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medford, Oregon; Sunday, july 12, 1959
No. 97
Western iplomcofts
"I Can't Get Over It And He's a Fellow
Texan, Too"
Jet AniTuDinieir LoinidsSofeuy
A Commission Plain)
Geneva-UPD-The West this
week end was reported work
ing out a plan for a Big-four
commission that would pre
pare a cold war settlement of
the Berlin, Germany and Euro
pean security issues within
three years.
Details of the western pro
posals to provide a breathing
spell on the Berlin crisis with
Russia emerged as diplomats
began arriving in Geneva for
a resumption of the East-West
SteeB Management
Negotiators EDoubt
Accord IPossfiyilnty
New York - (UPD - Steel in
dustry negotiators said yester
day there is "no possibility
of reaching an agreement
with the steel workers union
before the strike deadline, of
midnight Tuesday, and the
companies prepared to shut
down the mills.
R. Conrad Cooper, execu
tive vice president of U. S.
Steel and chief industry ne
gotiator, said the union has
rejected another extension of
the contract, which expires at
midnight July 14.
The U. S. Steel Corp. an
nounced it would start bank-
Officials Study
Interchange Plan
City officials last week were
studying a revised state high
way department plan for the
proposed Highway 4 99 free
way interchange at Crater
Lake highway. " '
The new plan, some city
officials stated,, represents an
improvement over an earlier
plan with respect to traffic
flow and safety features but
still leaves something to be
desired.
The federal bureau of pub
lic roads, according to a state
hjghway department official,
has now approved plans for
all sections of the freeway
through Medford except the
stretch from Table Rock rd
to Morrow rd., which includes
the proposed interchange.
State right of way agents
are currently negotiating for
property along Biddle rd. and
in the vicinity of the Cottage
st. bridge, this official re
ported.
The city engineers may sub
mit suggestions for improving
the interchange plan, it is
understood. But since the fed
eral government is to finance
most of the project, the BPR
has the last word.
Freeway con struction
through Medford is scheduled
to get under way next year.
Army Rogue Plan
Discussion Slated
Travis Roberts of the sport
fisheries and wildlife bureau
will evaluate the U. S. Army
corps of engineers' proposals
with respect to effects on the
fishery of the Rogue River
basin project at a meeting to
morrow night.
The meeting was announced
by William Jess, president of
the Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources as
sociation. It will be held in
the Jackson County court
house auditorium at 8 p.m.
The corps recently com
pleted studies of potential
projects in the Rogue River
Basin which included such
factors as irrigation, flood
control, power generation,
fish and wildlife, recreation,
and municipal and industrial
water supply.
The Monday meeting will
be chiefly concerned with the
proposals effects on the fishery-
The public is invited to at
tend. BULLETIN
Central Point Cheney
Studs took over the lone
lead by half a game in Area
4 southern division by de
feating Lakeview 3 to 0 in
an American Legion junior
baseball gam last night.
foreign ministers conference
Monday after a three-week
recess.
Both Russia and the West
had new plans. Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter car
ried new proposals with him
when he took off from Wash
ington for Geneva yesterday.
Herter said he would "ne
gotiate in good faith" with
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei A. Gromyko. But he ad
ded he has "no great expecta
ing its blast furnaces at mid
night today and, reduce the
heat in the coke ovens Mon
day. The last steel will be
turned out of the furnaces
Tuesday, unless the negoti
ations take a turn for the
better.
Despite the gloom surround
ing negotiators, the two four
man bargaining teams agreed
to meet again this morning in
a last-ditch effort to . break
the impasse.
David J. McDonald, presi
dent of the United Steelwork
ers union, said he was willing
to negotiate right up to the
strike deadline in the hope
the industry would give up its
"strike brinkmanship" a 1 1 i -tude.
Blame Each Other
Cooper and McDonald blam
ed each other for the dead
lock, which seemed certain to
trigger the sixth post-war steel
strike. Such a walkout by
500,000 men would cost the
economy heavily in lost pro
duction and wages.
McDonald told newsmen
after a one-hour Saturday
bargaining session that the
union had made a number of
specific offers to the industry
in an effort to lead off a
strike, but that these were re
jected.
The industry revealed in a
prepared statement that it is
ready to negotiate a two-year
contract calling for improve
ments in insurance and pen
sion prqyisions the first year
and a modest wage increase
the second year, if the union
would agree ta certain con
tract revisions.
