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Defeated
Salem -(LTD- Private power
proponents today held their
biggest victory of the 1959
legislative session.
A bill to put Oregon into
the electrical power business
lost out in the House Monday
afternoon when four Demo
crats crossed party lines to
vote with Republicans to de
feat the measure.
There were 29 yes votes
and 28 no votes. It took 31
yes votes to pass.
The four Democrats who
voted were Reps. George An
nala of Hood River, Roy Fitz
water of Lebanon, Ben Evick
of Madras and Don McKinnis
of Summerville. Only Repub
lican favoring the bill was
Rep. George Layman of New
berg. The bill would have set up
a three-man power develop
ment commission that could
have bought and sold power,
constructed dams and built
transmission line.
Supporters of the bill main
tained that the Power Com
mission was the only way
Oregon could get more power
under the preference clause
in the Bonneville power act.
That clause gives public agen
cies first crack at federally
k generated power.
Would Aid Private Firms
Rep. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg)
maintained that the bill was
not designed to drive private
power companies out of busi
ness, but actually would help
them through more industry
being brought into the state
by low cost power generated
by the commission.
Earlier the bill had been
sent back to committee to add
the amendment referring the
measure to the people. How
ever, opponents of the bill
charged that the only reason
it was returned was that sup
porters did not have enough
votes to pass it.
Before the vote was taken,
Rep. Clarence Barton (D-Co-quille)
failed in an attempt to
have the amendment re
ferring the matter to the peo
ple stricken from the bill.
Rep. F. F. Montgomery (R
Eugene led opposition to the
bill declaring it posed a threat
to private enterprise in a state
"that has shown more indus
trial growth since 1950 than
3 any other period in its
history."
Rep. Shirley Field (R-Port-?and)
said that the state could
f et around restrictions impos
ed by the preference clause
by reserving large blocks of
power at new dam sites."
However, she did not agree
with an assertion by Mont-
Humphrey Speaks
In Eugene Tonight
Portland -(UPD-Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.) a possi
ble candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination
next year, was due in Oregon
today for a two-day visit.
Humphrey was to arrive
here from the state of Wash
ington, speak in Eugene at the
University of Oregon tonight
and return here Wednesday,
stopping in Salem for lunch
with Democratic leaders.
Humphrey said in Kenne
wick, Wash., Monday night
that "power is our first line
of defense in the cold war."
Humphrey said that when
"I look at the amazing growth
in Soviet generating capacity
my biggest concern is that we
keep ahead in the kilowatt
race-far ahead."
Annual Cancer Drive
Under Way
The annual Cancer Control
Day drive started this morn
ing and will continue until
this evening in Jackson coun
ty. More than 1,000 volunteers
are participating.
Dr. Orval Eaton, chairman
of the Cancer Crusade, said
"our objective is two-fold, to
control and lessen the tragic
waste of life from cancer,
and to conquer the disease for
future generations.
Valunteers are seeking con
tributions to the cancer drive,
he said, and also distributing
literature containing facts
about cancer. ,
Mrs. Jack James is chair
man of volunteers in the area
outside Medford and Ashland,
where Mrs. Ralph Odell and
Max Finney are chairmen,
respectively. Assisting Mrs.
Odell in Medford are Mrs.
Ivan Harrington and Mrs.
Warren Bayliss.
After volunteers contact
families on their lists, reports
001
gomery that private power in
terests mights be able to get
the federal government to
change the clause.
Meanwhile, the House Tax'
ation Committee made some
progress toward adjournment
by approving a rate schedule
for personal income taxes con
tained in House bill 460.
This is the bill sponsored
by Gov. Mark Hatfield.
New rates would range from
1 to 7 per cent compared with
3 to 9.5 per cent now.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille) said the new rates
would raise between $8 and
$8.5 million a biennium.
The schedule will be added
to House bill 550 sponsored
by Sen. Ben Musa and Rep.
Katherine Musa (D - The
Dalles).
Juvenile Problems
Discussed by Judge
At Clinic
Southern Oregon Child
Guidance Clinic association
elected officers and heard
Judge Virgil H. Langtry of
Portland talk on a juvenile
delinquency at the 1959 an
nual meeting last night at the
Medford High school cafeter
ia. Judge Langtry is a circuit
and juvenile judge for Mult
nomah county.
Harold Snodgrass, Medford,
was elected president to suc
ceed the Rev. Richard M.
Jones, also Medford, who con
ducted last night's session.
