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j9L N u I ' I " I ' ' '1 ft I - ! 41 " '-4' HELD FOR MURDER Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Lonch, 31, of 708 Cedar st., was booked for first degree murder by Med ford police last night and was to be arraigned today in Jackson county district court. She was held in connection ; with the death of William B. Simmons, 62, a member of the Camp White veterans' domiciliary. Woman Held. For Mamrdeir Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Lonch, 31-year-old mother of four, awaited arraignment on a murder, charge here today in connection with the death yesterday of a Camp White veterans' domiciliary member. The victim, identified as William B. Simmons, 62, a re tired railroad switchman, died in an ambulance after report edly lying in a backyard for two hours, half-naked and bleeding from a deep head wound. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder indicated today that Mrs. Lonch, whose husband is reported to be in California, would be arraigned in Jack son county district court on either first or second degree murder. Mrs. Lonch had been living in a house trailer at the rear of 708 Cedar st. with a daughter about 14 months old. Her three other children were reported in foster homes. She has been living in Medford nearly four years. Police said Mrs. Lonch ad mitted clubbing Simmons- whom she apparently had not known previously with a shovel after he had made ad vances at her in the course of J . a aay-iong arintsing pany ai the house at 2122 Crater Lake highway. But, investigators noted, a length of 2" x 8" plank may have been used. According to an account compiled from statements to police by Mrs. Lonch and oth ers present, she afterward wiped the jlood from Sim mons' head with a towel, took off his shirt and hung it on the fence to dry and searched his pockets. Then, the account continued, she went off with another man at the party to get more wine. Later, according to at least two witnesses' statements, she Crews Mopping-Up Wilderville Fire Grants Pass-Patrolmen of the state department of for estry today were mopping up a forest fire which broke out Friday and destroyed a store and two homes at Wilderville. About 25 crewmen were working on the scene. Patrol men said that they contem plated no further trouble. An arc of electricity from a powerline to a tree is believed to have caused the blaze, which forestry department men here said covered some 650 acres of grass, brush and trees. The fire broke out about 1 p.m. Friday. It was con tained for a time but gusty winds came up to fan the flames and spread the blaze. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair with little tem perature change through Tues day. Low tonight S3. High Tues day 90. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 92 Lowest This Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:30 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:06 a.m. "ew Moon tomorrow- 6:34 a.m PROMIXENT STAR Altair, high in south east - 9:15 p.m. Much hotter than the Sun, this star is 'white in color like Vega and Sirius. Tonight it is the fourth brightest star in the sky. slapped the injured man hard with her hand. , Eventually, the summary continued, Mrs. Lonch and Marvin Edward Moore, 64, a Camp White friend of Sim mons' at the party, went to the KBES-TV television stu dio next door to telephone the police station. In the studio, only a stone's throw from where Simmons lay bleeding, three physicians and a Red Cross representa tive were on the air in a panel discussion on the need for blood banks. Police Summoned. Policemen summoned to the scene found Simmons with a large lump on the left side of his forehead, his right eye closed and bloody and a cut on top of his left wrist. He died in a Medford Ambulance vehicle en route to Sacred Heart hospital. One physician present was quoted by police as saying Simmons might pos sibly have lived . if he had received prompt medical treat ment. Taken into custody at the scene as material witnesses were Moore, Simmons' com panion; Robert Lee Williams, 33, of 2128 North Pacific high way, a , truck driver; Victor William Bidache, 53, of 30 South Central ave., a laborer; and Josephine Mary Jones, 64, at whose residence the party took place. ' Mrs. Lonch was arrested about 10 pjn. Sunday beside a shuffleboard game in a Front st. tavern. Police said she had Simmons' billfold with, about $40 cash. At the police station, her manner for the most part was outwardly calm. She tele phoned her landlord to ask him and his wife to care for her small daughter. C W If ill I I if j if is a, mN$3 WSl STERLING FIDDLER-Glen Opie of Sterling Creek fiddled his way to win the consolation prize in the old-time fiddlers women's division of the old-fashioned dress parade contest Medford, and the Black Dog at the Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubilee. At right is Russ Jami contest yesterday at the Jacksonville Jubilee. His prize was yesterday during festivities at the Jacksonville Gold Rush