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Newspaper Page TextRogue Valley Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents! Medford United Press International full Leased Wire 28 Pages Record eaves Up To 21 Over M In Western Region By United Press International i of snow. Traverse City meas A late autumn storm blowing ured 19 inches. Holland, Mich., off the Great Lakes today : got another 13 inches, bringing heaped up to 21 inches of snow the total on the ground to two onto western Michigan and feet. threatened areas eastward to the Appalachians with an 8 inch snowfall. Muskegon, Mich., which al ready had a foot of snow on the ground, collected a record 18 inches in 24 hours. The snow brought the total for this month to 56.8 inches, also a record. Mears, Mich., had 21 inches West Berliners Await Passes for Christmas Visits BERLIN (UPI)-Thousands of West Berliners waited for hours in bitter cold today to obtain passes for Christmas vis its to Communist East Berlin for the first time in three years. Arrangements to permit an . Uimatcd 800.01)0 West Berlin crs with relatives in the Communist-controlled Eastern sector to cross the Red-built anti-refugee wall for Christmas were completed Tuesday. Offices Opened The East Germans opened 12 offices in West Berlin today to process applications for the passes, being issued for the first time since the wall was built in August, 1961. Each pass will be good for a one-day visit on any day from 7 a.m. to midnight, starting Thursday and ending Jan. 5. The visiting deadline is extend ed to 5 a.m. on New Year's Eve. One man, Dieter Gchrke, 31, a locksmith, said he and his wife wanted to see his wife's mother, "bringing all the food we can carry." Christ a Schliewe, 22, one of the applicants, said she wanted a pass for Dec. 22 to visit her husband's mother and father. In line since 4:45 a.m., Chris- ta said she hadn t eaten since Tuesday night. "I've been too excited, sue , added, her eyes glowing. Tl, n-itc sm-nnmnnl Vl-.HI nn. Foliated between West and East i w.M oti .,v - Berlin oficals for what boTh ' " , ' " . sides said were "humane rea sons Dam Controversy Ended by Senate WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Senate today threw in the towel in a redhot controversy with the House over authorization of the East-West cold war. He said Ihe Knowles Dam project in West-; President emphasized his per crn Montana. Isonal experience with the New The action came when the Deal in the United States .10 Senate adopted a conference re- years ago and envisoned an ex port on a bill authorizing con- tension of its principles to the linucd development in the na- world. tlon s major river basins. ine mil nas oeeo a nidjui stumbling b 1 o c k between the two houses in the dirvc for ad-; journmcnl. i The bill which now goes to President Johnson for his s.gna-! Hire, allows work to proceed on protects throughout the country, iMaiiy projects in 11 river Das-I ins were threatened with sus-1 pension ana some were neing continued through Ihe advance of local funds. iroject ITEMS FROM NEWSBRIEFS AUTHORIZATION BILL SENT TO CONGRESS WASHINGTON (LPIl Congress, hurrying toward a Friday i holiday adjournment, sent the SSI 7 million river basin aulhoriza tion bill to President Johnson today and began near linal action 1 on Its compromise S3. 3 billion foreign aid measure. JOHNSON GETS LI MBER M ARKING III I.I. WVMIIM.TON ( I I'll The llmisr today passed and srol to I'rrsident Johnson a bill that would require country-of-origin markings on lumber imported into Ihe United Slates. Canada has said it linprs Johnson will veto the bill. Mi N X.M.MIA IN N XRROXV ESCAPE ABOARD Pl.ANt PARIS (I PI 1 X I'nitrd State Air Force Boeing jet carry ing l)rfrn-r Secretary Robert S. MrNamara narrowly estwrd collision wilh a Trans XXorld Airlines jrl al befogged Orlv Air lirld loday. X U.S. nflicial said "the krt-rrlary ld a close call." Two Sections Storm Snow ichigan Inches Fall Roads Clogged The snow clogged secondary