No Offer on Table
Despite the industry state
ment, McDonald told news
men flatly the union has no
offer on the table from the
industry.
McDonald warned that the
"hour is late" and urged the
steel industry to make an of-,
fer to the union. He accused
the industry of demanding a
wage freeze at a time when
it was making "oodles of
money.
Cooper said the contract re
visions suggested by the in
dustry were not designed to
wreck the union, as McDonald
has charged, or to deprive
steel workers of their rights,
but rather to improve ef
ficiency and economy in plant
operations.
He said the four most im
portant issues were revision
of local working conditions
to eliminate waste, stronger
contract language to discour
age wild-cat strikes, elimina
tion of the inflationary cost-of-living
escalator clause, and
a non-inflationary contract."
'Bard's Heyday'
Scheduled Today
. Ashland - The Oregon
Shakespearean Festival com
pany is preparing for visitors
this afternoon at the combin
ed "Bard's Heyday" and open
house of the new Festival
theater.
Tudor Guild 'members will
be in costumes in the theme
of "Tudor Fair." A variety of
booths, both inside and out
side the theater walls, will be
in operation beginning at 1
o'clock, and the tours will
continue to around 6:30
o'clock. i
Pantomime c o m p e tition
among the Shakespearean ac
tors will be seen again this
year on the stage.
No admission fee will be
charged and the general pub-
ue is invited to attend.
tions for success."
Gromyko arrived in Geneva
yesterday ahead of all the
Western ministers. Western
diplomats in Moscow said
they believed he had "new
instructions."
The Soviet diplomat arrived
with a plea that the confer
ence be. a "starting point for
really making the internation
al climate warmer."
Sources said the West plan
ned to propose to him that the
Soviet demands for the Allies
to get out of West Berlin be
"put on ice" for at least two
years in exchange for a sum
mit conference.
The Soviet press yesterday
continued to call for a summit
meeting and said the "imedi
ate duty" of the foreign min
isters was to "clear a path for
such a meeting.''
Big Four Commission
It was reliably reported
that the western plan to be
presented this week calls for
a big four commission with
East and West Germans as
advisors.
This would meet on such
issues as Berlin, German uni
fication and European secur
ity and prepare a settlement
over a two or , three-year
period.
Gromyko last June 19 pro
posed an 18-month time limit
for withdrawal of Western
forces from Berlin. But he
insisted that was not an "ulti
matum or dictate."
Interim Settlement
This gave the West hope
that Russia would agree to
an interim settlement, freez
ing the situation in Berlin and
allowing the major powers to
go on to a sumit conference
something Soviet Premier Ni
kita S. Krushchev' wants.
Herter, British foreign sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd and
French foreign Minister Mau
rice Couve De Murville sched
uled a pre-conference skull
session today in Geneva.
West German Foreign Min
ister Heinrich V6n Brentano
also would be on hand.
Herter left Washington yes
terday morning on the gov
ernment's "VIP" version of
the new Boeing 707 airliner.
Instead of flying directly to
Geneva, he detoured to Ot
tawa for a three-hour confer
ence with the Canadian Prime
Minister and external affairs
minister. Herter wanted to
sound out- Canada's leaders on
their views toward a proposed
sumit east-west conference.
Bear Creek
Trip Planned
A "show me" trip of Bear
creek will be undertaken
Thursday, July 16, with the
cooperation of Robert W.
Root, state water resources
board; Cole Rivers, fish biolo
gist, state game commission,
and the Jackson County
chapter of the Izaak Walton
league.
The group of interested
persons will meet in Haw
thorne park at 1 p.m. near
the Main st. bridge, where
those making the trip will
board buses.
The group will proceed to
the north end of Fordyce st.
in Ashland and will inspect
various parts of the creek
from there to below Central
Point.
Traveling with the group
will be Rivers; Dave C. Hend
ricks, county watermaster;
Clem Ault, U. S. soil conser
vation service; Quentin Bow
man, representative of state
water resources board, and a
member of the parks depart
ment and landscape division
of the state highway depart
ment. During the tour, problems
of Bear creek and possible so
lutions will be pointed out
by the accompanying officials.
The tour will end at ap
proximately 5 p.m. at Haw
thorne park.
