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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1960
No. 296
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CASTS BALLOT Voter Harold Howe, Asa Morgan, left, accepts the ballot while
right, casts his ballot in New Hampshire's Town Clerk Annie Foote, center, checks the
"first in the nation" Presidential primary list.
election today at Bow, N.H. Town Moderator (UPI Telephoto)
Prison Hospital
Ward Security
Will Be Studied
Salem - (UPD - The escape of
two men from the criminal
insane ward of the state hos
pital last Friday prompted the
Board of Control today to or
der a study of security ar
rangements for such prisoners.
Gov. Mark Hatfield said
two alternatives are faced in
handling the state's criminally
insane. He suggested one of
these might be setting up a
prison guard system in the
hospital's ward 38, the crim
inal insane ward, and another
sending the doctors to the
penitentiary for the examin
ations. Basically Operating Hospital
Hatfield said the problem at
the state hospital appeared to
be that "we are still basically
operating a hospital, which is
not security-oriented."
Dr. D. K. Brooks, hospital
superintendent, and Prison
Warden Clarence T. Gladden
concurred and agreed to take
part in the study.
The escapees, convicted
murderer James Norman Jen
sen and Jack Norman Ama
son, fled Friday night. A hos
pital employee, Jack D. Sy
mons Jr., 29, admitted passing
hacksaw blades to Jensen,
which permitted the escape
from the third floor maximum
security ward.
Captured in Bain
Jensen and Amason were
captured the next day in a
barn in east Salem.
In Circuit Court this morn
ing Symons, charged with two
counts of aiding and abetting
the escape of the prisoners,
requested time to consult with
an attorney and District Judge
E. O. Stadter Jr. postponed
arraignment until Wednesday.
Police Investigate
Exposure Cases
Medford city police have
received several reports in
recent weeks of a man who
indecently exposes himself to
women and girls while they
are walking on city streets.
Several other complaints
bave been turned into police
by women who say a man has
run up behind them, molested
them with his hand and then
run away when they turned
around.
It is not known by police
If one man is responsible for
all of the incidents or not,
but a man who is responsible
for at least some of them is
tentatively described as be
ing 35 to 40 years of age, hav
ing a dark complexion, dark
hair and unshaven face.
Police said that at no time
has the man done any harm
to the girls or women and he
usually runs as soon as they
notice him. Police are investi
gating the incidents. '
Ike Expected
For Better Understanding
Washington -UPD- President
Eisenhower is expected to ap
peal to the nation tonight for
better understanding of Latin
America to strengthen the
bonds of friendship within
the hemisphere.
The President was to de
liver a 15-minute report at 4
p.m. (p.s.t.) over all major
radio-TV networks on his two-
Thompson Receives
Life Sentence for
Robbery of Safeway
Life imprisonment was giv-1 noted that the jury had re
en Donald M. Thompson, 36, quested leniency out of con
of Klamath Falls, yesterday sideration for Thompson's
for robbing the Safeway store
in the Medford Shopping Cen
ter last Sept. 7.
Thompson was found guilty
of armed robbery by a Jack
son county circuit court jury
earlier this year. Sentencing
had been delayed pending re
ceipt of a pre-sentencing re
port. Thompson's attorney, Rich
ard C. Beasley, Klamath Falls,
said he and Thompson had not
yet decided on whether to ap
peal the case.- Beasley said h
still thinks Thompson is in
nocent.
Prior to pronouncing sen
tence, Judge Edward C. Kelly
Funds Allocated
For Armory Seals
The state will allocate $8
000 to purchase bleachers for
the National Guard Armory
in Medford, First Lt.' Donald
M. Ivie, commanding officer,
company E, 2nd battle group,
said today.
Lieutenant Ivie said he re
ceived the information from
Col. Paul Kliever of the ad
jutant general's office in Sa
lem. The seats should accommo
date 1,200 persons and will
probably be of the portable
type, usable either in the bal
conies or downstairs, he said.
Ivie said he has further
been informed that the Na
tional Guard will seek addi
tional funds in the next bud
get for more bleachers and al
so for work on accoustics at
the building.