roads, forcing schools to close in some areas. High winds fanned the flakes into deep drifts, blocking highways in some areas. Benton Harbor, Traverse City and points around I Muskegon were listed as snow bound. Up to five inches of snow fell in western Pennsylvania during the night, enabling Pittsburgh police to track down a burglar by following his footprints. Bitter cold was the rule over most of the Eastern two thirds of the nation. Temperatures fell near zero as far south as Ok lahoma and Alabama. At Waynesville, Mo., a couple in a family of (our died when an explosion and fire destroyed their home. The Coast Guard searched for the pilot of a private plane that crashed into the icy waters of Lake Erie near Dunkirk, N. Y. The pilot reported carbure tor icing and loss of control be fore the crash Tuesday night. Tugboats Held Back Tugboat operators at Cairo, 111., held back their boats from trips to St. Louis, Mo., when the Weather Bureau said the Mississippi River would fall to record low stages by the weekend. Thick ice floes were reported going downriver at Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Ches ter, III. Skies cleared behind the storm center and temperatures plunged to 26 degrees below zero at Havre, Mont. Interna tional Falls, Mont., Bismarck, N.D., and Aberdeen, S.D., the home of the Fischer quints, all reported 25 below. Better Relations Up To Chinese UNITED NATIONS. N v (UPI) U. S. Ambassador Ad ai E. Stevenson said today that rC( china's "aggressive, lone W()f" fon,jgn p0jcy js more antl more threatening to the ,. , I : unr n ann in;ii Hnv c'mhiil'h in rclation wilh lhc ijnited s,alcs , comlTf 1 pZ, j must come nom i CKing. mil, oievuuauu luiu a ui:va ; conference in which he summed i up the General Assembly which closed Tuesday night, "Thei monolithic Communist world is j full of cracks and diversity no i prior to submitting it at the I The board approved a resolu longer is the monopoly of one public meeting, notice of which (ion drawn up in cooperation group Stevenson underlined President Johnson's appeal in the Assem- blv Tuesday for an end to the j.fg UesffOVS Villi ' . Near Komatn falls KLAMATH FALLS 'UPI) ' Fire early today destroyed Elhngson Timber Company mil at Pelican City just north of here. The mill had been inopera-. live lor Clgni years. Firemen pumped water from upper Mamam bane lOKcep me blaze from spreading No immc-1 I diate damage estimate was given. I'nitri pre tntrrn.itional r'ull Lcasrd Wire J MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1963 No7233 4m-rM Ufa WBtw -i EWii.ji' it', ..T r.i-i ;,i vij:-tZZ,x tiLjiL Budget Officer for School District Is Appointed by Board Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, su perintendent of Medford School District, was appointed budget officer by the board of educa tion last night. The appointment is the first step in preparation of a district budget for the rj(4-65 school year. It also is the first year a budget officer has been ap pointed. Recent revisions in stale laws governing budgets include ap- pointment of a budget officer ailU Ullliri luaud nuivn " W V reviewed last night by Wilson sa( (is,;.ict clcrk Most of the changes relate to fin. I items. One change pro vides for a budget message by . ., '1.5?L.. 'k.0,' a.. fT,K P-vides .ha. the budget be siib-; milled lo lie hoard al a nubhc m...;n To Prepare liiidgrl I The budget officer is rcspon-j sible for preparing the budget will be published. In another budget item on , i NATO Nuclear Force Plans Set WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi- neni .lonnson nas reiewcu . . i i i plans for a NATO nuclear navy armed with Polaris missiles ana ordered full snced ahead on the controversial project adminis-i ::,' '-..i 'i.i.... ' Tecm- " 15 n e(msulted g7,hTadmmrWa I on on details tm. . ,. "- I ' ., ...... 