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42 AGES Section A
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1960
Ho. 306
Smoke Filled
IpMrs
Porter Lists Odds
On Rogue
Representative Charles O.
Porter last week said it was
his firm opinion that authori
zation of the Agate dam and
reservoir project "would not
hurt the chances for authoriz
ing, later on, the big Rogue
basin project."
Porter, in a letter to some
50 people and organizations in
Jackson and Josephine coun
ties, said he intends to file a
bill for authorization of the
project.
He pointed out he consider
ed the Rogue river basin proj
ect more important than the
Agate project, but said he be
lieved authorization of the
Agate project now would not
Election Riot in
Ecuador Kills 7
Quito, Ecuador - (UPD - Sev
en persons were killed and at
least 25 injured Saturday in
rioting that broke out at a
public reception in Bolivar
Square for presidential candi
date Jose Maria V e 1 a s c o
Ibarra. One of the dead was a six-year-old
child. A policeman
also was killed.
The rioting broke out short
ly after Velasco-Ibarra arriv
ed here to launch his election
campaign.
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GOOD GRIP Checkers, a Siamese cat be- famous bulldog grip, the puppies take their
longing to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kennedy, Med- turn at the snack bar while Checker gives
ford, is not overly fond of dogs, as would be one of her own brood of kittens a bath. The
expected, but her motherly instincts caused puppy near the bottom of the picture has a
her to adopt two English bulldog puppies near-perfect marking of a horse on his hip.,
last week when their own mother was un-. . . whicn all adds up to quite a menagerie,
able to care for them. Hanging on with th
Room 1960
Project
injure "the prospects for the
Rogue project authorization in
the 87th Congress if the engi
neers and other departments
complete their work.
Will Ask Hearings
Porter said he would ask
hearings on the Agate legisla
tion if he is convinced that the
project has the almost unani
mous support of the people of
Jackson and oJsephine coun
ties.
People and organizatipns of
the two counties were asked
to express their feelings about
Porter's intentions of seeking
authorizing legislation.
Porter said he has reason to
believe that the bureau of rec
lamation will have plans for
the project ready in the near
future, and pointed out that
the project has a high benefit-to-cost
ratio.
Benefits Needed
"Its benefits are badly
needed now," Porter said.
"The state water resources
board endorses it Wholeheart
edly. So does the hoard of di
rectors of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce."
Gov. Mark O. Hatfield also
has endorsed the project.
Porter said "without strong
community support no project
like this has a chance of suc
cess." He added that Col W. L.
Winegar, the district engi
neer,, has said that h, as an
engineer, has no objections to
going ahead with the Agate
project.
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38 Persons Die
When Colombian
Airliner Crashes
Passengers Returning
From Resort Visits
Bogota, Colombia - (UPD A
Colombian airliner with 45
persons aboard - most of them
women crashed with heavy
loss of life Saturday on mak
ing a forced landing in a
swamp.
A rescue party pulled 38
bodies from the wreckage.
There were seven survivors.
The plane went down near
Medellin, its destination.
On Local Flight
The two - engine DC-4 was
on a local flight from the
vacation resort of St. An
drew's Island, a Colombian
possession 115 miles off the
coast of Nicaragua in the Car
ibbean. The women aboard
were returning to the main
land from vacations on the
island.
The airliner was operated
by Sociedad Aeronautica de
Medellin airways.
The plane was approaching
Medellin airport for a landing
when the pilot radioed an
engine on the left wing was
giving him trouble and he
was going to feather it.
Several persons who saw
the plane trying to come in
for what appeared to be an
emergency landing said the
engines were on fire.
Seven Killed in
Bolivia Revolt
La Paz, Bolivia (UPD An
army regiment allegedly led
by a drunken officer revolt
ed Saturday and fought a
half-day long pitched battle
with government forces be
fpre the rebellion was' quell
ed.
The battle raged through
the streets of the heart of the
capital. Seven persons were,
killed and 24 injured. Loyal
government troops used ' ma-
chineguns, mortars and straf
ing aircraft to put down the
revolt.
Among the dead was Col.
Justo Burgos, second in com
mand of the rebel Avelino
Aliaga regiment.
Litter left from hours of
bloody battling was being
cleaned from the streets Sat
urday night. The city was
calm.
Swallows Fly Back
Right on Schedule
San Juan Capisirano,
Calif. - (UPD - The swallows,
right on schedule, returned
to San Juan Capisirano
Mission Saturday.
The birds began arriving
shortly before day break
and the early' ones imme
diately began working on
new nesis.
A crowd of about 500
curious onlookers waited
outside the mission gates in
the early morning for them
to be opened.
Durham to Speak
At UMC Meeting
G. Roderick Durham, ex
ecutive director of the Oregon
United Appeal, will speak at
the United Medford Crusade
annual meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 24, at Hed
rick Junior High school.