The new rate of $50 for rent
of the armory by non-profit
groups, which was mentioned
in a story in yesterdays' Mail
Tribune, has actually been in
effect since Sept. 1, 1959. Ivie
said there has been some mis
understanding - between t h e.
armory and the Medford PAL
club over this rate, since the
latter group apparently did
not know of it until yesterday.
Jackson Reappointed f
To Highway Position
Salem (DPD- Glenn L. Jack
son, Medford, Monday was re
appointed to the Oregon High
way Commission by Gov.
Mark Hatfield. .
Eugene (DPD State Demo
cratic Chairman Robert
Straub said today he would
file for delegate at large to
the Democratic national con
vention.
To Appeal
week trip to Brazil. Argen
tina, Chile, Uruguay and
Puerto Rico. He returned to
Washington Monday.
It was clear from his re
marks during the South
American tour that the Pres
ident was impressed with the
need for more friendly and
serious consideration of the
problems facing America's
neighbors to the south. . . .
j family. However, Judge Kelly
said that out of consideration
for Thompson's family, for
Thompson himself, and for
society, he could not grant
leniency.
Similar Charges
He noted similar charges
are pending against Thomp
son in other cities, and by giv
ing Thompson less than the
maximum term of life, Thomp
son would have to be tried
again in other courts. : This
would put the family under
the ' "stress and strain" of
another trial, Judge Kelly
said.
Judge Kelly said he had no
doubt, as revealed in the pre
sentence, report, that Thomp
son had been a good husband
during his 14 years of mar
ried life, and a good father to
his three children. He noted
that Thompson had also serv
ed with distinction in Europe
during World War II, and
that he had maintained his
innocence.
"However," Judge Kelly
said, "at the time of the rob
bery the defendant was not in
desperate need of money;
neither was he inclined to be
easily led into trouble. In
fact, he was making $1,000 a
month, plus travel allowance
and bonuses. His work show
ed a brilliant mind boarding
on genius. There is no par
ticular reason why the defen
dant should have become in
volved in this crime unless it
was for the thrill or the love
of adventure," Judge Kelly
said.
Thompson was arrested in
Klamath Falls last Nov. 8 on
a warrant from San Pablo,
Calif. Prior to his arraign
ment, police said Thompson's
arrest cleared up 17 robberies
in Oregon and California,
which includes several in the
Sacramento and San ' Fran
cisco Bay areas.
Thompson was led from the
court room handcuffed. Sher
iff s deputies indicated they
"were taking no chances" af
ter the county jail riot Feb.
27 and 28 in which Thompson
was involved. Court house
sources indicated that District
Attorney Thomas J. Reeder
probably would drop the riot
charges against Thompson
since the charges would serve
no purpose now.
Verbal Slap Seen
Only Cuba Reprisal
Washington - (DPD - The
State Department was report
ed .reluctant today to take
any stronger action against
Cuba than the verbal dressing
down given by Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter.
' Informed sources said Pre
mier Fidel Castro's latest
anti-American charges had not
changed the administration's
view that economic reprisals
would do more harm than
good.
The administration feels, it
was said, that any economic
crackdown on Cuba would
hurt the people rather than
the Castro regime and might
alienate other Latin Ameri
can countries.
Texas Negro
Masked
Victim Left
Hanging
in Tree;
Wounds Treated
Man Frees Self
From Loose Ropes
Houston, Tex. - (UPD-Four
masked men kidnaped a Neg
ro at random from a Houston
street Monday night, beat him
'with a tire chain studded
with "hooks," carved the
triple "K" of the Ku Klux
Klan on his chest and stom
ach and , hanged him upside
down in a tree.
Wounds Treated
The Negro was F e 1 1 o n
Turner, 27, an unemployed
awning worker. Doctors treat
ed his wounds at Jefferson
Davis hospital and pronounc
ed him in "good condition."
He was released from the hos
pital early today.
The attack upon Turner was
the worst reported since Neg
roes began a series of sitdown
strikes at segregated lunch
counters Feb. 2 at Greens
boro, N.C.
