12 Miners Trapped for Six Days Brought To Surface in Good Condition
Springhill, Nova Scotia-aTD
Twelve coal miners, trapped
for more than six days in a
blood-strewn cubicle 100 foot
long and not high enough to
stand in, were brought to the
surface today in good condi
tion. Wilfred Hunter, 48, one of
the men found Wednesday,
when rescue workers pushed
a pipe through the debris that
imprisoned them, said 24
miners in his section were
killed outright when a
"bump" rocked the mine last
Thursday night.
"I heard a 'boom' and then
there were dead people all
around me, including my twin
brother Frank," he said from
a hospital bed.
"I remember. . .1 remember
. . .the 13th level (13,000 foot
level). Everything went black.
I woke up lying on my back
in the dark and I remember
those groans. . .1 was beside
Frank, my twin brother. I
came to and when I reached
up I touched a body pinned to
the rocks and hanging above
me. . .there was nothing I
could do."
Hunter said that after the
initial shock the living group
ed together amid the 24 bodies
they had counted- The surviv
ors spent their time praying
and singing hymns.
"We had only a two-quart
can of water among the 12 of
us," he said. "We rationed it,
but it lasted only three days
. . .we .had no food, but we
never gave up hope."
Joe McDonald, 38, a sur
vivor whose leg was broken
by falling rocks when the
mine collapsed, said "the pain
was terrific."
"All around me I could hear
others in pain," he said. "I
knew some of the boys were
dying."
McDonald said the miners
started calling to each other
until they established 12 were
alive.
Women arid husky mine
workers wept with unabashed
joy as the men were hauled
from the depths of the con
tinent's deepest coal mine on
slope - climbing carts called
"rakes."
. But mine officials said
there was no hope for 56
more miners still unaccount
ed for today. A total of 174
men were working in the col
liery when the earthquake
like bump sent tons of rocks
tumbling down the main shaft
and side-galleries or tunnels.
During the next few hours,
81 were rescued or made their
way out of the shaft and 25
bodies were recovered, includ
ing one early today.
The men were discovered
alive at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday,
but it took rescue workers
more than 12 hours to break
through to the life-saving
pocket where the men had
been entombed since 7:10 p.m.
last Thursday. The pocket
kept poisonous gases from the
men and trapped with them
enough air to keep them
alive, rescue workers specu
lated. The first miner brought out
was Gorley Kempt, 37, the
man whose voice broke
through the pipe like a call
from the dead to inform the
world the men still were
alive. He was on a stretcher
wrapped in a blanket, and
was taken immediately to a
hospital.
Eldred Lowther, 46, Joe
McDonald, 38, and Theodore
Michniak, 59, were the next
to reach the surface.
Bowman Madison, 42, the
fifth man out, was talking
rapidly to his ambulance at
tendant. The sixth man freed
was Levi Milley, 47, who sat
up on his stretcher and wav
ed wildly to the crowd.
Caleb Rushton, 35, and
Hunter were the seventh and
eighth to be brought up. Both
were talking and smiling and
waved to the crowd while be
ing carried the six feet to a
waiting ambulance.
Hugh Guthro, 31, and Har
old Brine, 22, were next and.
the final two were Joseph
Halloway Jr., 35, and Harry
Leadbetter, 22. It took from
2:40 a.m., when the imprison
ing wall was broken, until
4:04 to bring the men to the
surface in relays.
The dramatic sign that the
men were alive came when
three rescuers inched their
way through rockfalls and
debris in a tunnel where
about 50 men were believed
working when the bump hit
"Come arid get us for God's .
sake," a muffled voice echoed
through a broken ventilation
pipe. It was the voice of
Kempt.
The bare-faced rescue work-
ers stared at the pipe in,
amazement.
"At first we thought it was
some of the workers," said
Earl Wood, one of the men
on the scene. "But the men
trapped at the other end must
have seen the reflection of
the light of a helmet and
called for help."
53rd Year
Medford
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Pope John Again
Receives Homage
Of Cardinals
Vatican City - (WD - John
XXIII returned today to the
Sistine Chapel to receive
again the homage of the car
dinals who elected him to the
throne of St. Peter.
