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Newspaper Page TextDemocratic forces lead M )!mumh Ming Rogue Valley Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Sections Redden Declares Measure To Be Poorly Drafted SALEM - (UPI) - The house today approved, by a 33 to 26 vote, the con troversial Boardman bill. It now goes to the senate. The vote came after more than three hours of de bate. SALEM (UPI) -A move to send the politically explosive Boardman bill to the House Tax Committee was defeated 33-25 1 today as the House debated the measure to clear title to lands for the 100.000-acre Space Age Industrial Park in Northeastern Oregon. During earlv debate on the bill, Rep. Stafford Hansell, R Hermiston, said he "wholeheart edly urged support" for it, and said the land involved is "noth ing but desert" and has no oth er use. Rep. Jarnes Redden, D-Mcd-ford, who attempted to get the bill referred to the tax eommit lec, said he opposed "the way the bill is written." "Under normal circumstances i a bill this poorly drafted wouldn't get ten votes in this house," he contended. Redden termed the Ipase with Boeing "The most one-sided lease I have ever read," and warned its wording gives Boeing first option on all federal land in Oregon that the state might acquire. Earlier, Senate President Ben Musa announced the Senate Ju diciary Committee would be re activated to review the Board man bill if the House sends it over. Musa said the committee would make "a judicial review of the bill, but not go into the lease with Boeing." Musa said he was hopeful the special session of the legislature would end tonight, but added, "I'm not making any guaran tees. It depends on when the House sends over the bill. If we get it early enough we could unisu luudy. "I'd rather spend an extra 1 day in session than rush the bill through just to be a rubber stamp," he noted. Traffic Accidents Kill 544 in Nation By Inilrcl Prrss International tj'inil likninlinnc Iniu chnw. fd 514 persons died in traffic accidents during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend The loll represented 72 more automotive deaths than the 472 which could be expected over a similar non-holiday period. United Press International " J cnY JZ k' from all kinds of accidents dur- ing the holiday period from 6 p.m. last Wednesday until mid night Sunday. The breakdown: Traffic 544 Fires 47 Planes 23 Miscellaneous 80 Total 694 California lpd it., wil Heath count with 58. There were uir- ii mil. .m m .caj. T rift i- hntYi Illi. Boardman Bill A By 33 - 26 Vote nois and Pennsylvania, in m rmur s,.. Michigan, 25 in North Carolina, I At least a dozen other young and 21 in both New York State persons escaped in the raid, po and Ohio. i lice said. NEWSBRIEFS rriMS r0M f rnRMER AMBASSADOR DIES IN PLUNGE MIAMI (LTD Grant Slockdale. former U.S. ambassador lo Ireland! plunged lo his death today from a downtown oflice building. im-mrn- kil l n S IGON. South Vict Nam (LTD One V. S. soldier was killed .-j ' ...u'.J riMiciv ununited In Communint guerrilla ambush snnrtav nirht near the Cambodian border, a U.S. military spokes man said today. imil-n PATROLS KEEP ORDER IN DAKAR PARIS (LPD Troops, tanks and armored cars patrnurn f ne sal's capital of Dakar tndav lo keep order following election- dv battles between left-wing demonstrators and the army. MEDFORD, OREGON, Taxes For Schools May Be Increased Average of 5 Mills Property taxes to support school districts in Jackson Coun ty have every indication of ris ing an average of about five mills next year. The increase, which will vary in districts throughout the coun ty, is the result of cutting more than $12 million from the basic school support fund in the state's austerity program brought about by the defeat of the tax measure in October. A bill passed by the State Legislature in its special ses sion provides for cutting $12,070, 883 from basic school support in the 1964-65 fiscal year. No funds from the state will be affected this school year, ac cording to State Rep. Edward Branchfield, who said the bill passed is a revised one which specifics when the funds shall be cut. The original bill introduced did not provide when funds would be reduced, and some concern was expressed by school admin istrators about what school dis tricts could do this fiscal year if state funds were reduced. Three Courses of Action Three courses of action are available to school districts next fiscal year, knowing there will be about a $12 million reduc tion in basic support from the state. They are (1) reduce budgets by the amount of basic school support, keeping property taxes about the present level; (2) in crease property taxes the