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Newspaper Page TextHouse .Republicans Six-Point StpSap Offer flm Regional Edition Medford 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 22 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1963 No. 203 LANDMARK BURNS Firemen are shown waging a hopeless battle as a portion of the Cliff House, famous San Francisco landmark, is completely destroyed by fire. The lack of ade Tax Committee Votes 'One-Shot' Revenue Measure SALEM (UPI) -The gover nor's "one-shot" bill to raise $12 million this biennium by speed ing up the turnover of withhold ing taxes to the state won the approval of the House Tax Committee today. The committee sent the mea sure to the House floor for ac tion on a 10-1 vote. Rep. Joe Rogers, R-Independence, a sales tax sponsor, cast the only dis senting vote. The bill is one-half of Gov. Mark Hatfield's program to deal with Oregon's $60 million fiscal crisis, caused by voter defeat of a tax program passed last spring. More Budget Cutting The other half of Hatfield's program calls for more budget cutting. He has asked the legis lature to give him authority to trim basic school support and other budgets which he cannot now touch. He already has , done considerable cutting in ; areas where he has allotment control. The one-shot tax bill would re quire employers to remit with holding taxes to the state on a monthly basis instead of the present quarterly basis. The ef fect would be to give the state two extra months of payments in the 1963-65 biennium. The House Tax Committee . continued to consider sales and cigarette tax proposals. Phoenix Rejects Bids for Building PHOENIX The board of Phoenix School District No. 4 last night voted to reject all bids on construction of a gymnasium, cafeteria and music room at the Talent Junior High School. New bids will be called for in the near future, district officials said. Ausland Construction Co. of Grants .Pass had been the ap parent low bidder on the proj ect. Its bid was $190,950 for the basic contract with three alter nates. Seven other firms also submitted bids. The new facilities would be housed in a 16,800 square foot adi-"tion to the school. NEWS(Q)BRIEF$ GUANTANAMO MARINES SAID AGGRESSIVE HAVANA (UPI) Cuban Armed Forces Minister Raul Castro charged Tuesday night that U.S. Marines at Guantanamo Naval Base have been waging "constant aggression" against Cuba and "opening fire" on Cuban troops. ARREST OF PROFESSOR MOSCOW (UPI) U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohlcr today strongly protested to the Soviet Union against the arrest on spy charges of Vale University Professor Frederick C. Barghoorn and "requested his rclcnse rortnwim. MME. NHU SCHEDULES FLIGHT TO ROME BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (UPI) Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu and her daughter, Le Thuy, were again scheduled to fly to Rome today for i long-postponed reunion with the three younger children of the former first lady of South Viet Nam. KLAMATH FALLS KLAMATH FALLS (UPI) plane caught fire while preparing the blaze was quickly put out ana Cliff House Area At San Francisco Destroyed by Fire SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A five-alarm fire roared through San Francisco's Cliff House area Tuesday night, but the world famous restaurant was spared. The wind-whipped blaze, which sent flames shooting 100 feet into the air, gutted a series; of shops which were bordered by the restaurant to the south and the historic Sutro Baths to the north: ".i'.-r-yi'.'i r '.: Pavilion Destroyed Among the buildings destroyed were the gift shop and antique pavilion where thousands of his toric relics were kept on display for sightseers. About 270 firemen with 69 Medford Man Declared Guilty DENVER (UPI) -A U.S. Dis trict Court jury Tuesday con victed two building supply com pany employes of fraud in con nection with federal home im provement loans. Defendants were Theodore J. Venable, 44, of Medford, Ore., and Thomas M. Roth, 32, of Rockford, - 111. Both are former employes of Statewide Builders Supply Co. of Denver. They were accused of illegally enticing prospective customers for aluminum siding to apply for Federal Housing Administration loans. Presecutors said the men told homeowners their houses were selected as show places by Reynolds Aluminum Co., and promised bonuses which were never received. Oregon Employment Declines by 23,600 SA',EM (UPI) -Employment in Orecon fell 23,600 from Sep tember to October to a total of 716,000, Employment Commis sioner David H. Cameron said today. But employment was up 17,300 over a year ago, and is the highest for any October on re cord, Cameron said. STRONGLY PROTESTED JET CATCHES FIRE An Air Force F-101 Voodoo jet to take off here early today but me two crewmen were not nun. . 