Composer Remains
In Critical Condition
Portland (UPD Composer
Ernest Bloch, 78, remained in
critical condition' at Good Sa
maritan hospital here yesterday.-He
was under treatment
for cancer.
Bloch, who reached world
fame with his music, lived at
Agate Beach before moving
here last year. i
Gov. Long
Ft. Worth,
Loudly at
Fort Worth, Tex.-flJPD-Gov,
Earl Long of Louisiana flew
into Fort Worth last night
cursing so loudly a woman
covered the ears of her little
girl and said, "he must be
mad." . .
Long, 63, hopped a plane at
Shreveport, La., and flew into
Texas on the first leg of a
western vacation to rest up
from the ordeal that has seen
him in and out of three mental
Khrushchev Visit
Proposal
Further Support
Washington-HJPD-A proposal
for Soviet Premier Nikita
Khruschev to visit the United
States picked up steam yes
terday with the endorsement
of two more key Democratic
and Republican senators.
"I've thought all along
that we should let him see
this country," Sen. John
Sparkman (D-Ala.) told a
newsman. "The more these
fellows come over here, the
better."
"A good idea," echoed Sen.
George Aiken (R-Vt.) Both
senators are members of the
foreign relations committee.
Such a visit has been dis
cussed more and more serious
ly in recent weeks. It got new
impetus with the proposal of
former New York Governor
Averell Harriman that Khrus
chev be invited either to visit
or in connection with a pos
sible summit conference.
So far there has been no
dissent from any official
quarter, either in -the admin
istration or at the capitol.
The much traveled Khrush
chev has been reported by
many Moscow visitors as be
ing most anxious to add the
United States to the string of
countries he has seen.
This was confirmed some
what by both Aiken and
Sparkman, who said they got
the impression from Harri
man that the Soviet leader
wants to come here for a first
hand look at his country's
main rival.
The former ambassador to
the Soviet Union, who talked
for esveral hours with
Khrushchev recently, said a
visit might clear up miscon
ceptions the Soviet boss has
about relative Russian and
American strength.
Harriman said he fears
Khrushchev may miscalcu
late both the strength and in
tention of this country and
blunder into a war.
Matlack Retained
To Boosf Exposition
Portland (UPD Publicist
Jack Matlack of Portland has
been hired by the Oregon cen
tennial Management commu
te to promote an altout effort
to hike Exposition attendance
here.
The committee appropriatr
ed $10,000 and guaranteed
Matlack an additional $250
a week. Indications were Mat
lack's main job for the next
six weeks would be to em
phasize special events and
days at the Exposition.
Gaining
Reaches
Cursing
Newsmen
hospitals in the past two
months.
Long cursed newsmen who
were on hand to meet him,
and was plainly irked because
a car wasn't waiting to take
him to his . hotel
He stepped off the plane and
told waiting newsmen "you're
all a bunch of . . ." Remind
ed that there were ladies in
the crowd at Amon Carter
field, he said "I don't give
a . . . ."
Long arrived in Fort Worth
in time to see an hour long
television show of his rant
ings before the Louisiana leg
islature " advertised as "not
recommended for children."
Covered. Ears
As airport attendants whisk
ed him inside the offices of
Trans-Texas airways, just off
the airport main waiting room,
he cursed so loudly and viol
ently, chiefly at newsmen,'
that one -woman covered the
ears of her little girl and said:
"He must be mad. I had
wondered , before, but now I
know." .
Long had to wait nearly 30
minutes before a car arrived
to take him to his hotel.
While he waited, a Trans
Texas employee brought him
a cup of coffee, but he refused
it saying: "It's too damn hot."
Before leaving the "pea
patch" farm at Winnfield,
Long went for a long drive
in the country. He had his
bags packed and the station
wagon loaded with .watermel
ons. He insisted on putting a
few more choice melons in the
wagon before leaving.
First Trip Out ,
It was Long's first trip out
of the state since his now es
tranged wife, Blanche, and
others had him admitted to
John Sealy Psychiatric clinic
at Galveston, Tex., May 30
for mental treatment.
Since then Long has been in
a New Orleans hospital and
a Manileville, La., state men
tal hospital for brief periods
and kept the state wondering
about his next moves. His
physical condition has been
reported failing rapidly, but
despite a slight heart failure
and a heart condition he went
on a grueling political stump
tour a week ago. He spent two
days in seclusion at the state
capital in Baton Rouge last
week while reports circulated
that he was very ill.