Others elected were Mrs. John
Brandenburg, Medford, vice
president; Mrs. Albert Bam-
Construction of
Armory Starts
On West Jackson
Work has begun at the new
U. S. Army Reserve center
site on North Columbus ave.
between West Jackson st. and
McAndrews rd.
The contractor, Louis Ko
wolowski, Madras, reported
ly expects to complete the
job within 298 days. A build
ing permit valuing the proj
ect at $229,000 was issued at
Medford city hall yesterday.
The reserve center will pro
vide modern quarters for lo
cal Army Reserve personnel
now using the federal build
ing, 33 North Riverside ave.
The government has pur
chased the entire triangle
bounded by Columbus, Mc
Andrews and Jackson. Plans
at city hall indicate the area
surrounding the buildings
themselves will be landscap
ed, with 27 trees including
Norway maples, moraine lo
cust, scotch pine and others
and 263 shrubs. A parking
lot is also planned.
The area was formerly
owned by the Jackson county
housing authority.
The main building, accord
ing to the plans, will include
four classrooms, an instruct
ors' room, offices, locker and
shower facilities, storage
rooms, a boiler room and a
kitchen. Also in the blueprints
are an assembly hall and,
nearby, a two-bay mainten
ance shop.
in County
will be made to Cancer Soci
ety headquarters at Eighth
and Bartlett sts. Headquarters
will be open this evening to
receive reports and contribu
tions, Dr. Eaton said.
Assisting Mrs. James in the
county will be Mrs. C. O.
Long and Mrs. John Baldwin,
Talent; Mrs. Leonard Halfhill,
Phoenix; Mrs. E. W. Segessen
man, Shady Cove; Mrs. Glenn
Hale and Mrs. Earle Jossy,
Eagle Point; Mrs. Paul Mal
loy, Gold Hill; Mrs. William
Dunlap, Butte Falls; Mrs. Joe
Arens, Brownsboro; Mrs. C.
R. Schmidt, Oak Grove; Mrs.
Francis Cheney, West Side;
Mrs. V. L. Chapman and Mrs.
Jack Rienks, Prospect; Mrs.
R. E. Foy, Griffin Creek; Mrs.
John Bohnert, Central Point;
Mrs. Hazel Engle, Rogue Riv
er; Mrs. Jacks O'Brien, Apple
gate; Mrs. H. R. Parrott Jr.,
Jacksonville; and Miss Janice
Burkett, Southern Oregon
college.
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Only one committee mem
ber, Rep. Vernon Cook (D
Troutdale) voted against using
the rate schedule recommend
ed by the committee.
Other provisions of the plan
call for elimination of federal
income tax deductions, cut
ting extra exemptions granted
for persons over 65 and elim
ination of the 5 per cent stan
dard deduction.
The committee met Sunday
night to work out most of its
tax plan aside from the rates
structure.
One provision calls for sim
plification of tax law so that
the estimated 400,000 citizens
pa y i n g withholding taxes
would just send their with
holding receipts to the Tax
Commission which would fig
ure the tax for them.
Meeting
forth, Medford, secretary, and
Mrs. Wilton White, Central
Point, treasurer.
Elected to three-year board
terms were Col. Fred Greene,
Eagle Point; Ben Day, Gold
Hill; Riley Cook, Edward Col
lins, Mrs. Fred Danielson. Mrs.
Rodney Miller and Mrs. Ralph
Thompsen, all of Medford.
Dr. William Miller and Mrs.
Dunbar Carpenter, Medford,
and Mrs. Chester Fitch, Ash
land, were elected to fill
board vacancies.
Reviews Cases
Judge Langtry reviewed a
number of juvenile cases that
have come before his court
in an effort to bring the pic
ture of juvenile delinquency
into focus for his listeners.
He then asked a number of
questions: "Will some histor
ian one day write of the de
cline and fall of a decadent
America? What constitutes
due process when it involves
the moral life of a child? How
long shall the court wait for
parents to reform and show
a sense of responsibility be
fore permanently removing
children from their care? Are
the courts and juvenile offic
ers being too easy? Are we
only concerned with need and
not with right and true mor
ality?" Attempting to answer some
of these questions, Judge
Langtry said that in many in
stances social workers and
judges are sure "when the
weary cycle starts" that the
children in question will end
up as juvenile delinquents,
mentally disturbed and with
out a. sense of moral values
unless taken from their bad
environment, but that judges
and social workers have been
reluctant to sever the child
parent relationship except as
a last recourse.