Title of his address will be
"The Golden Ladder."
Durham is known to many
Med ford residents, having
been in charge of the local
G. RODERICK DURHAM
To Address UMC
Salvation Army corps several
years ago. He has been guest
speaker for several UMC
meetings during the past sev
en years, and has been en
thusiastically ' received, ac
cording to Dr. Richard D. Nel
son, UMC annual meeting
chairman.
Contributors Invited.
v All contributors to last
year's UMC campaign are vot
ing members, Dr. Nelson no
ted, and are invited to hear
the annual report and to vote
for directors.
The Medford High school
choir, under the direction of
Lynn Sjolund, will provide
musical entertainment.
Awards will be made to
outstanding campaign work
ers. Dr. Merle E. Foland,
president of the UMC, will
preside.
The deadline for reserva
tions has been extended to
Monday noon, March 21, Dr.
Nelson said. Reservations
may be made by telephoning
the UMC office, SPring
3-4287.
NEWS BRIEFS.:
By United Press International
Washington Rep. Jim Wright said Saturday that House
inyestigators are digging up mounting evidence of "both
grand and petty graft" in the multi-billion-dollar interstate
highway program.
Havana Fidel Castro's government Saturday seized
the Luxurious Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country club
on grounds it was built by Batista blood money for the
idle rich while common people had to bathe in "coastal
mudholes."
Pueblo, Colo.-Adm. Arleigh Burke, chief of naval op
erations, said Saturday the Navy was drawing up plans
to put the highly successful Polaris missile in surface ships.
Heretofore the Polaris has been used only on submarines.
New York Gen. Douglas MacArlhur underwent an
operation for removal of an enlarged prostate gland Sat
urday and emerged in "fine spirits" and excellent condi
tion. 1
Tampa, Fla. The rain-swollen Hillsborough river rose
slowly but disaster officials expected no major worsening
Saturday night of a flood which has forced 2,500 Tampans
from their homes.
Warsaw Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka
said Saturday night the United States wants disarmament
so it can obtain Russian military secrets.
Washington The Humphrey-for-president campaign
organisation said Saturday that Sen. John F. Kennedy
maintains a "vast warehouse" of private polls to serve his
purpose in various ways. '
Washington U. S. Ambassador Philip Bonsai will re
turn to Havana Sunday in another effort to spur some
improvement in U.S.-Cuban relations
Paris The government Saturday seized copies of the
Communist newspaper L'Humanite for publishing what it
alleged to be a U. S. intelligence report claiming that
extremist French Army officers were conspiring on pos
sible assassination of President Eisenhower.
Washington The National Aeronautics and Space ad
ministration said the Pioneer V satellite was 1,260.299
from earth ai midnight Saturday.
Russia Accepts
U.S. Proposal on
Nuclear Test Ban
Surprise Move May
Break Long Deadlock
Geneva (DPD Russia Sat
urday conditionally accepted
a U.S. proposal for a strictly
policed nuclear test ban in a
surprise move that western
diplomats said could break the
15-year-old disarmament dead
lock. The Soviets agreed to a U.S.
plan of Feb. 11 that the United
States, Russia and Britain sign
a treaty to prohibit all nuclear
test explosions except small
underground blasts that are
hard to identify.
The Russians posed one con
dition - that the West agree
to a moratorium of indefinite
duration on the small under
ground explosions until scien
tists of East and West work
out foolproof means to detect
them.
Soviet Delegate Semyon K.
Tsarapkin announced the So
viet move to an unusual Sat
urday morning meeting on the
three-power nuclear confer
ence while the 10-nation dis
armament conference took the
week end off.
On the face of it, the Soviet
action meant that Moscow was
now ready to permit foreign
inspectors on its soil, although
it still insisted that their free
dom of movement be severely
restricted..
Russia's refusal to permit
foreign inspectors on its terri
tory had caused the failure of
every disarmament conference
since the end of World War II.
Some Western diplomats,
however, thought that Satur
day's Soviet proposal might
finally make it possible to
start some degree of mutual
inspection. It also raised hopes
that Communists might be
willing to accept some work
able disarmament plan in the
East-West arms talks that be
gan here last Tuesday.
Bucks Beat Cal
San Francisco - (UPD-The
booming Buckeyes of Ohio
State beat California at its
own game the defense by
a 75-55 score Saturday night
to win the NCAA basketball
championship.
Led by All American Jerry
Lucas, who completely bot
tled up California's great Dar
rall Imhoff , the underdog Big
Ten champions rolled to a 37
19 half time lead and then
played a slow-down game to
win going away.
California was supposed to
have the peerless defense in
this championship battle but
it wouldn't work against the
hotshots from the midwest
during the first half. During
that time, the Buckeyes hit
on 16 of their first 17 shots
to take the starch out of the
defending NCAA champions.
