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OCEAN VOLCANO A mushroom-like cloud
of steam and smoke rises 6,000-7,000 feet over
the area where an ocean-bottom volcano is
erupting about four miles southwest of the
Westman Isles off the southern Icelandic
Proposed Closure
To Salmon Fishing
To Be Discussed
, Proposal of the Oregon State
Game Commission to close the
Rogue River to Chinook salmon
angling above the mouth of Elk
Creek during the 1964 season
will be the main subject Monday
night, Nov. 18, at the regular
meeting of the Jackson County
Chapter of the Izaak Walton
League.
The meeting will be at 8 p.m.
at the American Red Cross
building on Hawthorne Avenue
here.
Waltonians said that all per
sons interested in the salmon
issue are invited to the meeting.
Regular chapter meetings are
open to the public.
The proposal would close the
top salmon angling portion of
the upper river the Casey
Park area. It is included in the
tentative regulations for 1964.
Tentative regulations were for
mulated after a Nov. 8 hearing.
Final regulations are to be set
following a hearing of the com
mission in Portland on Friday,
Nov. 22.
C nsiderable reaction against
the proposed closure has been
voiced in this area. Waltonians
will have a general discussion
on the issue and probably will
take some action by resolution.
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NO LONGER FORCE
PORTLAND (VPD The John Birch Society no longer Is an
Important force in national politics, national American Legion
Commander Daniel Foley said Thursday night.
Foley, of Wabasha, Minn., said the American Legion never has
taken an official position on the society, but he feels founder
Robert Welch "has completely discredited himself by his attacks
on the loyally of former President Eisenhower and the late John
Foster Dulles."
POLICE HOLD UP BUS
BERLIN (UPI) American military police today held up a
Russian military automobile In retaliation for the holdup of two
U.S. Army patrol cars in East Berlin Thursday.
Military police stopped a bus carrying 23 Russians for 19 min
utes and an automobile carrying four Russians for 20 minutes,
American officials said.
AMENDMENT URGED
WASHINGTON (UPI) Exports of surplus American fish prod.
nets will be spurred on the same
under an amendment urged here
and adopted by the Senate.
The amendment includes fish on full parity with other foods
In the Food For Peace program and should prove a boon to the
nation's declining fishery Industry, according to Sen. Warren G.
Magnuson, D-Wash.
RECOMMENDS PROJECTS
WASHINGTON (L'PD The House Appropriations Committee
recommended today that H.I billion be spent this year on public
works projects and activities of the Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC).
The committee cut nearly WOO million from the amount re
quested by President Kennedy earlier this year. I lcluded was
SIAI.4 miliion chopped from the AEC budget reques!. bringing it
down to $2.1 billion.
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coast. No damage was reported, but ships
were warned away from the area because
of the danger of tidal waves.
(UPI Radiotelephoto)
Irrigation Board to
Consider Letter of
Protest on
A protest to last Tuesday's
board of directors election in
the Medford Irrigation District
will be considered by the board
when the vote is; canvassed
next Monday, it was reported
today.
The protest, in the form of a
letter from Allan. A. Smith, .a
water-user of the district, was
filed the afternoon of the elec
tion. It declares that Wilton A.
White, who was opposing in
cumbent director and board
California Couple
Killed in Crash
GRANTS PASS (UPI) - Wil
liam Yount, 54, and his wife,
Bertha, 44, formerly of Wheat
land, Calif., were killed Thurs
day -hen their pickup truck
left a road in southern Jose
phine County and plunged down
a mountainside.
Freeman Scott, Kerby, suf
fered injuries. He told police
that Mrs. Yount was driving the
vehicle after he had picked them
up when their truck became
stranded at a placer gold mine
they were working.
basis as agricultural foodstuffs
Thursday to the foreign aid bill
Monday
chairman Albert Hucners, was
t h e "only ' legally qualified
nominee," and asked that he be
declared elected.
(In the election, Hueners re
ceived 113 votes, White 34.)
Smith's letter stated that
Hueners' nomination by peti
tion had "an insufficient num
ber of qualified voters."
Although it did not state so
specifically, it is presumed to
refer to the law which limits
eligible voters to those who own
two, and in some cases, four
acres ot land in the district.
Two-Acre Rule
Jack A. Hoffbuhr, secretary
manager of the district, said
mis morning tnat he is confi'
dent the election was conduct
ed legally. First, he pointed out
tnat every prior election held
within the district, including
those for incumbent board
members, was held under the
"two-acre rule," and had never
been protested.