Long, 63, apparently has
been irked by the reports and
publicity and has refused to
see newsmen in over a week.
Grandmother Ahead
Of Wagon Caravan
Buhl, Ore.-DPD-An Ohio
grandmother who is walking
to Oregon for the centennial
from Missouri has passed the
Oregon wagon caravan.
Ivan Hoyer, news director
for the cavalcade, reports that
Mrs. Emma Gatewood, Galli
polis, Ohio, who started walk
ing from Independence Mo,
April 4, was 60 miles ahead
of the wagons by July 9. The
wagons left Missouri April 15
and passed Mrs. Gatewood
earlier in the trek. '
Mrs. Gatewood is averag
ing about 30 miles a day on
her hike, more than any day's
mileage for the wagons.
LAUREL CANYON FIRE REVIVES
TO INCREASE LOSS OF HOMES
Hollywood (UPD-Smoldering
embers flared up suddenly
yesterday to destroy the 35th
home caught in the devastat
ing Laurel canyon fire after
the blaze was brought under
control 12 hours before.
The damage from the brief
but devastating fire was un
officially estimated previously
at about $2 million, destroy
ing, precious watershed as
well as the 35 buildings. Val
ue of the homes, one of which
formerly was owned by the
late Harry Houdini, ranged
from $30,000 to $150,000, with
the remaining loss sustaned
in other property and water
shed damage.
Firemen were completing
clean-up operations yesterday
when a house on Lookout
Mountain dr. unexpectedly
burst into flames, apparently
from embers which drifted on
the roof from a hot spot in
the fire area".
The year's worst heat wave
signaled the danger of even
greater disaster in the picturesque-Hollywood
Hills, al
though the temperature was
"only" 97 yesterday com
pared to Friday's . 103.
A four-story mansion, the
former Houdini home, most
recently owned by Mrs.
Frances Wethern, was one of
the most unique structures
in Hollywood. A. huge foun
tain and a log cabin were
placed in the huge basement
by the builder almost a half
century ago.
The cause of the devastat
ing fire was still not known
yesterday- Chief PeteJThomp-
son said arson investigators
were seeking an unidentified
woman who said her husband
may have set the fire. But he
called it "only one of many
stories and reports we are
checking out."
35 in Area
Thompson said there were
35 fires in the metropolitan
area of Los Angeles Friday
and that in a second fire two
miles from the Laurel Canyon
conflagration there was "ab
solutely no indication of ar
son." "If you're going to connect
the two canyon blazes you
might as well connect all the
others, too," he said.
More than 200 firemen and
volunteers battled the Laurel
Vandenberg Fire
Deliberately Set
Lompoc, Calif.-flJPD-Fire of
ficials said yesterday that a
blaze whipping out of control
in timber near the giant Van
denberg Air Force missile
base was deliberately set.
Santa Barbara county of
ficials said the fire, which had
swept over more than 1,000
acres of pine and brush, broke
out "unexplainlably" at three
spots late Friday.
A passing motorist report
ed to the highway patrol that
he saw a can in an old coupe
throw something into the
woods in the area of the fire
about the time the blazes were
discovered. A search for the
man was underway in this
area.
The fire, with some 400 men
on the firelines, was centered
nine miles north of here and
had cut off state highway 1
from Harris Grade, adjacent
to the Vandenberg base. 1
The fire was reported still
out of control, but had jump
ed the highway and was burn
ing away, from the missile
center.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair and
hot today with summer after
noon cloudiness and thunder
heads along the mountains to
south and east. Monday a little
clear and scattered thunder
storms rn the mountains. High
today near 95. Low tonight 60.
High Monday near SO.
TEMP.
Hightest Saturday 98
Lowest Saturday 60
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:49 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:46 a.m.
Moonset tonigt 11:34 p.m.
First Quarter tomorrow 4:01 a.m.
The first planet seen after sun
set is now Venus and the last
stars to fade out before sunrise
are now Vega, in the northwest,
and Capella, In the northeast.
canyon fire. The blaze broke
out shortly before 4 p.m. Fri
day in the Hollywood hills,
only two miles from the down
town area of the movie capi
tal. Highest in 52 Years
Conditions were worsened
by 100-degree plus heat. The
temperature of 103 in down
town Los Angeles was the
highest for July in 52 years.