The ceremony was the final
homage of the cardinals be
fore the 76-year-old Pontiff is
crowned next Tuesday, Nov,
4, on the balcony of St.
Peters Basilica before a
throng thousands.
It was a farewell for many
of the cardinals as they knelt
to kiss the papal ring for
many of them took leave of
the Pontiff today and prepar
ed to return to their native
lands without waiting for the
coronation.
The Pope himself was
pressing ahead with his swift
takeover of the Vatican gov
ernment and called in key
officials of the secretariat of
state, this morning.
Heading the list of those
reported -called into audience
was Msgr. Domenico Tardini.
The new Pope named him
Wednesday as chief executive
in the state secretariat. .
Tardini, who served as pro
secretary of state for extra
ordinary affairs under the late
Pope Pius XII, was given the
full responsibility as pro-secretary.
It was taken for grant
ed he would be made cardi
nal and elevated to secretary
of state in the consistory the
Pope is expected to call in
January. '
Since his' accession to the
papal throne two days ago
Pope John, jovial and ener
getic despite his age, has im
pressed Vatican officials with
the brisk and business-like
way in which he has set. about
the task of putting the Vati
can house in order.
One Person Reported
Injured in Accident
One person was reported
injured in a three-vehicle ac
cident on Highway 62 in
front of the Desert Service
station about 11:50 o'clock
this morning, state police re
ported. Involved were a car, a log
truck and a school bus, ac
cording to reports. One girl
suffered a cut lip and a boy
suffered scratches, but there
were no other injuries, ac
cording to early reports.
Details of the accident and
extent of the person's injuries
were not available at press
time.
'Do Not Disturb'
Signs Available
"Do not disturb" signs for
Halloween are available for
ill persons in the Howard
school district, Harold . F.
Boner, principal, announced
today.
The signs may be obtained
by telephoning the school,
SPring 2-8912, Boner said.
Make Medford Beautiful
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WILD WEST-This building would look more suitable in a
TV western than on a main thoroughfare in Medford. It
needs a coat of paint and some new windows, to say the
least. This picture is another in the Mail Tribune's inventory
of eyesores which could be rectified to help "Make Medford
Beautiful."
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958
Garbage, Waste
Ordinance May
Be Recommended
A county garbage and
waste disposal ordinance may
be recommended to the coun
ty in the near future follow
ing routine preliminary steps,
it was indicated at last night's
meeting of the county plan
ning commission.
Commission members agreed
that a complete and corrected
copy of the preliminary draft
should be submitted to the
district attorney's office for
legal examination.
On Nov. 12 the commission
will consider further steps
which may be necessary prior
to making its recommenda
tion . to the county court.
These steps may include a
public hearing or hearings.
Ordinance Preamble
The ordinance proposed is
to designate, regulate and re
strict the location and manner
in which garbage and waste
shall be disposed of, according
Voter Turn Out
Sought by Demos
James Redden, chairman of
the ackson county Democrat
ic .Central committee, Wed
nesday cabled for Democrats
to concentrate their efforts on
a large voter turnout in the
general election, Nov. 4.
Redden said by concentrat
ing on a large voter turnout
the "men who seek victory
through intimidation and in
nuendo will be repudiated."
He said "we can expect an in
crease in the quantity and vic
iousness" of the Republican
campaign.
"The attacks made on the
congressman from the fourth
district, and on the greatest
governor in 20 years, are
born of fear and desperation,"
Redden said. "The Republi
can campaign of lies, slander
and McCarthyism has less
than a week to go, and we
can expect an increase in the
quantity and viciousness of
their campaign," he said.
"Senator (Philip) Lowry, in
his rabid partisan attacks on
Governor Holmes and Con
gressman Porter has waged
his friends had thought be
neath him. Through dema
goguery. he has infuriated
thinking Americans of both
parties, and it is for us to en
courage those thinking Amer
icans to vote Tuesday,. Nov.
4," Redden said.
H added that "Democrats
can point with pride to their
slate of candidates, and have
no reason to wage a gutter
campaign which is apparently
all the Republican party has
to offer."