The judge added he be
lieved "we have been too
easy and said he was endeav
oring to give a stricter inter
pretation to the law."
Lack of Co-Relation
Judge Langtry, stressing
that "what happens to one
happens to all of us" said
there is lack of co-relation of
the forces for good and of
concerned agencies and organ
izations, in American com
munity living. He said these
forces must be centralized,
coordinated and made more
efficient, that families with
children showing signs of mor
al deterioration must be
brought into the circle of
good and corrective, influence
whether they want to or not.
He said such a coordinating
authority has been establish
ed in Portland, but that Mult
nomah county has ruled there
is no legal basis for such co
ordination for counties.
The judge said the "visiting
teacher" has proven valuable
in working with delinquent
children, and that family
counseling services must be
expanded. He spoke of the
new juvenile code drafted and
introduced into this legisla
ture, and asked his listeners
to write the senate urging its
passage.
Judge Langtry closed by
saying "there is no retreat
from the contagation of delin
quency; we must no succumb
to the false doctrine that we
cannot prevent delinquency.
Prevention is the responsibil
ity of the community; if we
do not prevent delinquency,
we are sowing the seeds of
our own destruction."
The speaker was introduced
by Judge Edward Kelly. En
tertainment was by the Strol
lers; the Rev. Melvin Dickson
pronounced the benediction, i
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Herter Swiftly
Wins Approval
As Secretary
Confirmation Follows
Vote by Committee
Washington -(ITD Christian
A. Herter won swift Senate
confirmation today as new
secretary of state succeeding
ailing John Foster Dulles.
Approval was by a unani
mous vote of 93-0.
Herter's nomination moved
through the Senate at top
speed after being unanimous
ly and quickly approved by
the Senate Foreign Relations
committee in a morning hear
ing. The senators acted with an
almost unprecedented burst of
speed.
Senator after senator-Democrat
and Republican alike
rose on the Senate floor to
voice his vote of confidence
in the 64-year-old former Mas
sachusetts governor and one
time congressman.
To Meet Hammarskjold
Soon after the committee
vote, the State Department
announced that:
-Herter and U.N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
are expected to have a gen
eral "exchange of views" on
major world problems Thurs
day, when the U.N. official
visits Washington.
-Herter plans to leave Mon
day afternoon for the western
Big Four foreign ministers
meeting in Paris beginning
April 29. :
Before Senate action, the
Foreign Relations Committee
approved Herter's nomination
17-0.
During the 65 minutes of
questioning, mostly by Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), Herter
said that:
-He did not believe the
United States should use nu
clear weapons "in the initial
stages" in any shooting war
that might break out over
Berlin.
-The U.S. would have to
"think very carefully" about
using nuclear weapons - if "it
appeared that Russia was
"willing to carry it to the
point of an all-out war."
Praised By Committee
Herter was warmly praised
by every committee member
present, including Morse.
Herter said, in reply to a
question by Morse, that the
President has the final au
thority over when to use nu
clear weapons. But he added
that "I don't think any Presi
dent of the United States
would want to engage in war
without going to Congress."
Morse had voiced concern
over the possibility of a presi
dent ising nuclear weapons
in a "limited war" without
the specific consent of Con
gress. Herter said in case of a
shooting war over Berlin, the
administration "without any
question" should take up the
matter with Congress imme
diately. National Guardsmen
Qualify With Rifles
Men of Company E, second
battle group, 186th infantry,
Oregon National Guard unit
which recently was organized
from members of two local
units, trained at the Camp
White rifle range Sunday.
It was Dart of the annual
spring rifle and special weap
ons qualifications, with most
of the men Qualifying with the
Ml rifle and machinegun. A
familiarization course on the
automatic rifle and Ml car
bine qualifications were held
during the afternoon.
Men armed with .45 caliber
pistols also were given oppor
tunity to qualify. Company
cooks prepared the noon meal.
First Lt. Donald M. Ivie,
former commander of Head-
auarters company, is com
manding officer of Company
E, and 1st Lt. Jack C. Philips,
who commanded Company A,
is executive officer of the new
unit.
Regular drill was held at
7:45 p.m. Monday with first
formation at 7:45 p.m. Drill
has been changed to start at
7:45 instead of 8 p.m. to allow
a refreshment period, officers
said.
DOW -JONES AVERAGES
New York-(lPI)-Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 629.23, up 2.15; 20
railroads 168.36, off 0.51;
15 utilities 92.48, off 0.36,
and 65 stocks 215.45, up
0.14. Sales today were about
3,650,000 shares compared
with 3,610,00 shares Monday.