2'. . ' ., : nf mjssjos . . . . orn . . ' , ' ,:,:.. a UIULILSS I ClUl I Ull IlL llt Idllllim ; wjtn t,e Allies. Arrangements already are he- ! ing made for a "demonstration" ship to prove that it is practi cal to operate a warship with a crew drawn from several allied , nations. The United States has offered one of its guided mis ! silc destroyers for this purpose. ! , WEATHER I t'ORKCAST: Vallfv fnt (nnlcht; olhfrwiir. inrrrame rlomltriPM I Hilh shnwfri Thtirria'. Low tonicht nfar . Mich Thurs , day nrar 1 Trmp . Ilnhft rrr4 1 1 j I.iiufsl Thi Mtirnlng Our Skies Tonight ; SiinNet lorlav 10 p m. I Minrl tomnrrow T l a.m. Mnmiri mmcht 1 P m : I irt giiartft Ht, ?.l ! IX vrars ae" tmiiiht th'tf uav : a total fdipsr f h fmn that 1 j hix i)hl (hrniisb(nit nfth Amrrira. Ih1 n-t ulipf f I ttm tnr. on lifrmhrt m will a I on iiital and will hr MU rr the board's agenda, Mrs. Car roll Haupert was recommended for the budget committee of the Jackson County Intermediate Unit. School law changes passed by the last legislature provide I that the budget committee of the intermediate unit be made I up of active board members ! from districts of the county ! Ihe crew, which has pushed y Welfare Commission will Previously they had been up-! schedules :up two hours beyond j mccl wiln ,,, chl,rHablc sub pointed from throughout the, normal, handled 3H1.000 pirees county and did not necessarily of mail. On the heaviest mailing ! mmitlee of the Jackson Coun represent a district. j day in 1962 there were 368.000 I ty Medical Society early next. The board also discussed the , possibilily of visitations to Southern California, New Mexi co and Illinois to observe cdu- k n 1 . i " , ' ' 01,0. No dates were, established for the visitations, uiiin.1 mi. but they probably will be made hv Hliitrifl rnl-ll'.itmil :ilil-nc nrlv: next vear. Resolution Approved with the City of Medford for a building permit fur a temporary building which houses the Mcd- ford High School bookroom The resolution authorizes As sistant Superintendent J. Rus sell Acheson to apply for the building permit. T,un ;ni.. ,.....;. .i;.. ....... . " V: .' iiuiii niLiiiuiu ijiinvvi ,. . . .. ,.,;, resj(icn(S along jasper Street, requesting the board to restrict student parking alone the street, petition signed by residents alone Jasner Street aciomnanierl letter. The board also read a letter from Merlin Blais. assistant di- rector of education niibhc rela- tinni Vnl f,,oul I urr,l,n,mnn Association, in which plans were discussed for an article n the Medford Rich School house - hiiilHinti nmii-r i The article would he published in a national periodical. SHOPPING 0rS LEFT CHRISTMAS SEALS lijMTB arid other RESPIRATORY DISEASES a Limit x Turc iMiitii mis is Hie way the moon will look to the first astronauts when they reach 250 miles from a lunar landing. The photo, believed equal or better than any now available of the moon, was taken from about 250.000 miles by lunar planetary scientists of the Lockheed-California Co. at the new Stony Ridge Observatory in Post Office's Big Day Was Monday, Bradford Reports Monday was the Medford Psl Office's biggest day, Al Bradford, acting postmaster, announced this morning. P'?sl01 incoming ana o ngoing ; man iiiiiiuieti ai me imuuiuiu Post Office, Bradford said. I The overall volume of mail 1'ost Office was still a little un- , . . hnumimr liiomiun , . ru'nmng .oer ,.,., ' '""" ' 1 I ne pica 10 patrons m man early, particularly early in the day. was repeated by Bradford, The late in the day mailing dif ficulty encountered this year could probably be attributed to the fog, he added. Not Moving Around People are just not moving around early in the day during the kind of weather Medford is exper cueing. . ..