amount reduced by the state; or (3) a combination of the two. Reducing school district budg- Russia's Pacific Rocket Tests Start HONOLULU (UPD-The So viet Union was scheduled to be gin tests of its latest-model rockets in the Pacific today and U.S. scientists were ready to observe the tests with instru mcnts which can record a whale's eveblink." The Russians, who concluded , a scries of similar tests last i present budgets and present May, announced last week the j estimates of revenue, which are new tests would begin today in considered somewhat conscrva the section of ocean west of : tive, according to Branchfield. Midway Island and south of j f,iore revenue than anticipated Wake Island. I could reduce the amount cut The United States controls . frnm iko hndeci. both islands, and Midway is a , m?ior sta',ion in lhe U S- Pa cific missile range. When the Soviet Union begins the operation, its latest rockets will be falling into the most carefully scrutinized tracts of air and sea in the world. One U.S. scientist recently i hnastod that the American le- 'ctry apparatus in the aica is so sophisticated it can detect and make records of "a whale's eveblink" any place in the Pa cific. Raid af Lake Oswego Mefc .14 Yauna Persons LAKE OSWEGO ( UPI ) Po - ' ii. 14 vmine nersons , live ni. .- r - j in a raid on a beer party nere ; narHt SlinflaV n 't;.TertiIwt turn impc nf hppr. AROUND TNI OlOU IX VIF.T NAM AMBUSH MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, in ets by the amount cut from stale support is almost impossible in most cases. School district budg ets are now based on minimum needs, and further reduction of expenditures would adversely af fect the educational programs offered in the districts. School administrators are con cerned about rising property taxes, since they are now high er than most people would like to see them. However, unless some other means of raising money is found, financing school districts falls back on property taxes. A combination of the two is perhaps possible in some school districts, but again, if budgets are reduced any substantial amount, the educational pro gram may have to be curtailed. The reduction in basic school support in Jackson County would amount to about $503,343, or an estimated average of 5 mills. Following is the amount of basic school support which would be reduced in each dis trict in the county, and t h e amount's equivalent in mills: Estimated Reduction $32,842.83 District Phoenix Ashland Central Point Eagle Point Rogue River Applegate Prospect Evans Valley Butte Falls Pinehurst Mills 3.2 $74,953.85 $74,610.6(1 $33,487.77 $16,650.85 $4,048.85 $6,071.66 $7,264.67 $3,709.B6 $453.77 $309,248.97 5.8 5.8 3.6 6.2 5.8 3.5 5.8 2.3 .6 Mcdford 5.4 These figures are estimates made by the Jackson County Intermediate Education District on the basis of a $12 million cut in basic school support. Variables mentioned There are variables which could have a bearing on the ex act amount of reduction. Among them are: 1. The carryover, statewide, from the 1961-63 budget. Sources in Salem estimated the carryover in the basic school support fund to be about $1.2 million. 2. The budget cut could be reduced bv an increase in tax revenue. Cuts were based on There appears to be little hope for any action from the special session of the Legislat ure to provide means of addi tional revenue for the present biennium, leaving only in creased property taxes to carry the burden of financing public school districts. Urban League Head Calls on Johnson WASHINGTON (UPI) - The executive secretary of the Na- ! tional Urban League asked 1 President Johnson today to un u"i.e -"' "' nllJnr. . nu r umrlr c nrn. -p I ' " ' ment The Negro official, Whitney Young, discussed Negro School dropouts, delinquency, and un employment with Johnson at a 45-minute meeting nt the White House. He said the main dis cussion centered on the fact that 15 per cent of the Negro labor force is unemployed. Man Escapes nury As Car Hits Engine Virgil Durand Jackson, 870 Garfield St.. escaped injury this morning when lhe car which he was driving collided with a Southern Pacific switch engine at the Clark Street railroad j crossing, according to Medlord i nnlice - 1 Olficers said the switch en gine dragged the car, which was headed east on Clark Street, about 20 feet along the tracks before coming to a slop. The incident occurred about 1 10:20 o'clock. 