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frauds ML u Two Prisoners Wounded by Shots Fired by Warden Action Probably Saved Guard's Life Walla Walla, Wash: - (UPD - Warden Bob Rhay of Wash- in g t o n State Penitentiary here today was credited with saving the life of a wounded prison guard when he stopped an escape attempt Sunday by shooting and critically wounding two of three ' would-be escapers. Rhay, who said he "didn't have time to think', but just acted," shot and wounded the two prisoners who made their bid for freedom as they were on their way from the maxi mum1 security portion of the prison into the visitors sec tion of the administration building. The warden took action af ter a security booth guard failed to open fire on the con victs when he was ordered to do so. The guard was suspend ed pending a hearing before the prison personnel board. His identity was withheld. "I only had half a head to shoot at," said Rhay, as he described how he fired the shot which creased the head ""of Gordon P. Miller, 20, as , Miller held a knife at the throat and threatened to kill guard Garmen Barnett, who already had been stabbed in the back. Miller regained consciousness a short time lat - er and made another rush toward freedom when Rhay shot him in the back, critical ly wounding the inmate. Barnett was recovering in a hospital today. The extent of his stab wounds was not immediately known. Rhay also used a .38 caliber pistol to shoot Richard D. Petersen, 21, who charged the warden during the break out attempt. Petersen, who was ' serving until 1982 on second degree murder and manslaughter convictions for killing his father and a po liceman in 1955 at Pasco, Wash. . today was considered the most seriously wounded. Rhay's bullet lodged only a fraction of an inch from his heart. . Rhay ' was called to the scene when a guard spotted one of the three inmates in volved in the escape attempt to pass a knife to another. The prisoners had three knives among them and some hand made bombs. One of the bombs was thrown into the security booth during the breakout attempt but did no damage. Another was thrown later but did not explode. The third man in the escape attempt was John Regan Jr., 20, who surrendered without resistance. ACCIDENTS State police were investigat ing two auto accidents early this afternoon. They were called to Windy Point 13 miles east of Ashland on Highway 66 at 12:20 pjn. and to Kings highway and Oakdale dr. just Nsouth of Medford about 12:30 pjn. Details were not available. Salk Polio Shots Received By 3,030 at Second Clinic A total of 3,030 Salk polio shots were administered Sat urday at eight locations in Jackson county. Larry Allen, Medford Jun ior chamber of commerce president and chairman of the project, reported the number was 34 less than the total giv en during the first clinic spon sored by the Jaycees last month. Allen said both Jackson ville and Talent clinics ran cvt of the vaccine and had to l 2r people to the Medford -;-s. where shots were giv- . the county health office ; courthouse and at the L'..-i building. He said '? jaycees had only V : on hand and had . i .Xrom the health de- antjiit and the Red Cross. i ' : " y-vV- V25 j4 EISENHOWER IN IRAN President Eisen hower, right, speaks after his arrival at an airport in Tehran, Iran, today , as Shah Mo hammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran, left, listens. Loyalists Advance n Paraguayans Buenos Aires - (UPD - Loyal Paraguayan troops were re ported advancing today on schoolboy rebels in the track less jungles of Southern -and Eastern Paraguay, and offic ial announcements, claimed victory over the insurgents. Government forces were said already to have recaptur ed Caazapa, a village 87 miles north of the border which is believed to represent the deep est penetration achieved by the youthful refugees who streamed into Paraguay from Argentina over the week end. The rebels appeared to be still in control of the villages of Yegros, Yuty and San Juan Bautista and a fairly extensive area in the nearby jungles. Maj. J. Cabanas, the victor of Caazapa, was believed to be moving southward toward the rebel-held villages, while troops normally stationed in the border town of Encarna cion moved north to close a pincer on the insurgents. . Some reports indicated the government is supplying En carnacion by air, perhaps meaning the rebels have cut the rail line that links Asun cion with the border town. Press reports from Asuncion Bloodmobile Visit Slated Wednesday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Red Cross building, 60 .Hawthorne ave., Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 1 until 5 p.m. Only 20 appointments have been received so far toward the needed 350 donors for the quota of 290 pints, Red Cross officials reported today. Appointments may be made for the quarterly visit of the Bloodmobile . by calling the chapter house at SPring 3-3813. It was stressed that drop-in donors are welcome during Wednesday afternoon. Junior Chambers of Com merce in Medford, Eagle Point and Central Point sponsored the clinics as part of a state wide program by the Jaycees. Allen described the second clinic as a "huge success," re porting that a majority of those attending received the second and fourth shots in the series.' The next clinic is scheduled by the Jaycees for next Sep tember, when the third shots will be given. Those receiving their first shots Saturday were referred to their private