Bandits, headed by Darwin son, jubilee master of ceremonies. an old-time mustache cup. Jubilee. Contestants paraded along California st. Moore. -(Photos by Floyd Curtright) 54th MEDFORD 16 Pages Kennedy Says His Bill Is Directed At Racketeers Seaside - (UPD - Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) told the Oregon AFL-CIO convention here today he had no apolo gies for having earned the hostility of Teamsters Presi dent James Hoffa and assured delegates that the Kennedy labor reform bill is aimed at racketeers and hoodlums, not at collective bargaining. In a .speech prepared for delivery he said he didn't blame the AFL-CIO for trying to change some of the Senate floor amendments, because they were undesirable and un fortunate. The danger now, he said, was of a Republican-Southern Democratic coalition in the House substituting a measure that would be anti-labor, un workable and punitive. Winds Up Visit Kennedy, who winds up a three-day Oregon visit tonight and returns to Washington, D.C., told the delegates he was gratified that Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), described by him as "probably the most distinguished labor law expert in the Senate," co-sponsored the labor bill both in 1958 and this year. Kennedy said working on the bill and serving on the Senate Rackets committee headed by Sen. McClellan CD Ark.) had not been easy as signments. "There has been a tendency among some people to lump in one confusing in dictment both the Kennedy brothers, all the labor bills and all the McClellan commit tee investigations," he added. Man Questioned For Assault With Pistol Carrol Gene Zachary, 24, of 819 Taylor st., was being questioned this morning by Sheriff Joe Walsh, following his arrest last night in Jack sonville on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. An arraignment was expect ed sometime this afternoon. Sheriff Walsh said Zachary threatened Special Sheriff's Deputy Lonnie .Varner, Med ford, with a .45 automatic pis tol when Varner asked him to "move on" after a disturbance in front of the Jacksonville Community hall. The pistol, Walsh said, was cocked and loaded. He said Zachary pulled the pistol from under his shirt, where it was tucked in his waistband, and stuck it in Varner's stom ach. Varner was unarmed. Varner knocked the pistol away with his hand and was aided in the arrest by Sgt. Veryl Vanoose, and Special Deputies John Henderson and Chris Hagler, Walsh said. Year MEDFORD, Nixon Says He Discussed Trip With Khrushchev Warsaw-IUPD-Vice President Richard M. Nixon disclosed to day he discussed general de tails of Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States with the Soviet Premier in Mos cow. Nixon, apparently the go between who clinched the final agreement on the his toric exchange announced to day, minimized his own role and said President Eisenhow er himself had initiated the idea. Nixon told newsmen that during his talks with Khru shchev in Moscow, "we talked in general about the United States and the things he, Khrushchev, might see and do." Nixon was besieged by newsmen as he emerged from a five hour and 20 minute meeting with Polish Commu nist party leader Wladislaw Gomulka. He said he and Go- mulka had discussed the Khrushchev-Eisenhower visits, but declined to go into detail. Contacts While House Nixon said he had been in contact with the White House Sunday and again this morn ing. Asked when . Khrushchev would travel to the United States, Nixon said he believed it would be some time be tween Sept. 1 and Sept. 15. Earlier, 4,000 cheering, weeping Poles all but mobbed Nixon at the tomb of Poland's Unknown Soldier. Warsaw's usually -staid newspapers went overboard today in reporting Nixon's triumphant arrival. The Communist organ Try buna Ludu ran a three-column picture of the vice president's arrival at'Babice Airbase and a four-column description of the "very cordial reception" he got from the people of Warsaw. Nixon has scheduled no formal speeches or press con ferences during his stay here. Shady Cove Meeting To Review Project Shady Cove The proposed project of the Rogue river basin program will be review ed tonight by Henry Stewart, Army corps of 'engineers, at a meeting of the Rogue River Basin Floor Control and Wa ter Resources association in Shady. Cove school gym nasium at 8 oclock. DRESS PARADE-Mrs. Martha Eosfteirini.