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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1959
No. 25
54th Year
Me
'On to Oregon' Cavalcade
Gets Send-Off by Truman
By EARL ADAMS
Mail Tribune City Editor
Independence, Mo. - Form
er President Harry Truman
this morning signaled the
"On To Oregon Cavalcade"
on its way to the Pacific North
west via the Old Oregon Trail.
The brief "whip cracking"
ceremony climaxed a week
end of activity which included
a dinner Friday night, cere
monies and a parade Saturday
afternoon and street dancing
last night.
Rain, which threatened Sat
urday's activities since mid
morning, came just as the pa
rade approached downtown
Independence and brought a
quick end to ceremonies at the
marker where the first expe
dition set out more than 100
years ago.
Mr. Truman, and Indepen
dence Mayor William Sermon
commended members of the
wagon train Saturday after
noon for undertaking the
event, and wished them luck.
The former president point
ed out the original trek to
Oregon started from a spot
near where he was standing,
and that it was significant in
the history of Independence
It was from this site that
Lewis and Clark started out,
went up the Missouri river,
and opened a vast new coun
try, the Oregon Territory, he
noted. j
Mr. Truman was presented
an interest in 10 acres of land
in the Oregon Cascades by
Howell Appling, secretary of
state, representing Oregon
Governor Mark O. Hatfield.
Appling told the large
crowd gathered for the cere
monies and parade that Ore
gon residents 'honor and re
spect our mid-west heritage
that has found expression in
the lives of many of our early
settlers, in hundreds of family
and community names, and in
the rugged spirit of Indepen
dence that still characterizes
our people."
Appling invited Missouri
ans to visit Oregon on their
vacations this year to explore
"the profuse splendor of our
mountains, our seas, our for
ests, and our streams."
The Independence mayor
was presented a gift of Myrtle
wood bowls from the mayor
of Independence, Ore. Otis
Calef, ah Independence, Ore.,
eagle spout, made the presen
tation.
Wililam Dawkins, Medford,
was master of ceremonies at
the Saturday afternoon event.
Among those he introduced
from Oregon were former
Governor Elmo Smith and
Mrs. Janet Baumhover, Mrs
Lilly Sweetland, Thomas
Vaughn, and Medford Mayor
Joha Snider, all members of
the Oregon Centennial Com
mission. Friday night, the New York
Life Insurance company spon
sored a dinner for wagon tram
personnel, "Missouri and Ore
gon officials, and for press,
Light, Scattered
Heating Reported
Orchard heating was re
ported light and scattered
early Saturday morning as
temperatures dropped to 28V4
degrees.
Heaters were fired up about
2 a.m. as some heating was
done in the south and central
portions of the valley, a fruit
grower reported. Heating was
reported nonexistent in the
east end of the valley due to
cloud cover, he explained.
Generally, temperatures
rose about 4 a.m. as a general
cloud cover appeared over the
valley. '
Some firing was predicted
for last night as temperatures
were forecast to hit 27 de
grees in some places.
WEATHER
Forecast partial cloudiness this
morning; fair and mild this
afternoon. Increasing cloudiness
and a little cooler Monday. High
today 68 and low tonight 35;
Monday 62
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 65
Lowest Saturday Morning 34
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
6:57 pjn.
CnnpleA r m nrrn TST K'?A SHI.
Moonset tomorrow 3:52 a.m.
Slowly dimming Mars and bril
liant Venus are now both mov
ing eastward among the stars
of the ecliptic. Venus is the
faster moving planet and it will
"catch op" with Mars in another
eight weeks, (on June 14).
radio and television represen
tatives in the Old Plantation,
a dining room, in Indepen
dence which, during the Civil
War, was used as Union army
headquarters in this area.
In another brief ceremony
at the Truman library near
here, Medford's Mayor John
Snider presented Mr. Truman
a check for $100 from the
I !?m 1859 ST-v 1959 'J"JrrJ
Local Wagon Lacks
Insignia, Literature
But Driver Hopeful
By EARL ADAMS
Mail Tribune City Editor
Independence, Mo. The
Medford Trail Riders' spon
sored covered wagon left here
this morning with six other
wagons -for its long trip to
Independence, Ore.
But it was without identfi
cation and with little litera
ture about the section of the
state it represents.
George Mcune, driver of the
wagon, which was made by
Roy Brabham of Eugene, said
the canvas cover for the wag
on was sidetracked some
where between Salt Lake City
and Denver. A temporary
canvas cover, lacking identi
fication as to its sponsor or
its restination.was made here.