4?'' ill. nlif yj quate water pressure hampered firemen as the one on a hook and ladder, left, shows water barely coming from the hose. (UPI) pieces of rolling equipment were hampered . in their three-hour battle by an estimated crowd of 1,500 spectators attracted by the blaze which broke out at 5:30 p.m. The fire fighters could ap proach the complex of buildings only from the east side, because the other side faces the ocean over a sheer cliff from which the popular tourist spot get its name. ,j, Sixteen firemen were injured. but none of their injuries was considered serious. Most were hospitalized for treatment of smoke inhalation. Two policemen also suffered minor injuries when a group of teen-agers pelted firemen and police officers with rocks from a high hill over the fire scene. Two of the youths were ar rested. Fire Chief William Murray said he could not estimate the damage. The first Cliff House was built in the 1850s, following the Cali fornia gold rush. It was nearly destroyed in a violent explosion when the schooner Parallel, loaded with explosives, crashed into the rocks below. Then it burned down in 1894. Two subsequent Cliff Houses were destroyed by fire and a fourth, built in 1909, was closed because of prohibition in 1925 and did not open again until 1937. The present structure was built in 1950. Sewer Project Said 85 Per Cent Done JACKSONVILLE The sew er construction project in Jack sonville is between 85 and 90 Der cent complete, the Jack' sonville City Council learned last nieht. Douglas Johnson, assistant sanitarv engineer with the pub lie health service of the federal Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare, came to Jack sonville to make an inspection of the system and determined how near completion it is. A $30,000 federal grant was authorized some time ago to helD finance the project. John son's visit was made to deter mine what percentage of the grant should now be allocated, in ratio to the completeness of the sewer system. Johnson concluded from nis inspection that $26,000 of the $30,000 could now be allocated. Target date for final comple tion of the system is Dec. 15. Jacksonville councilmen re minded residents that Dec. 15 is also the deadline for pay ment of $150 hookup fees. No tices will be sent out this week to those residents who have not yet paid their fees. PP&L Stockholders Offered Purchase- PORTLAND (UPI) - Direc tors of Pacific Power 4 Light Co. today announced a price of $23.75 per share on common stock to be offered its present common stockholders on an un derwritt n subscription rights basis. A total of 718,354 shares will be offered. Barton Predicts House Approval Of Cigarette Tax SALEM (UPI) A cigarette tax measure will be approved by the House, Speaker Clarence Barton predicted today. "I have talked to many of the members, and ' find there is a sentiment for a cigarette tax," he said. "I believe a cigarette tax will pass the House if one is sent down by the Tax Committee," Barton added. He said he did not believe a sales tax would win House ap proval at this special session, and he added he could not Dre- dict what kind of reception the senate would give to a cigarette tax. The Coquille Democrat said he favored a 4-cent cigarette tax with receipts to go into the general fund. Two smoke tax bills already have been submitted. A measure by Rep. Morris Crothers, R-Salem, would lew a 5-cent a pack tax, and earmark the funds this biennium for basic school aid. House tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann, D-Marcola, submitted a 4-cent a pack tax, with reve nues to go into the general fund. Both measures would raise from $10 to $13 million a bien nium, according to Eymann. Street Closings Announced in City Two Medford street closines have been ordered to start sometime Thursday to insure the safety of the public, Vern on Thorpe, city engineer, an nounced today. Fred Robinson, contractor for the demolition of the Hansen building at the corner of Bart lett and Sixth Streets, where a parking area is to be estab lished, has asked that the clo sure be made during working 1iours, Thorpe said. Bartlett Street, between Sixth and Seventh (Main), will be closed under the order, and Sixth Street, between Central and Bartlett, Thorpe explained. The action is being taken be cause it is almost impossible 10 Determine, wnne Uie demoli tion is going on, how and