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Newspaper Page TextJ&.;EiesiiJtSc-J,.-.i5.ui teem mh for lore ' I ft? il 5 fell MVmw VWrMPPiumM 2f S 1 I SAFEWAY STORE Shown above is the new Safeway store in the Medford Shopping Center which will open tomorrow. Grand opening festivities will be observed throughout the three stores in Medford, Safeway officials ERECT SIGN Workmen are shown above Shopping Center. Opening ceremonies for erecting the Sears, Roebuck and company the store will be held at 9:20 a.m. tomorrow sign on ths new retail store in the Medford with city, and company officials attending. Sears Sets Ceremonies For New Store; Safeway to Open Opening ceremonies for Sears, Roebuck and company's new store in the Medford Shopping Center on East Jack son st. will be held at 9:20 a.m. tomorrow. ' Sears is one of two stores in the Center to open tomor row. A third Safeway store will open in the Center tomor row. Several other businesses, including a branch of the Rogue Valley State bank, are expected to open later. Jimmy Dunlevy, president of the Medford city council, will cut the ribbon opening the store because Mayor John Snider is out of town. Other officials expected to attend include Hugh Coleman, presi dent of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce: Ralph Jacobson, Sears' store man ager; and W. Price Sullivan, Northwest zone manager for Sears. The store's doors will open at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, fol lowing the ceremonies. Re corded music will start at 8:45 a.m. at the east entrance off Jackson st. The Sears store will be open until 9 p jn. both Thurs day and Friday nights, ac cording to Jacobson, who. in vited the public to attend the ceremonies. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday, with a risk of scattered thundershow ers over mountains south and east. Low tonight 48. High Thursday 89 Temp. Highest Yesterday 75 Lowest this Morning 47 Our Skies. Tonight Sunset today 748 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:24 a.m. Moonrise today 7:42 pjn. Last Quarter Aug. Zfi PROMINENT STARS Vega, high overhead 8:53 p.m. Fomalhaut, low in south east 9:56 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, due south . 8:23 p.m. Jupiter, low in south west 8:48 p.m. Medford's third Safeway store is holding its grand open ing at the Medford Shopping Center this week end with free pony rides for the chil dren, favors for the ladies and numerous other gifts and prizes. . The 99 by 175-foot structure is the largest Safeway store in the valley and represents a complete change in design from other Saf eways in south ern Oregon, according to Art Nordquist, manager. The Shopping Center's store is equipped with eight check stands and automatic exits and entrances. A cashier's booth for cashing payroll checks, and a semi-automatic meat wrapping machine are among features. Displays include 108 lineal feet of meat, with meat cut ting in- view of the public, over 150 feet of fruit and vegetables, 96 feet of frozen food, 40 feet of dairy products and 36 feet of refrigerated beverages. Personnel of Unit Personnel at the new unit include Charles Smith, assist ant manager, who "was trans ferred from Klamath Falls; Marvin Hagen, meat manager, from Coquille; James Fern land, produce manager; and about 35 other employees. Parking spaces immediately adjacent to the store will serve 226 cars. The area will Auto Theft Charged To Coos Bay Youth Murphysboro, 111.- (UPD -Authorities said today car theft charges will be filed against a 22-year-old Oregon youth who was arrested Tuesday after a 20-hour manhunt. Authorities said Alfred Ciolkosz, Coos Bay, Ore." was accused of taking a car owned by Thomas Peacock of Streat or, 111., in Carbondale, 111., Monday night. .