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune1 1963 No. 219 rovea House Medford Police Arrest Man for Sunday Burglary Alert action by Medford po lice thwarted an apparent safe burglary early Sunday. A Med ford man has been lodged in Jackson County jail, charged with burglary not in a dwelling. Roger Dale Bennett, 23, of 9 Rose St., has given statements to police in which he admitted attempting to burglarize the McDonald Candy Company, 332 S. Front St. Officers on patrol noticed sus picious activity in front of the candy company about 1:45 a.m. As the police car drove up, a man jumped into his car and sped off. It was subsequently learned tnai ne was in tne pro cess of attempting to load the company's safe into his car at the time the police car drove up. I led on Foot After a short chase, the man abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot. He was apprehended a short time later on Central Ave nue. In his signed statement, Ben nett told officers he had forced open the front door of the candy company, and hauled the safe outside to load it in his car. He said that he planned to drive to uie untnauiiviiie aiea lu uiedn It open Bennett has served about two years in Oregon Correctional Institution for burglary not in a dwelling. He was released in 1961. City detectives said inves tigation into the burglary is continuing. Astoria Girl 4-H National Winner CHICAGO (UPI) -Joyce Her old, 18, Route 2, Astoria, Ore., has been named one of six na tional winners in the 4-H poul try awards program for 1963. The Clatsop County girl re ceived a $500 college scholarship from Heisdorf & Nelson Farms, Inc. The scholarship was pre sented during the 42nd national 4-H club congress under way here. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hcrold. Her exhibits have won cham pion, reserve champion and blue ribbon awards at the County Fair and at Oregon State Fair. Oppenheimer Gets Highest AEC Award WASHINGTON (UPI) - Dr. .1. Robert Oppenheimer, the controversial scientist who 10 years ago was declared a se curity risk by the Atomic Ener gy Commission, receives the AEC's highest award today from President Johnson. The Chief Executive, acting lo carry out the intentions of President Kennedy, presented lhe $50,000 Enrico Fermi award to the 59-year-old nuclear physi cist at brief While House cere monies. DIES Jimmy Hallo, above, I whose cartoons "Little Iodine" and "They'll Do It Every Time" have delighted news paper readers for years, died Sunday of a hearl attack at Carmel. Calif., where he has made his home lor the past years. (LTD 4 Silence Blamed For Spread of Hate Elements By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - The first telegram placed in the hand of a grieving Rep. Edith Green on the Friday that President John Kennedy was slain read: 'Urge that you immediately start impeachment proceedings against President Johnson. This was but another in a series of vengeful communica tions from a Portland doctor who had expressed hatred for the Kennedy administration and vented his feelings on paper to his elected representative in Congress. Prior to the President's death, the Congresswoman's mail from people associated with hate groups was growing both in volume and venom. For ex ample, one constituent last week wrote: " . . '. I am convinced that the real orders to rub out Ken nedy came from the chief heads of the mob at Vatican City. The true trigger man is very likely a pro-Goldwatcr Roman Cath olic. I am convinced that the international Roman Catholic crime syndicate ..." Mail 'Shocking' Mrs. Green thinks we should have competent medical opin ion to describe or diagnose the sickness which has swept the Nation in such outpourings of hatred. She said in an interview after President Kennedy's death that the vicious anti-Catholic mail and literature, starting with the 1960 presidential campaign which she headed in Oregon, was "shocking" in its intensity. It has continued unabated, but the range of targets has wid ened to include all national leaders Newspaper editors in Oregon have also noted that letters to the editor have increased in their "bilious" personal at- iaci(Si especially against polit- irai Ipariprs Mrs. Green spreads the blame for the emergence of such hate groups. She blames not only the violent dissenters themselves, but politicians, past and pres ent, for leading Ma way tie- faming their fellow citizens as communist sympathizers, without evidence to back up their headline - eyeing attacks. She also blames the newspapers for spreading unfounded, cyni cal charges. Most of all slie hlamcs tne silent Americans who do not protest against the spread of hatred for national leaders, Re publican and Democratic, which has culminated in the violent death of President John F. Ken nedy. "We have allowed the hate groups to take over," she said, "and the moderate voices have been silent." Remembers Words She remembered the words of Rabbi Joachim Prinz who