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50th Year 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST rice 5c No. 128
Air Foroe Plane
At Least Seven
Killed in Nevada
Transport Crash
Rescue Teams Search
Surrounding Vicinity
Hawthorne, Nev. (U.R) A
twin-engined Air Force trans
port plane slammed into a 6000
foot mountain peak today and
burstCinto flames killing at least
seven airmen.
Lt. Col. George Stallings,
commander of the Marine de-
0 tachment at. the nearby Haw
thorne Naval Ammunition De
pot, reported that rescue work
ers had recovered the bodies of
seven airmen from the charred
wreckage.
"We're pretty sure that's all
that are in the wreckage, Stall
ings reported.
Area Searched
However, teams were search
ing the surrounding area to find
out if others had tried to jump
to safety before the craft plow
ed into the mountain top in
clear weather.
A radio-equipped Civil Air
Patrol plane was also scouring
the rugged mountain area for
survivors but had reported no
success.
Navy medical personnel,
ambulances, Marines and three
fire trucks from the huge am
munition dtpot rushed to the
scene shortly . after the plane
smashed into the mountain about
7:30 a.m.
They found no sign of life.
Crash in Gillis Range
The crash occurred in the rug
ged Gillis Mountain range about
(J8 miles northeast of here and
a few mles east of nearby Wal
ker Lake. The scene was about
120 miles southeast of Reno.
Names of the victims were be
ing withheld pending complete
identification and notification
of next of kin.
It was not known immediately
where the plane was based or
where it had been flying to at
the time of the crash. Stead Air
Force Base, near Reno, said it
ccdld ont confirm immediately
reports that the craft took off
e lier in the day from that base.
Klamath County
Okays Road Plan
The Klamath county court
yesterday approved construction
of a secondary federal highway
between Lake of the Woods and
McAllister Springs, according to
United Press and the Klamath
Falls Herald and News. ,
The proposal was approved by
the jlackson county court earlier
this week.
According to United Press,
the state highway commission
solicited approval by both coun
ty courts on the proposed high
way wnicn would form a con
necting link between Medford
and Klamath Falls. The 14-mile
road would be constructed with
federal government paying 60
per cent and the state 40 per
centf the cost.
According to the Herald and
News, the Klamath county court
approved the proposal, "par
ticularly if the final three or
four miles at the Klamath end
can be relocated to by-pass the
Lakeshore drive."
JuryVerdict Favors
Defendants in Trial
A federal district court jury
found the defendants not liable
in a verdict rendered about 4:45
p.m. yesterday, 20 minutes after
it took the case.
John C. and Ruth V. Rogers
of Del Norte Laundry were the
defendants in the fire damage
suit brought by Pacific Engine
ami Machine Works".
The defendants were repre
sented by George W. Mead and
Charles S. Crookham, Portland
attorneys. Everett Barr, Yreka,
and H.B. Collins represented the
plaintiff.
Today Judge James Alger Fee
is hearing a no-jury court case,
John B. Hamacher vs. Hillcrest
Orchards. The suit concerns
condemnation of land for a right
of way.
Tfooirimtom) Hite Hock
At
Salem (U.R) Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton struck
back today at Gov. Paul L. Pat
terson for, as he put it, "calling
me a liar" in a controversy over
recent investigation of Oregon
Liquor Control Commission per
sonnel.
Thornton called on the gov
ernor yesterday to make avail
able to him all the testimony
amassed by Robert Maguire and
Howard Bobbitt, Portland attor
neys who questioned OLCC per
sonnel at request of the commis
sion and Gov. Patterson.
Said Evasion of Truth
The governor replied that "the
statement of Attorney General
Thornton that there is informa
tion or reports in the hands of
the liquor commission or myself
that has not been disclosed is not
true."
And Thornton replied:
"Gov. Patterson's statement
that he has turned over to me
the full contents of the $4000
Maguire investigation into bribe
ry and payoffs inside the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission and
publicly calling me a liar for say
ing otherwise is a bare-faced
evasion of the true facts and an
insult to the intelligence of the
people of Oregon."
