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Rogue Valley Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORD Tribune 24 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1.963 No. 221 Part of Plans for Boardman Park Will Be Announced Early in Year, Hatfield Says SUGGESTS REVISIONS - California's Governor Edmund G. Brown is suggesting 24 revisions to the Udall Water Plan that could enlarge the five-state project. Brown noted that the original plan affected only states in the Lower Colorado River Basin. The governor favors expanding the scope of the plan Brown Proposes Change in Water Plan Three Pacific NW Slates Would Be Included in Plan SACRAMENTO (UPI) - Gov. Edmund G. Brown today sug gested 24 revisions in the Udall water plan that could enlarge the five-state project into a massive development for most of the West. After noting the original plan affected only states in the lower Colorado River Basin, Brown declared that "the future of the West involves the drainage area of the Columbia River as well." He said that if the federal government approved his revi sions, Californians "would have much to gain and nothing to lose by supporting the modified plan in congress." The original plan, as proposed last August by Interior Secre tary Stewart Udall, was aimed at ending water shorages in the rapidly growing desert areas of the Pacific Southwest, mainly by taking water from Northern California. In all, Udall proposed spend ing more than $4 billion on a unified system of dams, reser voirs, aqueducts and power houses in California, Neva da, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Brown's revisions open ed the possibility of bringing in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Both the Udall plan and Brown's revisions resulted from a Supreme Court decision last .lune that could ultimately de prive California of nearly half the water it now takes from the Lower Colorado River. The loss could go ud to two-million acre- feet annually, an amount equal to 10 per cent cf all the water United States and every effort now being used in the state. (An must be made to get full potcn-acre-foot will cover one acre to , tial use from our water resourc a depth of one foot.) ; es. Compromise Plan May Get Council Approval UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (UPI) A Scandinavian com promise plan to force South Af rica to end racial discrimina tion appeared certain of Secu rity Council approval today de spite outspoken Russian criti cism. Diplomatic observers said they douL'.ed the Soviet Union would veto the proposal in the face of its acceptance by the 32-nation African bloc. NEWSBRIEFS ITEMS fROM REPAIRED FREIGHTER LEAVES HONOLULU (UPI) The freighter Barbara Frcitchie, which had her propeller replaced In Honolulu, departed for Portland. Ore.. Tuesday night lo pick up a cargo of wheat for India. The Frcitchie lost her propeller Nov. fi In stormy seas 2.NMI miles northwest of Honolulu. HEARING ON APPEAL CONTINUES PORTLAND (UPI) Hearing continued today on appeal of some 7.100 Oregon and Washington lumber workers who were denied unemployment benefits after last summer's lumber strike lockout. M. F. MiTarland. chief anneals referee (or the Oregon De partment of Employment, Is chairman of the hearing. Harold Seely, appeal tribunal examiner for the Washington Employment ' Security Department also is present. RAID MOUNTAIN HIDEOUT CARACAS (UPI) Government troops raided a mountain hideout today and killed 21 Communist guerrillas in a gun battle. Reports from the scene said the only casualty on the govern ment side was a lieutenant, who was wounded. ACTION MAY BE RULED OUT WASHINGTON (UPI) A key House member spearheading a drive to get the civil rights bill lo the floor today all but ruled out action on the measure this year. Rep. Richard Boiling, D-Mo., said even If enough signa'urcs can be obtained on a petition to force the bill out of lh - irs committee, the measure could not be brought tu the floor , core Dec. 2.1. But Boiling, a member of the rules committee, indicatrd that S'tt mooch civil rights nympjthiwrs could be kept in Washington during the Christmas holiday. Medford Irrigation District Board Accepts Resignation The Medford Irrigation Dis trict Board yesterday afternoon rccepted the resignation of Paul ('. Culbertson as director. Floyd Baker, of Reter Fruit Company, Medford, was ap pointed to fill Culbertson's un expired term until the board election in November, 