54th Year
Medford
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est
Polls To Be Open
Tomorrow for
Election on Bonds
$1,275,000 Issue
Set for Junior High
Ashland-Three polls will be
open between 2 and 8 p.m.
tomorrow for a $1,275,000
bond election to finance con
construction of a proposed
new -junior high school in
Ashland.
The Ashland school board
proposed a new junior high
school "to relieve one of our
major educational problems."
Enrollments and growth in
the district have overcrowded
the present school, which also
is a fire hazard, the board
said.
The proposed school would
be constructed on a 25-acre
tract at the junction of East
Main st. and Walker ave. It
would be a one story, frame
and masonry construction on
a concrete slab. '
House 800 Students
The new school would house
800 students, with facilities
for expansion to 1,000 seventh,
eight and ninth graders. By
September, 1960, the board
said, there will be 660 stu
dents, and the proposed new
school is expected to reach
capacity within four or five
years.
If the bond issue is approv
ed, it would increase taxes an
nually about $2 per $1,000 of
property value if bonds. were
amortized over a 20-year pe
riod, the board said. Ashland,
the board noted, has one of
the lowest school taxes of
first class districts in the state,
and the lowest in Jackson
county.
The assessed valuation of
the district is $10,979,819-75,
and the remaining bonding
capacity is $1,797,962.
Precincts 12, 12A, 13, 15,
16, 17 and 22 will vote at
Walker school; precincts 3,
5, 8, 10, 14 and 63 will vote
at Briscoe school library; and
precincts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and
11 will vote at the junior high
school.
Board Accepts
Assessment Ratio
The Jackson county board
of equalization yesterday ac
cepted 25 per cent as the as
sessment ratio, according to
Ray Schumacher, county as
sessor. The ratio of 25 per cent of
the market value equals the
assessed valuation, he explain
ed. The budget for each dis
trict is applied into the as
sessed value to determine the
millage of each of the dis
tricts, Schumacher explained.
The millage applied against
the assessed value equals the
taxes.
The county assessor's office
is now getting the assessment
rolls ready for the board of
equalization by May 11, Schu
macher said.
A canvass this year brought
in more than a 1,000 new per
sonal property accounts, a 20
per cent increase, Schumacher
added. About a 1,000 new real
property accounts have been
added. The latter is due main
ly to the segregation of land
in the county into smaller
units, he explained.
The assessor's office is also
changing between 10,000 to
15,000 new accounts into new
codes created by the recent
consolidation of six school
districts.
Service Officers to
Meet Here This Week
The 23rd semi-annual con
ference of the Oregon County
Service Officers association
will be held at the Medford
hotel Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday.
Several speakers are sched
u 1 e d tomorrow afternoon,
with a visit to Camp White
and Jacksonville scheduled
Thursday. Business meetings
art slated for Friday.
W
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MEDFORD,. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1959
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"We Probably Won't Know Till The Last Minute
Who We'll Put In Orbit"
Proposal to Change
Name of Chamber
Submitted to Board
Plans for a Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce mem
bership drive starting next
month were announced at
yesterday's chamber round-
table luncheon by- President
Hugh Coleman.
Meanwhile, Coleman said,
he has submitted to the cham
ber board of directors a pro
posal to change the organiza
tion's name to the Medford
Chamber of Commerce.
Coleman also suggested
that the chamber hire a matt
for liaison functions between
the chamber office and the
community, and that its office
be lodged in an easily-accessible
building of its own with
ample off-street parking.
Membership Drive
The membership drive will
be conducted for four weeks
from late May to late June
according to present plans,
Coleman reported. He said
it is hoped that the cham
ber's annual budget can be
raised from $25,000 to $40,
000. A professional campaign
Possible Showers
Forecast Tomorrow
No orchard heating was
needed in the Rogue valley
last night, and none is fore
cast for tonight because of ris
ing temperatures, William
Rogers, of the weather bur
eau's fruit and frost warning
service, said today.
Lew temperatures tonight
are expected to be about 40
degrees, and the forecast to
morrow is for a chance of
showers or thundershowers
over the mountains, the wea
ther bureau said.
Lowest temperatures re
corded in the coldest areas
last night were 31 degrees.
Critical temperature for heat
ing is 30 degrees.
Fruit is now approaching
the critical stage for both
D'Anjous and Bartletts. Pet
als are gone and small fruit
is starting to form, C. B.