Thornton said that contrary to
the governor's "official state
ment, he has not given me the
Proposed Freeway
Route Interferes
With School Plans .
Central Point H. P. Jewett,
superintendent of schools in Dis
trict 60, is in Portland today con
ferring with State Highway com
mission members on a new pro
posed freeway route through
Central Point which would be
within 150 feet on a proposed
new primary school building.
Jewett was notified this week
that the new highway by-passing
Central Point probably
would take about four acres off
land recently purchased for con
struction of a 12-room school at
the east end of Manzanita st.
Genessee-Tripp Route
The proposed route, the right
of way of which would be with
in 150 feet of the new building,
is an extension of one which
State Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldock said was the mpst feas
ible along Genessee-Tripp st.
route in Medford.
Jewett said the proposed route
would severely effect efficient
use of the site, which the school
district purchased after careful
consideration of district needs.
Bids for construction of the
new building are scheduled to be
opened Aug. 31. Details of con
struction are based on contour
of the site, and a relocation of
the building would require alter
ations in plans and specifications
which would further delay con
struction. Five Routes Surveyed
F. D. Morgan, assistant engi
neer for the state highway de
partment, said five surveys were
made for a by-pass east of Cen
tral Point had been made, and
the proposed route was found the
most feasible.
Three routes surveyed east of
the school district site go through
open country, but Morgan said
that estimated costs for using the
route surveyed just east of the
dirstrict property would be about
$130,000 higher.
No date has been announced
for construction of the new free
way. MERCY FLIGHT
John Maass, Medford realtor,
was taken this morning to Port
land by Mercy Flights where he
was scheduled to undergo sur
gery at Good Samaritan hospital.
He became ill last night and
his attending physician and Mrs.
Maass accompanied him to Port
land. The Medford physician re
turned on the return flight of
the plan.
0v.
Bams
Pca44erso'in)
full contents of this eight-months
long investigation, and what's
more, he knows it.
"What Gov. Patterson gave me
(and to the newspapers) was sim
ply a three or four page letter
from Mr. Maguire containing Ma
guire's generalizations and opin
ions about the organization and
operation of the liquor commis
sion," plus a summary of charges
against one of the OLCC em
ployees Thornton said.
"I received this dummy report
on Feb. 23, 1955, and immediate
ly wrote Gov. Patterson asking
for the full contents of the in
vestigation including the sworn
testimony and deposition for
which the state has already paid.
Stock Auction Set
At 4-H, FFA Fair;
WinnersAnnounced
The county 4-H and FFA fair
went into its fourth day today
with dairy judging, home econo
mics, and a fat stock auction.
Home economics contests and
demonstrations continue until 8
p.m. and the fat stock auction is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Fair schedule for tomorrow is:
9 a.m. D airy showmanship.
2:30 p.m. Sheep shearing con
test. 2:30 p.m. Agricultural
demonstrations. 2:30 p.m. Trac
tor driving contest. 7:30 p.m.
Style review and special awards
program.
The style review and presen
tation of trophies will end the
fair tomorrow evening. ,
Winners in previous contests
include:
Market Hogs, grand champion,
David- Carter, Gold Hill; re
serve champion, Betty Ann Hig
day, Antelope. Breeding Hogs,
senior grand champion, Russell
Elmore, Applegate, Junior grand
champion, Charles Elmore,
Applegate.
Swine, champion showman,
Lois Biles, Gold Hill. Sheep,
champion showman, Mildred
Gail, Gold Hill. Market Lambs,
grand champion, Jerry Joy,
Bellview; reserve champion, Mil
dred Gail, Gold Hill. Market
Pens of Three, champion, Grace
Gail; reserve champion, Mildred
Gail, both of Gold Hill.
Breeding Stock, champions,
Carl Skyrman, Central Point;
Ursula Bates, Oak Grove; Robert
Rosenbalm, Valley View; Terry
Gail, Gold Hill; Gwen Krouse,
Applegate; Annette Drager, Bell
view; Lois Biles, Gold Hill; Mike
Higday, Antelope; and Frances
Krouse, Applegate.