Duty fire chief Elwood M.
Culp said the latest official
figures showed 35 homes de
stroyed, some of them stately
mansions clinging to the hill
Rear A dm. Rickover
Guides Frol Kozlov
On Atom Plant Tour
Shippingport, Pa. (UPD-First
Deputy Premier Frol R. Koz
lov of the Soviet Union toured
the world's first commercial
atomic - powered electric gen
erating plant here yesterday
under guidance and with the
advice of one of America's
foremost nuclear energy ex
perts. . Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rick
over, known as the "father of
Several Blazes
Reported Locally
The Medford fire depart
ment reported three grass
fires occurred Saturday after
noon and the state depart
ment of forestry reported two
small "smoker" fires by Ruch.
The largest of the three
fires to which Medford fire
men were called was at the
Sheriff's Posse grounds on
Sage rd., north of Medford.
Twenty acres was burned.
Cause was given as the ex
haust from a tractor.
A second grass fire occur
red on Biddle rd. where an
area of 250 by- 150 feet of
grass was burned. Cause giv
en here was burning, grass
after hours without a permit.
The fire was extinguished by
the fire department.
A third grass fire occurred
at 1025 East Main st. when a
trash fire burned onto 400
square feet of grass.
Two small fires, one a
quarter of an acre and the
other less, occurred near
Ruch, according to the state
department of forestry. Flip
ping burning cigarettes from
passing cars was blamed.
Deer-Car Crash
Puts 3 in Hospital
Klamath Falls - (UPD - Three
persons were hospitalized as
the result of a deer-auto colli
sion about 32 miles north of
here yesterday.
Reported in serious condi
tion at Klamath Valley hospi
tal here is Mrs. Achsa Lucille
Thompson, 53, Springfield.
She suffered rib fractures
and a cracked vertebrae.
Her father-in-law. 82-year-
old Edwin F. Thompson of
Trail, B. C, suffered serious
back injuries. Being held for
observation was Sylvia Hast
ings of Eugene.
Driver of the car. Thomas
F. Thompson, 50, husband of
the injured Mrs. Thompson,
was examined and released.
Police said the 1959 model
car struck a four-point buck
deer in the middle of U. S.
Hiehwav97 north of Collier
park. The car skidded, flipped
end over end and came to rest
on its top after hitting the
animal. The deer was killed
instantly.
Castro Defector
Tells of Communists
Washington-ttJPD-A defector
from Premier Fidel Castro's
air force has told- senate in
vestigators of Communist in
filtration into Cuban armed
forces, it has learned yesterday.
sides along Laurel canyon
boulevard. Another five were
damaged, and embers from
the fire seared the roofs of
many more.
Laurel Canyon boulevard,
linking Sunset boulevard with
the San Fernando valley, and
part of Mulholland drive were
closed yesterday.
Total acreage involved was
fixed at 300.
The fire was termed a "ma
jor disaster" less than an hour
after it broke out. One fire
man called it the "worst in
27 years" in the area.
the Atomic submarine," greet
ed the touring Russian offi
cial on behalf of President
Eisenhower with some point
ed remarks on the "great
political and moral respon
sibility" in handling the forc
es unleashed with the devel
opment of nuclear energy.
Kozlov and Rickover,
speaking through, an inter
preter, kept up a running fire
of comment as they inspect
ed the nuclear reactors which
generate the heat to make
the steam which spins the
generators of the Duquesne
Light Co. power plant here
in the Ohio River valley, 28
miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
A Sharp Edge
The running commentary
which Rickover interspersed
with technical explanation of
the plant's operation, while
always lighthearted, often
carried a sharp edge. After
viewing a scale model of the
atomic reactor, Koslov. re
marked, "it would better to
build atomic -surface vessels
rather than atomic submar
ines because atomic submar
ines are for purposes of des
truction." .To this Rickover retorted:
"sure, all Soviet naval vessels
have doves oi peace on their
masts."
Continuing in his dead-pan
manner, Rickover at one point
asked Kozlov, are you smart
enough to understand every
thing I'm explaining to you?"
Kozlov grinned and said yes.
The two of them examined a
2,2000-volt pump and Rick
over assured Kozlov, "even a
politician can understand
this."