The sitdowns spread to West
Virginia, Ohio, Alabama, Ten
nessee, Virginia and Texas
The Texas sitdowns were in
Houston.
Police Chief Carl Shuptrine
ordered the entire homicide
detail to work in shifts around
the ' clock on the case.'
Four in Kidnaping
Turner said there were four
men when they kidnaped him.
But when "KKK" was carved
upon his body and he was
hanged in the tree, three took
part. It was believed that the
fourth at that point acted as
lookout.
They apparently didn't in
tend to kill Turner. He played
unconsicous .and they tied
him so loosely and hanged
him with so much play in the
rope that he was able to free
himself before the men left
the scene.
(See picture on page 2)
Weather Fails To
Halt Employment
Salem - (HPD - The Oregon
Employment Department said
today that heavy snowfall in
northern Oregon last week
failed to stop the state's steady
decline in insured unemploy
ment. Last week 27,600 persons
filed for unemployment com
pensation, a drop of 850 from
the week before.
Layoffs and new hirings
spread through many indus
tries while callbacks princi
pally were in lumber and
logging. .
The unemployment figure
was 31,221 at this time last
year and 42,596 two years ago.
"Oh, It Was Nice Meeting
Understand That North American Manana
Attitude"
rtlii 1111
White
TRAIN SCRAMBLED A Southern Pacific train hit a
concrete-mixing truck at Anderson, Calif., Monday, de
molishing the truck and causing the tangle shown above.
The main engine was overturned, three engine units were
Morse Officially
" ' .
Enters Maryland
Annapolis-(UPD-Sen. Wayne
Morse . (D-Ore.) Monday form
ally filed for the Democratic
presidential nomination for
the state of Maryland, calling
the presidency the "greatest
educational office in the
land." ' . . .. .
: He said he would offer the
Democratic voters of Mary
land a choice of candidates,
"although I cannot begin to
match the financial effort of
my opposition in this state."
Reasons Declared
Morse drove to Annapolis
Monday morning to enter his
candidacy for the May 17 pri
mary with the Maryland Sec
retary of State. He declared
the following reasons for his
entry:
"The President of the Unit
ed States is the greatest edu
cational office in the land,
What the president advocates,
works for and believes in,
has an impact far beyond his
official acts of office. -Sets
Pace for People
"It is he who sets the pace
for the American people in
both domestic and internal af
fairs. To the extent that a
President - lacks conviction,
the country lacks direction.
To the extent that he lacks
the courage of his conviction,
our nation will lack dedica
tion,", Morse added.
Him But I Just Don't
Primary Contest
Kidnaped, Beaten
Men; 4KKK' Carved
Objectives of OTl
Outlined To Higher
Education Board
"Portland -(UPD- General ob
jectives of Oregon Technical
Institute in Klamath Falls
when it becomes a part of the
state system of higher educa
tion July 1 were outlined
Monday to the State Board of
Higher Education., . :;
Chancellor John R., Rich
ards said the objectives would
be: : .. .. ; ' . '.
-1. To provide technical
training so that the student
develops occupational compe
tence in the technology of his
choice. ,
Work Continues
On Ashland School
Ashland Construction on
the new Ashland Junior High
school continued today with
no change, following a hear
ing in circuit court in Med
ford Monday, before Judge
David R. Vandenberg, Klam
ath Falls. ; - :
, The Ashland school district,
Graff and James, general con
tractors for the school, and
the Schlage Lock company,
San Francisco, had been
ordered into court to show
cause why work on the new
building - should -not be
stopped pending settlement of
a dispute over door lock speci
fications. The complaint was filed, in
Jackson county circuit court
by W. L. Reid company, Port
land, sub-contractor which
wants the specifications modi
fied to eliminate mention of a
trade name for the locks.
Architectural plans call for
cylinder locks by Schlage and
Reid proposed to furnish mor
tise locks by Yale and Town,
according to a district spokes
man. , . ' - '
; Judge Vandenberg ; heard
arguments - for - about two
hours, the spokesman said,
and then adjourned the court.