Cordy, county horticulture
agent, said.
Cigarette Price
Bill Passes House
Salem -UPD- The House to
day passed, 42-16, a bill to
prohibit the sale of cigarettes
at below cost. Under the bill,
prices of cigarettes would
have to be at least equal to
the wholesale purchase price
plus the cost of doing busi
ness. BASEBALL
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Boston . 2 8 1
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sale and Bailey. HR: Triandos,
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manager, according to Cole
man, will be retained for the
drive.
The chamber's 1959 presi
dent said the primary reason
for' changing the organiza
tion s name is to assure its
recognition elsewhere. The
name "Medford" would have
more meaning, as he explain
ed it, in other parts of the
country.
Benefit of County
Coleman emphacized that
the organization, though its
name were changed, would
continue to operate for the
benefit of the whole county.
"By no means do we intend
to throw a tent over Med
ford," he said.
The organization was, at
one time, known as the Med
ford Chamber of Commerce.
The change at the present
county designation took place
in 1935. Originally, it was
the Medford Commercial club.
Coleman said he would like
to have a man on the cham
ber's payroll who would
maintain effective communi
cation between the organiza
tion and local businessmen
and residents. This man, he
explained, could get acquaint
ed with new businesses, keep
the chamber informed of pub
lic opinion and serve when
required as a troubleshooter.
Public Informed
He said' that the public,
as well, must be kept prop
erly informed of the cham
ber's activities.
Coleman said he would like
to see more "old timers" in
the community contribute
their experience and wisdom
to the chamber. He said that
housewives, too, are just as
important in supporting the
chamber as anyone else. He
said there should be a bet
ter educational program for
housewives.
Too many people, Cole
man said, are inclined to shy
away from acting collectively
for the benefit of the com
munity as a whole. He said
the chamber serves everyone,
not just a few business peo
ple. He said it should main
tain harmony between mer
chants and other citizens.
Portland-UPD-The tempera
ture reached 76 degrees here
Monday, highest of the year
so far.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Thickening clnudi
ness tonight. Chance of show
ers or thundershowers over
the mountains Wednesday.
Low tonight 40. High Wednes
day 70.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:59 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:21 a.m.
Moonrise today 5:31 p.m.
Full Moon April 22
PROMINENT STAR
Spica, follows the Moon.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 9:37 p.m.
Mars, sets 11:51 p.m.
Jupiter, low in south
east 11:01 p.m.
Saturn, low In south.
east. 1:21 a.m.
Price 10 Cents
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T
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East Germany
Book Calls for
Occupation End
Meeting Less Than
Three Weeks Away
London-(UPD-Extensive con
sultations among the western
allies have failed to resolve
their basic differences of ap
proach to the forthcoming
East-West negotiations in Ge
neva, diplomatic sources said
today.
Another ill omen for the
Geneva talks came in Berlin
with publication of a 115-page
book by the Communist East
Germany and Soviet foreign
offices calling for the immed
iate end to western occupa
tion rights in West Berlin.
The charges were not new but
the timing was considered sig
nificant. Believed Willing
Britain still believes the
Russians might be willing at
this time to negotiate an
agreement on Berlin and Ger
many and that they should be
encouraged by some western
gesture, the sources said.
The United States, . West
Germany and France, in vary
ing degree, remain highly
skeptical of Soviet intentions
and unwilling to waste con
cessions for the sake of the
experiment.
Agreed on Firmness
The western foreign minis
ters meet with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko in
less than three weeks. They
are agreed on a "policy of
firmness" but not agreed on
what is firm and what is not
firm.
This disagreement may
have been responsible for Sir
Winston Churchill's plea Mon
day night that the west re
main "united and strong" in
the forthcoming talks and to
warn that a battle for Berlin
could engulf the whole world
in nuclear warfare.
Britain meanwhile was
holding firm to the line pro
posed by Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan after his Mos
cow talks that there should
be "pacification by negotia
tion" and by "reasonable
agreement."
Lake of Woods Road
Open from Ashland
The road to Lake of the
Woods via the Dead Indian
route has been plowed open
and the lake resort opened,
Tom Neely, operator of the
resort, announced today.
Neely said the road to the
Lake of the Woods by Fish
lake still is closed.
The general trout season
opens at Lake of the Woods
Saturday, he said. Neely said
the road to the lake from
Klamath Falls has been clear
since before last week end,
when several people from
Medford went to their sum
mer cabins at the lake.