I to the preamble of the ordi
nance draft. The ordinance,
if enacted by the county court,
would prescribe places and
methods of disposal and
would establish a maximum
penalty of $100 for its vio
lation.
Purpose of the ordinance,
as defined in the preamble,
is to protect the public health,
safety and ganeral welfare of
the people of Jackson county
and to prevent fires, rodent
infestation, water and air pol
lution. '
The blanket provision of
section 1 immediately drew
caustic criticism from Com
missioner Stuart V. (Duke)
McQueen. Methods should be
used in garbage disposal
which prevent "disease vector
breeding or sustenance," the
section states. Such garbage
should not be allowed to pro
vide food or nests for rodents,
insects and other vermine. It
should be handled so as not
to bring disease to man or
animals, prevent air pollution
by smoke and odors and
nuisances.
Potential Fire Hazard
It should not provide poten
tial fire hazard or pollution
of surface and ground - wa
ters, according to the section.
The second part of the' first
section states it is unlawful
to dump or "litter on any
lands whatsoever with gar
bage, refuse, offal, rubbish
or waste within a prescribed
distance from any human
habitation or in any manner
other than prescribed here."
- "Any lands whatsoever" is
too inclusive, McQueen said.
The proposed ordinance is a
restrictive sort of thing re
quiring a full time garbage
inspector and adding more ex
pense to the tax rolls, Mc
Queen added. It is only neces
sary to set up operating pro
cedure for .garbage dumps, he
stated.
"This thing is like prescrib
ing an appendectomy for a
man with a mere tummy
ache," McQueen snorted.
"Once a law gets on the
book's it's pretty hard to get
it off. This thing could be
approached by the county
court asking for the coopera
tion of the persons con
cerned." Believe Good One . .
Asked his opinion, Dr. A.
Erin Merkel, county public
health officer, said he and
Orie Moore, chief sanitarian,
believe the proposed ordi
nance is a good one. Not much
authority exists now to pre
vent dumping of garbage
next to a house or regulating
it otherwise, he added. Pres
ent state law only regulates
pollution of streams, rivers
and other waters.
Commissioner John Nieder
meyer emphasized that last
night's meeting was called to
consider a garbage and waste
disposal ordinance. It is up
to the county court to imple
ment it, he said.
In answer to pointed ques
tioning by Commissioner Ed
Bolt, Dr. Merkel said he
thought the ordinance "will
take care of a bad situation."
(Continued on Page 14)
WEATHER
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
tonight and Friday. Chance of
light showers Friday. Gusty
southeasterly wind over moun
tains and in exposed valleys.
Warmer tonight with low 38
42, except near 55 in windy
spots. High Friday near 65.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 7g
Lowest this Morning , , 31
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:08 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:43 a.m.
The Moon rises 7:24 p.m.
tonight between Aldeharan and
Elnath.
Last Quarter Nov. 4
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low in south
west . 6:17 p.m.
Mars, in the east at 8:57 p.m,
will be in the west in the
morning twilight.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 189
Western World
Rallies Around
Boris Pasternak
Stockholm, Sweden -WW -The
Western world rallied to
day to the side of Soviet au
thor Boris Pasternak whose
angry government forced him
Wednesday to reject the Nobel
Prize for Literature.
The Swedish Academy
which chose him for the
world's highest literary ac
colade called a meeting to
day and it was believed it
would ask the Swedish For
eign Office to intervene on
Pasternak's ehalf .
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles said in Wash
ington the forced renuncia
tion showed that Communism
demands conformity in both
deed and thought.
The United States Informa
tion Agency is preparing to
issue cheap reprints of Past
ernark's book, "Dr. Zhivago,"
if it can get publication rights,
and sell them throughout the
world. The book is banned in
Russia on the ground it is
anti-Communist.
Reconsidering Agreement
Norway announced it was
reconsidering its cultural
agreement with Russia-because
"the case of Pasternak
has revealed the Soviet Union
and Norway have totally dif
ferent conceptions of the
meaning of the word culture."