Mcune is hopeful, however,
that the cover will reach the
wagon train along the way.
Looked Undressed
Saturday, at the wagon
train campsite, the Jackson
count wagon looked undress
ed, and with the exception
of the replica of an 1840 plow
on its side, the only thing
visible to remind curious visi
tors the wagon was part of
the group was an old muzzle
loader on the wagon seat.
The muzzleloader was loan
ed to Mcune by E 1 d o n N.
Judd, a young Independence,
Mo., man who made rope hal
ters for Mollie and Fibber,
the mules Mcune is driving.
The muzzleloader is part of
Judd's collection, which he
recently started, and is in
working condition.
The .44 caliber plains rifle
is an original cap and ball
rifle, Judd said, which was
used in the early 1840's. There
is no manufacturer's name on
the rifle.
Motel Literature
Mcune has with him liter
ature from some valley ho
tels which he will distribute
along theroute . Regular Jack
son county chamber of com
merce literature had not ar
rived by the time the wagon
train left.
But again he was hopeful
it would catch up with him
along the route. "There's a
lot of interest here in this,"
he said, and was he sure Jack
son county would benefit
from any literature distribut
ed to town officials along the
route.
About the only other thing
that worried Mcune was
whether the wagon would re
ceive enough money for the
trip. Cost of each wagon is
$1,650 minimum, and as of
Saturday, only $1,225 was ac
countable for Mcune's wagon.
The money finances food and
necessities for occupants of
the train.
Didn't Seem Worried
The Medford repair shop
owner didn't seem worried
about the trip with the ex
ception of motorists, as is the
case with all members of the
cavalcade.
"The people aren't thinking
of the problems of the trip,"
he said, "We are here to drive
these wagons along the old
Oregon trail, and that's what
we are going to do."
He admitted that traffic is
the greatest problem. For the
most part, he believed that
motorists would cooperate
whole heartedly, but he noted
there are always some who
think "they own the country."
All members of the caval
cade are in good spirits, and
by the time the wagons were
ready to roll this morning.
Jackson County Democratic
party for the Truman library
fund.
The wagon train is expected
to take more than 100 days
to reach Oregon, making an
average of 20 miles per day
It will follow as closely as
possible the original trail, at
tempting to stay on unpaved
roads.
they were anxious to get
started.
There is one in the train
who does not believe the cav
alcade will reach its destina
tion, Mcune said. Breakdowns
may delay the train, but as
of Saturday he believed there
was nothing to stop it from
completing its journey.
Mcune, like the rest of the
14 men, seven women and
five children making the trip,
had been at the wagon site a
week or more getting ac
quainted with the train he
would drive.
, The Missouri mules Mcune
is driving are two of the 14
being used by the cavalcade.
There are eight horses to con;
plete the stock list. Gordon
(Tex)' Serpa, Ashland, wagon
master, came to Missouri ear
lier this year to purchase
mules and horses. They were
purchased here rather than
in Oregon because of the dan
gers of "shipping fever" if
brought here in trucks.
Mules dominated the pur
chasing because teams of
horses were hard to find, and
even then mules used to be
ing shoed were a rarity. A
few mules in the cavalcade
had shoeing experience pre
viously, but the others did
not. Oxen were available, but
too slow.
Riding with Mcune in the
Jackson county wagon is Gary
Carnine, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gail Carnine,
Camas Valley. Gary's father
is traffic control and security
officer for the' train, and his
mother will assist in cooking.
Castro in
As Host to
Washington - (UPD - Cuban
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
reluctantly shed his battle fa
tigues last night and put on a
new uniform with white shirt
and tie to play host at a dip
lomatic reception.
Asked why he had changed
out of his colorful campaign
clothes to greet guests at the
Cuban Embassy, Castro re
plied: "Orders. It was against
my wishes." He pointed to
Cuban ambassador Ernesto
Dihigo, standing at his side,
as the source of his instruct
ions. Soviet ambassador Mikhail
Menshikov received only a
brief handshake from Castro,
who has been accused of pro-
Communist tendencies since
he came into office. Menshi
kov was invited, even though
Cuba does riot maintain dip
lomatic relations with Russia.
Contract Awarded
For Freeway Work
Peter Kiewit Sons' com
pany, Medford, was awarded
a contract by the state high
way commission last week for
grading 4 miles of the Seven
Oaks-Table Rock rd. section
of the new Highway 99 free
way near Central Point.
