Medford mail tribune., July 29, 1957, Image 1

Civil Rights Bill
Faces Vote Soon
Washington W Senate
civil rights forces fought today
to halt northern Democratic de
fections in the latest battle over
the civil rights bill.
The new issue was the pro
posed jury trial amendment
already Sacked by most Demo
crats. Some senators expected to
vote by Wednesday. Others said
later. Whenever it comes it was
expected to be close.
Sen. Henry 51. Jackson (D
Wash.) was the latest to break
from the GOP-northern Demo
cratic civil righis forces to sup
port the jury trial amendment.
One or two others also were
expected to follow suit.
Safeguard Proposed
The amendment proposed
by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney
(D-Wyo.) would provide jury
trials in criminal but not civil
contempt cases arising out of
violations of court orders de
signed toprotcct Negro voting
rights.
Sen. Richard L. Neubcrger
(D-Ore.) moved to offset gains of
the amendment's backers by pro
posing that any jury trial pro
vision include a safeguard to pre
vent Negroes from being exclud
ed from southern juries.
lie said his proposal would
test the good faith of the south
ern supporters of the amend
ment. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey CD
Minn.), a civil rights bill lead
er, Sunday night predicted de
feat of the O'Mahoney amend
ment and other jury trial pro
posals. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R
111.). another foe of tlie jury
trial amendment, predicted its
defeat "by a very close vote."
Makas Prediction
Dirksen, GOP Senate whip,
said on the ABC-TV program
"College Press Conference" that
'not more than three or four
Republicans" will vote for the
amendment and not less than
seven or eight Democrats will
join in opposing it.
Humphrey said on the CBS-TV
program "Face the Nation" that
he believed passage of the civil
rights bill would result in a big
political gain for the Republi
cans. But he said he is "willing to
pay that price as a Democrat be-
Body of Applegale j
Man Found Sunday
Grants Pass W The body
of Leonard L. Miller, 38. a Civil
Aeronautics administration em
ployee, was discovered by
friends near Cedar Flat about
14 miles southeast of here Sun
day after he had apparently been
thrown from a horse, and his
head crushed when the animal
fell on him.
Miller, of Applegate, Ore., a
CAA beacon maintenance man,
had left his wife, Dorna, their
three children, and the Walter
Daigle family of Medford. at
Cedar Flat about 3 p.m. Satur
day. He said he would ride to Hol
comb Peak, two miles into the
mountains, on horseback to drop
of salt for cattle he kept there
for grazing purposes. '
When he did not return by
nightfall, Daigle and a neigh
bor, Charles Elmore, also of Ap
plegate. searched for him. The
men said they found Miller's
horse wandering in the area be
tween Cedar Flat and the peak,
and located the body nearby.
Tracks around the body indi
cated the horse had reared on
Its hind legs, a Josephine county
deputy sheriff said.
Steer To Be Awarded
By Young Farm Group
The Jackson County Young
Farmers will award a steer to
a county resident at the 4-H fair
Saturday night, according to Ray
Hubbell of the group.
The steer is to be purchased
from a 4-H club member at the
livestock auction Friday night.
Proceeds from the steer pro
gram go to the Young Farmers
scholarship fund. This year's
winner of the tuition scholarship
to Oregon State college. Bob
Eldon. Central Point, will re
ceive the award Saturday night.
Washington W President
Eisenhower wil hold a news con
ference Wednesday at 7:30 a.m.
(PDT) the White House said
today.
Weather
FORFCAST: Afternoon and evf
ninp thunderstorms over the
mmmtxinv Otherwise fair and
. mild Ihrnuch Tnesdav. low
tnnisht 30-58. High tomorrow
!?. Temp.
Iirhet YuleriMv 91
Lowest This Morn ins
Our Skies Tonight
rise
.set
5:00 a.m.
7:35 p.m.
8:56 P-m.
onset
Irst Uuarter .