spoke at the Aug. 28 Freedom March in Washington, who said: "When I was the rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin un der the Hitler regime, I learned many things. The most impor tant thing that I learned in my life and under those tragic cir cumstances is that bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problem. "The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful and the most tragic problem is silence. A great people which had become a great civilization had become a nation of silent onlookers. They remained silent j jn the face of hate, in the face , 0 brutality and in the face of murder " Mrs rii-ppn suit lhat while I iU.m. urn, a nulinnnl ntltf-rv 'Llll'IC nan " j over lhe bombing deaths of the young Negro girls in Birming ham, it was not sustained, and the so-called tleccni people oi lhat city took no action. The men accused of the bombings were given six months' sen I e n c e s on the misdemeanor charge of possessing dynamite. The national outrage over the killing of Mcdgar Evers in Jack son, Miss, also subsided, she said. The killer has thus lar not come to trial. The good people of Jackson remain silent and afraid in the face of Negro suf- fcring. Mrs. Green wondered why there isn't more public protest, North and Soulh, over the sav age treatment of White and Neero vouth working for free dom in the Soulh young col lege boys and girls thrown into prisons on charges of "insur rection" because they sought to register Negro voters in Georgia. For every non-Southerner rescued by their cong ressman, she said, others suf fer indignities and imprison ment alone and unheeded by most Americans. She oomled In the buildup of 18 violent events in uaiias, lexas, with newspaper ads appearing on the day the President was killed which called him a traitor. Tcxans, she said, had been fed a steady diet of dia tribe against their national leaders. Mrs. Lyndon Johnson was spat upon in that city while Bruce Alger, the Congressman from Dallas, looked on in ap proval. Ambassador A d 1 a i Stevenson was attacked in Dallas last October. The tragic 2roundwork for the killing of the President, she said, was laid by hate groups throughout the county, and par ticularly in Dallas which has been more virulent in its hatred than some cities. And the responsible citizens, "the good people" she said stood idly by and did nothing to protest the behaviour of the haters. "On United Nations Day when Stevenson was in Dallas it seems to me this was the time (when he was attacked) when there should have been real strong statements that this was not the way the majority of peo ple really felt," she said. In their silence they condon ed the action, much as the Ger mans condoned by silence Hit ler's massacre of the Jews when they (the decent "good" people) did not rise up in pro test when the Jews were first humiliated and attacked by speeches and later by intern ment and death in the gas ovens. Mrs. Green was concerned that the Nation must rid itself "of the hatred and venom some how, so that he (President John Kennedy) will not have died in vain, and that all of this hate and fear must be changed into love and concern for other hu man beings." , Hearing Tonight A- CA,,lL Tlnnl Vll jUUIH IdlClll Interim Zoning The county court will hold to night's hearing on the South Talent interim zone regardless of the fog, County Commissioner Donald E. Faber said tills morn ing. The 8 o'clock meeting will be held in the courthouse auditori um. The hearing for people of the South Talent area is to deter mine whether an election should be held on the interim zoning. The present interim zoning ex pires Nov. 1, 1964, when an elec tion normally would be held. A group, called the South Tal ent Voters A-sociation, earlier this y;nr circulated petitions calling for the election. The group said their only purpose is to obtain from the county court an election whereby persons within the affected area may express their opinion as lo the adoption or rejection of such an ordinance." The South Talent interim zon ing ordinance was enacted hy the county court on Nov. 1, 1961. On Oct. 4 the South Talent Im provement Group was formed lo work for the betterment of the community. It is in favor of interim zoning with a few changes. Earlier County Judge Earl M. Miller explained that under the new state law the court is not required to call an election un less they feel it would be in tne best interest of the area. Ring Sought in Canby Killing OREGON CITY (UPI) -Authorities today were seeking a missing $3,500 diamond ring in hopes it might lead them to the slayer o Mrs. Minnie Cornelia Milleson of Canby. The ring containing a Iwo karat diamond, belonged lo the 63-year-old widow whose body was found at her home a week ago Sunday. She had been shot j twice in Ihp head. Authorities still were seeking for questioning a caretaker who i disappeared about the lime of the slaying. WEATHER I'on KCAST: Vulkv for IhrnuKh lupsflay. PonMhle Mrnoon lining In mmt nUreh. Fair utiiiM! !h- log. Low fnnlrhl 2.1-11. High Tllfhday 30-32, anovc fog 33-3S. Tf me lillh".l VeMrrilav 31 l.owi-u Thll Mfiinlni 21 Our Skies Tonight Snin-t Inrfav ... 