The bid was for $716,294.
The route will parallel the
present highway, by-passing
Central Point so traffic will
not be disrupted during con
struction. Since this bid only
covers grading, a paving bid
will be called later. '
Orchard Heating
Means Discussed
By Fruit Growers
League Asks OSC
For Fuller Program
How to save pear crops
without causing public incon
venience was a main topic
at the Jackson County Fruit
Growers league meeting Fri
day afternoon, a spokesman
reported.
The league has requested
Oregon State college to con
duct a . more extensive and
complete program of research
on orchacd heating, a
spokesman said.
(The Medford Pear Ship
pers association Thursday
called on OSC engineers to
step up their research into
better orchard heating meth
ods.) This research has been con
tinuing for a number of years
with tests conducted on ef
ficiency and possible reduc
tion of smoke with use of Lazy
Flame, jumbo cone and return-stack
heaters, the spokes
man explained. Research has
been conducted also on the
effect of wind-machines for
frost protection.
However, the old-s.tyle open
pots and slide-cover flat top
heaters still seem the most
efficient for frost protection,
he said.
"Fruit growers in the val
ley and the fruit industry
here have spent thousands of
dollars over a period of years
in working with Oregon State
college personnel in trying to
solve the problem of reducing
smoke but maintaining heat
ing efficiency," the spokes
man, a fruit grower himself,
said.
"The consistently high ceil
ings of over 250 feet in this
valley make wind-machines
and use of Lazy Flame, jumbo
cone and return stack heaters
much less efficient than they
they are in southern Cali
fornia where they are used
extensively," he said.
"Ceilings in southern Cali
fornia, on the whole, are from
25 to 35 feet. This makes the
same difference as trying to
heat a room with a high ceil
ing or one with low ceiling,"
the grower explained.
$1,000 Theft Reported
At Shady Cove Market
An estimated $1,000 in
change was taken from the
Shady Cove Market at Shady
Cove Saturday morning, state
police were informed.
Wallace Morell Crank, mar
ket manager, told police he
had left a money bag with the
change in front of a safe m
his office Saturday morning.
When he returned to check
on something the money bag
with the change was gone.
Shirt, Tie
Diplomats
American officials said yes
terday Castro scored a person
al triumph during the first
days of his current U.S. visit,
but has failed to state clearly
his position on a number of
issues, including alleged Com
muiist infiltration in his Cu
ban government.
The bearded rebel leader,
they said, seemed to create a
favorable impression Friday
during a two-hour, five-minute
earnest explanation of
the Cuban situation before
the American Society of News
paper Editors.
Despite his sincerity, these
officials said, he avoided com
mitting himself on a number
of issues. Typical, they said,
was Castro's answer to the
question of Communist infil
tration in Cuba.
The 32-year-old prime min
ister denied he' or his "26th
of July movement" was Com
munistic but he declined to
state flatly whether he would
take sides in case of a war
between the United States
and the Soviet Union.
Castro said his regime was
right in executing "war crim
inals." He said public opinion
in Cuba overwhelmingly sup
ported the 549 executions of
cohorts of ousted former Cu
ban president Fulgencio Ba
tista. Castro said Cuba intends to
give hospitality to exiles from
other Latin American count
ries ruled by dictators. He
pledged that Cuba would live
up to inter-American treaties
which forbid one country
from interfering in the in
ternal affairs of another
country.
Pearson, Duncan See
Session's Ending Soon
Salem-OJPD-The 50th ses
sion of the Oregon Legis
lature will wind up ils
business by the end of this
week, according to a pre
diction yesterday by both
the president of the Senate
and the speaker of the
House. '
Senate President Walter
Pearson of Portland and
House Speaker Robert Dun
can, Medford, made the
forecast.
Pearson said the Senate,
which recessed yesterday
afternoon, would not meet
again until Tuesday. He
said the senators are skip
ping a Monday meeting for
the first lime this session
to devote the day to com
mittee meetings. Duncan
said the House will go back
to work Monday to consider
30 important bills. He add
ed the House may have to
meet in night session to
get the work out.
Senate Approves
Bridge, Highway
Bond Issue Bill
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
Senate yesterday passed a bill
calling for a $28 million bond
issue to finance construction
of a highway toll , bridge
across the Columbia river at
Astoria and Improvement .of
Highway 42 in southern Ore
gon. Vote on the measure was
24-4.