He also said there is a sub
stantial question as to the con
stitutionality of either the two
or four acre limitations, al
though they have never been
tested in the courts. He pointed
out that if the two-acre rule is
thrown out, and elections con.
ducted under the four-acre rule,
it would mean that of 316 now
eligible voters in Precinct No.
3 (where this week's election
was held), 165 would be dis
qualified, leaving only 151
voters eligible.
He added that water users in
the two other major irrigation
districts of the county, the
Rogue River Valley and Talent
Districts, have a substantial in
terest in the matter, since any
ruling on voter eligibility in
the Medford District would au
tomatically affect the other two.
Sufficient Signatures
Finally, he stated that peti
tions on file in the MID office
supporting Hueners' nomination
contain sufficient signatures of
eligible voters, under either the
two or four acre limitation, to
satisfy legal requirements.
Hoffbuhr stated that there
has been considerable discon
tent over the years from land
owners in the district who own
less than two acres, and who
pay water assessments, yet who
are not eligible to vote. Some
attempts have been made to
have the two-acre and four-acre
limitations eliminated entirely,
He said it is entirely possi
ble that a court test of the elec
tion would have this result.
Legislative Counsel
Committee Cuts Budget
SALEM (UPI) The legisla
tive Counsel Committee said to
day it had slashed $19,089 from
its budget.
The committee is a branch of
the legislature, and is exempt
from the austerity cuts ordered
by the governor.
24 PAGES Two Sections
Higher Education
Budget Adjusted
By State Board
SALEM (UPI) -The State
Board of Higher Education ad
justed its budget by $8 million
Thursday, but its proposals to
raise tuition fees and admission
standards collided with a new
Senate resolution.
The board's cuts some of
them tentative affected the
state's system of universities,
colleges, and medical, extension
and research services at most
i levels.
There were two key parts of
the board's plan: A general in
crease in tuition charges next
year; and higher admission
standards for the fall, 1964,
term only at the University of
Funds Approved
For Two Projects
In Rogue Basin
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
House Appropriations Commit
tee today approved a Bureau
of Reclamation request for
S300.000 for advance planning
for the Agate dam project of the
Rogue River Basin.
A Corps ot Engineer s Duag-
et item for SIOO.OOO for the
Lost Creek Reservoir was also
approved by the group.
The committee action came
despite a cut of $22.2 million
from President Kennedy's rec
ommended budget for the Bu
reau of Reclamation.
The Rogue Basin appropria
tion was designated for advance
planning for the Agate Dam ana
Reservoir ot tne laieni niv
sion
Corps of Engineer requests
were also trimmed by tne Mouse
committee. The group's pro
posed spending was less tnan
$819,316,000 recommended by
President Kennedy but slightly
more than the $792,807,500 ap.
proved by Congress last year.
The committee s economy
knife also trimmed $1.4 million
from the Bureau of Reclama
tion's requested funds for in
vestigating feasibility of future
projects; $580,000 from opera
tion and maintenance money
for existing projects and M,
083,000 from the reclamation
loan fund.
Hatfield Pleads
Boardman Action
SALEM (UPI)-In a special
message to the legislature to
day Gov. Mark Hatfield plead
ed for immediate passage of
legislation confirming the
state's purchase of land for the
Boardman Space Age industrial
park, and its subsequent lease
to Boeing Co.
At the same time the gover
nor's office submitted a bill to
the legislature which would
confirm the transaction.
In his special message, the
governor noted "The park is al
most an accomplished fact."
He declared "This matter is
of such importance that were
this legislative body not now in
session, I would tec) it my duty
to call a special session for this
single purpose."
The special message advised
"legislation has been prepared
for vour consideration and ap
proval which will give the state
land board the necessary au
thority and means to meet the
State of Oregon's commitments
under the Boeing lease and put
the Boeing Company into pos
session as an operating indus
trial tenant, with resulting
benefit to the economy of the
entire State of Oregon. Without
such legislation this project
may fail.
"The legislation which is pro
posed for your consideration
docs not contemplate any ex
penditure of tax money and is
not inconsistent with the pur
pose for which this special ses
sion has been called. I urge
your immediate attention and
favorable consideration of this
important legislation."
BULLETIN
SALEM (UPI) -The Oregon
Senate today passed 21) to I
the $12 miliion one-shot with
holding collections measure,
It I one of two bills asked
by Gov. Mark Hatfield to get
the stale through Us fiscal
crisis.
MEDFORD,
Oregon, Oregon State, and Port
land State College.