Snow melted from the road
from Klamath Falls, but drifts
of a foot or more were plowed
from the Dead Indian rd. en
trance to the lake, he said.
Serpa's Horse Bites Giri
As Children Greet Caravan
Olathe, Kan. -UPD- A horse
bit a little girl Monday night
as a band of modern day pi
oneers retracing the Oregon
Trail with covered wagons
and apparel of the 1840s
camped near Olathe.
Gardner, Kan., Goal
The 21 riders and seven
wagons on the 2,000-mile trip
planned to make another 20
miles today and camp tonight
near Gardner, Kan. Members
of the train, all from Oregon,
plan to reach Independence,
Ore., by mid-August as part
of the Oregon State Centen
nial. They left Independence,
Mo., Sunday.
Jo Anne Marshall, 6, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Marshall, Prairie Village,
Kan., was bitten on the shoul
der by a horse owned by
Convicts Threaten
To Kill Woman
If Approached
Speedboat Sought
To Make Getaway
San Quentin, Calif. (CPD
Two San Quentin prison
trustees fled to a nearby fish
ing pier today and seized a
man and his wife as hostages
at knife-point in a desperate
bid to obtain a speedboat and
escape across San Francisco
Bay.
The man was released to
act as messenger between the
convicts and the dozens of
prison guards and police who
waited tensely 100 feet away.
The couple was not im
mediately identified.
"Don't come any closer or
we'll slit her throat," one of
the convicts yelled.
A possible break came at
11:32 a.m. (PST), 2V4 hours
after the convicts seized the
hostages, when the escapees
called out that they wanted
to talk to the prison correc
tional officer, A. F. Mello.
Mello was rushed to the
scene.
The life and death drama
was taking place at the
"cross" of a 200-foot long "T"
shaped pier of the Marin
County Rod and Gun club.
The club is located about a
half mile north of San Quen
tin Prison, which itself is 12
miles north of San Francisco
on the west side of San Fran
cisco bay.
San Quentin Warden Fred
Dickson told newsmen all
they could do was play a
"waiting" game to prevent
harm to the woman.
"They (the convicts) are
very excited and very emo
tional," he said. "If they
were calmer, we wouldn't be
as worried."
Dickson said the convicts In
sisted that everyone clear off
the pier so they could escape
by boat or by car. "They said
if we didn't agree to this, they
would kill the woman."
"The convicts showed no
sign of cooperation," the ward
en said. "One time, when the
planes were overhead and we
couldn't hear each other, I
got a little closer than they
wanted me to, and they yelled
'get out of here or we'll kill
her!'"
"I told them if they kille
her they knew what the corn
sequences would be."
Surrender Demanded
He added that he told them,
"We'll give you consideratiom
if you give yourself up."
Prison authorities identifiet
the convicts as Billy Joe
Wright, 26, Trinity county,
serving a six months to 15
year term for burglary, and
William D. Werner, 23, Fresno
county, serving five years to
life and a concurrent 6 to 14
year term for first degree bu
glary and bad check charges.
They had been working as
trustees in a rock quarrv out
side the prison walls. Off-duty
guard W. Gastoni spottel
them fleeing on foot towarfc
the gun club about 9:15 a.m.
Guards in Pursuit
The men ran the mil
the pier and out to the ant
where they apparently hopt
to find a boat to take the
across the bay to freedoi.
Two guards were in pursuit
Finding no boat, the
capees grabbed a knife lying1
alongside a woman fishing ft
the end of the pier. She v$
among 20 or 25 persons ofc
the pier. Threatening her witl
the knife, they pulled her
hair to the end of the pier.
It was not immediatlj
clear exactly how they seized
the man who later acted is
intermediary.
La Grande-(UPD-Fred Schnei
der, manager of the Union
County Chamber of Com
merce, has announced his
resignation.
wagon master Tex Serpa of
Ashland.
Highway patrolmen rushed
the girl to the Olathe Com
munity hospital where a doc
tor said her skin had been
broken and her shoulder se
verely bruised. She was given
a tetanus shot and sent home.
Ahead of Schedule
Hundreds of school chil
dren, including Jo Anne, were
among the 2,000 persons who
greeted the caravan when it
arrived at Olathe hours ahead
of schedule.
A band of unscheduled "In
dians" raided the wagons
Monday and "scalped" Serpa.
They whooped around the
wagons for about 30 minutes
then left. It was teen-agers
who said the idea was their
own.