physicians for their second shot early next year, and may receive the third one at the next clinic. Other clinic locations Sat urday were Eagle Point, Shady Cove, Rogue River, Central Point, and Talent. said people in the Paraguayan capital have been advised to lay in a "few days supply of food." This was1 taken to mean either that the government anticipates fighting in the farm, belt that serves the city or that military traffic is ex pected to crowd civilian trucks off the roads leading to Asuncion. Downtown Bus Stop To Be Changed Tuesday The location of the down town bus stop will bechanged from Eighth and Front sts. to Sixth and Fronts sts., effec tive Tuesday morning, accord ing to Vernon Thorpe, city engineer. The change in bus stops has been necessitated by the traffic congestion caused by the buses at Eighth and Front sts., Thorpe said. There is more room for cars to go around the buses at the new stop, he added. Mom HELP FIGHT TB CHRISTMAS SEALS tJncharmed Eisenhower paid a five-and-a-half hour visit to Iran before moving on to Athens, Greece. (UPI Radiotelphoto) County School Reorganization Work Continues Work in progressing on a preliminary county school re organization plan, County School Supt.Alf B. Mekvold said this morning. Deadline for submitting the plan to the state board of ed ucation has been extended to April 7, he said. However, the county school superintend ent's office is working for completion before school dis trict budget work starts, Mek vold explained. This is so new board members may be elect ed and will have a chance to study school budgets during winter ' months , and early spring. All school levies must be in by the deadline of July is: Districts yet to be joined are Rogue River and Evans Valley, Pinehurst and 'Ash land. The Jackson county school district reorganization committee : has ,. temporarily postponed action on joining Butte Falls and Eagle Point to allow the two districts a chance to study the proposi tion, Mekvold said. The com mittee has yet to receive a written .reply from the Jose phine county unit board on the possibility of Applegate school . district joining with Josephine county unit. The alternative would be for it to join with Medford school dis trict. n - (UPD - The National liion of State Budget .s will meet here next C July. it LHM PmKMMwK Mealf ackinj Strike Violence Spreads to Iowa Workers Stoned At Cedar Rapids Albert Lea, Minn.-flJPD-Vio-lence in the Wilson & Co. meat workers' strike spread to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, today. Non - union workers were stoned there during a demon stration by 400 to 500 persons at the Wilson Cedar Rapids plant. Seven persons were arrested.- One car was smeared with paint. Meanwhile, It was forecast here that there would be a re sumption of negotiations aim ed at settling the labor dis pute that has brought martial law to this city. . . The expected resumption came from reported union as surances to the company that it will refrain from "lawless acts" at the eight strikebound plants of Wilson & Co:. Letter Said En Route A letter containing union assurances was reported en route to the company's Chi cago headquarters but had not been received at midmorning. There was no indication whether the violence at Cedar Rapids would affect the situa tion. It was pointed out by Po lice Chief Carl Badger in Cedar Rapids that today's vio lence is not the first there. He said it was "only a little bit more active" than that which has been going . on since the strike began. Car-Engine Crash Injures Lawyer A diesel switch engine and a car collided Sunday morn ing and sent Frank J. Van Dyke, 3385 Hollwood ave., a Medford lawyer, to the hospi tal with broken ribs, it was reported by city "police. f The accident occurred at the- McAndrews rd. crossing of the Southern Pacific tracks at approximately 10:50 a.m. Sunday. City police said the Van Dyke car was pushed approxi mately 26 feet by the engine after the collision. They said the car was badly damaged. The train's engineer, Floyd Arno Bewley, Ashland, told police he estimated the car's speed to be 50 miles per hour at the time of the collision. He said the signals and bells were working properly at the crossing, and be blew the en gine's whistle prior to enter ing McAndrews rd. He said the engine was only going 5 miles per hour, pull ing a couple of box cars north on the tracks. The car was headed west on McAndrews, police said. Police said they found 64 foot skid marks left by the Van Dyke car before the point of impact. Van Dyke was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital by the Medford Ambulance service. His condition is reported as good. Oregon Traffic Takes Six Lives By United Press International At least six persons died in Oregon highway accidents over the . week end. Five of the deaths occurred in the Portland area, three of them in one accident. Robert Seethaler, 21; Wil liam Barrett, 23, and Judy Lynch, 21, all of Portland were killed in a head-on col lision early Sunday on Bar bur boulevard in southwest Portland. Seven other persons were injured. James Leonard Davis, 68, Portland, was injured fatally Saturday night when struck by a bus in downtown Port land. Bessie L. Fossler, 73, died Sunday from injuries suffered Friday night in a two-car col lision in north Portland. " Frank Herran, 36, La Grande, was killed Sunday when his pickup truck and a bus collided near Baker. No injuries were reported among the 16 bus passengers. Dallas Bowling Alley Destroyed by Fire Dallas, Ore. -UPD- The Dal las Bowl was destroyed here early today with loss esti mated at more than $100,000. The bowling alley was located about one mile east of here on the Dallas-Rickreall highway. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 20 Pages MEDFORD, H'erter res To Paris - IUPD - Secretary of State Christian Herter assured NATO today that American defense forces will remain in Europe at present strength at least until the end of 1961. Must Carry Share . But he and Undersecretary C. Douglas Dillon told France and the other . Allies the Uni ted States expects them to start carrying their fair share of the Western defense bur den, according to informed sources. Herter was moving in on a major 'NATO squabble before the family spat could mar the forthcoming Western summit meeting starting here next week. Some U.S. officials had accused America's 14 NATO Grower Suggests Falling Reservoir Some members of the pear industry have suggested work be halted on enlargement of Emigrant reservoir and that it be allowed to fill this win ter due to the current dry conditions, it was reported to day. A prominent fruit grower in the Medford area, Paul Cul- bertson, predicted water sup plies for the next irrigation season will be seriously( short unless water can be stored in the reservoir. . This water could be used to bolster a shortage of irrigation. . water in the Medford irrigation dis trict, he said. Culbertson is chairman of the Medford ir rigation district board of di rectors. He was apparently speaking for himself and not for the other directors. Current plans call for leav ing Emigrant reservoir dry through the irrigation season while work is completed on reservoir expansion and rais ing of the present dam. Walt Hoffbuhr, Talent irrigation district manager, said his dis trict, which draws from Hiatt and Howard Prairie reser voirs, is in "pretty good shape" in spite of possible water shortage in other dis tricts. Need Heavy Rainfall "If Emigrant is not filled, then we would have to have an unusually heavy, rainfall fr .m now to July to make up the difference," Culbertson, who is also a water-user in the Talent district, predicted. Jim Callan of the Bureau of Reclamation, said cutting off the work at Emigrant res ervoir now and filling it would "involve several com plications including legal one." He would not estimate how much the contractor, R. A. Heintz, Portland, would have to be paid for the re mainder of, his contracted work if not allowed to finish on schedule. The indemnity would probably be a consid erable sum. Callan . said. The work is about 30 per cent complete, an observer noted. Contract Involved Callan said a contract to furnish power to the Cali fornia Oregon Power compa ny would also be involved. Estimated cost of the Emi grant contract work is about $2,700,000. Removal of 8 to in feet of silt in the bottom of the reservoir for prepara tion of an earth fill dam would have to done over again, Ht was explained. It is not unusual to , find no snow on the ground be fore Dec. 1 to form a snow- pack for the Medford irriga- WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with intermittent light rain and milder temperatures. Low tonight 35. High Tuesday 45-50. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Lowest This Morning 30 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:33 a.m. Moonrise today ..: 4:50 p.m. Full Moon tonight 8:49 p.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Perseus, high overhead 9:57 p.m. The two brightest stars of this group are Mirfak and Algol. The latter is the variable star that loses 14 of its light at regular and frequent intervals. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1959 No. 223 Tells Allies of falling behind in sup porting the alliance. The battle began when Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a secret meeting of NATO military chiefs Thurs day that some nations, no tably France, were weakening the alliance by failing to meet their military commitments. France Takes 'Grave View' France, deeply hurt, let it be understood she took a "grave view" of the charges. President Charles de Gaulle flew back to Paris today from a meeting of French commun ity nations in Africa and was expected to join in the fracas. ; Herter scheduled meetings today with British Foreign tion district, according to Jack Hofbuhr,' district manager. "There are four years in the last 28 years when their has been less water storage than at the present time," he noted. We are now about 3.03 inches short of rainfall. Normal for Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 is 10.84 inches and without the recent storm the Fish lake area had 7.81 inches." Only one of the four recent dry years had less rainfall than this year. That was 1934 when there was 6.94 inches from September to July grow ing season compared to 7.81 up to last week end, statistics show. Present storage for the Fish lake and Four Mile res ervoirs totals 5.889 acre feet This is about 50 per cent of normal, Medford irrigation district records show. , SQC Hoop Coach Still Hospitalized Ashland - Southern Oregon college basketball coach Ted Schopf, who suffered a broken ankle during one of a series of auto accidents in northern California Friday morning, is still a patient at Yrekas Siski you hospital.' It had been thought earlier that he might be released from the hospital today. Of ficials reported