An. Z
rhe shootinft star seen tonight
irr mostlv of the Delt Aqnarld
meteor shower. More numerous
fter midnight, they move slow
ly over lone P"" in the sky.
cause I say to you that it is
nothing short of a national
shame that our country hasn't
long ago taken action to protect
and to guarantee the right to
vote . . ."
Humphrey also said before the
Senate finishes with the civil
rights bill he anticipates an ex
tended southern filibuster but
not "a do or die one."
Scattered Fires
Reported in State
As Danger Mounts
By UNITED PRESS
Fire danger mounted steadily
in Oregon today with scattered
blazes reportcc throughout the
state.
A roaring wheat fire which
threw smoke and flames hun
dreds of feet into the air result
ed in loss Sunday of more than
$10,000 worth of winter wheat
north of Pendleton on 100 acres
of land owned by Orville Mc
Cormcah. It apparently started
from the muffler of a truck's
exhaust pipe.
John Kucera, Umatilla nation
al forest fire control officer, re
ported a "sleeper" fire near
Butte creek in the Pomeroy dis
trict was burning steadily.
Starts From Lightning
Lightning Sunday night again
started the blaze after it had
been controlled earlier. It cov
ered about 40 acres and smoke
jumpers and some 1800 pounds
of equipment were dropped to
fight the blaze.
Near Roseburg in western
Oregon a potentially dangerous
forest fire was controlled after
burning 10 acres. The blaze,
about IS miles southwest of
Roseburg, was blamed on smok
er's carelessness.
J. H. Walker, assistant state
forester, said the situation was
critical throughout the North
west and particularly so in
southern Oregon.
Walker said a 100-acre fire
had been brought under control
in the Hunters creek area about
three miles southeast of Gold
Beach on the state's south coast.
He said the fire was ignited
from a power saw being used
in cutover land.
Some small lightning - caused
blazes were reported in the
Umatilla national forest and
smoke jumpers were sent to bat
tle them.
Continued warm weather with
possible mountain thundershow
ers was forecast.
Polio Ruled Out
For Mrs. Anderson
Mrs. Robert Anderson, 21,
Medford, who was rushed to
Eugene July 18 for treatment
of what was believed to be polio,
has recovered and returned to
her home, according to Dr. A.
Erin A.Mcrkcl, county health
officer.
Her short illness turned out
not to be polio, he said.
Mrs. Anderson's diagnosis
leaves no definite polio cases
reported for Jackson county this
year, according to Dr. Merkel,
although one suspected case had
been reported earlier.
Results of Rocket
Firing Are Studied
Las Vegas IW Atomic
Energy commission scientists to
day studied results of the firing
of a high altitude rocket which
was designed to reach 80,000
feet over the Tonopah Ballistics
range.
The rocket was fired Satur
day and later plunged back to
earth inside the test site. The
AEC said the test was part of a
research project to develop a
rocket propelled by nuclear power.
"Nobody Can Say I Wouldn't Do Something
For Him"
52nd Year
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Complaint Against
Striking Union May
Be Filed by NLRB
Medford Corporation has been
advised a complaint against a
striking local union will be
issued and a strike injunction re
quested by the National Labor
Relations Board, B. L. Nutting,
manager, said today.
Nutting's statement sara that
Medford Corporation has been
advised that the NLRB has de
cided to issue a formal com-
plant against International
Woodworkers of. America, Local
6-221, Butte Falls.
"The complaint 'arises from
unfair labor practice charges
filed against the union by
Medco," Nutting continued.
"The charges allege an illegal
boycott. Our understanding of
the law is that the general coun
sel to the NLRB is required to
simultaneously seek a federal
court injunction against the
picketing, pending eventual de
termination by the NLRB.
Interview Witness
"Walter Moldawer, attorney
from the Washington, D. C, of
fices of the general counsel was
in Medford July 27 and 28, in
terviewing witnesses in prepara
tion for the injunction proceed
ings that have been initiated in
Portland. Pine Industrial Rela
tions Council staff members C.
L. Irving and Roy E. Glassow,
Klamath Falls, were among
those interviewed," Nutting's
statement continued.