Under present figures and es
timates, the effect of a $38 per
term tuition increase would be
to raise $3 million more outside
state funds, making only $5 mil
lion in real cuts necessary.
It also would discourage some
students.
The effect of temporarily rais
ing freshman admission stand
ards from a 2.0 average to a
2.25 average for the fall term
at three institutions would be to
defer some students to later
terms, detour some students to
other colleges in the system,
and discourage some altogether.
In essence, the board's plan
avoids turning away from the
state system next year any stu
dents who are presently quali
fied. But it makes it harder and
more costly for some of them
to get into the school of their
choice next fall.
As the board met the Senate
Rules Committee voted to per
mit introduction of a resolution
that would direct the board to
leave both admission standards
and tuition fees where they are
now.
If both houses pass the reso
lution, it would become a direc
tive to the board. It would prob
ably not be legally binding. But
if the board defied it, the stage
would be set for the legislature
to strip n i g n e r education of
some of its independence in 1965.
the board meeting itself was
scheduled suddenly in the wake
of legislative prodding and
threats.
A band of legislators, who for
some time have been seeking
stricter controls over higher ed
ucation, said they were strongly
displeased over the board's plan
to postpone Its DUdget-cutting de
cisions until a f t e r the legisla
ture adjourns.
Secret Meeting Held
Seven legislators talked with
the board at a secret breakfast
gathering prior to the board
meeting.
During their meeting, beard
members stressed three points:
Some of the approved cuts
are subject to deeper review.
The entire plan is subject
to change if the state's fiscal
picture changes.
The program is an emeracn-
cy one, similar "to problems
we faced immediately after the
war.
Despite many board state
ments that the quality of educa
tion must be preserved, the ef
fect of the plan probablv would
also be to hurt quality, for ex
ample, putting a heavier load
on teachers.
The plan to reduce enroll
ments next fall, however, would
also spread the student , load
more evenly through the year,
making for better use of teach
ers and classrooms.
In effect, the board approved
these cuts for the 1963-6o bien
nium: $6 million in 'he general
college system. (01 this, how
ever, half would be only a hook
keeping cut, to be replaced with
$3 miliion from higher tuition
fees.) This eliminates 156 facul
ty positions and 146 classified
positions.
$264,174 from teaching hos
pitals and clinics. This will close
a 12-bed isolation unit at the UO
Medical School, curtail the out
patient clinic, and perhaps close
a 36-bed ward for six months.
$80,590 from the crippled
children's division. This will re
duce the crippled children cared
for by about 130.
$175,000 from the State Tu
berculosis Hospitals.
$607,729 from federal coop
erative extension.
$795,862 from agricultural
experiment stations.
The overall plan would re
duce faculty and classified em
ployes of the system by 479.
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OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1963
BRAVES SECURITY GUARDS Blonde The
resa Norton, 26, is introduced to AFL-CIO
delegate by President Kennedy this morning
after she braved security guards to shake
Kennedy Says Income Tax Bill
Would Insure No Recession
NEW YORK (UPI)-President
Kennedy today told the AFL
CIO convention that passage of
his income tax cut bill by the
current session of Congress
would insure the nation against
a recession that may be in the
offing for next year.
He said prompt passage
would mean "sailing by next
April on the winds of the long
est and strongest peacetime ex
pansion in the nation s econom
ic history.
Kennedy indicated there
would be a distinct danger to
the nation s economy to post
pone action on the tax bill until
next year s congressional ses
sion.
"I think this Congress will not
go home next summer without
passing this bill," he .said. "I
think we should stay there until
we do."
The Chief Executive said the
nation did "not dare obtnin this
tax cut too late in the game."
Cites Year's Statistics
He said he based his predic
tion of a possible recession next
year on statistics of the nation's
periods of-peacetime expansion.
These periods have lasted 32
months since World War II.
"The present expansion is in
its 33rd month," the President
said.
Kennedy was greeted enthusi
astically by the nation's labor
leaders.
He told them he agreed with
them that greater employment
is the most important domestic
issue facing the nation today.
He said his tax cut proposal,
designed to create $30 billion
worth of jobs, the most impor
tant single step toward resolv
ing the issue.
The overflow audience of 5,500
delegates cheered, whistled and
applauded Kennedy on several
occasions during the speech
even though he did not touch on
the convention's major eco
nomic demand a 35 - hour
work week without loss ot pay
as a hedge against further em
ployment thorough automation.