- ui.. ! ?Vnir.r JiP'J!;. .hi i.... r it.. m..:i kii,. il,n I.. I' u:"7?r h " "irapidly. He estimated, consid H I n niLtri I't a.m.. in: .iaiu, n-u ,,. ic :,k nniiino ihn so upsetting the1 airmail schedules. No mail has ... v ht moved bv air out of Medford or into Medford since last Fri day. The airmail is being taken in ' Klamath Falls bv bus and loses little tune on its eventual journey through this transfer as planes are operating on sched - ule in Klamath Falls. Airmail li,,n,l (nr Meilfnrri is hand ed in this same manner, Bradford said Crews begin operations at the1 Medford post office at 4 a m , and all carriers are out on the si reels ny a.m. me posi wuve will not be o-ien Sunday. Dec. I :2. hut parcel post deliveries will be made. The branches in Village Variety and Grand View i Market will be open Sunday 1 The main post office was open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. last ! Sunday hul the volume of mail was not great and most of it came to Ihe windows late in ! the afternoon, probably again ' because of the log. Bradford as ; smiled. At TO I HIE EX I lM.l ISIIEI) An automobile owned by Tony Oakley, (i r a n t s Pass, backfired Ihiough the caibure- lor at Ihe Safeway Stoi c park- ing lot al the .Medford Shopping (enter ycslcrdav afternoon, ig- niling gasoline and doing dam age lo paint on Ihe howl Fire- , men were summoned almut 3 p. m. nlDUJNJi -.71 "Ti " v. Committee Named To Study Number Of Charity Patients A committee representing the County Court and Jackson Conn- year .,. u y n, una me answer Sewer Lagoons Are Filling With Water JACKSONVILLE There is a j coined over the low payment be good chance Ihe Jacksonville ing made to local physicians and sewer system will go into opcr-1 hospitals for welfare and other , , , . .. ,.. , .,.,. ' ' I . ,' . .. j svsll,m is iaUvLL'lE?. .... ,,..,,,,,,,, 11,1 done, representatives of the not charge anvlhing for serv Cornell, llowland, Hayes and;jCes rendered charily patients Merryficld engineering firm re-1 Both private nursing 'homes and ported at a meeting with the ' ()Cai hospitals have complained i.ii.n.Miiniiii: vuj v.uuui.11 1001 nignt. i The sewer lines themselves have all been checked. All that , iu ,u : ?Lc'e. J SL : ;.m.. tl,nn, fin.il iii.Tin. a mi,inm ,,f fimlinn nnminh A' nroblem of finding enough .. ,.. en i......nt it ...j.it. water to fill the lagoons 1 ing a slight delay. Mayor E. O. -i Graham said. It would be pro - ! hihitively expensive to use wa- ler from the eitv's suimlv. which is purchased from Med - tord. he explained. 1 Hunoff wa(cr from a Medford im0alion District canal and f,.,,m l,.l,un IVnnt k hoinn use, t fill the lagoons. They hold about eight million gallons, i, wjii reuuire about Iwo more ,i..VK t nil ihe lammns and an- 0(hcr W0 days to lest them lor. leaks. : ( nn problems show up by n(,xt Monday, the system will be ready for use, Ihe mayor said t The service charge for use of the sewer will go into effect when the system officially! starts operating 6 DaVS of Foq 1(1 ' . Medford Are NOfed Medford today started its With Equalization, it w a s an dav of fog this season starting nounced today. Oct. I. according lo lhc Med- ford office of the Weather Bu- reau al the airport This is one less than normal, ine weaincr Bureau reported. 'Vhilc visibility Tuesday night and today was reiiorlcd as zero' - ' at the municipal airport, the ( Weather Bureau includes all days when fog cuts visibility lo! , one-quarter of a mile or less. 0 ar m the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles. The 30-inch telescope at the private observa tory brought the moon some 1,000 times closer. Seen is the crater Theophilus, one of the largest on the moon. 11 is approximately 55 miles in diameter and four limes as deep as the Grand Canyon.- (UPI) to the rapidly growing number of charity patients. The committee consists of County Judge Earl M. Miller, Dr. Edward Sickels, Medford physician and surgeon and med ical advisor to the welfare com mission; Welfare Commission er Mrs. Edward Bolt, Gold Hill; and Welfare Administrator Da vid Kuhns. The commission, and parlicu !..!.. .i. ......... . . i ii ly me i-ouniy uniri, is con- i Phriiv nmioni lnpy 00 not I'OCCIVe CllOUgh i money for welfare and indigent patients to meet their costs. Miller said the current fiscal Vear allocation of Sun mm In,- in. 1 tliRent relief is being used up "ring all county funds and c. .. .... cnnK a" county Kinds and con- trunnions, tlie county govern m1 ls M'ciKiing aiioui ixj,ixiu .1"1' toc'd charity this year. I 5 ntt Fip Wpuu Pnrlt ; ' . ' Along Columbia River SALEM (UPI) - The State ' Highway Commission today au- lhnri-eri niMinliiilinn: fin- MinUl niulrifl .IiiiIpk Kmnk Wil- 1 purchase of an Ill-acre Had of j land to be used for park pur - poses near Crown Point on the Old Columbia River Hiehwav. ... - - - - Tax Commission Refuses In Coos Bay SALEM (UPI) -The Stale Tax Commission has refused lo . take jurisdiction nf a tax dis . i . . .