where portions of the concrete may fall. To prevent possible injury oi persons ana damage to ve hicles, the city engineer con sidered it necessary to close the streets. Two Persons Killed In Oregon Accidents By United Press International Two persons died in Oregon Tuesday as a result of traffic accidents. Lorenzo Twinam, 86, Hillsbor was killed when he was struck by a car at Hillsboro. William Murray, 26, Stanfield, died at a Hcrmiston hospital trom injuries suffered in a col lision between two Army secur ity ponce pickup trucks on the Umatilla Army Depot near Hermiston Sunday. He was driv ing one of the trucks. RANGE GROUP TO MEET PORTLAND (UPI) - The American Society of Range Management, Pacific Northwest Section, will meet here Nov. 18- Minority Party Program Vague; Not Unanimous Indecision Evident Around Legislature SALEM (UPD-House Repub licans laid out a six-point stop gap program late Tuesday in an effort to crystalize sentiment and fill a leadership void in the special session of the legislature. But perhaps the most signifi cant thing about the minority party program was that it was vague and even then, the 28 House Republicans were not unanimously behind it. Their effort reflected a funda mental question that had deve loped by the end of the second day of the special session: Should the legislature just take stop-gap measures to close the $60 million gap in the state Duoget, caused by the voters' defeat of a tax increase passed last spring; Problems Will Reappear Or, should the legislature seek longer range solutions, since otherwise, the current money problems will simply reappear in more pressing fashion in 1965. The Republican program was essentially stop-gap. A majority ot tne uup caucus recommend ed: No increase In total taxes at this special session. A speed-up in turnover of withholding taxes to the state, to be used to avoid a $12 mil lion cut in basic school support this year. A cut would be made, however, in the 1964-65 year of the biennium. Legislative establishment of "guidelines and priorities" for the governor's budget cutting. A reduction in salaries of legislators and state officials A session that is "short but long enough to fulfill our responsibilities." Fundamental tax reform in 1965. Developed By Committee Rep. F. F. Montgomery. R- Eugene, minority leader of the House, and Rep. John Mosser, R-Beaverton, announced the pro gram. They said it had been developed by a committee of nine House Republicans, then ap proved by a majority of the 28 House Republicans in a caucus. On the key point of taxes, Mosser and Montgomery said the caucus was not unanimous. Two House Republicans were the first to introduce sales and cigarette tax bills. The House GOP program was similar to Gov. Mark Hatfield's Monday message in many re spects. But Mosser and Mont gomery said Hatfield had not been advised of the legislators' stand. Indecision Evident Indecision was evident all around the legislature. The Sen ate waited idly for some action from the House. The three actWiated House committees worked hard, but each stressed a different course. The Rules Committee concen trated on approving mainly stop-gap fiscal bills for introduc tion. The House Tax Committee, snubbed in an effort to get addi tional tax bills through Rules, introduced them on its own. The Joint Ways and Means committee broke up into sub committees to struggle with the shorter and longer range impli cations of expense - trimming bills. Hueners Re-Elected To District Board Albert Hueners, incumbent and board chairman of the Med ford Irrigation District, was re elected to a three-year term on the board during Tuesday's election. Hueners received 113 votes, and Wilton White, the only other candidate, received 34 votes. Approximately 50 per cent of the eligible voters in the dis trict voted, it was noted. The district's board will meet at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at the irrigation district s office 408 Barnett Road, to canvass the vote. WEATHER FORECAST: Generally rloudy and imoky through Thuriday night, chance of a few iprln klei tonight; heavier rain Thursday. Low tonight 45. Illlh Thuriday 50. Temp. Hlgheftl Yesterday 4(t l.oweit Thll Morning 43 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Htiniel today 4:52 p.m. Kunrlte tomorrow .. 7:00 a.m. Moonrtie tomorrow.. 