The administration believes
shortening the work week is a
half - measure that would in
crease unemployment and force
prices up because ot increased
manufacturing costs. Kennedy
assured the delegates, represent
ing 13.5 million workers, that
the chief beneficiaries of his
tax cut would be "the two or
three million who would get
new jobs."
The President drew loud
laughter when he said he did
"not believe selling the Tennes
see Valley Authority is a pro
gram to put people to work,
a reference to Republican presi
"Friendship Meeting'
MOSCOW (UPI) - U.S. offi
cials tonight boycotted a cere
monial "friendship meeting"
with a group of Russians, in
cluding Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev,
as American officials failed in
another attempt to win release
of Yale Prof. Frederick Barg
hoorn. None of the American Em
bassy staff members attended
a well-publicized meeting a t
"friendship house" near the
Kremlin to mark the 30th anni
versary Saturday of resumption
of diplomatic relations between
the United States and the Soviet
Union after the 1917 revolution.
The reception in the former
mansion of a pre-revolutlonary
hands with the Chief Executive following his
speech to the labor convention at the Ameri
cana Hotel in New York. The delegate, at
right, is unidentified. (UPI)
dential hopeful Sen. Barry M.
Goldwater's recent proposal.
Kennedy praised the economic
measures of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt administration and
said the planning of the 1930s
made the prosperity of the fu
ture possible.
He said measures taken by
the government now would de
termine whether the 70s and
80s would be periods of pros
perity.
Kennedy said he came to the
convention to ask labor s sup -
Medford Planning
Commission Denies
Rexoning
By unanimous vote last night,
the Medford Planning Commis
sion voted not to rezone sev
eral parcels of property along
Barnett Road and Ellendale
Drive.
The group also denied a re
quest for a change of zone on
property at the northwest cor
ner of Siskiyou Boulevard and
Highland Drive. The applicant,
C. A. Parllcr, had sought the
change as part of his plans to
expand his market at tnat lo
cation. Rogue Sought for
Preservation
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Rogue River in Oregon from
Grants Pass to- the Pacific
Ocean was among 12 streams
recommended Thursday for
preservation in its natural state
by the federal government.
The selection was made by a
joint Interior Agriculture De
partment's team which studied
64 rivers or segments of rivers
in 35 states. All of the streams
were said to have outstanding
recreational possibilities. They
could become part of a natural
system of free flowing rivers.
Other rivers in the Northwest
area named were the Skagit and
its Sauk and Suiattlc tributaries
in Washington, the Klamath in
Northern California and the
Three Forks of the Flathead in
Montana.
Secretaries of Interior and
Agriculture, Stewart Udall and
Orville Freeman, said a further
study will be made to establish
criteria for evaluating recrea
tional potential of the rivers.
millionaire began at 6 p.m.
beneath crossed American and
Soviet flags.
This was little more than an
hour after U.S. Embassy Con
sular Chief Thomas Fain tele
phoned the Soviet Foreign Min
istry and repeated for the sev
enth time strong American de
mands for Barghoom's imme
diate release or immediate ac
cess by American officials to
the 52-year-old scholar, who
was accused of being a spy.
Russian authorities, who have
bc.n holding Barghoorn for 15
days, said there was nothing
new to report in his behalf.
The Soviets told an American
Embassy official Thursday that
No. 205
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port "for my program." He
quipped that . he had been
elected by a "landslide" . ma
jority of 112,000 votes.
"It is possible you had some
thing to do with this," he told
the delegates. "I hope the day
will never come when the AFL
CIO is satisfied with less than
the best."
Kennedy said that existing un
employment was an intolerable
waste that could be avoided by
passage ot his income tax cut
i
1 bill.
Requests
About a half dozen property
owners on Barnett Road and
Ellendale Drive appeared be
fore the commission to oppose
the measure, which would have
changed the zoning from limit
ed commercial to single and
multiple family.
Medford Lawyer Frank J. Van
Dyke, representing three of the
property owners, referred to an
Oregon Supremo Court ruling in
1046 which held, In effect, that
a commission had the power
to rezone property "if a sub
stantial change of conditions"
warranted.
Increased Traffic
' But Van Dyke pointed out
that increased traffic along
Barnett Road, together with re
cent commercial developments,
tended to argue against a
change in zoning.
Commissioner Bert Thierolf.
in making a motion against the
change, noted that several of
the property owners had pur-
cnascd tne land on the basis
of its limited commercial zone
and that it would be unfair to
them to change the zoning at
this time.
