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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.
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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)
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MEDFORD
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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.-
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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)
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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.
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