1964, when Director Gene Cameron will also be up for election. In his letter, Culbertson wrote, "I do not agree with present board policy and cannot agree in good conscience." Culbertson's resignation is the third one this year from the MID office. Philip B. Lowry resigned earlier as attorney. Mrs. Jack Petterson also re signed recently, and urged that an audit be made of the dis trict's books. John A. Graff Jr., certified public accountant, made an audit and said everything was in order. At the insistence of Culbertson and a water - users' committee, John Niedermeyer, district water-user, farmer and Wafer Plan Said Not In Best Interests j WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sen. Len B. Jordan said today that a Southern California proposal to tap the Snake River in Idaho is not in the best interests of national water conservation. Water, the Idaho Republican i said, is the life blood of the He said that carrying of wa ter through an aqueduct to sup ply water for a coastal state which admittedly has not devel oped nearly all of its own water resurccs that are presently wasting to the sea cannot be termed a wise use of that re source in the national interest. In Idaho, he said, that water can be used to make thousands of acres productive agricultural land as well as provide water for new industrial plants and for increased domestic use with out large, expensive aqueducts being necessary. AROUND THI OlOH to include the entire west. Wesley Steiner (right), interagency coordinator of affairs of the Department of Water Resources, points out the proposed plan to Hugo Fisher (left), adminis trator of California Resources Agency and Gov. Brown at Sacramento, Calif. (UPI) civic leader, made a study of Graff's audit and also reported nothing wrong. No Improper Use "I find no evidence in the audit of improper use of district funds on the part of the man ager or any irregularity in dis bursements to district person nel," Niedermeyer wrote in his report. "All funds seem to have been disbursed in accordance with established and accepted board policy." Niedermeyer recomme n d e d that the board review the por tion of the May 7 minutes con cerning clarification of direc tors' fees. As written this por tion could result in misunder standing, he explained. The $15 fee established for regular meetings should also apply to special and emergency meet ings, he said. .!, The problem is that such spe cial meetings, to provide com pensation, "require legal and proper notice," Niedermeyer noted. This means five days no tice, or a telephone call to all the directors, in case of an emergency. "In the event one member should not be available for cith er telephone or personal con tact it might leave some doubt as to whether or not any busi ness conducted would be legal and whether or not the remain ing directors were entitled to compensation," he pointed out further. Emergency Clause Niedermeyer also noted that the minutes state that disburse ments for expenses to any di rector engaged in district busi ness shall be made only upon board authorization prior to the incurrence of the expense. An emergency could mean that the directors would have to serve without compensation and at their own expense, he said. Sam Harbison, the MID at torney, suggested the board give further study to directors' fees. The board voted unani mously that Niedermeyer be given some form of compensa tion for his work. They also agreed to send a letter to Cul bertson thanking him for his "long years of service to the district. This was a joint sug- I gestion by Baker and Harbison, At the conclusion of the meeting, the board gave final approval to three reports, the audit of the past fiscal year pre pared by Leland Knox, CPA; the special audit for the year ending last October, prepared by uraff, CPA, and Niedermeyer's report on the latter audit. Jacksonville Sewer Nears Completion JACKSONVILLE This city's sewer system has virtually been completed and may be put into service next week. Members of the Jacksonville City Council learned at last night's regular council meeting that the system is now complete except for a few minor details. Dean Parsons of Cornell, How land, Hayes and Merryfield, Cor vallis engineering firm which acted as consultant on the proj ect, will inspect the system to morrow, it was learned. If the system is judged to be ready, it will be placed into op eration sometime next week. Results of Parsons' inspection are scheduled to