5:17 a.m. New Moon . Nov. 15 PROMINENT HTARS Aldeharan, rites .... :3S p.m. The Plrladei, ahove Aldebaran. VIHIHLE PLANETS Venui, sett i'H Pn- Saturn, In j uthweit 11:59 p.m. Juptler, high In south 9:21 p.m. 1 ' : ' -jF? J z:b ' WM .... . .... f -; 4 THE BIG LIFT A 30-ton crane brought in from Eugene was put to work yesterday morning lifting the first of four 22-ton towers into place atop the Mt. Ashland Ski Lodge. The crane may be seen in front of the partially completed ski lodge in the above photo as it lifted the tower and prep xed to lower it into place. In order to expedite the construction job, work men from Batzer Construction Co. of Medford, project con tractor, assembled the four towers on the ground first so that they could merely be hoisted into place at this time. The other Government of Iraq Apparently Survives Tax Reduction, Civil Keeping Congress in The two important bills that other legislation, Duncan ' Stat- srp kpnnfnt? Cnnorettn in spssintWed.' ,. h. i ..., ...J and the Civil Rights measure, told 85 Jackson county con- stituenets gathered at Kim's res taurant Tuesday night at the dinner sponsored by three Dem ocratic party organizations. Asked earlier 11 the Civil Rights bill was holding up all County Planners To Meet Tonight Among the committee reports to be submitted at tonight's meeting of the Jackson County Planning Commission will be a recommendation from the board of adjustment to deny a condi tional use permit request in the Wagner Creek Interim Zoned area. The request was made by Dave Bechtel to allow a cold storage plant for handling pro duce , ith a -loading dock fa cility at the northwest corner of Foss Road and Walen Lane. The area is now zoned residen tial farm. The board of adjustment held a public hearing on the request Thursday afternoon. Principal objections voiced by more than 12 residents in the vicinity were noise, lights and possible de crease in property values. The planning commission meeting tonight will begin at 7:30 o'clock, one-half hour ear lier than usual. An appeal by Howard Pruitt regarding a vari ance request in the North Cen tral Point Zoned area to oper ate a livestock hauling business has been postponed at the re quest of Pruitt. Damage Suit Trial Enters Second Day A Jackson County Circuit Court trial In which Mary Barnes, Central Point, Is seek ing damages from the City Sani tary Service, and Vernon C. Pcrmcnter, a driver for the firm, entered Its second day to day. the complaint was filed fol lowing an automobile-truck ac cident in Medford at Uie inter section of Eighth and Grape Streets. A jury of 11 women and one man is hearing the c. I. Judge Jtmes M. Main Is presiding So far four witnesses have testi fied for the plaintiff. PIER WORK HKSL.MKI) ASTORIA (UPI) - Work on pier 169 of the new Columbia River tu-idge here has resumed, Brief Revolt by Rebel Units "There is no question about c(;lorjng cvery piece of legisla- tion. But, there are other rea sons for the delay. Senator Byrd is not enthusiastic about lower ing taxes until he has seen the budget. His insistence upon seeing the budget is responsible for some of the delay." Predicts Tight Budget Congressman Duncan predict ed that it will be a tight budg et and that the tax reduction bill will be passed, maybe not this year but early in the next session and that it will be made retroactive. "We are going to get more for our defense dollar this year than ever before," Duncan de clared. He then explained that many Democrats and Kepunn- cans, altnougn convinced uiai by reducing the tax rate they will increase business, are ap- Ashland Chamber Elects Directors ASHLAND Dr. Leo vanDijk, Howard Pierce, Arthur Ka; . tyn, Vincent Oredson, Dr. E. C. McGill and Ed Singmaster have been elected to the toard of di rectors of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. Results of the election were tabulated during the chamber luncheon Tuesday. A total of 15 candidates had been nominated. The six persons elected join seven holdover directors to form the new board. The holdovers are Bill Patton, H. S. Ingle, Phil Selby, Lyle Knower, Duane Bak er, Cliff Craft and Joe Butler.. Eugene Man Named Marshal for Oregon WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy today selected Eu gene G. Hulett of Eugene to be U.S. marshal for Oregon. The appointment is subject to Sen ate confirmation. Hulett, 41, succeeds the late Paul Kearney. Activity Office to Open for Ticket Sales The Medford High School Activity office will open at 7 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, to sell tickets for the Medford Rosehurg game Friday. To be sold will he 90 re serve seats it 12 each and 500 general admission tickets at SI. 50. There will be a lim it of two tickets per person, It was stated. Student tickets at 50 cents each will go on sale at the same olflec at 1 p.m. Thurs three towers were scheduled to be installed