The unfair labor practice
charges were filed following
June 25 when local union mem
bers observed a picket line estab
lished near Butte Falls by truck
ers against Austin L. King,
trucking contractor for Medco,
thus shutting down Medco's
woods operations.
Medco continued its mill op
erations, buying logs on the open
market, and operating its mill
with members of a different
union.
Strike Against Medco
Later, on July 22, Local 6-221
declared it was calling a strike
against Medco, seeking a wage
increase and certain fringe bene
fits. A picket line was estab
lished in Medfprd. Union offic
ers declared there was no rela
tionship between the strike
Electric Spark
Sets Pump Afire
An electric spark ignited gaso
line at a service station yester
day causing extensive damage to
a metal pump.
The Medford fire department
answered the alarm from Wetcr
and Olsen station at 1258 South
Riverside ave. about 6:52.
Officials said a filler hose had
been attached to the tank of a
car when the car drove off,
pulling a pump over and spilling
gasoline. Electric wiring was
broken and a spark ignited the
gas.
At 10:40 a.m. today, the fire
department was called to Med
ford Steel company at 228 West
McAndrews st. to extinguish a
fire in a dipping vat. Firemen
reported that sparks from a
welder ignited asphalt and thin
ner in the vat. The fire damaged
the vat and paint on a wall.
i ii n trim rrm
against King and the subsequent
strike against Medco.
What the result of a federal
injunction against the work stop
page resulting from the King
strike would have on the Medco
strike was unclear here today.
Medco's operations are con
tinuing, although the members
of the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers local union, which rep
resents the mill employpes, and
who have so far crossed the
picket line, have discussed the
possibility of a strike. No de
cision has yet been made.
Mosquitoes Swarm,
People Complain
To Health Officer
Increasing numbers of com
plaint concerning mosquitoes
have been received by the coun
ty health department in the past
week, according to Walter Suth
erland, county sanitarian.
He said that workers have
been covering mosquito-breeding
areas of the valley with
DDT-fog since the beginning of
the season. They are working
from midnight until early morn
ing he said.
Sutherland added, however,
that proper land drainage and
water use will be necessary for
any great improvement.
Pond Under Control
' County workers have kept log
ponds, one of the chief breed
ing spots, under control with
their constant spray program.
Standing irrigation water and
other wet spots cannot be
handled so easily, he said.
Water containing . fish, or
made for livestock and game,
also cannot be treated.
The number of mosquitoes has
been below average during this
summer's cooler weather, ac
cording to the sanitarian.
Both Sutheland and Dr. Erin
Merkel, county health officer,
emphasized that areas of stand
ing water, the origin of the in
sect problem, must be controlled
by individuals to further im
prove the situation.
Three Killed in
Oregon Accidents
By UNITED PRESS
Three persons died on Ore
gon's highways over the week
end. Near The Dalles, a two-car
collision snuffed out the lives
of two persons Saturday. Killed
were Mrs. Maxine Gale, 31, The
Dalles, and Merle J. Vander
yacht, 43, Astoria.
Vanderyacht had swerved out
to pass a hay truck on a curve
15 miles west of The Dalles and
struck a car driven . by Mrs.
Gale's husband, John Joseph
Gale, 32, who was critically in
jured. Also injured in the crash
were the Gale's four children.
Andrew Ross Knott, Roseburg,
was injured fatally on Highway
42 three miles east of Coquille
Saturday when his car went out
of control and struck a tele
phone pole and bridge abutment.
Knott had been following a
pickup truck driven by his son-
in-law, Leon King; Remotere.
The two were on their way to
the beach to dig clams. When
King .noticed his father-in-law's
car was not following, he went
back, found the injured man,
and took him to the hospital,
v here he died soon after arrival.