4:1" pn )Minmf tomorrow Ihr .Moon Tttf tnmthl ind rld'n (If mini. I'nnMivKST star Mrionn, rlM VIMIII.I I'l.ANCTS nm. tH g:tn p.ni high Ir 3:17 m. VII nm J,inllir. hith In inuth -ml . .VS nm. Siturn, in nnlhwMl 7- pm m V ! Q n 7 t:1 P ft'' VOTERS FRISKED Male voters are frisked by soldiers before they arc allowed to enter the lor a presidential candidate in Caracas, Venezuela. Despite pro Castro terrorist threats to shoot anyone who attempted to vote, Venezuelans turned out by the thousands to preserve the demo cratic form of government which past lour years. (UPI) Two Men Seriously Injured in Sunday Vehicle Accidents Two out-of-state residents are in serious condition in M c d - ford hospitals today suffering from injuries they received in auto accidents Sunday morning. Robert Norman Diebel, 35, Richland, Wash., was reported slightly improved in Sacred Heart Hospital this morning whore he was taken after he was struck by a car on the Interstate 5 viaduct about 7:45 a.m. and knocked over tho rail ing. Medford police said Diebel fell about 25 feet into the Twnlflh Sh-ppl Mnhile Home Park beneath the freeway. Diebel and his wife, Olinda Diebel, 32, who was driving, were northbound on the free way when they hit ice about one mile north of the Barnclt Road interchange. The car skidded back and forth on the roadway, crashing into guard rails several times. High Court Rules On 'Agency Shop' WASHINGTON (UPI) - By unanimous decision, the Su rcme Court ruler! today lhat under the Taft - Hartley Law state courts have lhe power to enforce slate laws limiting or banning so-called "agency shop" agreements in labor union contracts. The decision came as a setback to union attorneys who had contended that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had jurisdiction lo set aside such slate restrictions. An agency shop clause requires that work ers covered by tho agreement must pay monthly service Ices in lieu of dues if they do not join the union. BULLETIN CLEVELAND (UPI) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Englncmcn In day demanded a 25 per crnl Increase In wages, supplemen tal pensions and company paid health coverage from the nation's railrnadn. Elections for Scheduled Today in Four RnnrHs of directors e cctions arc being held in four districts today, two in the Talent area, one in White City and one in the Central Point and While City areas tocether. Voters in the respective dis tricts are electing one director each to the boards of the South Talent Sanitary Disliict, the Talent Rural Fire Protection District, the White City Sani tary District and the Central Point Rural Fire protection Dis trict. The polls will he open until 8 o'clock today i; all four elec tions. Polling places are as fol lows: The Resmorn Muiel on U.S. !)9 for the Soulh Talent Sanitary District; the fire sta tion at U.S. 99 and Valley VLw s polling place to cast their ballots they have enjoyed during the When the car stopped in the . emergency narking strip Diebel got out and began to walk along the highway in search of a tele-1 phono. A car operated by S. D. Jack Jeffcrs, 55, Seattle, Wash., I stopped, and while the two men were talking, Stale Police umcer Ronald L. Palmorton 1 pearea normal, drove up. The otticor warned! Communists, echoing urging the men against parking on 1 from Cuba's Fidel Castro, had the freeway. At that instant, a vehicle driven by Jackie Hoy Jansen 10, Ashland, appeared on the scene, jansen lilt His brakes. causing the car to go into a skid. The Jansen car struck Diebel, knocking him over the freeway railing. Jansen was cited for violation of the basic rule. fn lhe earlier accident, How ard Cooper, 48, of Grenada, Calif., a passenger in a pickup truck was critically injured about 3 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle in which he was riding crossed the ccnterline on U.S. 99 about two miles south of the Siskiyou Summit and hit a northbound car head-on. According to Oregon State police, Cooper was in the truck operated by his son, Ronald Lee Cooper, 24. Driver of the other car was Leslie Andrew Green, 25, of Puyallup, Wash. The passengers in the Green vehicle included Jerry Lee Green, 23, also. Puyallup, and