today. There was no fog at the ski area yesterday, and workmen were treated to spectacular views of Mt. Shasta in one direction and Mt. McLoughlin in another. A snow pack Is already beginning to accumulate at the area. Officials of the Mt. Ashland Corpora tion hope to have the ski tows and lodge in limited operation by the end of this year. (Additional photos may be found on Page 4-B.) Rights Session prehenslve about the 'lag; which usually occurs between the de crease and the increase result ing from boosting tax returns from increased business. "No one, Democrat or Repub lican, likes the deficit or the national debt but few are will ing to make cuts in the biggest expenditures for fear of endan goring the government's posi tion," the representative of Ore gon s Fourth district, stated. "The Defense budget," he add ed, "it the biggest, $47, billion this year. Strongest Weapon Duncan referred to foreign aid as the president's strong est weapon in foreign diploma cy and insisted that its effect cannot be disregarded when people consider that the world has at least avoided a nuclear holocaust which could easily be triggered in these times. "Civil rights is one of t h e greatest social problems facing us today and it has to be solv ed," Duncan declared. "Many of my friends are from the south and they are smart peo ple," he added In a sympathet ic defense of the people he op poses in his thinking in the civil rights area. "They have become heads of committees through seniority and through ability. But some of them have a blind snot on civil rights." Suggesting that it is time to re-examine the system under which Congress operates, Dun can explained that there is a reluctance in everything today (not only in Congress) to anal yze the system under which "we work." "When people become a part of Uie system," he elaborated, "they start approving of it. As other Congressmen say 'After you've been around here a while you see that the seniority sys tern is the best system.' " (Continued on Page 1IA) 10 Inches of Fall in Parts By United Press International Blustery northeast winds drove up to 10 inches of snow across parts of Ohio today and brought a touch of winter to the Southland. Schools were closed in some Ohio communities. Heavy snow warnings were posted for throughout the day In Ohio, Pennsylvania and west ern New York. The Weather Bureau Issued freeze warnings for tonight as far south as Mis sissippi and Alabama. Hambden, Ohio, reported 10 inches of snow today and Kirt land, Ohio, reported 5 inches. Snowfall along the southern prion nf l.nkn F.rift nvprnffprl I about .,3j. Inches. Air Force lets Attack Palace, Reports Indicate BEIRUT. Lebanon (UPI) The Iraqi government appeared today to have quelled a brief revolt after unidentified rebel unite launched ground and air attacks in the heart of Bagh dad. ', ; Reports reaching here still were sketchy, but diplomatic observers said it appeared the nine-month-old Baath party gov ernment had routed the rebels. The fighting, observers said, was believed to have developed following a reshuffle in . the Baath hierarchy in which strongman Deputy Premier Sa- len El bnncll was ousted. The fighting broke out this morning when Iraqi air force jets attacked the presidential palace. Fighting was reported at the heavily fortified defense minis try and in the city streets. No Information There was no information available on casualties. Diplomatic circles here said the fact the Baghdad Radio was still in government hands indi cated Premier Maj. Gen. Ah med Hassan Bakr's regime was in control. The station was heard here ordering workers back to their jobs. It specifically asked elec tricity and water department workers and postal and tele graph employes to return to their jobs. Control of the radio, it was pointed out, is a prerequisite for success for an uprising in the Middle East. BULLETIN SALEM (UPI) -A four-cent a pack cigarette tax was ap proved by the Hone Tax Committee on a 6-5 vote today. Snow of Ohio The mercury fell to 30 de erees at Raleich. N.C.. Rich. mond, Va., and Asheville, N.C. temperatures novered just above freezing at Louisville, Kv.. Memnhts TAnn Rirtnino. , , UI. .,(,.. ham, Ala., and Shreveport, La. ine lowest temperature re ported in the nation today was 8 dcerees above zero nt R I 9. marck, N.D. Dickinson, N.D., and pnilip, S.D., both recorded 9 degrees above zero. Meanwhile, conservation offi cials in Oklahoma suspended the deer hunting season in sev en southeastern counties be cause of the danger of forest fire. Woodlands in the area wore tinder dry because of the extended drought.