The bill (HB 425) previously
passed the House, but the
House will have to agree to
Senate amendments placing
$4 million in 'the bill to take
care of Highway 42 improve
ments between Roseburg and
Coquille.
The House-passed bill called
for $24 million for the Astoria
Megler,' Wash","" bridge'only."
Committee Adds
The Senate Highway com
mittee added the Highway 42
proposal after holding a hear
ing. Sen. Dan Thiel (D-Astoria)
said he felt the Highway 42
amendment was needed and
quoted Gov. Mark Hatfield to
the effect that if bonding was
appropriate for the Astoria
bridge, "equal consideration"
should be given to Highway
42.
Sen. Loyd Key (D-Milton-Freewater)
opposed the bill
on the House floor because of
the Highway 42 amendment.
He said that, in effect, this
amendment was .infringing on
decisions of the Highway Com
mission.
Before the bridge bond
issue becomes effective, an
agreement must be signed
with Washington whereby
that state will share in profits
or contribute to losses from
the toll structure on an equal
basis with Oregon.
Piledrivers Refuse
Contractors' Offer
' Portland -(UPD- An offer
from the Associated General
Contractors has received a
favorable vote by members of
the Portland District Council
of Carpenters but the Local
Piledrivers union voted to
turn down the employer of
fer. Lyle J. Hiller, international
representative of the Carpen
ters union, said the Piledriv
ers would remain on the job
and he would ask the Federal
Mediation service here for
further negotiations Monday.
Members of the Oregon
District Council of Carpenters-including
all carpenters'
locals outside Portland-and
carpenters of the Southwest
Washington district voted
earlier to accept the contrac
tors' 53-cent wage package of
fer for a three-year period.
Rep. Porter Seeks Views of People
On Issue of Chairlift for Crater Lake
By ROBERT A. SMITH
Mail -Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington Rep. Charles
O. Porter is "going to the
people" with his idea for con
structing a chairlift in Crater
Lake National park.
Porter last week sent out
questionaires to 9,500 voters
of western Oregon to get their
point of view on this hot is
sue. The idea has run into edi
torial criticism from the Med
ford Mail Tribune and the
Eugene Register-Guard.
AII-(urt Attack Crashes
Dutaoiio Prisoo Kevolft
New Secretary
Herter Endorsed
By Both Parties
Washington-(DPD-Swift Sen
ate confirmation of Christian
A. Herter as secretary of state
was forecast yesterday by
leaders of both parties who
moved promptly to strengthen
his hand in critical cold war
negotiations with Russia.
Key congressmen, including
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas,
hailed President Eisenhower's
selection of the 64-year-old
Massachusetts Republican to
succeed cancer-stricken John
Foster Dulles. Johnson said
Herter will have "the backing
of a United America" in the
vital post.
Sweeping Vote
The endorsement from Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike
was, a. sweeping vote of confi
dence in the new secretary.
Sen. J. William Fulbright
(D-Ark.) conferred by tele
phone with the new cabinet
nominee and announced that
confirmation hearing will bet
underway Tuesday morning.
The unanimous bipartisan en
dorsement that, greeted Hert
er's nomination made it plain
he will be confirmed within
a matter of days.
European free world allies
extended a warm and uncon
ditional welcome to the new
U. S- foreign policy leader.
Lloyd 'Confident'
British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd who will join
Herter at the Allied foreign
ministers conference with the
Russians next month said '"I
am confident that he will
maintain the close coopera
tion and intimate coasulation
between our two governments
in the field of foreign affairs
on which so much depends."
Sabotage Possible
In Airliner's Crash ,
Mexicali, Mexico - (UPD -Federal
authorities and Baja
California state police yester
day were investigating the
possibility of sabotage in the
crash of a commercial airliner
which carried 26 persons to
death while flying under ap
parently perfect conditions.
Bodies of all 21 passengers
and five crewmen were recov
ered from the wreckage of
the ill-starred C-46 strewn
along the beach near the re
sort town of Guaymas on the
Eastern shore of the Gulf of
California.
The remains were taken in
land to Hermosillo from the
crash scene some 300 miles
south of the U. S. - Mexico bor
der.
Tigres Voladores (Flying
Tigers) of Mexico, operators
of the plane, could offer no
explanation for the crash,
which took place Friday as
the craft was en route from
Mexicali to Mexico City.