Buenos Aires OPI Mounting
returns from Sunday s constitu
tional elections indicated today
that many Argentines oppose the
generals and admirals who oust
ed ex-President Juan D. Peron.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 2 8 0
Botton :..6 12 1
Garcia and Hegan; Brawer
and White. Home rum: Lepcio,
Boston; Werlz, Cleveland.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8 10 1
Chicago 0 4 0
Roberts (8-13) and Lonnett;
Elston. Littlefield (7). Lown
(9) and Silvera. Fanning (9).
HR Lonncttt, (Pha.).
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1957
Dulles Flies to
London to Avert
Breakdown in Talks
Direct Contact With
Russia Is Possible
London W Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles flics
here today from Canada to try
to avert the threatened break
down in the five-power disarma
ment talks. Informed sources
said he would seek direct con
tacts with Russia.
It was considered certain
Dulles would confer privately
with Soviet delegate Valerian
Zorin. and there was widespread
speculation Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko might
hasten here from Moscow for a
big four foreign ministers con
ference. Dulles, traveling on personal
orders from President Eisenhow
er, flew from Ottawa where he
discussed the American "open
skies" disarmament inspection
plan with Prime Minister John
Diefenbaker. The plan is a major
part of the U.S. disarmament
proposals.
The emphasis was no disarma
ment because the United Nations
five-nations subcommittee must
report back to the General As
sembly by Aug. 1. British sources
believed Dulles would discuss
the Oman and Cyprus situations
with Foreign Minister Selwyn
Lloyd.
French sources thought Dulles
might also take up the Algerian
and German election problems
with French Foreign Minister
Christian Pineau.
What Dulles might have to say
to Zorin or Gromyko re
mained a mystery in London.
All but one point of the new
U.S. disarmament plan has been
presented by Harold E. Stassen.
Details of the remaining item
open skies have been nego
tiated m detail with Americas
allies. t
It was believed Dulles might
outline the new open skies plan
in the conference himself as a
sign to the world of American
desire to reach a first step dis
armament agreement. His talks
with Diefenbaker lent weight to
this belief since that was the
chief topic of the Ottawa talks.
Serious Damage Done
In Ashland Blaze
Ashland A fire, starting un
derneath a house, burned up a
wall and into the attic causing
considerable damage here, Ash
land fire department said Satur
day. City firemen were called to
the R. H. Lee residence at 866
Blane st. about 7:30 p.m. The
fire was extinguished but ex
tensive damage to an outside
wall and the attic, it was re
ported.
The Ashland fire department
also extinguished a grass fire on
a vacant lot at 450 Liberty st.,
at 5:51 p.m. Sunday, firemen
said. No damage was reported,
Murphy's Daughter
Found Dead Saturday v
Washington iff)- Deputy
Coroner Richard M. Rosenberg
said he would rule today on the
cause of death from an autopsy
performed Sunday on the body
of the 35-year-old daughter of
Deputy Undersecretary of State
Robert D. Murphy.
Police said Catherine T. Mur
phy was found lying across her
bed Saturday night with a bul
let wound in the right side of
the head. A .22 caliber pistol lay
nearby.
Kangaroo
Redwood City, 'Calif. (W
County jail prisoners who took
part in a bizarre kangaroo court
execution of a fellow prisoner
said today they did so because
their cellmate had been "im
personating an officer" and was
"inhospitable."
This was the only explanation
that San Mateo county sheriff's
deputies were able so far to get
for the strangling of Robert
Young, a 38-year-old machinist.
The strangest part about the
slaying was that Young knew
for 24 hours in advance that his
fellow prisoners had "sentenced"
him, yet he never told his jail
ers. Two guards found Young's
body Saturday night during a
routine check of the crowded
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DAMAGED PLANE Damage to a Western airliner is exam
ined by airline official. A mysterious blast ripped open the side
of the plane while it was en route from Los Vegas to Los Ange
les. S. F. Binstock, jeweler, was hurled from the plane by the
explosion. His body later was recovered in the California desert.
(International)
Investigator Hands
New Evidence' in
Plane Blast to FBI
Barstow, Calif. OP) An
insurance investigator reported
ly has handed the FBI "new evi
dence" indicating the possibility
that dynamite may have caused
the mystery blast aboard a West
ern airliner from which a heavi
ly insured passenger was lost
10,000 feet over the California
desert.