He did not set a new hearing
date. "
WEATHER
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy.
Few showers through tonight.
Partial clearing late tonight
and Wednesday. Low -tonight
28-30 degrees. High ..tomorrow
SS.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 60
Lowest this Morning 35
Prec. to 4:00 a.m. Today. 08
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today, ; . 6:10 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:34 a.m.
Koonset tomorrow .... 4:20 a.m.
Full Moon (and Total Eclipse
of tae Moon) ....Saturday night.
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Orion, in the south-
west 8:56 pjn.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter,, low in south-
east : 3:S0 a.m.
Saturn, low in south
east
5:00 a.m.
Mars, rises
Venus, rise .
. 5:39 a.m.
. 5:55 a.m.
knocked off the track, three cars derailed and some 1,000
yards of track ripped up. Nobody was injured, however.
The Shasta and Cascade passenger trains were delayed'
for more than eight hours by the mishap. (UPI Telephoto)
. 2. j To provide training
through the technical theory
and allied subjects so the
student may develop his po
tentials for advancement to
supervisory positions.
Courses Dropped
Dr. Richards said "manipu
lative courses" have been
dropped from the curriculum
to make room for courses in
liberal arts and sciences. Dis
continued courses include
farm mechanics and technol
ogy, screen painting, sign
painting and woodworking.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi
dent of Southern Oregon col
lege in Ashland, said - there
was some concern with dupli
cation. OTI, he said, "will def
initely be competitive with
SOC so far as funds are con
cerned." - The Klamath Falls school,
as a result of legislative ' ac
tion, shifts to the' Board of
Higher Education from the
Board of Education on July 1.
Jury Deliberating
In Zachary Case
The case involving Carroll
Zachary, 25, Medford on
charges of assault with a dead
ly weapon, went to the jury at
noon today.
Zachary is charged with
pointing a .45 caliber pistol
at- Special Sheriff's Deputy
Lonnie Varner during the
Jacksonville Jubilee last Aug.
2. -
Zachary was one of the last
witnesses to testify this morn
ing. Zachary maintained "he
never put any gun in a depu
ty's ribs. I never hit any of
the officers. I grabbed a depu
ty around the throat to keep
from falling."
Varner testified that Zach
ary was intoxicated during
the incident. He tertified yes
terday he hit Zachary on the
wrist to disarm him.
Others who testified yester
day and today were Norman
Butts, J1 a c k- s o n ville; Don
Rhodes, Medford; Sheryl
Rhodes, Medford; Matilda
Zachary, Zachary's wife; Jack
Francis, Medford; Sgt. Veryl
Vanoose, sheriff's deputy; and
Chris Hagler, dog control of
ficer and special deputy.
Varner had testified yester
day that he saw a bright ob
ject and felt a gun against
him. This was the basis for
Attorney Robert Boyer's de
fense, that Varner never at
any time actually saw the
gun.
Salem (DPD Rep. Edith
Green (D-Ore.) has filed for
reelection in the 3rd congres
sional dis$ict.
by
on
Four
Filing Deadline
For May Primary
Is This Friday
. All petitions for candidates
and measures must be filed
by Friday, March 11, to be
placed on the primary elec
tion ballots May 20, accord
ing to Marvin M. Madden,
county clerk. "
So far nine men have filed
for county office.
Candidates who have filed
for county commissioner are
Ralph James, Democrat, in
cumbent; Paul Rynning, Re
publican, ex-county engineer;
and Edwin H. Taylor, Demo
crat, Central Point.
Those who have filed for
county assessor are Ray J.
Schumacher, Democrat, in
cumbent, and Herbert Hunt
er, Republican, Medford.
Karl Janouch, incumbent,
Democrat, is the only person
to file for the county treas
urer's position. -
County Surveyor.-
Those who have filed for
county surveyor are Mark E.
Boyden, Republican, Med
ford; Edward A. McGinty,
Democrat, Medford, and
Lowell E. Ager, Republican,
Ashland.
Nobody has filed yet for
either Gold Hill or Ashland
Justice of the Peace positions.