Not since the days of Adolf
Hitler has a foreign govern
ment forced one of its nation
als to reject a Nobel prize.
Hitler forced three Germans
to refuse prizes in the 1930s
after an anti-Nazi was given
the Nobel peace award.
Nobel prize winner Bert
rand Russell said he was "dis
gusted" with the Soviet au
thorities who forced the 67-year-old
Pasternak to reject
the honor.
The Voice of America began
broadcasting reviews of the
book and excerpts from it to
persons behind the Iron Cur
tain. Ten thousand copies of
the book placed on sale in
Stockholm Wednesday sold
out in a few hours.
Writers Draft Protest
The Swedish Writers Asso
ciation drafted a protest to
Moscow as did other groups
throughout the world. Jap
anese writers and civic lead
ers were angered and Tatsuzo
Ishikawa, an outstanding Jap
anese novelist and director
of the Japanese Professional
Literary Artists Association,
said it meant good literature
would be stifled in Russia.
Vladimir Semichastny, head
of the Communist youth or
ganization Komsomol, sug
gested in Moscow that Past
ernak "try the capitalist air
for which he longs so much."
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev and other Soviet leaders
were present when Semi
chastny denounced Pasternak
as a "mangy sheep" and
"worse than a pig."
"Did I Hear Somebody Knock?'
Three American
Scientists Win
Medicine Prize
Stockholm, Sweden - (UPD
Three American scientists
won the 1958 Nobel Prize
for Medicine today for their
pioneer work in genetics -studies
that could lead the
way to a cure for cancer.
One-half of ' the $41,250
award went to George Wells
Beadle, professor at the
Kerckhoff Laboratories of
Biology, Pasadena, Calif., and
Edward Lawrie ' Tatum, pro
fessor at the Rockefeller In
stitute, New York, for their
discovery "that genes act by
regulating definite chemical
events."
Wisconsin Professor Wins
The other half of the prize
went to Joshua Lederberg,
professor at the University of
Wisconsin, for his discoveries
concerning "genetic recom
bination .and the organization
of the genetic material of
bacteria."
The awards were made
by the staff of Sweden's medi
cal research center, the
Karolinska Institute, which
said the American discoveries
would have a strong influence
on the search for a cure for
cancer.
The Nobel Peace Prize, if
one is awarded this year, will
be announced later in Oslo,
Norway.
" The .experiments that won
Beadle and Tatum their
award confirmed that ' genes
control enzymes and that en
zymes control the chemistry
of life. '
Gives First Clues -
The discovery gave science
its first clue as to how genes
-which transmit heredity in
plant and animal reproduc-
tion-actually work. Their
work now forms part of the
foundation of modern gene
tics.
Lederberz and his co
workers at the University of
Wisconsin discovered that
bits of genetic material, in
troduced into , the body of
bacteria, will be accepted by
the bacteria and combined
with its own into a new type
This process is termed "trans
duction," one form of re
combination. Transportation to
Polls Offered by GOP
Free transportation to the
polls will be provided any re
gistered voter in Jackson
county Tuesday, Nov. 4, Mrs.
Frank Bash, chairman of the
Republican transportation
committee, announced today.
The service may be obtained
by calling SPring 3-7313, Re
publican headquarters.
Cars have been volunteered
by members of the Young Re
publicans club, Jackson Coun
ty Republican Women's club
and the County Central com
mittee. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New Y o r k (BPD Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 543.31, up
0.59; 20 railroads 148.83.
off 0.27; 15 utilities 82.97,
up 0.05. . and 65 stocks
188.28, up 0.06. Sales today
were about 4,360,000 shares
compared with 4,790,000
shares Wednesday.
POWERFUL
EXPL0SIOM
GEDDES IN MEDFORD-Paul Geddes, Rose
burg ' Republican candidate for congress
man from the fourth- -district, is shown
above shaking hands with Glen Gerrard,
1329 Coghill lane, Medford, yesterday.
Geddes Says Ad
Demand is Last
Paul E. Geddes, Roseburg
Republican candidate for con
gressman from the fourth dis
trict, said today he considers
the demand that he repudiate
newspaper advertisements run
by his congressional commit
tee "ridiculous, last-minute,
desperation politics."