-ii '. pule involving industrial lands along Ihe Coos Bay shoreline. anrl h.'ic linhnlrl Ihe i;i.vimrnts , levied by the Coos County Board , The commission's action voids assessment increases ranging from 50 per cent lo 4.000 per ceni inai nan peon icvien oy Coos County Assessor F. R. , Flanagan. 'Ihe Equalization Boards ac t ion reduced Ihe assessment in creases levied by Flanagan. Involved in Ihe dispute were ; waterfront properties belonging ove by L M mphasizes Latin Affairs President Ready To Meet 'Any' Leaders WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-dent Johnson announced today that he is emphasizing the role of this country's top official on Latin American affairs by mak ing him a special White House assistant as well as assistant secretary of slate. The President, summoning re porters for his second surprise news conference in a week and a h a 1 f, said the action was in tended to bolster U.S. policy in this hemisphere. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Thomas C. Mann assumes the new posts. Indirect Answer Johnson gave an indirect an swer when asked whether he would be willing to meet with Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev. He said he was "ready and willing to meet with any of the world's leaders any time there is any indication this would be fruitful and pro ductive." The President said flatly that he expects expenditures to rise next year over the current year's budget. He said the cur rent budget would hit almost $!)!! billion as forecast. Asked if he could "live with" the $:t.2 billion foreign aid mon ey bill now pending in the Sen ate, the President said that while he was not getting all that he would like he was sure that whatever figure Congress comes up wilh "will be substantial enough to advance our national interests. Johnson, wearing a light gray suit and pacing back and forth behind his desk with his hands in his pockets, made these other mints: He expects to lly to his Tnvsi nuwh lulo CiimUu u j """ wocmer a comprehensive de sometime Monday to spend Uclopment plan for the area is I Christmas with his familv. He rnr.i ur ......... ...in .... u...i ic u. " perhaps "spend a day In the hills communing wilh myself." The leaders of the free world and the Communist bloc must as (heir ."No. 1 obligation learn to live together" so that the world's three billion people will be protected against nu clear holocaust -He has been told by De fense Secretary Robert S. Mc Namara that the just concluded NATO ministerial meeting in Paris was "a very satisfactory one. He does not plan any ma- Western Powers Answer Warning MOSCOW (UPI) The three Western powers today delivered notes to the Soviet Foreign Of fice. They were reported to concern Berlin. One source said the notes from the United States, British and French governments wore in answer to a Soviet note of Nov. 21 warning about alleged violations of Russian control pro cedures on the access routes to Berlin. The Allied notes were re ported to be in reply to a So viet warning that if American convoys to Berlin violate Rus sian control procedures, the United States would bear "the entire responsibility (or pos sible undesirable consequen ces." flic Soviet note was delivered In the American Embassy and,on Eisenhower's life Tuesday, urged Washington "not to loler-1 Joncs insjstcd he had no idea ate a situation when some lr - i responsible American officer. . . (.ouid spark olf dangerous mci - dents. I I Motions In