Parlier's request for a zone
change to expand his market
was opposed by Duane Hut
chins, 3285 Brltt St., who pre
scntcd a petition signed by sev.
eral property owners in the vi
cinity who wore against Ihe
move,
Acting Commission President
Larry Horton said it was "dif.
ficult" to support Parlier's re.
quest "since there is no other
commercial development" in the
residential neighborhood.
Parlicr today filed an appeal
from the commission's decision
with City Manager Robert Duff.
The matter will go before the
City Council at its meeting next
week for tinal action.
Boycotted
the Russians would reply to
U.S. inquiries about the Yale
professor as soon as possible.
President Kennedy said In
Washington Thursduy that
prompt release of the New
York-born scholar was fssential
to the continuation of the U.S.
Soviet cultural exchange pro
gram. Calling the professor's arrest
"unwarranted and unjust," the
President said it would be
hopeless tn discuss broadening
cultural exchanges with Barg
hoorn in jail.
U.S. Embassy officials this
morning Informed Soviet cul
tural officials that negotiations
on a new cultural exchange
Basic Support
Follows Approval
Of Tax Collections
SALEM (UPI) -The House
Thursday approved the second
half of the emergency program
asked by Gov. Mark Hatfield to
deal with the fiscal crisis re
sulting from the Oct. 15 refer
endum. By a 34-23 vote the lower
chamber approved a ineasuro
allowing Hatfield to make cuts
in basic school support.
It followed by one dav Housn
approval of a one-shot speedup
of withholding tax collections to
bring in an additional $12 mil-
nun uus Diennium.
Both measures await Senate
action.
Hatfield needs lenislative .in.
proval of both so he can trim
about $60 million from the $404
million general fund budget ap
proved at the 1963 regular ses
sion. House approval of the basic
school bill came shortly after it
rejected by a 38-19 vote a move
to send the measure back to
Ways and Means for further
modification.
The vote came at. 5:30 .p.m.
after two days of haggling over
whether the governor should he
given a free hand to make the
cut, or whether the legislature
should set down rigid guides.
The measure finally approved
iiiuuueu watered down guide-
lines.
Back To Committee
But the bill probablv will onrp.
again end up in Ways and
Means for Senate President
uen iviusa said ho would send it
there for review.
Wednesday the nine Demn-
crats on Ways and Means ap-
hi uveu a measure witnout guide
lines, over the solid opposition
of the five Republicans on the
committee.
Shortly', before the bill was tn
come' up for a vote in the House
Thursday- afternoon, it was re
called to Ways and Means.
Mild guides were inserted, ard
then the bill was sent bacs to
the houses.
The guides ssk Hatfield to
make school cuts "proportion
ate" to other cuts "if ho can."
If additional money becomes
available later, Hatfield is asked
to restore some of it to the
basic school fund.
In effect, the bill aives Hat
field a relatively free hand.
ihe guides were intended to
soothe a bloc which feels the
legislature should make specific
reductions in school support, and
"not abdicate the legislature's
authority" to the governor.
As the Senate now has the
two key measures which neces
sitated the special session, the
way is clear for adjournment
early next week unless a hag
gle developcs in the upper
chambor.
While the House is still work
ing on sales and cigarette tax
proposals, the Senate Democrals
announced, after a caucus, that
no revenue bills would be ap
proved by the upper chamber
during the special session.
Both houses were to meet at
p.m. today.
Iraqi Government
Ousted Early Today
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD-
The international leadership of
the Baath Socialist party ousted
Iraqi government early today
and announced it has assumed
control of the oil-rich country.
A statement by the party's
Supreme Council, composed
chiefly of party leaders from
Syria and Iraq, was the latest
development in the split within
the Baath's Iraqi leadership,
which erupted in an abortive re
volt in Baghdad Wednesday.
Baath's "incrnational com
mand council," headed by Syr
ian Secretary General Michel
Aflak, declared over Baghdad
Radio it was "undertaking the
responsibilities of the regional
command government In Iraq"
until new elections could be
held, within four months.
by U.S.
agreement have been post
poned. They were duo to start
here Nov. 19.
The Soviets acted surprised,
American sources said, and
said that the agreement hud no
connection with the Barghoorn
case.
Earlier, American novelist
John Steinbeck wound up a one
month goodwill tour of the So
viet Union under the cultural
exchange program with a blast
against the Soviet rrsime for
its handling ot the Barghoorn
case.
"I am leaving with footings
of protest against the arrest of
Prof. Barghoorn. I foci very
strongly about it."
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