Uruguay Residents
Flee Worst Floods
Buenos Aires, Argentina-(UPD-The
15,000 residents of
Paso De Los Toros, Uruguay,
yesterday evacuated their
homes for fear rampaging
waters from South America's
worst floods in history might
break through mammoth Rin
con Del Bonete dam and wipe
out the city.
Meanwhile, the U. S. ice
breaker Edisto swung off its
Antarctica-to-U.S. course to
race to the aid of thousands
of persons left homeless by
the South American floods.
In putting the issue to his
constituents, Porter phrased
it this way:
"Provided it was conceal
ed by trees and thus entailed
no disfigurement of the scen
ery, and no tax funds were
required, would you favor a
chairlift from the rim to the
surface of Crater Lake?"
In an explanation of the
opinion poll, Porter told his
constituents:
"It is important for me to
be reinforced in my thinking
and my action in the Congress
'You Can See The Poor
alai Lama Tells
f R
ed Treachery
Tezpur, India (UPD The
Dalai Lama of Tibet left by
train for Asylum in an In
dian hill resort yesterday af
ter accusing the Chinese com
munists of killing other
Lamas, forcing monks into
slave labor and firing shells
at his palace in a reign of
treachery.
The spiritual and temporal
leader of Tibet charged the
Tibet Refugees
Pour Into Nepal
Katmandu, Nepal-ttJPD-Refu-gees
from Tibet are pouring
into the neighboring kingdom
of Nepal despite strict Chinese
army control of the border
passes, press reports said here
yesterday.
One dispatch said a Tibetan
woman killed 10 Chinese sol
diers to evenge the death of
her Khampa tribesman hus
band at their hands. She then
was reported to have escaped
into sanctuary in Nepal.
Dispatches said Nepalese at
the border were worried be
cause of the proximity of Chi
nese patrols. Many Tibetans
have fled across the border
while being chased by sol
diers, the reports said.
(In Tokyo, the Communist
New China News Agency
broadcast a pledge by the Chi
nese army in Tibet to keep on
fighting "until all the rebels
are mopped up thoroughly.")
Indians' Bids High
For Klamath Land
Portland -(UPD Members of
the Klamath Indian tribe who
announced their withdrawal
are making high bids to pur
chase land on the reservation,
the Bureau of Indian affairs
office said here yesterday.
Tribe members have paid
$260,704 for nine fringe land
units offered for sale last
month. The tribe members are
given preference on buying
the land.
Non-Indian bidders had of
fered $181,245 for the same
units. The Bureau said that of
the original 72 fringe units
up for sale, all but 16 have
been disposed of and Klamath
Indians bought all but three
of the units sold.
if you feel I am on the right
track. On the other hand your
point of view is just as im
portant, perhaps more valu
able for me, if your view is
contrary to my own. As much
as this is possible I like both
my thinking and my action to
reflect the will of the people
I represent in Congress."
Porter also sounded out vot
ers on the proposed Oregon
dunes seashore park and 18
other current issues, includ
ing: "Do you believe it is im
portant that we beat the Rus
sians to the moon?"
Fellow Is A Prisoner'
Chinese Reds violated pledges
granting Tibetans autonomy
over their internal affairs
and that he fled the country
March 17 of his "own free
will" when the situation be
came intolerable.
Dispatches from the neigh
boring kingdom of Nepal said
Tibetans were fleeing over
the border to escape roving
Chinese army patrols. The
Nepalese di s p a t c h e s said
Khampa tribesmen in -the Ti
betan capital of Lhasa had
been seized in their homes
and beaten and kicked to
death by the Reds.
The 23-year-old Dalai
Lama, revered by 150 million
Asian Buddhists, rode an In
dian army jeep 40 miles down
the foothills into Tezpur
from the forbidden roof of
the world after a 33-day trek
by cart, pony and on foot.
He read his indictment of
Red China to a crowd in
Tezpur and five hours later
departed by air-conditioned
train for exile in the hill re
sort of Mussoorie, a four-day
journey away.
The Dalai Lama said he
hoped there would be no
more bloodshed. But he left
no doubt that he had fled be
cause he wanted to and not
under "duress," as the Chi
nese communists have claim
ed. (In Peiping, Chinese Com
munist Premier Chou En-Lai
insisted again yesterday that
the Dalai Lama had been ab
ducted by counter-revolutionists.
"We still hope" to get
him back, Chou said.)