Exchange of Experts
Rickover suggested an ex
change of atomic experts,
providing you (Kozlov) send
people as amiable as you are,
then your specialists will be
able to tell you whether we're
telling you everything."
"You won't tell us every
thing," Kozlov replied, still
smiling.
"That's because I think that
by not telling you everything
the peace of the world will
be better preserved," Rick
over responded.
"You're a diplomat," Koz
lov continued.
"No," Rickover said, "just
a naval oficer. You're the dip
lomat because you hide
things."
'Independent Organizations'
Rickover pointed out that
the 60,000-kilowatt generat
ing station was built and op
erated by three "Independent J
organizations" Duquesne
Light, Westinghouse Electric
Corp. and the Atomic Energy
commission.
The admiral told Kozlov
that the group had "been able
to believe in and trust each
other without written formali
ty." "The reason is the complete
trust between the three organ
izations," Rickover said. "This
is a necessity of relationship
between any two organiza
tions' or individuals. The writ
ten word is not enough. There
must be a moral obligation as
well."
The power plant tour here
ended a two-day visit to the
Pittsburgh district by Kozlov.
Friday the barrel-chested So
viet official, a one-time steel
mill foreman, inspected the
sprawling Homestead, Pa.,
work of U. S. Steel corp.
Two Wheels Lost
During Take-Off
Hobbles Big Plane
102 Passengers
Were London Bound
New York-flJPD-A crippled
Pan American World Airwave
jet airliner carrying 113 per
sons landed safely at Idle
wild International airoort
with two wheels missing
early Saturday after circling
the field for nearly four suspense-packed
hours.
No one was injured, and the
passengers ate dinner while
they waited for the plane to
land.
The big Boeing aircraft,
with a crew of 11 and 102
passengers, lost two of its 10
wheels as it left Idlewild In
ternational airport at 8:37 .
p.m. Saturday for what was
to have been a non-stop flight
to London.
It touched down safely at
12:29 a.m. Sunday, while New
York city firemen stood
poised with, fire hoses and
ambulances were prepared to
take on casualties. Skindivers
stood ready to go into Jamaica
Bay to rescue passengers and
crew if the plane had missed
the runway. The Red Cross
had arranged for emergency
blood supplies. Ministers of all
faiths were on hand to com
fort casualties, If they should
be needed.
Huge Crowd
A huge crowd of curiosity
I seekers lined the airport
I fences to watch the drama.
The crowd cheered as the
plane came to a halt, and
passengers " said they, too
cheered and applauded when
the pilot, Capt. Edward Som
mers declared the emergency
at an end.
Among the passengers were
movie director-producer Otto
Preminger, who made the re
cently released "Anatomy of
a Murder" and "Porgy and
Bess," and British actor Law
rence Harvey, star of "Room
at the Top" and husband of
actress Margaret Leighton.
As soon as the emergency
was declared, the stewardess
es began serving dinner. The
passengers ate while the crew
sweated out the crisis.
Emergency Chute
When the plane pulled to a
halt on the runway, passen
gers slid down an emergency
chute on one side of the plane
and went down a ladder on
the other.
Some were laughing, some
were whitefaced. A steward
ess dashed over and seized a
reporter by the hand - and
shouted, "We made it, we
made it."
"I still like jets and I'm
going to London by jet, yet
sir," one excited passenger
said.
The plane is one of 40
Boeing 707 jetliners in civil
ian use. The model went into
commercial passenger service
last October. Billed as one of
the most thoroughly tested
civilian planes in aviation his
tory. A special model of the
707 has gone into government
services to fly President
Eisenhower and other govern
ment officials. ,
Local Man Jailed
On Assault Charge
Ashland - State police Fri
day night arrested a Central
Point man near here on a
charge of assault with intent
to commit rape. Arrested was
Robert Morris, 41, of Wilson
rd.. Central Point.
Police said Morris admitted
the assault in a signed state
ment. The woman victim, a
California gynecologist, filed
a complaint following' the in
cident. Police said the incident oc
curred Tuesday in the area
near Blue Star Memorial
park, on Highway 99 in the
Siskiyou mountains. The doc
tor told police that a man
came out of the nearby brush
and grabbed her -while she
was resting in the park that
day. He was reported to have
hit her in the eye, then
dropped her and fled when
she kicked and screamed.
Morris was lodged in Jack
son county jail and is expect
ed to be arrainged in district
court Monday.