Keith Skelton, chairman of
the Reelect Porter to Congress
committee, yesterday asked
Geddes to repudiate the ad
vertisements, declaring they
were "in the character assas
sination tradition of Nixon,
McCarthy, and Deadwood
Dave Hoover, and are an in
sult not only to Congressman
Porter but to all of the ration
al and reasonable people of
the State of Oregon."
Based on Record
Geddes, in Medford today
on a campaign visit, said "ads
which he (Skelton) objects to
are based on Porter's record
as it actually is, not as Porter
and Skelton wish the voters
thought it was."
"If they have evidence that
the facts in our ads are wrong,
let them present this evidence.
For example, Skelton objects
to our statement that Porter
has consistently voted 'for
high price supports on basic
crops. Let him name one high
parity, bill which Porter voted
against. I have named the
dates and the bills which he
favored according to official
records," Geddes said. '
He continued, "As to any
political ' ads . sponsored and
controlled by others, I do not
adopt but repudiate any im
plication that my opponent is
disloyal even though his acts
are not always in our best in
terest.' Not Examined Facts
"On the other hand, I have
not examined the facts of ads
published by committees over
which I have no control, but
defend, the right of others to
publish anything which is
factual and in accordance
with the record," Geddes said.
Geddes said he has for
warded his statement to the
Fair Campaign Practices com
mittee, along with his protest
of a press release published
in an Albany newspaper Oct.
10, in which Skelton "calls
me pro-iranco, pro-aictator,
and charges that I would have
supported Hitler and Musso
lini." - .
Geddes was scheduled to
speak on water resources at a
no-host luncheon at the Med
ford hotel this noon.
Small Forest Land
Owners Meeting Is
Slated in Salem
Portland A statewide
meeting of small forest land
owners and others interested
in getting better management
and production from small
forest land owners and others
interested in getting better
management and production
from small forest properties
will be held in the capitol
building in Salem at 10 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 6.
The Salem meeting follows
five regional meetings which
were conducted by the forest
service and the state depart
ment of forestry. Regional
meetings were held to advise
small forest owners of the
pressing need for a greater
flow of wood material 'from
small forest holdings.
Announced Jointly
The Salem meeting was an
nounced jointly by Dwight L.
Phipps, state forester, and J.
Herbert Stone, regional fores-
Calf Dies, Hay
Destroyed in Fire
Ashland A two-month
old calf burned to death and
two barns containing -several
tons of hay were destroyed by
fire at the Charles Hodgins
farm, 192 North Mountain
ave., Ashland, yesterday after
noon. Ashland firemen said sev
eral spot fires on roofs of sur
rounding sheds, another barn
and a house were extinguished
before they spread. Wind ve
locity was estimated about 15
miles per hour during the fire,
firemen said.
One thousand feet of irriga
tion pipe in one barn was de
stroyed, but other farm equip
ment was not damaged, they
said. No estimate of the dam
age was available this noon.
Firemen said six regulars
and 12 volunteers were on the
fire about six hours, and a
crew was standing by this
morning with a' connected
hose to check a smouldering
barn. - "
Firemen received the call
about 2:29 p.m. yesterday.
SHED FIRE
City firemen were Celled to
a shed and grass fire Li the
rural district on Jacksonville
highway about 12:30 p.m. to
day. Details on the extent of
the blaze and exact location
weer not available at press
time. C-
nuclear
TRIG
They are standing near the Republican
party's "Voteswagon" loaned ' by Morse
Motors, Medford. Geddes was in Jackson
county yesterday and today on a cam
paign tour. . '
ter for the forest service.
They noted that regional
meetings, one of which was
held 'in Medford, were "for
the purpose of stimulating
thinking in preparation for
the state wide meeting."
. "Unlike the local area meet
ings, which were informal,
the Salem meeting will be
conducted so that all state
ments, both oral and written
will be recorded," they said.
Stone and Phipps said they
hope small forest land own
ers, and others interested,
will express their views or
present written statements of
their ideas of what needs to
be done to improve forestry
measures on small woodlands.