be made known Friday. . Coupons Admitted As Evidence in Mail Fraud Trial PENDLETON (UPI) A num ber of reply coupons from pros pective buyers of land in arid Harney County were admitted as evidence today over defense objections at the mail fraud trial of seven men. Notations on the coupons indi cated many persons who re sponded to advertising thought lakes and trees were on or near the tract, government attorneys claimed. The trial was in its third day. Federal Judge John F. Kil kenny took under advisement arguments over admission of three certified surveyors' maps of tracts at the Lake Vallev sub division. The government argued for their admission and the de fense opposed it. Mrs. Betty Bardwell of Burns. former secretary - treasurer of the Harney County Escrow eo., testified today she helped mail brochures to persons who re plied to newspaper advertise ments. She testified the Burns office was set up by one of the defendants, Richard Dale Walk er and one of his employes from California. More than 15 government wit nesses testified Tuesday of their dissatisfaction with land in the area. The defendants, all from the Los Angeles and Chicago areas, are officials of Harney County Land Development Corp., which sold lots in arid Lake Valley, 22 miles south of Burns. Acting U.S. Attorney Sidney I. Lezak, in his opening statement, said the land was classified as class 7 grazing land, which is the next class above "cliffs and complete wasteland." The tracts were purchased for $24 an acre and were being re sold at $395 an acre with $5 down and $5 a month payment, according to testimony. The defendants are Abraham Koolish, 70, and his son, David, 42, both of Winnetka, 111.; John Phillips, 38, Evanston, 111.; Jack Cherbo, 37, Chicago; Richard Dale Walker, 40, Los Angeles; George Isaacs, 30, Glendale, Calif., and Maurice Hall, 39, Beverly Hills, Calif. Jury Views Site in Condemnation Suit A state highway commission condemnation suit got under way yesterday in Jackson Coun ty Circuit Court with the jurors viewing the property of Marian Nye Bean Bossier near Prospect. the highway commission is seeking 3.7 acres to be taken for realigning Highway 62. Mrs. Bossier contends the land taken and resulting damages to her property is worth $142,000 in compensation. No access would be provided. Train Robbery Suspect Is Held LONDON (UPI) - An Irish born, bearded antique dealer was ordered held without bail at Linslade today for a pre-trial hearing Dec. 10 as a key sus pect in Britain's $7.3 million "great train robbery," the larg est in history. The suspect, John T. Daly, 31, was remanded in custody on a charge of conspiracy and rob bery in connection with last Au gust's crime. He said the cnarges against mm were an lies." Daly had been under close and heavy police guard throughout the night in his cell at Aylesbury, the town closest to the scene of the robbcry. He was arrested Tuesday in Senate Passes One Year Extension to Mexican Labor Bill WASHINGTON (UPI) - The which the House and Senate dif- Senate agreed today to a sim- pie one-year extension of the Mexican farm labor program and sent the controversial measure to President Johnson. The program brings thousands of Mexican workers the so- called braceros into the United States to help harvest crops, especially in California, Texas and Arizona. The Senate agreed to a House-passed bill by a roll call vote of 50 to 36. The Senate acted on the House bill at the urging of Agriculture Committee Chairman Allen J. Ellender, D-La. The vote came after the Sen ale heard Sen. Eugene J. Mc Carthy, D-Minn., and Assistant Majority Leader Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn., plead for the Senate to hold fast lo its earlier stand. The asked that the Senate They asked that the senate insist on a conference with the House on McCarthy's amend ment which would have re quired farmers to offer domes tic workers transportation, hous ing, workmen's compensation, and a minimum work period guarantee. Such benefits are ex tended to Mexican workers. McCarthy and Humphrey said they were seeking to protect American workers and not to kill the bracero program. Hum phrey said inclusion of the Mc Carthy amendment in the pro gram would not hurt Mexico but that failure to include it would hurt domestic migrant workers. The House passed legislation calling for a simple one-year ex tension after sidetracking a Sen ate bill including the McCarthy amendment. To agree to the House meas ure, McCarthy