglers from the bands played "cease fire" and 'taps" in honor of veterans who had been killed in action. The Ladies Auxiliary of Post No. 1833, Veterans of Foreign Wars, served a breakfast for veterans at the VFW hall, 42 N. Front St. The Last Man's Club, a group of World War I veterans, will hold a supper at Don's Hide-A-Way at 7:30 o'clock this evening.