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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.
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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"
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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.