said, would be a surrender to the other body. He said it would set a bad pre cedent for other legislation on Grants Pass Police Officer Dismissed GRANTS PASS - Capt. John E. Smith of the Grants Pass Po lice Department has been dis missed by Chief Phil Averill. The action was taken early Tuesday morning. "Disloyalty and dissension" were cited as the reasons for the dismissal. Smith had served with the de partment continuously since 1950. Previous to that he had served from 1946 to 1948. Roy Eames, Grants Pass city administrator, supported Av- erill's action. He issued a state ment lo the effect that he had determined dissension existed within the police department and thai in talks with the chief and other officers he had found evidence that disloyalty was a major factor in the dissension. "1 further found that there was considerable evidence in support of Chief Averill's lack of confidence in the loyalty of Capt. Smith regarding the man ner in which Chief Averill ad ministered the police depart ment," Eames said. He then stated he had recent ly issued an administrative or der to Averill "to take whatever steps were necessary to elimi nate departmental dissension." Averill became chief here in January of 1962 following the retirement of Carl Dallas. He was picked from a number of applicants, among them Capt. Smith. his $84-a-weck apartment in a Eighteen other persons are swanky section of London. awaiting trial on charges stem- The search for Daly hadmin(, from lhe robbcry spread throughout the r d ,.. , , since the night of Aug. 8 when a ! CharScs of rccclvln8 some of gang of men ambushed a royal , tne proceeds of the theft were mail train and escaped with mil-1 dropcd against another person, lions of dollars of worn bills be-1 a woman, last Monday. Only a ing shipped to be destroyed. It ! fraction of the stolen money was the greatest cash robbery has been recovered so far. of all time. Four other major suspects When captured, Daly was less are wanted for questioning in , than 50 miles from the scene of the crime. He offered no resist - ance as he was whisked off to Aylesbury to be charged with robbcry and conspiracy to rob Aylesbury, a village north of London, is a few miles from where the mail train was hi fered sharply. The bracero program was be gun in 1951 under an agreement with Mexico. It is administered by the Labor Department, which also has called for its amend ment to give great protection to domestic workers. Opponents of the program have contended for years that the wages and working conditions of domestic farm workers are hurt by the use of Mexican labor. However, supporters of Uie pro gram argue that Americans will not do the "stoop" labor per formed by the braceros. County Court to Decide About Public Hearing The county court will decide Thursday or Friday whether another public hearing should be called for the residents of the South Talent interim zoned area. This would determine feasi bility of holding an election on zoning before the ordinance ex pires Nov. 1, 19(i4. ten people trom tne area asked the county court this morning not to hold an election before Nov. 1. They agreed to another public hearing and promised to have a delegation of people attend representing their views. They also said they would cir culate petitions so -people who signed earlier petitions calling for an election may withdraw their names if they so desire. The south Talent, group this morning said a number of peo ple signed the petitions think ing calling for such an election was a normal procedure. Donald Grimes, spokesman for the group, said Jameson Selleck, Ashland, was their only representative at Monday night's hearing on the proposed election due to the fog. That group voted 1B-0 to hold the election at the earliest date. George Brenner, Jackson County planning director, ex plained the new state law does not require the county court to hold an election at the expira tion of an interim zoning ordi nance although Judge Miller in dicated the court would. A hear ing on permanent zoning for the area must be held after the land use study for the area is completed, he said. Miller said the court would direct the planning commission not to expend further time and money on a land use study if an election should be called now and until the election re sults arc in. Dry Ice Causes Snow To Fall George Milligan of the Feder ation Aviation Agency and Mer cy Flights was up in the air again today attacking the fog