-.wrmiiir) BjWBg...... I 1 ?f j , H said. The Safeway and Sears, are the first two to open in Jackson st. be available for shoppers in all the Center's stores. Additional stories about the new Sears, Roebuck and com pany store, and stories about the company appear in a spe cial section of the Mail Trib une today. The picture of the Shopping Center was taken by Mail Tribune Photographer Bob Vroman from a helicopter furnished by Aetna Helicopter service. &2 Believed Dead r In Crash of Plane Barcelona, Spain - (UPD - A British chartered airliner, carrying a load of students home to England from a Span ish vacation, crashed in the mountains north of here to day. First reports said all 32 persons on board were killed. The two-engined DC-3 had three crew members, 27 Eng lish students and two Span iards aboard when it ran into Montseny mountain, 25 miles north of here near Spain's Mediterranean coast. Departments Quit Roseburg City Hall Roseburg - (UPD - The police and fire departments have moved out of the old city hall building which was damaged in the" Aug. 7 explosion. The move came after in spectors discovered a wall in the building was bulging. The building is at least 75 years old. City offices had moved to another building several months ago. The police department has its new headquarters in the former library building and the fire department was oper ating out of the city shop. Roebuck and company stores the Shopping Center on East Corps Hearing on Rogue Basin Plan Will Be Postponed The Army corps of engi neers' hearing on the Rogue River Basin project proposals, tentatively scheduled for next month, will be postponed for about 60 days, it was learned today. Congressman Charles O. Porter, of Oregon's fourth dis trict, told the Mail Tribune this morning that the engi neers had consulted him as to whether such a delay should be made. He said that, reluctantly, and only after conferring with leaders active in the movement for the basin devel opment project, he agreed to the postponement., Too Important "This whole project is too important to go into without a complete investigation, with all avenues explored,"- Con gressman Porter said. Differ ences of opinion,' particularly with regard to the Lost Creek dam, may be worked out in the 60-day period, he indi cated. ; . The. project, under investi gation for many years, in volves a , series of . dams throughout the Rogue basin for flood control, irrigation, power generation, recreation and fish and wildlife benefits. The engineers are now in the process of completing their studies, but told Porter a more complete report could be given at a hearing if an additional two months were provided. Gasoline Dealers Postpone Strike Seattle (UPD The Wash ington Gasoline Dealers Asso ciation Tuesday postponed a scheduled midnight strike for 60 days at the request of Gov. Albert D. Rosellini. The dealers had intended to lock up their pumps in protest against price-fixing and other policies of the major oil com panies which the association said; contributed to gas wars. Rosellini asked dealers to "withdraw their plans for any mass closure for a period of 60 days" and requested dis tributors to "withdraw any existing subsidy program to dealers for a period of 60 days." He also asked dealers to "refrain from requesting such subsidies." 'Hurry Up and Find Some Democratic Racketeers We Can't Hold This Shut Forever" I RACKETS 1 fl I COMMITTEE.- I I I closep I Phoenix Group Takes First in Judging Contest Beef Events Get Under Way at Fair FFA competition 'came to the fore yesterday at the Jackson county fair as both 4-H and FFA events featured beef. , Phoenix FFA chapter took first with 1,336.8 points in the FFA livestock judging con test. Eagle Point was second with 1,333.3 points and Crater ranked third with 1,287.1 points. Phoenix team members were also tops in livestock judging with 1,336.8 points. Winning team was of Bill Rasmussen, Dean Sumner, and Leon Small. Eagle Point placed sec ond with 1,333.3 points and Crater third with 1,287.1 in the team livestock judging. Grand Champion Leon Small, Phoenix FFA chapter, was named grand champion yesterday in FFA beef showmanship contest. Placing second was Carl Sim mons, Crater chapter and Don Ryan, third, also of Crater. In the junior FFA beef showman ship division, Todd Carter, Crater, placed first, Mark Miller and Russell Frink also of Crater placed second and third, respectively. Phoenix FFA chapter was named the outstanding chap ter in FFA farm shop exhibits and will be awarded a banner by Moore bteel company. Named grand champion shop exhibit was a livestock trailer constructed by Gary Neel of the Phoenix chapter. ; Beef events for the 4-H section got under way yester day. Named champion beef cow showman was Ronald An derson, Antelope club. Terry Gale, Gold Hill, was named champion steer showman. Fair events today got under way with weighing of beef at 6 a.m. Competition started at 8:30 a.m. with beef cow judg ing. Other events were crops and forestry judging and iden tification contests, beef mar ket steer judging and beef championship.