His arrival in Tezpur, the
farthest outsiders are allowed
to go before the forbidden
zone of India's northeast fron
tier, touched off rejoicing
among the devout Buddhists
of Asia. There were indica
tions his flight and his revel
ation of Chinese brutality and
perfidy would stir up a holy
war against communism in
neutralist Asia. To Buddhists,
the Dalai Lama is the 14th
reincarnation of Buddha.
Kennedy Defends
Provisions in Bill
Washington -(UPD- Sen. John
F. Kennedy charged yester
day that those who want to
stiffen the Kennedy-Ervin La
bor Reform bill are "those
who want to limit or destroy
the rights of honest unions."
"You can't pass a bill in
this congress, and have the
President sign it, that will de
stroy labor unions," the Mass
achusetts Democrat said. He
appeared on a television-radio
program conducted by Sen.
Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.).
Kennedy has split with Sen.
S. J. Ervin, co-author of the
measure, on Ervin's motion to
eliminate a section that would
make three basic changes in
Taft-Hartley law provisions.
Ervin argued that the extra
provisions might serve to wa
ter down the bill's anti-racketeering
features. His motion
goes to a vote Tuesday in the
Senate.
Mass-Escape Try
Reported Cause
Of Bloody Clash
Ringleaders Found
Dead After Assault
Deer Lodge, Mont. -(UPD-Na-
tional Guardsmen crushed a
murderous convict mutiny at
Montana State prison yester
day and Warden Floyd E.
Powell disclosed last nieht
that the 35-hour rebellion was
triggered by a mass escape at
tempt.
Steel-helmeted Guardsmen
crashed into the ancient pris
on before dawn to free 16
prison guard hostages and five
captive "stool-pigeon" con
victs. Both prisoner ringlead
ers died during the final as
sault. Warden Powell said the
mutiny "was not a riot but
definitely an escape attempt."
"When the tunneling - out
operation failed and came to
an ' end, the ringleaders de
cided to kill all the hostages
last night," Powell said.
"Upon learning of this I
saw only one course of action,
which was taken successful
ly." Powell, husky 46-year-old
reform warden of the oft
troubled penitentiary, person-
any lead the blazing assault
by 300 Guardsmen, highway
patrolmen and old west-style
vigilantes.
Convicts Quelled
The attack force, using ba
zookas, machine guns and
tear gas, quelled the angry
convicts and sent the weary
hostages out to their loved
ones in only 20 minutes.
Two other hostages, In
cluding a hero of the revolt,
prison sociologist Walter
Jones, 24, got out earlier.
The riot claimed three
lives: Lee Smart, a 19-year-old
murderer, and Jerry
Myles, 44-year-old six-time lo
ser, the principal ringleaders,
and Deputy Warden Ted
Rothe, whom Smart admitted
shooting in the back at the
outset of the mutiny, Thurs
day. Others Wounded
A hostage guard, Robert
Wyant, 29, and a National
Guard Lieutenant, Russ Pul
lium, 28, were wounded by
convict gunfire. Hostage
guard William Cox was knif
ed earlier in the rebellion.
The prisoners told newsmen
that they objected chiefly to
the parole system and to Ben
jamin Wright, director of the
State Parole board who re
signed Friday night. '
Wright's resignation was
formally accepted yesterday
by the Parole board with
what they said was "extreme
regret."
The 90-year-old prison
houses about 450 prisoners,
but officials believed only
about 20 or 30 men formed
the "hard core" that kept the
rebellion going.
The 16 hostages lived agon
izing hours with the threat of
death by fire, rope or bullet
hanging over them. They
rushed joyously into the
street for jubilant reunions
with their families.
Ringleaders Dead
The ringleaders, Smart and
Myles, were found dead in
one of the prison towers, ap
parently the victims of a ma
cabre last-minute murder and
suicide.
Powell county coroner
Ralph J. Beck said "it appears
at this point that Myles was
shot by Smart and that Smart
then shot himself, putting the
barrel in his mouth."
The Warden said he believ
ed Smart killed Myles be
cause the latter "didn't have
the intestinal fortitude to car
ry out what he said he would
do"-presumably refuse to be
taken alive.
Touched Off
Powell, a hostage himsell
briefly, quoted Smart as say
ing he touched off the rebel
lion by slaying Deputy War
den Rothe as he bent over
files in his office Thursday
afternoon.
Thus Smart, a murderer at
19, began and ended the re
volt with two more murder.
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