that he is also suffering from possible back and rib injuries. Players Merton White and Brad Flannery were released from the hospital Saturday morning after spending the night under observation. A fourth member of the SOC entourage, Richard Scott, sports editor of the student newspaper, was released Fri day night only to be rushed to Ashland General hospital at 5 a.m. Sunday for an ap pendectomy. BISHOP READS ADDRESS Bishop Martin O'Connor, left, rector of the North American College," reads an address after Archbishop Aloisius Muench, center, of Fargo, N.D., had been notified of his elevation to cardinal. The priest at right is unidentified. Pope Price 10 Cents Tribune .MFO Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and other NATO leaders on the eve of the annual meeting of NATO foreign ministers which starts Tuesday. Western sum mit talks start Dec. 19. Greeting Chilly s. Herter had his work cut out for him. On the one hand, the French greeted his arrival here Sunday with the chilly reserve that might be expect ed from those whose feelings have been ruffled. On the other hand, there was little enthusiasm among the United States, other Euro pean Allies over advance warnings her Allies would in the future have to carry a larger share of the NATO de fense burden. Plans Discussed By Commission, County Court Representatives of the Jack son county parks and recre ation commission met with the county court today to estab lish a more closely coordin ated planning program. Among points discussed were requested use of the grand jury room in the county courthouse for meetings, need for county maps to mark parks and recreation projects, use of funds earmarked for the commission to hire a clerk, need for topographic paps for development ot the more de tailed plans, and clearing of suggestions for park and rec reation sites through the com mission. Commission members com plained at a recent meeting that the county court is some times bypassing the commis sion on items affecting the commission's program. Repre sentatives this morning said they referred specificially to the county court's statement that it was not taking any position on development of the Agate dam project in the Rogue River Valley irrigation district. This statement came after the commission had al ready spent considerable time in studying plans of the proj ect and had made an on-the- site inspection. The district has $27,000 included in the project cost for recreation de velopment it was pointed out. Meeting with the county court today were Robert J. Keeney, acting commission chairman; Mrs. Ben Day, Sams Valley, secretary; Don Ashpole, Eagle Point, and John Leyen, Rogue River. Blv. Ore. -(UPD- Fire Sunday evening destroyed the garage and workshop owned by J. D. Kness here. A nickun truck. welding equipment and tools were lost in the blaze. mmm &l ) Wsi ill John XXIII formally created eight new cardinals of the Roman Catholic church in a secret consistory at the Vatican Palace today. See story on page 2. r (UPI Radiotelephoto) Small Nations' Resistance of Communism Cited Arrival in Greece . Follows Iran Stop Athens, Greece -(UPD- Presi dent Eisenhower carried his world peace crusade from the 80-degree heat of New Delhi to wintry Iran and on into rain-swept Greece today with renewed pledges of U. S. aid and praise for the courage of small nations resisting Com munism. ' The President's jet airliner landed at Athens Airport from Tehran where, in a five and one-half hour stop, he con ferred with Shad Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and addressed the Iranian Parliament. Dignified But Warm The reception was dignified but warm at the airport and through most of the drive into the city. But inside Athens dignity and reserve went by the boards. The largest crowd gathered at the Tomb of the Unkown Warrior, where the presidential cavalcade made its only stop. One incident marred the welcome when a concrete column overburdened with onlookers collapsed, injuring 10 persons. .. Shortly after the presiden tial party entered the palace m Athens, a group of Commu nist youths attempted to or ganize a demonstration. Po lice quickly broke it up. In Tehran, the President drove over streets carpeted with Persian rugs in his hon or, under archways garlanded with flowers and past thou sands who shouted, "I like Ike." Hit Voice Husky In his address to the Iranian Parliament, he drew special applajuse when he praised Iran for its stand against the Communist puppet govern ment in Azerbaijan Province, the anniversary of whose fall in 1946 occurred Sunday. In the ensuing applause, only the Communist diplo mats sat glumly on their hands. '" The President's voice seem ed husky as he spoke, but Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty took' pains to deny that the President had a cold. The President made the briefest speech of his tour on arrival here. . Great Privilege "It is a great privilege to be welcomed to this city for the first time in seven years," he said after, the customary acknowledgements to the King and the crowd. Bulletins Nicosia, Cyprus (I'PD Cyprus Radio announced to night that Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios has been elected first president of Cyprus. Vallejo. CalifflTD - Five children burned to death to day when their home went up in flames as their moth er stood helplessly and heard their screams. The victims were identified as the children of Airman 2C and Mrs. Ralph Pryor, Vallejo.