which blanketed the Medford Municipal airport for the fifth consecutive day. Snow flakes fell on Medford streets as a result of his dry ice sowing of the atmosphere, but fog was still in evidence. Milligan had returned at noon to report on the extent of the project. He went up at about 10 a m., according the the FAA tower staff. i connection with the robbery 1 They arc Bruce Edwards, I Daly's brother-in-law and also ! an antique dealer; Ronald Buster" Edwards, a nightclub owner; Roy J. "Weasel" James, a racing car driver; and James E. White, a cafe proprietor. it'-1- V'i Vlitfl ' lh " i '. , CLOSES COUNCIL - Pope Paul VI stands in front of his throne in St. Peter's Basilica during closing ceremonies of Ecumenical Council session in the Vatican City. As he closed the session, he announced ne will make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in Janu ary. (UPI Radiotelcphoto) Pope Paul VI Tells Of Holy Land Visit As Council Closes VATICAN CITY (UPD-Pope Paul VI closed the second ses- siun oi me ecumenical council ioaay wun a surprise announce ment that he will make an his - toric visit to the Holy Land in Ja""nry: .. . ...... The visit to the Middle East, will be the first by a Pope since the time of St. Peter 1,900 years ago. Pope Paul will be the first pontiff to leave Italy in 151 years. Vatican sources said he will make the trip by air which will be the first (light by a Pope. The birthplace of Christ and the holy places identified with his life now lie in Israel and Jordan, and sources said the Pope will visit both countries. The announcement of his forthcoming journey was made by the Pope at the end of a half - hour speech closing the second session of the council, Vatican II. A third session is scheduled for next September. Shortening of Decrees In his Latin language dis course, the Pope ordered a simplifying and shortening of proposed decrees still to be con sidered by the council in hopes of completing its work next year. The council fathers took final voles approving decrees on the form of public worship for Catholics and on modern com munications media. The Pope then promulgated the decrees, and they became binding as law on the world's half billion Roman Catholics. The decrees were the only two of 17 documents up for consideration by the council that have been completed, although three more are close lo being finished. Following the promulgation, the Pope addressed the 2,150 prelates present In the great Basilica of St. Peter's and told them the "practical implica tions" of the council's work will be decided by commissions after it has drawn to a close. .Symbolizes Theme In deciding to visit the Holy Land in Palestine, the Pope dramatically symbolized t h e theme of the present council WEATHER Pmtl'.CAHT: Ko In mriAl Of villcy through Tliurftdny, Ocri iltmal high cloiidlnrit ibnve U. Low tonic hi IliRh Thumdnv 32-31, except 40-44 above log. Temp. MUhPtl Vrilrrrinr TS l.tmesl Thli .Mfirnlnit I'rrc. to 10 a.m. Todiy, Trace Our Skies Tonight HunPt today 4:1!) p.m. KunrUe tomorrow 1 :25 a.m. Mooitrlit tiinllit . . K:M p.m. Untl Quarter Hiturday The pimel, fUturrt, letting earlier each night, will leave lhe evening ky In January and will return as a morning planet In ftWrch. . called by his predecessor Pope John XXIII. Pope John signl- nea nis desire to bring the - cnurcn up to date with the 1 times. I Bv visilinir lh. Holu r ..nj presumably by chartered jet- llnor. Pnno Pmil u,iii h. ,.!, back to the nriffln nf rhrlHn. ity Not since St. Peter, one of Christ's 12 apostles and the first Pope who left Palestine and ea- tablishcd the papacy in Rome has a pontiff returned to he Holy Land. St. Peter died a martyr's death by crucifixion in Rome in 64 A.D. Murder Trial of Ruby Is Delayed DALLAS (UPI)-Jack Ruby's murder trial was delavod Tues day until Feb. 3 to allow the state and defense lawyers more time to prepare their cases. Ruby Is charged with the Nov. 24 shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, suspected assassin of President Kennedy. Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown postponed the trial after a con ference with Dist. Atty. Henry Wade and Tom Howard, de fense lawyer. The case had been scheduled to start Mon day. The slate's Investigation of Ruby continued today and the defense said it would require several more weeks of work to complete preparations. A pre trial sanity hearing also was considered by Howard. Ruby, 52, a striptease club owner, dashed from a crowd of newsmen at the Dallas police station and fired a shot Into the body of Oswald, Millions of television viewers witnessed the fatal shooting. Brown ruled that' HnwnrH could apply for a sanity hear- nig Deiore me r en. 3 trial date. That pre-trial session would rl. tcrminc whether Ruby was sane when the shot was fired ann ii ne is sane now. If ruled Insane when the shooting occurred, but sane at the time of the pre-trial hear ing, ituby could be freed. If the panel finds him Insane at the pre-trial hearing, he could be sent to a state hospital. Even if Ruby is found sane at the sanity hearing, his law yers still could base defense on a plea of insanity. Wade indicated that he would seek the death penalty for ituby, who faced murder with malice charges. KELLOGG, Idaho (UPD-The strike against the nation's 1arg est silver mine entered Its sec ond month today with no settle ment in sight. t Governor Praises Legislature for Handling Crisis Legal Action Could Slow Park Progress SALEM (UPI) -Some of Boe ing Company's plans for the proposed 100,000-acre Boardman space age industrial park will be announced by the first of the year, Gov. Mark Hatfield said Tuesday. The governor told a news con ference that while the project remains to be completed, "we nave made tremendous yard age." He voiced praise for the leg islature's quick handling of the fiscal and Boardman crises dur ing the special session. "The legislature has redeemed itself in the eyes of the people to some extent by minimizing the bickering that characterized the regular session," he said. The Governor has scheduled a meeting with Veterans' Af fairs Director H. C. Saalfeld to work out details of the agency's take-over of the Boardman pro ject. He said he did not know it rumored plans to raise new In. gal hurdles in the path of the Doaraman project would materi alize. He admitted such action could slow down the project, al- uiougn ne denied the project could be stopped. At least one legislator is re ported to be considering a suit to challengo the legality of the Boardman bill adopted at the I special session which ended Monday.' Hatfield said Boeing already I was on the site, and he expect- ea me iaci mat Boeing nad the lana woum improve its compe titive position in the battle for space-age contracts. He revealed other firms, in cluding "prime defense contrac tors," recently had inouired about the availabilftv of land in the area. Hatfield said "there have been no significant changes" in the Slfle s. tlscal situation since the austerity program was launched fter the 0cL 15 tflX referen- aum n . , . TUa rtBudet Comment iUV gUVCIUU! 3HIU ue COUId not "at this point" comment on any possible budget restorations. He said he would not attempt to forecast what kind of a reve nue program the state would need for the 1965-67 biennium until after the deadline for initi ating tax measures had passed. "We are in a fiscal crisis now because we have not had tax reform. If there are no changes, the present crisis will increase." Hatfield said he micht once again ask the legislature to adopt in 1965 the net receiDts tax reform program that law makers turned down in the 1961 and 1963 sessions. The governor said he still op posed a sales tax for Oregon. Hatfield predicted "we will see a significant turnover in legislative personnel next year. Asked if he meant only Demo crats, he replied "the legisla ture as a whole." He said he did not expect the Boardman project to become an issue in the 1964 election cam paigns, but added "if the Dem ocrats want to make It an is sue, I welcome it." Man Treated for First Degree Burns David Huckaba received first degree burns on one arm from an explosion in the bathroom of his apartment at 318 E. 12th St. yesterday afternoon city firemen reported. Firemen said that Huckaba was cleaning a pair of coveralls in the bathtub with gasoline. An electric heater nearby ignited vapors from the gasoline. The resulting explosion blew the door off the bathroom. Both fire and explosion dam age occurred to the bathroom and all of the apartment was damaged by smoke, according to firemen, who were summoned about 4 p.m. Huckaba was treated at the scene. George Cox, Fern Valley Road, is owner of the apart ment house. Firemen reported that an oil stove overheated at the Alvin J. Taubois residence, 29 Jean nctte St., causing fuel vapors to explode about 2:55 p.m. yester day. They said there was no damage other than soot and smoke in the room.