- ----- A new event for the 4-H and FFA fair this year is the 4-H guide dog obedience judg ing which starts at 1 p.m. to morrow. The 4-H youngsters have been raising and training pups for the guide dog pro gram for a few years, but this is the first time their project has been placed on the fair competition list here. Coin Boxes Taken From More Booths Coin boxes from two more pay telephones in Medford were taken Tuesday after noon, city police reported. This brings to four the num ber of telephones in Medford robbed by bandits using a blow-torch. The two telephones are lo cated at 401 South Oakdale ave. near Oakdale Big Y Mar ket and in front of 2211 Table Rock rd. near Corner Market. The telephones were not damaged except where the coin boxes were cut and re moved, police said. Irrigation District To Shut Off Water Water to all lands east of Bear creek in the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district will be turned off all day Thurs day, according to District Manager Harold Sexton. Full service will be re sumed Friday, he reported, following mossing operations. Price 10 Cents Medford 34 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1959 No. 126 (Discoverer Satefllite Fired Vandenberg, AFB. Calif.-OiPD-A "round trip" Discoverer satellite rocketed aloft to day seeking the key to safe return of men from orbiting moons. The seven-story, two-slagt rocket roared from its launch pad overlooking the ocean here at 11:25 a.m. (pst). It was aimed for a north-south orbit around the earth. It was the second attempt in as many weeks to achieve the world's first recovery of a 300-pound satellite instrument package literally worth its weight in gold in the space race. The Air Force hoped it had enough bugs worked out of the new satellite to prove the Medford Man Dies In Crash; Three Persons Injured Denzil Harry Middlebusher, 62, of 331 South Ivy St., Med ford, died and three other persons were injured in an accident on Highway 99 south of Beall lane about 8 p.m. yesterday. . State police said Gene D. Lowe, 22, of 2244 Houston rd., Medford, his wife, Mrs. Murrayel D. Lowe, 21, and Sterling C. Miller, 42, of 23 Rose ave., Medford, suffered cuts and bruises. They were taken to Sacred Heart hos pital by Medford Ambulance service. Police said the Middlebush er vehicle, a foreign make car, was traveling south on Highway 99, when it crossed the highway and crashed head-on into the Lowe ve hicle, also a foreign make car, which was traveling north. State police said Middle busher may have suffered a heart attack and slumped over the steering wheel. They said Middlebusher could have died from the heart attack, but the death would be counted as a traffic fatality, since he was in a vehicle at the time. The fatality was the 14th in Jackson county so far this year, compared to eight fa talities at this time last year. Justice To Be Named This Week Appointment of an Ashland justice of peace is expected from Gov. Mark Hatfield this week, according to County Judge Earl Miller. Judge Miller said he talked with the governor's attorney, Loren D. Hicks, in Salem by telephone and was assured the appointment would be made "in two days." Meanwhile, the justice of the peace office has been closed, the office keys and moneys have been turned over to the county treasurer and the county weighmaster has been instructed that all cases of load violation normally sent through the Ashland jus tice court will be processed by the district court in Medford, Miller said. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder advised Miller yes terday he could not legally make any further temporary appointments for the justice of peace office. The 60-day appointment of Mrs. Frances I. Gallatin, 148 Central ave., Ashland, expired Friday. She was appointed as acting justice of peace by the county court on June 17. She replaced the late Lee Pears Wilmeth. Castro's Warning Threatens OAS Santiago, Chile (UPD A "hands off' warning by Raul Castro to the Organization of American States .threatened today to cripple the new Inter Americari Peace commission before it even starts. The OAS foreign ministers conference was over only a few hours and the 21 minis ters were in high spirits at their "Declaration of Santi ago" when the Cuban military chief flew into this Chilean