Nationwide Study
Findings of a nationwide
study of the timber situation
revealed that productivity for
the small forest land owner
ships generally does not mea
sure up to that on larger
holdings, they said.
Phipps and Stone said
"Owners of unmanaged forest
lands are needlessly losing
out in profits. It is predicted
by the year 2000 that the na
tion's population will nearly
double, with twice the de
mand for wood products. We
hope that "the small forest
land owners who are closest
to the problem will openly
discuss the situation at the
statewide . meeting. Out of
this and similar meetings in
other states should come the
ideas leading, to better forest
management on our small for
est ownerships."
Meeting Called to Talk
Festival Fund Campaign
Ashland A citizens meet
ing will be held at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Britt Me
morial student center at
Southern Oregon college to
discuss and review plans for
the fund raising campaign for
the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival's new theater. - .
The meeting was called, to
answer questions by local res
idents about the campaign,
which- is scheduled to start
Nov. 12. Goal for the fund
raising drive is $275,000.'
Speakers will discuss var
ious aspects of the Festival's
impact on this area and will
encourage direct questions
from the floor, according to
Mrs.- John C. Cotton of Ash
mm
Man's Largest
Underground Shot
Jars Instruments
Atomic Test Site, Nev.-(UPD-The
most powerul under
ground explosion ever fired
by man, a Hiroshima-sized nu
clear device, was touched off
today beneath a lonely desert
mesa and recorded on scores
of seismographs in the United
States and Canada.
Like Earthquake
The shot rumbled like an
earthquake across the test site
near Las Vegas with the force
of 20,000 tons of TNT. It was
triggered deep in a mesa, 850
feet beneath the earth's sur
face, at 7 a.m. (p.s.t.) and first
reports said it registered on
seismographs 2,300 miles dis
tant at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Experts said it may have
been recorded around the
world.
The University of California
seismograph atJ3erkeley read
it as a magnitude of 4.75 to 5
on the Richter scale used to
measure earthquakes. .
Huge Plume of Dust
"That's a pretty good-sized
shock," said UC seismologist
Dr. Don Tocher.
The quake that caused some
damage to San Francisco last
year was slightly on the plus
side of 5.
Dr. Charles Richter said the
device Blance was recorded at
his Cal Tech Laboratory in
Pasadena as a shock compara
ble to past experiments in Ne
vada. Opening Closed
When Blance was fired a
plume of churning dust soared
high into the morning air. A
test spokesman said "it had
every evidence of having a
vent," but moments later a
tide of tumbling rock and
rubble closed the opening be
fore the fiery blast from the
explosion could escape.
The Atomic Energy Com
mission said it was the largest
known manmade artificial
underground explosion.
Morse to Speak ,
In Medford Friday
Senator Wayne Morse (I
Ore.) will speak at 12:30 p.m.
tomorrow at the Esquire
theater, Democratic party
headquarters, while on a
brief pre-election swing
through the state.
Senator Morse will speak
on the importance of voting
in the general election next
week at tomorrow's public
meeting.
Jim Redden, Democratic
party chairman, said the pub
lic was invited to hear Sena-f
tor Morse, and suggested
those attending make, ar
rangements for lunch prior to
12:30. There wil be no charge,
and coffee will be served.
The senator is expected to
arrive here from Klamath
Falls and continue to Jose
phine and Douglas, counties
later in the day.
land, who is in charge of the
meeting. Ashland - Attorney
Harry Skerry will serve as
master of ceremonies.
Speakers will include Dr.
Elmo Stevenson, president of
Southern Oregon college; A.
C. Fries Jr., Ashland, presi
dent' of the" Festival's board
of directors; Glenn Jackson,
Medford; cochairmah of the
Fund Raising committee;
Clarence BelL . president of
the Ashland Chamber of
Commerce; and the Rev. John
L. Thompson,. Ashland, a
member of the Festival board.
In addition to emphasizing
the cultural and entertain
ment values, the meeting
will seek to show the role
played by the Festival in the
valley's economy.