- tvLA XT M-MTRIBUNE OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1959 "By Golly, I Didn't Think I Could Swing It" Crowd of 7,000 At Gold Rush Jubilee Jacksonville More than 7,000 persons jammed Jack sonville Sunday to participate in the second day events in the week end Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubilee. John Haskins, Medford, re ceived 100 silver dollars for winning the title of North west gold panning champion, with Gordon Talbctt, Little Applegate rd., Jacksonville, second. Sunday's events started fol lowing morning worship with the old fashioned dress and grand gold rush parades, long est in the Jubilee history. Sweepstake winner for floats went to the entry of the Jacksonville Lions club, sponsors of the Jubilee, for a float bearing a replica of the U. S. Hotel and a sign which read, "Shall we sell it for used bricks or restore it?" The Jubilee was held to raise money for restoration of the U. S. Hotel project. Leading the parade was an old Jacksonville stage, driven by Tom McFadden, which car ried Pinto Colvig, "Bozo the Clown," . who was born in Jacksonville, and was official host for the two-day event. Parade Winners Other winners in the parade were Ashland Garden club,! Gregory, Medford. won the iregoira '.Fires best decorated floral float; Earl Kurz, Talent, for 1915 Ford touring club, old cars division; Jacksonville Garden club, best decorated general float; Black Dog Bandits, Butte Falls, best riding group; Mrs. Helen Hampel, driving matched black and white Shetland ponies and cart, best matched span division. Central Point Grange, best walking group; and Sandy Smith, Applegate, special recognization for. covered wagon entry which was also used in the pageant "An Ore gon Trail," Saturday evening. Winner for the most au thentic women's costume in the dress parade was Mrs. Martha Gregory, Medford; while the men's title went to Capt. Ernest Boyd, Jackson ville. One of the few remain ing Overland stage drivers, Captain Boyd wore an old stage driver's costume made of moose which he had shot and had been made for him by an Indian woman. Hon orable mention went to Bliss Heine, Medford, and Mrs. Clara Price, Grants Pass. Old Time Fiddlers W. J. Murphy, Jacksonville, was first place winner in the Old Time Fiddlers' contest, with G. W. Cowden, Eagle Point, second; and Marion Hulse, Jacksonville, third. Consolation prize of a mus tache cup went to Glen Opie, Sterling Creek. Miss Shirley Thompson, 12, Medford, won the pig in the pig scramble and many kids present found silver coins dur ing the afternoon's sawdust scramble. Mrs. E. R. Mason, Ashland, received the 700-pound beef Saturday. Mrs. Margaret . LeMoine, Bishop creek,' Jacksonville, was first in the women's gold panning contest, with a time of 2 minutes and 32 seconds. Mrs. Opal Bascom, Medford, was second, and Mrs. Ruby Marshall, Medford, third. Gene Field, Medford, with 55Vi seconds, was first in the men's division of the contest followed by Gordon Talbott, and John Haskins. The championship contest was held under rules estab lished by the Mining council for competition. Haskins was judged champion in the final event with a time of 1 minute and 10 seconds while Talbott's time was 57 seconds. As com petitors in the contest start with equal amounts of gold, the remaining gold valuation earns the panners more points than the time, it was report ed. The week end was punctu ated with gun fights between the Medford Fast -draw club called Bounty Hunters, under the leadership of Jim Morley, Price 10 Cents No. 110 3,600 Acres Are Charred in Two Burns Area Blazes By United Press International Forest fires burned out of control in eastern Oregon to day and hundreds of men bat tled rugged terrain to try to bring them under control. One blaze covered nearly 1,500 acres about 18 miles southeast of Baker in Deer Creek canyon. Another fire had covered about 2,100 acres in Dark canyon south of Baker. Still another blaze was burning on state land on Ma hogany ridge eight miles west of La Grande. Low Humidity Forecast John Hunt of the bureau of land management, said Euel Davis, BLM district manager at Baker, flew over the Deer Creek canyon blaze at 4 a.m. today. ' Davis reported that unless there was a "blow-Tip" he believed it would be con tained today. But the weather forecast for the area was for temperatures of 90 to 95 de gress and a humidity of only 12 per cent, plus gusty after noon winds. Hunt said liberal use of bo rate was being made on the Deer Creek blaze which was in terrain so rugged that horses could not get to it. About 140 men were on the blaze. Another 175 men, plus bull dozers, tank trucks and planes, were fighting the lightning-caused Dark canyon fire. The blaze was about five miles from the Deer creek fire. Burns Blaze Checked Hunt said other fires in the Vale and Burns districts of the BLM had been mopped up. One covered 1,200 acres of rangeland in the Riverside area of the Burns district and two small blazes burned in juniper timber north of Jun tura. A 160-acre blaze on Ben nett ridge in the Umatilla na tional forest was reported un der control. In southwest Oregon, fires in Jackson and Josephine counties caused some damage to O&C timber. They were being battled by state and U.S. Forest Service crews. A fire in the Wilderville area which burned some 900 acres was controlled. The Rebel Creek fire in the Willamette national forest was reported checked. SCRAMBLED HAM-Miss Shirley Thompson, 12, Medford, WOn this pixy-ish porker in a September Trip Ds Planned by Soviet; President's Later . Washington-TOPD-A dramatic exchange of visits between President Eisenhower, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to "further the cause of peace" was announced