Market Steers, ' grand cham
pion hereford, David Wolf oik,
Antelope; reserve champion an
gus. Linda Malloroy, Antelope.
Breeding Stock, (hereford s)
grand and junior champion,
Patsy Charley, Central Point;
senior champion, Ron Anderson,
Antelope; (Grade Hereford), jun
ior, senior, and grand champion,
Martin Heitkamp, Antelope;
(Registered Angus), senior and
grand champion, Robert Hayes,
Antelope, junior champion,
Linda Malloroy, Antelope;
(Grade Angus), champion Di
anna Gardener, Antelope; (Reg
istered shorthorns), champion,
David Christenson, Applegate;
(Registered galloways), junior,
senior, and grand champion,
Dale Smith, Central Point.
Carole Jo Kabler
Wins Golf Championship
Florence, S.C. (U.R) Carole
Jo Kabler, Sutherlin, Ore., de
feated Joanne Gunderson of
Kirkland, Wash., 4 and 3 in the
U. S. Golf Association's junior
girl's championship finals.
GEORGE PUTNAM RETIRES
Salem (U.R) George Putnam
retired today as wire editor of
the Capital Journal, Salem daily
newspaper, and will write a
column. Before coming to Salem
Putnam had published the Med
ford Mail Tribune. --
oyoKaifii
I wrote again asking for the ma
terial. I never received a reply
to my second letter."
Thornton said he was "not in
terested in eye-wash letters" and
charged that the "secret report"
showed evidence of bribes rang
ing from $40 to $10,000 being
solicited by commission em
ployees. Wants To Examine Testimony
"As the people's attorney,
Thornton said, "I wish to ex
amine the sworn testimony of
the witnesses interrogated under
oath by Maguire before an offi
cial court reporter. Mr. Maguire
was appointed by the liquor com
mission as their official agent for
this express purpose. According
to the records of the audit divi
sion of the secretary of state's
office, the court reporter has paid
the sum of $857.85 for these
stenographic services."
The attorney general con
cluded "this ds the public's busi
ness and the public is entitlted
to a full and complete disclosure
of tnis secret- data without fur
ther dodging or stalling by any
one, including both the governor
and the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission."
Communists Agree
To Discuss Return
Of Downed Airmen
Munsan, Korea , (U.R) The
Communists today agreed to a
request of the U.N. Military
Command for an "urgent" face
to face meeting to discuss the
return of two American Air
Force officers, shot down by the
Reds last Wednesday.
The meeting will be held at
5 p.m.-Saturday (PST).
U. S. Air Force Maj. Gen.
Harlan C. Parks, senior U.N.
member of the commission, had
called an earlier meeting.
He said the Reds had replied
that Saturday was the "earliest
time" they could arrange to
meet him. x
Survival Not Indicated
Up to now the Communists
who shot down the plane over
the neutral, demilitarized zone
of Korea, have given no indica
tion whether or not the two Air
Force officers survived the crash
of their small training plane.
Parks said he "will demand
that the Communists return the
pilot and the passenger" of the
small propeller-driven T6 train
ing plane shot down Wednesday
by "trigger happy" Communist
gunners in a new example of
Communist "wanton barbarism."
Incident Not Mentioned
The U. S. Air Force said it
still 'did not know whether the
two men aboard, a captain and
a lieutenant were alive. The
plane crashed in North Korea
when shot down over the demili
tarized zone which separates
North and South Korea.
The Communist radio has not
mentioned the incident or given
any indication whether the two
Americans survived.
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Mercy Flights Acquires Two Large Twin-Engined Planes
Mercy Flights, Inc., today an
nounced the acquisition of two
large airplanes. Its service will
be surer, faster and safer as a
result, officers said.
The organization, formed more
than 5Ji years ago as the. na
tion's only air ambulance serv
ice which is neither operated
for profit nor subsidized by gov
ernment, has obtained and will
soon place in service two surplus
Air Force personnel transports.