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THEY DID IT! Here's the Medford High
school basketball team which Saturday
night won the state A-l championship at
Eugene by trimming Marshifeld 63-56. In
front row (from left) are Manager Don
Ticheonor, Calvin Dean, Henry Olson, Jim
Political Activity
Increases in County
Political activity in Jackson
county is starting to increase
in preparation for the May 20
primary elections with three
events scheduled which condi
dates are expected to attend.
One of the events is a Dem
ocratic party box social, while
the other two are Candidates'
Nights sponsored by the Cen
tral Point Grange and the En
terprise Grange.
The Democratic party box
social is scheduled Saturday,
March 26, at the Knights of
Pythias hall at Fifth and
Grape sts., Medford. The event
will start at 6 p.m. with lunch
boxes being auctioned at 6:30
p.m.
Entertainment also is plan
ned during the event, accord
ing to Democratic party of
ficials. Entertainment will in
clude square dancing, Mat
teson's combo, Johnny Eads
magic, and other acts.
To Meet Candidates
The Central Point Grange
Candidates Night will be held
Friday, March 25, at 8 p.m.
Each candidate will be allow
ed five minutes in which to
acquaint the audience with
him. A short period will be
scheduled for those attending
to become personally ac
quainted with candidates,
Grange officials said.
The recreation committee,
chairman of which is Mrs.
Gaston Floux, is in charge of
the event. Others on the com
mittee are Mr. and Mrs. John
Niedermeyer, and Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Gebhardt. The
Wanderers, a singing group
from Medford High school, al
so are expected to participate.
Roseburg (DPD - A pickup
truck rolled over after going
off Highway 42 one mile west
of the community of Tenmile
Saturday night injuring the
driver seriously and killing
his wife.
Fatally injured was Mrs.
Hazel Estella Phillips, 57,
Glendale.
The husband, Earl Floyd,
was brought here to the Doug
las Community hospital, . ac
cording to state police.
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SHERIFF'S CARS Sheriff Joe Walsh (left)
accepted the keys from Walter. DeBoer
(second from right), owner of Walt's Lithia
Motors, Ashland, last week for five auto
mobiles for the criminal division of the
sheriffs department. The Ashland firm was
the low bidder this year for the depart
ments cars. The vehicles, first county owned
cars used by the sheriffs office will replace
Mrs. O. T. Wilson, Home
Economics club chairman, is
in charge of refreshments
which will follow the event,
and Grange women are asked
to take a cake. The meeting is
open to the public.
The Enterprise Grange
Candidates Night is scheduled
Friday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in
the Grange hall.
Youth Fair After
Shooting Mishap
Phoenix r- Rodney Fowler,
17-year-old ' son of Mr. and
Mrs. Weston J. Fowler, 205
Fifth st., Phoenix, was report
ed in fair condition Saturday
by Sacred Heard hospital at
tendants following .an acci
dental shooting Friday.
He is being treated "for a
gunshot wound in his shoul
der. The youth told sheriff's
deputies he was shooting in
the Anderson creek area when
he accidentally shot himself.
He had sighted in on a
squirrel, but the squirrel mov
ed. So he went to his car to
rest the gun on a fender for
steadier support. As he was
moving around the car the
gun discharged. Fowler told
sheriff's officers he must have
tripped.
Fowler said he drove to a
local physician's office where
he fainted on the floor.
Hatfield Group to
Invite Industries
Salem -(DPD- The industrial
development group headed by
Gov. Mark Hatfield which
left Saturday for New York,
Washington and Chicago will
throw out Oregon's "greenest
welcome mat" to national in
dustry. Presidents and board chair
men of 300 "blue chip" corpo
rations have been invited to
luncheon meetings in the
three cities.
Hatfield has said that loca
tion of new industry in Ore
go,n, and thus new jobs, is the
key to the state's development.
part of the privately owned automobiles
used by the sheriffs deputies. Shown with
Walsh are Deputy Kaye Vaughn and Burley
Daily (right), Lithia Motors service depart-,
ment manager. The off-white sedans have
"sheriff' on both doors and rear trunk.
Sheriff Walsh said the color was recom
mended to avoid confusion with other law
' enforcement vehicles now used in the area.
Sheriff's department photo)
Barry, Dick Ragsdale, Ken Jensen, Ken
Durkee and Manager Gary Milne. In back
row are Coach Frank Roelandt, Jerry
Shults, Lowell Dean, Bob Quinney, Darrell
Miller, Jerry Anderson, Booth Deakins and
Manager Ken Wise. (Landis photo)
New Series to
Start Tomorrow
Is American civilization on
the decline?
Are we riding for a fall?
What is ahead for Ameri
can society and culture?
These provocative questions
are among those posed in a
series of 12 articles which will
appear in the Mail Tribune
starting tomorrow.