capital Tuesday night. He indicated Cuba would refuse to admit the peace commission to investigate charges that Cuba had aided invaders of other Caribbean nations. Portland-flJPD- Total attend ance at the Oregon Centennial reached 942,103 Tuesday as 11,052 persons were on hand. TALKING IT OVER Ray D'Autremont, 59, received a life sentence this morning from Circuit Court Judge James' M. Main for the fatal shooting of a rail postal clerk during an attempted train robbery in the Siskiyous over 36 years ago. Other charges against him in this county were dis missed. Chief Deputy Paul Bettiol talks with D'Autremont in the county jail where he will be held while awaiting transportation back to the Oregon state penitentiary in Salem. Ray D'Autremont Sentenced to Life On Murder - Ray Charles D'Autremont received a life prison sentence this morning for a crime he only dimly remembers from over 36 years ago. The neatly dressed, short, chubby, bald man stood be fore Circuit Court Judge James M. Main and pleaded guilty to second degree mur der. D'Autremont, p9, told the judge he would plead guilty if the judge would accept a plea of second degree murder instead of first degree. He withdrew his plea this morn ing of not guilty to the old charge of first degree murder. Charged With Shooting D'Autremont was charged with shooting to death Elvyn Dougherty, railroad postal cleik of Ashland, one of four men killed in tunnel 13 of the Siskiyous during the famous attempted train robbery by the D'Autremont brothers, Ray, Roy and Hugh. Hugh was paroled earlier this year and died soon there after in San Francisco. Ray's twin brother, Roy, has been in thet prison section of the Oregon state hospital in Sa lem for several years. Judge Main also granted dismissal of other Jackson county charges against D'Au tremont: two remaining first degree murder indictments, one for attempted burglary and one for "stopping a rail road train with intent to com mit larceny." District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder moved for the dismis sal, saying that by now the state's witnesses are either "infirm or in ill health" and much of the evidence has been removed to Washington, D.C. This morning's court ap pearance seemingly cjears the way for a possible parole ap plication for Ray D'Autre mont at a future date. These were the same steps taken by his brother, Hugh. "It is obvious that the state could not secure the death penalty and that the best the state could secure after he (D'Autremont) has spent 34 years in the Oregon State penitentiary would be anoth er life sentence. We have done that," the district attor ney said this morning. D'Autremont entered a plea of guilty Friday, July 26, in federal court to a charge of assault on a mail clerk in con- . J 54th Year Tribune basic system designed to bring the first U.S. manned moon back to earth. If it does, a monkey may be shot into orbit here soon. The egg-shaped recovery capsule was carried in the nose of the 1,700-pound Dis coverer VI satellite. In addition to instru ments, it contained explosive bolts and springs to blow it lose from the mother satellite, a retro-rocket to slow it for return to earth and a parachute to lower it safely. Big cargo planes again were set to try to catch the capsule. If all goes well, they will attempt to catch the parachuting package in the air over the Pacific ocean recovery ' area Thursday. Charge nection with the attempted train robbery. Federal Judge Gus Solomon ordered a pre sentence investigation. Reeder said this morning that he un dertsands Judge Solomon is now in Europe and the out come of the hearing on the federal charge awaits his re turn. D'Autremont told the court this morning that, "Jn a sense the multiple indictments con stitute a single crime. I have suffered man;' years for it." The friendly, hoarse-voiced D'Autremont told a Mail Tri bune reporter this morning that he has been teaching for eign languages and art in the state prison. He praised the southern Oregon scenery and said "there is always hope" when asked if he had hopes of a future parole. : Portland MUPD- Negotiations were reported under way to day for sale of Hill Military Academy here to a church sponsored college. Trustees of the 57-year-old military school were negotiating with Judson Baptist College, a junior col lege sponsored by the Conser vative Baptist Association of Oregon. The