They are twin-engine Beechcraft
planes, capable of flying in
.weather conditions which would
hail the organization's present
airplanes, j
The only costs in obtaining
the planes were telephone, tele
graph and postal charges in
completing arrangements, and
mechanics' feet for getting the
FORECAST: Continued fair and
slightly cooler. Low tonight
52. High Saturday 92.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 96
Lowest this Morning 56
Six Passengers
Reported Killed
As Train Derailed
Coach Ripped Apart,
Witnesses Report
Marked Tree, Ark. (U.R) At
least five and possibly six per
sons were killed in the wreck
of Frisco's Kansas City-Florida
passenger train in the city limits
here today.
One of the victims was a four-
year-old child. The only victim
identified immediately was Wil
liam Richard, about 56, Bonner
Springs, Kan., a dining car stew
ard.
Witnesses at the scene said
the bodies of two women were
taken from the wreckage. One
of the injured died later in a
Memphis hospital.
Railroad officials reported that
six were killed.
Cars Jump Track
Four cars of the eight-coach
passenger train jumped the track
when the first of them hit a
switch pin which apparently had
been jarred loose.
The first of the derailed
coaches hit one of two boxcars
on a siding, -knocking them off
the track and demolishing them
The coach in which the casual
ties occurred was the first to
leave the track and bore the
brunt of the impact. The side
of the coach was "completely
ripped out," one witness said.
However, none of the passenger
coaches overturned, and casual
ties were believed confined to
the one coach.
There were three other
coaches behind the heavily dam
aged One which were derailed.
Mitch Odom, newscaster for
station KNEA at Jonesboro, said
the first coach to jump the track
was "torn completely apart."
"It's really a mess here," he
said. "They're still . digging
around for the dead and in
jured." Marked Tree Postmaster E. P.
Blanton said he helped recover
the bodies of one man, two wom
en and a child. He said workers
could see the body of another
woman in the wreckage, and
torches were put into use to cut
into the car.
Railroad Complaint
Answered in Court
Salem (U.R) Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Helt
zel filed an answer in Marion
County Circuit Court today to
a complaint of the Southern Pa
cific railroad concerning pas
senger service to Ashland.
Southern Pacific brought the
complaint for a declaratory
judgment with respect to the
commissioner's authority to sus
pend abandonment of the com
pany's trains 329 and 330 pend
ing an investigation, hearing and
determination by the commis
sioner.
Heltzel in his answer asks for
a decree declaring the relative
rights, status and legal relations
between the commissioner's of
fice and the railroad in connec
tion with service matters, and
declaring that the commission
er's suspension order is valid and
enforceable.
Washington (U.R) Assistant
Surgeon General David E.
Price predicts that in the not
too distant future polio will be
more dangerous than the
once dread diseases of smallpox
and diphtheria.
planes ready for service.
One was flown here last night
from Ogden, Utah, by George
Milligan, chairman of Mercy
Flights and chief pilot for the
unique service. The other plane
arrived this morning after
stopping overnight at Reno,
Nev. It was piloted by Bill
Brooks, one of a half-dozen vol
unteer pilots who fly Mercy
planes for no reimbursement
other than expenses. Brooks was
accompanied by Jerome Senter,
a former Air Force crew chief,
who assisted in readying the
planes for flight.
The new planes, it is hoped
by officers of the organization,
will mean fewer delays due to
weather when a patient must
be transported to a medical cen
ter, and when every minute
could be the difference between
Two States Called
Disaster Areas as
Heavy Rains Fall
Many Towns Awash;
Trains Stranded
New York . U.R) A dying
hurricane poured flood waters
across the northeastern United
States today, inundating hun
dreds of communities, taking
more than a score of lives and
causing damage estimated in the
hundreds of millions.
Western Connecticut and Mas
sachusetts were declared official
disaster areas. Sections of Penn
sylvania, New York, New Jer
sey, Rhode Island, West Virginia,
Delaware, Maryland and the
District of Columbia were awash
with the waters from spilling
rivers and bursting dams.
Connecticut's Gov. Abraham
A. Ribicoff asked President Ei
senhower by telegram to de
clare the "state a major disaster
area and allocate federal funds
for its assistance.