Carol Berggrcn, 20, of Sumner, Wash. Leslie Green and Miss Berggrcn are reported in good condition at Ashland Commun ity Hospital. The other passen ger and Ronald Cooper were treated and released. Howard Cooper was brought lo the Rogue Valley Hospital in Medford. Oregonian Writer 'Farm Editor of Year" CHICAGO (UPI) - Joe Bian co. aaricullural editor of the Portland Oregonian, Sunday was named "Newspaper Farm Editor of the Year" in a con test sponsored by the Newspa per Farm Editors Association and the National Plant Food Institute. Boards of Directors Are ! Road for 1 he Talent Rural Y ire Protection District: CPHFl'D station No. 2 at Agate Road and Avenue G. White Cily, lor the White City Sanitary District, and the main CPRFPD station on U.S. 99 in Central Point for the Central Point Rural Fire Protection District election There is a contest in only one of the elections. A. W. Oclinger and W. B. Jcssen arc seeking the scat on the South Talent board currently held by Don Grimes, who is not up for re election. The term is for three years. There is another vacancy on the South Talent board, created by the death of Everett Schmcl zer, but it will be filled by ap pointment. William K. Kerns is Iha third board member. Thousands Brave Terrorist Threats To Cast Ballots Betancourt's Man In Subsfaniioi Lead CARACAS. Venezuela (lipn Results of Venezuela's nation al cicuujiM signaled a victory today for the nation's demo cratic forces and a smashing icvcioc iur communist designs on this strategic Latin Ameri can country. Mounting returns from Sun. day's voting-in which laraa numbers of Venezuelans braved bullets and threats of pro-Castro terrorists to cast ballols-gavo an early lead to Raul Leoni, standard bearer of President Romulo Betancourt's Democrat ic action party, m the seven man presidential race. Unofficial returns, with npai-a Iy 20 per cent of the ballots counted gave Leoni 134,391 votes; Arturo Uslar Pietri, an independent, 120,736; Jovito Vil lalba of the leftist-leaning Dem ocratic Republican Union, 112, 564; Rafael Caldera, Social Christian party, 76,614; and re tired Adm. Wolfgang Larraza bal of the Democratic Popular Force, 52,855. The two other candidates. Raul Ramos Giminiez. nf tho splinter Democratic Action-Op- pusuion, ana uerman Borre gales. National Action Move- ment, were trailing far behind. Fire On Voters Authorities said one person was Kiuea and six wounded in the capital Sunday as pro-Corn- munisc gunmen seeking to dis rupt the elections fired on lines of voters and shot up police stations. Among the wounded was Carl Warner, 43, Miami cameraman on special assignment for UPI, wno was nil by a ricocheting rifle bullet during a sniper at tack on the UPI bureau in Ca racas. I Only, scattered shots wera heard in -.the, capital Sunday (night. At dawn- today, special 1 security measures imposed for I the election were relaxed and rjy mid-morning me cay ap- made sabotaging of Sunday's election their prime target. But the voter turn - out and the heavy security measures frus trated their efforts. Sen. Smith Jo Get 'Minute Man' Award WASHINGTON (UPI) Thn Reserve Officers ' Association will present Its 1964 "Miniild Man of the Year" award to Sen. Margaret Chase Smilh. R- Maine, at a banquet here Feb, 28. Brig. Gen. James E. Frank, who made the announcement of the award this weekend, said that Mrs. Smith, a colonel in lhe Air Force Reserve, "has made significant contribution to the stability and effectiveness of the armed services." Guns Taken From , Sporting Goods Firm A Jackson county sheriff's deputy, who was investigating a light out in the Rogue Valley Sporting Goods store, 4768 Crater Lake Avenue, last night, discovered it had been burglarized. Some guns were taken, but deputies do not yet know havr many. The Investigating deputy found the rear door open. The thief or thieves apparently had broken the glass in a rear win dow to enter. HIGHWAY REOPENED SALEM (UPD-Stalc High way Department crews re opened U.S. Highway 20 just east of Newport to two-way traf fic about 6 p.m. Sunday. Districts The incumbent is unopposed for re-election in the other three races. Claude C. Thompson is a can didate for another five-year term on the Central Point Ru ral firo board. Other members of the board are Sam Taylor. Charles Batcman, Claude Hoo ver and Donald A. Faber. Seeking re-election to the Tal ent Rural fire board is Lee Quinn. The term is for five years. Other board members are Eddie Heim, Dean Black burn. Howard DeYound and Es per Silvester. The lone candidate in lh White City Sanitary Dislrict vote is James Scotl, who seeks a three-year term. Other board members are Frank Reich and Rupert Wilson.