Petitions filed for measures
include the Billboard Control
measure and the proposed
Medford leash law.
The petitions for a state
billboard control measure
were filed today in the coun
ty elections department and
restrict areas in which bill
boards and outdoor signs can
be placed along highways.
Former Medford
Publisher Honored
Salem-flJPD-George Putnam,
88, editor emeritus of the Sa
lem Capital Journal, and an
Oregon newspaperman for
more than 63 years, was hon
ored Monday at a testimonial
luncheon sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Putnam formerly published
the Medford Mail Tribune
and the Capital Journal, sell
ing the latter in 1953 after
publishing it for 34 years. "
Body
Mighty Atlas Carries
Set of Guidance 'Brains'
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-UPD-A mighty Atlas missile streak
ed into the sky today carrying the craftiest set of guidance
"brains" yet devised for an American intercontinental bal
listic missile. - ' v-
The new all-inertial guidance system was aboard the
brawny- missile as a "passenger" only today on the scheduled
6,300-mile flight over the Atlantic ocean. Experts called it
an "important .step forward" in development of the Atlas
as America's most formidable war weapon.
If its first few tests pan out as expected, the guidance
package will.be, worked into a controlling role aboard the
Atlas within the next few weeks, sources said.
Political Brawls
Seen Stimulant
Nixon Unanimous
In First Community
, Manchester, N.H. -01PD-Heavy
balloting, perhaps stim
ulated by last minute political
brawls, was reported today in
New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation
presidential primary.
Officials at Vice President
Richard M. Nixon's head
quarters in Concord said the
voting appeared about the
same as in 1956, also a pri
mary without contests among
the top candidates. In that s
year 99,430 persons cast bal
lots. Democrats agreed with Re
publicans on the apparent
turnout today.
The small community of
Hart's Location was the sec
ond town to vote today, fol
lowing Millsfield where the
four voters cast their ballots
at midnight.
Millsfield voted unanimous
ly for Nixon with four write
ins for Gov. Wesley Powell
for vice president. Hart's Lo
cation gave four votes to Sen.
John F. Kennedy and two to
Nixon. In the latter commun
ity it was the same Democratic-Republican
split as in 1956.
The record number of votes
was 136,536 in 1952 but in
that election, then Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was
opposed on the Republican
ballot by the late Sen. Robert
A. Taft (R-O). A contest of
that type generally brings out
a larger vote.
From all indications, it ap
peared Secretary of State Rob
ert Stark's prediction of a
100,000 turnout was a good es
timate. In a final hour campaign
development, Repu b 1 i c a n s
crossed swords with Republi
cans and Democrats battled
Democrats. '
'. Nixon repudiated - s t a te -ments
made by his state cam
paign manager, Gov. Powell.
Powell had charged that Ken
nedy was soft on Communism
and favored : recognition of
Red China. -
Democrats to Meet
Tomorrow Night
' The regular monthly meet
ing of the Jackson County
Democratic Central commit
tee will be held at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9, at the
Medford Labor Temple, 24Vi
South Grape st.
Voter registration will be
discussed. Persons who wish
transportation to the meeting
are asked to call Democratic
headquarters, SPring 3-4777,
according to K. C. Wernmark.
Residents of the Ruch area
are invited to a voter reigstra-.
tion rally at 7:30 p.m. today
in the Ruch school. Boyd
Hamilton, Ruch rancher, is in
charge and Attorney Bruce
Manley, Medford attorney,
will assist.
Precinct lists and maps will
be on display and the Demo
cratic committee will provide
registrars to register voters
at the rally.
Khrushchev Sends
Message To Ike
Washington (DPI) Soviet
Premier Nikita S. Khru
shchev today sent a personal
message to President Eisen
hower. The message was delivered
by Soviet Ambassador Mik
hail Menshikov, who earlier
asked for a special conference
with Eisenhower.
Leaving the White House,
Menshikov shouldered his
way through a swarm of
newsmen and refused to dis
close the nature of the mes
sage. Menshikov, who had spent
20 minutes ' at the White
House, told reporters:
"It was a personal message
and since it's personal, it's
personal." , ,