Gov. Ribicoff said damage in
the Torrington - Farmington
Colebrook area had been esti
mated at one billion dollars be
fore noon, with flood waters
sending buildings, oil tanks and
debris, floating 1 through the
streets. ,
T-affic at Standstill
Ten thousand blasting caps,
capable of blowing up any i
bridge they touch, were washed
into Pennsylvania's Schuylkill
river from a flooded power plant
and coursed down the swollen
stream toward Philadelphia.
Rail service was suspended on
main lines throughout New Eng
land and in other affected states.
Roads into affected areas were
washed out, blocked by land
slides or buckling bridges.
Army, Coast Guard and Na
tional Guard forces using boats,
amphibious vehicles and heli
copters, rescued stranded resi
dents, and campers from rooftops
and trees." ,
Towns Cut Off
Twenty-nine persons were re
ported killed in five of the af
fected states, by drowning, elec
trocution and flood-caused high
way disasters. Death tolls were
largely uncounted, however, as
rescuers sought out the living.
Many towns were 'cut off from
ali outside communication.
The disastrous downpour was
attributed by the Weather Bu
reau, to a dying spurt from hur
ricane Diane in ' combination
with high humidity in the area
across which the storm center
passed The storm was expected
to pass off the coast of Mass
achusetts by late afternoon.
Boston as completly without
rail service as all three roads
serving the city canceled opera
tion because of track washouts.
A swollen reservoir threat
ened to burst its dam over a
score of Western Massachusetts
and Connecticut towns, many of
them already inundated by over
flowing streams.
The Coast Guard reported it
was "picking people out of
trees" by helicopter in the Tor
rington, Conn., area.
Trains Marooned
A second major flood disaster
swirled through the adjacent cor
ners of New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania where at least
10 deaths were reported. Two
passenger trains were marooned.
Thirty-three children were be
ing plucked by helicopter from
a summer camp turned into an
island overnight. Other summer
camps were cut off from the
world.
Cumberland, Md., and Ridge-
ley, Va., were flooded by the
spilling waters of the Cumber
land. More than 12 inches of rain
had fallen in the Massachusetts
and Connecticut areas in the
last 48 . hours and it was still
coming down at midmorning.
life or death. They are large
aircraft, with places for pilot
and co-pilot, and for five pas
sengers. Before being put in
service, probably in about a
veek, they will be equipped for
stretcher operation. The planes
are powered by two 450-horse-power
engines, and the speed
and other performance charac
teristics of the planes is con
siderably more than either of
the other aircraft now operated
by the non-profit organization.
Mercy Flights, Inc., was
formed in the fall and winter of
1949 when Milligan, impressed
by the death of a prominent
Medford man while en route to
Portland by ground ambulance,
conceived the idea of a non
profit air ambulance service. A
fund-raising drive wai started
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STANDING ON STEPS of U. S. Supreme Court building in
Washington, Vivienne Potter, Reno, "Miss Nevada, 1955," is
first law student ever to enter Miss America contest. She is
an accomplished golfer, skier and swimmer. (International)
Gunman, Outwitted
By Hostage, Seized
By Chicago
Chicago U.R) Captured
gunman Richard Carpenter, out
witted by the desperate father
of a family he held hostage for
24 hours, today confesed killing
one policeman and wounding
another in one of Chicago's
greatest one-man crime waves.
Carpenter, a burly 26-year-old,
broke down a few hours after a
police barrage of machine gun
bullets and tear gas flushed him
from a bullet-riddled West Side
apartment.
He had been tricked by Leon
ard Powell, whose home he had
turned into a hideout to escape
a city-wide manhunt. Powell
slipped out of his apartment on
a pretext and rushed to a tele
phone to alert police that the
Two People Hurt
In Auto Mishaps
Joe Wark, 46, of Los Angeles,
was reported in fair condition
this morning after receiving in
juries when his car overturned
near the Gold Hill underpass
about 1:05 p.m. yesterday.