Under the general title,
"New Frontiers in Living,"
the author, Howard Whitman,
discusses today's American
society and civilization, and
comes up with some challeng
ing conclusions and sugges
tions. Whitman, a nationally
known writer on human af
fairs, is also the author . of
several books, and many ar
ticles for newspaper and mag
azines. The 12 articles will be . un
der these titles: Are We Rid
ing for a Fall?; Our Glut of
Pleasure; Let's Find God; Put
ting Backbone Back in the
Schools; The Future of Sex;
Strengthening Marriage; First
Aid for Family Life; The Wor
ship of Violence; What's Hap
pening to Integrity?; How to
Live in Abundance Without
Choking; Seeking the Mean
ing of Life; and How Can We
Sell the World?
'Big Thaw' Starts
By United Press International
A warm sun started the
"big thaw" across the north
ern half of the nation Satur
day on the eve of spring, 1960.
At exactly 9:43 a.m. (est)
Sunday the sun crosses the
e a r t h's celestial equator,
bringing day and night of
equal length in this hemis
phere for the first day of
spring, and a lift to the hearts
of winter-weary millions.
Association To Meet
Election of the first board
of directors and progress re
ports on quarters for an art
gallery are on the agenda for
the first annual meeting of
the new Rogue Valley Art
association set for Monday,
March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Hed
rick' Junior High school.
Medford Thumps
Marshficld 63-56
For State Crown
First Championship
ForMHSifl 31 Years
By DICK JEWETT
Mail Tribune Sports Editor
Eugene - Medford high cap
tured its first Oregon high
school basketball chamoion-
ship in 31 years last nieht.
The Black Tornado lived up
to its number-one rating by
me pollsters at the end of the
regular season by downing
Marshfield of Coos Bay 63-56
in the final of the state class
A-l tournament.
Eugene Medford high's
Jerry Anderson Saturday
night was named to the all
tournament team along with
Mel Counts. Marshfield;
Jay Brack, South Salem;
Sandy Nosier, South Eu
gene and Paul Bishop,
Klamath Falls.
It was the third hoop title
in history for Medford high.
Its other championships were
in 1924 and 1929. In the finals
here last night, Medford went
ahead to stay with one minute
and 45 seconds left in the
third quarter when Jerry An
derson sank a hook shot from
in close and followed with a
free shot for a 41-39 edge.
Klamath Union High school
took third place by tripping
South Salem 73-69 in over
time in the first game of the
evening double-header. This
gave the top three places in
the tournament to southern
Oregon teams.
Wally Palmberg of Klamath
Falls sent the fracas into an
extra period with a driving
layup with just one second
left to tie the score at 67-alL
Paul Bishop hit a field goal
and he and Bruce Brickner
each had two free tosses in
the overtime for the Pelicans.
Loren Seitz scored for South
Salem in the extra session.
The Marshfield cause was
severely hurt on this play
when Mel Counts, the tower
ing 6-10 Marshfield center.
fouled out. The huge pavilion
echoed with boos on the call.
Medford went on to a 46-39
margin at the end of the third
quarter and its widest lead
was 54-42 with 4 minutes and
19 seconds left to play. The
game ended in a battle of free
shots with Marshfield narrow
ing the gap twice to six points
at 56-50 and 60-54.
Medford had a 16-14 lead at
the quarter and was on top
34-28 at the half-time horn.
Marshfield tied up the game
at 36-all and 37-all.and had
its last lead at 39-38.
Before he left the court.
Mel Counts collected 24 points
and 11 rebounds. Jerry Ander
son, only Medford man to
make the all-state first or sec
ond team, had 15 points for
the Black Tornado and gath
ered in 10 rebounds.
Medford scored at a torrid
rate in the first half from the
field but it appeared for a
time that fouls would rain the
Tornado hopes,
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Medford in the first half
had a tremendous shooting
average of .577 on 15 field
goals in 26 attempts while
Marshfield hit 8 of 29 for
.276. On the other hand,
Marshifeld got 11 of their
first-half points on free shots.
By half - time Medford's
Lowell Dean had four person
al fouls against him and Bob
Quinney and Jerry Shults
each had three. Both Quinney
and Lowell Dean fouled out
in the final minutes of the
game.
While Anderson got the
scoring and the all-star glory,
all Medford hands did a tre
mendous job in bringing the
championship to the Pear city.
Cal Dean and Booth Deak
ins were late Tornado entries
to the game but contributed
some fine floor work and
stout play under the boards
along with Dick Ragsdale,
Shults, Lowell Dean and
Quinney.
Medford attempted to freeze
the ball as much as possible in
the waning minutes of the
game.
It was Medford's third ap
pearance in the finals in six
years and the sixth time
Coach Frand Roelandt had a
team in the big school tournament.