The investigator, who identi
fied himself as with one of the
insurance companies probing
the incident, disclosed Sunday
night that he had uncovered
the evidence and turned it over
to the FBI.
FBI agents refused to confirm
or deny the report. The FBI al
ready had entered the probe to
determine if federal laws
aboard a plane may have been
violated by Saul F. Binstock, 62,
retired Canoga Park, Calif.,
jeweler.
Binstock's body was found in
the desert Friday, the day after
the explosion jarred a Convair
plane carrying 12 other passen
gers and three crewmen. The
plane managed to make an
emergency landing at George
Air Force Base despite a large
hole in its fuselage.
Binstock had taken out two
flight policies totaling $125,000
before leaving Burbank, Calif.,
for Las Vegas, Nev. He was re
turning from the gambling re
soit when the blast took place
in the area of the lavatory of
the plane.
The FBI confirmed Saturday
that an unexploded blasting cap
was found in the lavatory of the
plane, along with what appeared
to be burned toilet tissue. Bin
stock reportedly had entered the
lavatory shortly after the Los
Angeles bound airliner took off
from Las Vegas.
. The body of the victim was
undergoing a "thorough au
topsy" at a mortuary here. The
Speca Primary Vote
Scheduled in Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wis. HP) Wis
consin holds a special primary
Tuesday for the election to fill
the Senate seat vacated by the
jooth r,f .Tncenh R. McCarthy,
and an upset was possible in the
GOP race because ot ine canui
dates' apparent failure to arouse
voter interest.
Court Finds
' .
iail cells. Half a towel
around his neck. The other half
was tied to an overhead pipe.
Put Story Together
After an- investigation that
most of the day Sunday, Sheriff
Earl B. Whitmore and his depu
ties put together the following
story:
Young arrived at the jail cell
Thursday, under a 10-day sen
tence for vagrancy.
Occupying his cell were 21-year-old
Dan Howard, who later
served as "judge;" Jose Veiten
heimer, 19, the "prosecutor;"
and Alfred Martinez, 20, "de
fense lawyer;" and the "jurors;"
Vernon C. Williams, 20; Walter
White, 22; and Ernest D. Lopez,
20.
rnutii!S said Martinez, Wil
liams, Loaez and White admitted
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1RIBUNE
rces'cu
body, found in a desolate desert
area following a wide search,
reportedly was generally intact
except for a mangled left hand.
It was not disclosed by investi
gators whether the mangled
hand was suffered in a blast or
when the body struck the rocky,
desert ground.
Motor-Boat Sunk
On Rogue River
A motor-boat owned by Dr.
Robert G. Wilbur, Grants Pass,
was sunk Saturday afternoon
and five teenage passengers es
caped injury in a collision of
two pleasure craft near the
Rogue River bridge, it was re
ported today from Grants Pass.
News sources in Grants Pass
said that the Wilbur boat, pilot
ed by the Wilburs' daughter,
Judy, sank immediately after it
was struck by a second motor
boat piloted by George Gordon,
son of F. G. V. Gordon, Grants
Pass.
Passengers of the Wilbur craft,
Kay Wilkinson, Grants Pass, and
Jan Weigart, Rogue River, and
a passenger on Gordons boat,
Gordon DeArmond, Medford, all
in their late teens, were report
edly unhurt.
The Gordon boat was1 said to
have struck the rear of the oth
er, which had stopped while Miss
Wilkinson assisted Miss Weigart
to board the craft after water
skiing behind the boat.
Hillcrest Will Open
Sometime This Week
A block of Hillcrest rd. which
has been closed to traffic since
Friday should be opened some
time this week.
City Water Superintendent
Robert Lee said the section of
Hillcrest rd. from Valley View
dr. to Modoc ave. is barred to
motorists to allow a water de
partment crew to put in part of
a water pipeline extension from
Capital ave. to southeast Med
ford. Lee said the road should be
ready for travel again sometime
this week.