Medford Ambulance service
transported Wark to the Com
munity hospital. '
In an auto-pickup truck crash
yesterday, Mrs. Pearl Martin,
54, of Talent, suffered cuts to
her face and forehead. She was
a passenger in a pickup driven
by her husband, Merrill Davis
Martin, 38. She was treated and
released at Community hospital.
State police reported the ac
cident occurred at Phoenix on
highway 99 about 5:15 p.m. yes
terday. .
A car operated by Orville
Lewis Carver, 64, alent, had
stopped, facing south, intending
to make a left turn. The Martin
vehicle started to pass a truck
and trailer, skidded 81 feet, and
rammed the stopped auto, police
said.
Upchurch Bound Over
To County Grand Jury
Glenn Hedges Upchurch, 31,
Los Angeles, Calif., waived coun
sel and preliminary hearing in
district court yesterday and was
bound over to grand jury on
$1,500 bail. He is charged with
obtaining money by false pre
tenses.
Upchurch was extradited from
San Jose, Calif., where he was
arrested recently.
in September of that year, and i
by December, some $3,000 had
been raised for the purchase of
the first aircraft, a twin-engine
Cessna. It was placed in service
in January of 1950.
The corporation, chartered as
a non-profit organization under
the laws of Oregon, has always
insisted on the most stringent
safety precautions. All pilots
are thoroughly trained and
"checked out" in the aircraft
before they are permitted to fly.
Strict flight rules are observed,
and the planes are serviced and
maintained in top condition at
all times.
It is planned to sell the pres
ent twin-engined Cessna, and to
keep both, the Beechcraft and
Stinson airplanes in constant
readiness for service to the peo-
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killer was holding him hostage
with his wife and two children.
Carpenter Breaks Down
Carpenter fell on his knees
"and begged like a baby not to
be shot" when he was captured.
At first he denied the shooting,
but broke down under hours of
police ' grilling.
Assistant State's Attorney
Frank Wehlan said early today
that Carpenter confessed killing
Detective William Murphy, 34,
on a subway station platform
Monday pight. He also admitted
critically wounding rookie po
liceman Clarence Kerr, 26, in
a gun duel at a movie theater
Wednesday night.
Powell; a 35-year-old " truck
driver, persuaded Carpenter to
let his wife take their children,
Bobby, 7, and Dians, 3, for a
walk. Otherwise, he said, neigh
bors might get suspicious.
Then, talking fast and cinvinc
ingly. Powell said he always
visited his grandfather down the
street. Carpenter trusted Powell
and let him go. Minutes later,
Powell was at a telephone with
the words "A woman and two
children are being held at bay at
2040 Potomac."
Protected from Mob a
Policemen, who would" have
welcomed a chance to shoot it
out with Carpenter found them
selves forced to protect him from
a mob of about 1,000 persons
outside the Potomac ave., apart
ment houses.
As Carpenter was led from
the 'building there were shouts
of "Kill him! Kill him!" A man
tried to grab a policeman's gun
and was rebuffed with a blow
from a gun butt.
Repair of EPID Flume
Completed by Crews
Eagle Point Irrigation of
some 5,500 acres of land in the
Eagle Point Irrigation district
was scheduled to resume tomor
row following repairs made in a
60-foot break near a flume in
take near Butte Falls.
Repairs in the break of the
600 foot flume were completed
by district employees late yes
terday, and ditches were being
filled today. The flume broke .
about noon Monday from pres
sure of water it carried.
The entire area served by the
district was affected because the
break was in a main line. Sev
eral farmers and ranchers de
pend on the irrigation water.
pie of Jackson county first, and
then to the rest of the area.
It is also hoped that through
the acquisition of the two larger
planes, more one-time military
pilots of the area will be at
tracted to the possibilities of fly
ing for Mercy Flights.
For the time being, the planes
are technically the property of
the Rogue Valley Memorial
(Community) hospital, which
was of assistance in procuring
them from the government.
Mercy Flights will lease them
from the hospital for $1 per
year, and will be fully respon
sible for them.
Milligan said today thatCon
gressman Harris Ellsworth was
of great help in seeing that the
paperwork necessary with four
different governmental agencies
was processed promptly.
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