college is now lo cated in the First Baptist church at Milwaukie. Booms May Be More Frequent This Week Sonic booms, similar to one heard in the Medford area early last night, may be frequent during the next few days, it was reported today. The sonic boom which was noted here about 7:35 p.m., jarred lamps, hanging dishes 'and drapes, and re sulted in numerous tele phone calls to law enforce ment agencies and valley radio stations. No reports of damage have been received, how ever. The "boom," caused by a supersonic plane crossing the "sound barrier," star tled many residents because of its intensity, and many people ran out of their homes, perhaps Jto see if there were visible signs of an explosion. The noise, sounding like a heavy ex plosion, probably caused more concern since the Aftershocks Continue To Plague Region Death Toll Known To Be at Least 9 West Yellowstone. Mont. - (DPB - A small army of rescue workers today ignored con tinuing aftershocks from one of the most powerful earth quakes recorded in the United States in their search for more survivors or victims. Latest reports listed at least nine, and possibly 11, vaca tioning campers killed by huge slides triggered by a series of earthquakes begin ning shortly before midnight Monday. Fourteen Still Hospitalized About 60 persons were in jured. Fourteen were still in hospitals, the others were treated and released. Madison County Sheriff W. H. Bowman said there was no way of knowing now how many campers lay buried un der an estimated 50 million tons of rock and earth that thundered down a mountain, blocking Madison river seven miles downstream from Heb gen dam near the west en-, trance to Yellowstone Park. Trapped Campers Saved "There might be 100 people under that slide or there might be only a few," Bowman said. "Probably we'll never know." The Forest Service said ap proximately 300 persons were trapped Tuesday between the slide and the quake-weakened dam. All were evacuated. The Forest Service said a makeshift road was punched through from the West Yel-. lowstone side of Hebgan lake. Highway Department crews were forced to build four sec tions of road around sections. of Highway 1 that collapsed into the lake. Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon of Montana, who completed a 10 hour tour of the quake area early today, said there was still a threat of serious flood ing in Madison Canyon. He said Hebgen lake was higher than he had ever seen it, but engineers assured - him the dam would hold - unless there were more shocks. The lieutenant governor said minor tremors were be ing felt every half hour or so. Marines, Forest Service per sonnel, sheriffs deputies and volunteers joined in the search for possible additional victims. List of Dead The list of dead as a re sult of the earthquakes in cludes: At a Virginia City, Mont., mortuary: Purley Bennett, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho; Carol Bennett, 17, daughter; Susan Bennett, 5, daughter; Tom Bennett, 11, son; E. H. Stryker, San Ma teo, Calif.; Mrs. Stryker; Mark Stowe 31, Sandy, Utah. At a Bozeman, Mont., mor tuary: Mrs. Margaret Holmes, 72, Billings, Mont. At an Ennis, Mont., morgue: An unidentified woman, pos sibly Mrs. Stowe. Recovered this morning: Body of an unidentified small boy. In addition, .two unidenti fied persons who were sleep ing near the Bennett campsite when the slide hit, are pre sumed dead." Authorities were uncertain whether they were Mr. and Mrs. Stowe. Three Banks Robbed In SF Bay Area San Francisco -(UPD- Three banks were held up and robbed within three hours in the Bay Area today, bringing the total in San Francisco to 23 holdups this year. Aug. 7 blast in Roseburg still is a vivid memory. Such booms probably will be' heard with more frequency in this area this week, Air Force officials said. A coast-wide air defense exercise is under way, ac cording to Col. Jack Wil liams, commanding officer of Kingsley Air Force base, Klamath Falls. The maneu vers began Tuesday and are scheduled to end Saturday. Planes from bases along the coast, including Kings ley and Portland Air Force bases, are operating at su personic speeds about 35, 000 feet, according to Col. Younger A. Pitts, comman der of the Portland base. Such flights, Air Force officials noted, might result in loud sonic booms. Planes from the Oregon bases in clude the supersonic F-102 interceptor planes.