Holla Trial To Be Heard NASHVILLE, Tcnn. (UPI) J son will hear motions Friday in , the alleged jury-tampering trial 'of Teamsters President James ' R. llofla. Industrial Land Dispute til the Menusha Corporation, I lhc commission ruled Hana Weyerhaeuser Company, Al 1 Ran did not appeal the assess Piercc Co., Evans, Products ! ,, .hi. .t, onj ,i,i Company, Coos Bay Dredging j (;omJ,uny, Central Dock Com- ' pany and Coos Bay Timber Company. The properties were valued at s:il,lifi.1 before being increased to $104.1117 by Flanagan. lhc Hoard ol Equalizations assessments which were ratified by Imlay's tax commission dcci ; sll, t(lli, sr,r,.2.r)0. j i)c dispute was aired before i the commission al a hearing - . here Dec. 3. - 1 On May 15 the Board of Equalization Issued on order changing Flanagan's assess- ! menls. jor change in the space pro gram such as elimination of the "Rover" nuclear rocket pro gram. No Political Matters -He will not decide until "the lime I am a nominee" t h e question of debating his Repub lican presidential challenger on television. Nor will he discuss "any political matters" for the time being. He told a group of farm organization leaders today that he was hopeful they could come up wilh proposals for a farm program which will solve prob lems of rural poverty as well as farmers' income for wheat and cotton. He is just as concerned about poverty in urban areas and still looks toward early congressional passage of a tax cut bill next year as the most hopeful step in solving the na tion's economic problems. Legal Opinion on South Talent Vote Expected Today Whether the Jan. 24 election in the South Talent area will be on continuation of the interim zoning until its expiration date or establishment of permanent zoning must yet be determined, District Attorney Alan Holmes said this morning. He hopes to have a local opinion this afternoon, he said. Holmes said h rfi,i n. i I .l...u... " iv 1UIWW i . 'i. lviu election can i e uiu taw aid noi require this. There are no case decisions on the new law, he explained. If a comprehensive plan is required, the Jackson .County Planning Commission must complete a comprehensive plan for the south Talent arpa hp. - '? "!e. Jan- ?4 e'ecfion; if not, - """ ,ne Q,ec"on ca" Be field " JK'Tmml zom"B mwom uu' a I"""- uie present imcnm zoning ordinance expires Nov. 1, 1964, but a number of area residents pctilioned for an election on zoning before It expires. A group of South Talent resi dents favoring the zoning now are working with the planning commission on possible changes in Ihe ordinance to allow a house trailer within the zoned area. They plan to hold another meeting among themselves aft er the holidays, a spokesman said. Ex-Con Arrested On Ike's Arrival SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (UPI) An ex-convict was held by police today for carrying a pistol and 50 rounds of ammu nition at a railroad station shortly before the arrival of former President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower. There was no immediate in formation linking Purcell Josh- mi .Tnniu J7 wilh nnv atlemnf !lnc Eisenhowers were arriving by train and was ..just rcstmg" jn lne rnjrnad station rest room when a detective found him. Jones, who has a 2:i-ycar-rcc-onl of repeated violations in volving carrying a concealed ! weapon, was booked as an ex cnnuifl nniioivoinif a rirnarm j The Eisenhowers arrived hero bv train on the way to their ! winter vacation home in Palm I Desert. Calif. . . Jurisdiction . . , . ' , recl,"red by lawi and therefore lurnca aown r lanagan s request ; that the Slate Tax Commission : lake jurisdiction and fix the new assessments. The true cash values i;et hy the board and ratified by the tax commission were; - : Mcnasha $7,000, Weyerhaeuser j 518,500, Al Pierce 513,250, Evans Products $'1,500, Central Dock I $7,500, and Coos Bay Timber $!, 5011. The values for Coos Bay Dredging were unchanged, and not listed In the commission's ruling. ' O .'V'f.i-i 1 t () (') o ()