today. Khrushchev will come to the United States in September. Eisenhower will go to Russia later in the fall, probably in October. Announcement of the major cold war development was made simultaneously by the President in Washington and by the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow. Khrushchev's trip-two or three days in Washington and a 10-day tour of other -parts of the United States will be his first visit to this country. The President may accompany him on part of his trip outside of . Eisenhower told a suddenly-summoned press conference his stay in Russia may bi a little shorter than Khrushchev's here. j Before these visits take place, the President will go to Europe late this month to confer with the heads of the three allied governments-British Prime Minister Harold Macmil lan, French President Charles de Gaulle and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. , DR. GEORGE B. DEAN Active in Civic Affairs Dr. G. 61 Dean, Orchardist, Dies Dr. George Brookhouse Dean, 87, retired orchardist who had lived in Medford for the past 50 years, died this morning at Rogue Valley hos pital. The Dean home is at 265 Janney lane. Private funeral services are being arranged by Perl Fu neral home, and the rites will be followed by cremation. Dr. Dean is survived by his widow, Florence, a sister, Miss Elizabeth Dean, Washmgton, D.C., two daughters, Mrs. L. D. Clark, Salem, and Mrs. L. W. Staples, Eugene, and eight grandchildren. Dr. Dean was born July 27, 1872, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Haverford college in Pennsylvania and received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. He was a member oi rni tseia KaDDa. scholastic honor so ciety. Following his graduation from medical school, Dr. Dean practiced his profession for a time in the East. After com ing to the Rogue valley, he devoted his time principally to fruit growing. He once served as president ol the Jackson County Fruitgrowers' league and his civic activities included serving on the Jack son County Non-High School board. He was a member of Med ford University club, and was a birthright Quaker. greased pig scramble Saturday Washington. Eisenhower said he and Khrushchev during their visits will "exchange views about problems of mutual in terest' but on a non-official basis. . ' In a formal statement which the President read to report ers, he said both governments hope the visits "will help create better understanding . . . and will promote the cause' of peace." However, in elaborating on his statement, he stressed that he and Khrushchev will confine themselves to "in formal talks" and will not enter into any formal nego tiations on East-West .dis putes. He emphasized that during his meetings with Khrushchev, he has no inten tion to speak for the other western powers. "I can be a spokesman only for America and its govern ment," he said. Chance to Meet People The President said Khrush-! chev's visit here will give him opportunity "at first hand" to see the country, its people and to acquaint him self with their life. - He added that during his own tour of the Soviet Union, he likewise will be able to see "first hand" the Russian country, its people and their way of life. Eisenhower said the ex change trips will have "no direct connection" with a pos sible summit meeting. But he expressed hope that "the mere announcement would in spire the foreign ministers to great activity." The Big Four foreign ministers have be come deadlooked at their Ge neva talks, which are to end Wednesday. The Eisenhower - Khrush chev visits apparently will rule out the possibility of a formal Big Four summit con ference until at least very late this year or the begin ning of next. However, the new develop ment also would seem to mean that the United States feels Assured that the Rus sians will not create any new crisis over Berlin this year. (Continued on Page 3) - Man Jailed After Sunday Slabbing A 69-year-old man was be ing held in Jackson county jail today in connection with the stabbing here Sunday morning of Stanley James Steege, 30, of 401 East 12th st., according to Medford po lice. Booked for assault with a dangerous weapoc, police re ported, was Clarence Fred rick Farleigh, a laborer stay ing at the Lake hotel, 130 West Main st. Steege. suffering from a deep wound in his lower left abdomen, was reported in good" condition at Rogue Valley hospital. Police described the weap on involved as a pocket knife with about a three-inch blade. Farleigh admitted in a tape- recorded statement, according to investigators, that he stab bed Steege after Steege had grabbed him during an argu ment over paying for wine they were drinking. Police said the incident oc-. curred near a house trailer behind the house at 322 South Riverside ave. According to the report, the two men ac companied by two others and a woman were drinking to gether in a car when the al tercation began. Farleigh and Steege got out and went around to the rear of the car, where the stabbing allegedly took plaee, the report showed. T .-rwwW kr. - -.