Cellmate 'Guilty'
4! ...uiA qnir Tho fnnr InM nisnnsitinn of th
wasthe whole affair. The four told
deputies Young mentioned hav
ing served as captain in the Brit
ish Army and put on the airs of
a "bigshot" even though he was
a mere vagrant. The others were
in jail on felony charges.
Found Guilty
On Friday, one of the six sug
gested trying Young for imper
sonating an officer. The trial
was carried out and Young was
found "guilty." He was sentenc
ed to instant death.
Deputies said the prisoners
then tried to hang Young with
a blanket, but it slipped.
Three of the men, Howard,
Veitenheimer, and Williams,
Drobably will be charged with
murder later today, Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Robert Carey said
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Officials Estimate
55 Dead in Worst
Quake Since 1948
Office Buildings
Cleared in Mexico
Mexico City (IP New earth
shocks today imperilled rescue
workers digging out the living
and dead victims of Mexico's
worst earthquake in 48 years
and threatened to topple already,
heavily damaged buildings. Two
large office buildings were
cleared of tennants.
Official estimates placed the
mounting death toll at 55 known
dead, including 40 in Mexico
City, and the injured anywhere
from 510 to 657 in Mexico City
alone.
No Americans were known,
to be among the dead or serious
ly injured.
Tourist sources estimated that
"about 10 per cent" of Ameri
can tourists have left the .coun
try for fear of further quakes.
Died In Sleep
City officials condemned the
17-s tory Mariscala building
which houses Mexico's price
fixing agency and ordered it
cleared.
Similar orders were Issued for
a 13-story office building at the
corner of Aquiles Serdan and
Pensador Mexicano streets.
At least 14 bodies had been
taken from the wreckage of a
new five-story apartment build
ing which collapsed on its sleep
ing tenants.
In addition to the toll in Mex
ico City, the hardest hit, nine
were dead and 27 iniured in the
Guerrero State capital of Chil
pancingo, 125 miles southwest
of the national capital, and four
were dead in the famed Pacific
resort of Acapulo.
Lead Normal Lives .
The towns of Yolotla and
Haumustitlan, also in Guerrero
State, reported one dead each.
Latest reports from the State
of Michoacan, where dispatches
Sunday reported 72 persona
killed in floods brought on by
the quake, said there were no
dead and that damage was
slight
Despite the damage and
tragedy in the quake's after
math, thousands of Mexico City
residents followed their normal
Sunday pursuits.
Jacksonville Teacher
In Mexico on Tour
A Jacksonville school teacher.
Miss Abby Sturtevant, was one
of the Americans in Mexico City
yesterday during the earthquake,
a sister reported this morning.
Mrs. Allen Clarke, 3710 Cal
houn rd., slated this morning
that Miss Sturtevant, on a tour
of Mexico with a group, was
scheduled to be in Mexico City
July 28 and to leave for Acapul
co today.
Mrs. Clarke had not heard
from her sister since the disaster,
but is relying on news reports
which said no Americans were
known to have been seriously
injured or killed.
Search Resumed for
Bodies of Five Persons
Coupeville, Wash. on
Search was resumed today for
the bodies of five of eight per
sons who drowned Saturday
when their 16-foot boat capsized
in choppy Puget Sound waters.
The eight victims were mem
bers of two Seattle families.
Three bodies were recovered
Saturday evening, only a few
hours after the accident
Disposition of the other three
has not been determined as yet,
he said.
On Saturday night, Veiten
heimer called in a hoarse whisp
er to an adjoining cell and ord
ered the prisoners there to start
singing as loud as they could.
While the raucous singing was
going on, deputies said, Williams
held Young's arms to his side
while Howard closed his fingers
on Young's throat. But he could
not go through with it. His grip
loosened.
Veitenheimer then took over.
He clutched the gasping prison
er's throat aad pressed. Young
went limp. Then the execution
ers ripped a towel in half and
tried to make it appear as
though Young had committed
suicide.
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