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Newspaper Page Texttall ma Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Section A piriinigffneW Family Missimig Afffteir Six in Party Fail To Return On Sunday Jaunt Search Conducted In Willamette Area Springfield -(IPD- Six per tons reported lost east of here in the Cascades were found safe today. Springfield-OJPD-Search par ties this morning werev hunt ing two different areas for a Springfield family of four and two neighbor children miss ing since 6 p.m. Sudnay. Missing were Robert G. Drew, his wife, Mavis, and their two children, Mike, 6, and Celia, 7; and two neigh bor children, Edward Humell, 9, and Glenda Humell, 12. They were reported missing when they failed to return from an elk hunting trip in the Cascades. State police said Drew was making the trip on his own. He is a hunter, trap per and self-employed Spring field carpenter. The Humell children are those of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Humell of Springfield. Note Found When the family failed to return, neighbors entered their house and found a note that had been written to the Humells when the Drews and the Humell children went on a similar trip two weeks ago. The note indicated they went at that time to. the Foley's ridge area 50 miles east of Springfield on the south fork of the McKenzie. Searchers speculated that they may have returned to that area or to the Oak Ridge Westfir area on the middle fork of the Willamette river. Both areas were being searched. More Money Asked For Indigent Fund An indigent fund of $85,000 is needed for the new fiscal year to assist Rogue Valley and Sacred Heart hospitals with patients who cannot af ford to pay, representatives of those two hospitals told the county court this morning. This is an increase of $50,000 over approximately $30,000 in the current fund included in the county bud get. "This is in line with what aid other counties are giving their hospitals," according to Charles I. Gustafson, admin istrator of Rogue Valley hos pital. "The majority of the non paying patients are either old er people on social security or pensions and the migrant fruit workers," the -administrator explained. Gustafson said a greatly in creased load of indigent pa tients has resulted chiefly from the county's population growth and the fact that Med ford is becoming recognized as a medical center. La Paz, Bolivia - (UPD - The government went ahead today with preparations for a new presidential election despite a short-lived but bloody revolt that left 15 persons dead and 105 injured in this capital Saturday. Hatfield Cites Advantages of State For Industry Expanding Westward New York-TCPD-Oregon has advantages over the other West Coast states for industry expanding westward from the east because of the Columbia river, Gov. Mark Hatfield said today. Addresses Luncheon Hatfield came to New York to address a luncheon meet ing of 120 company presi dents and other executives seeking new industries for his state. He was accompanied by 20 Oregon business men. He will address a similar meeting in Chicago later this week. "We have plenty of deep water factory sites and barge transportation on the Colum- MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, Trip) Into Cascades FOR ORCHARD HEATING? Pear grow ers in the Rogue valley are ready for the annual watch against bud-killing low tem peratures, now that warm days have brought the buds to a point where sub-freezing tem peratures can damage them. A majority of the orchardists now are using types of heat ers which throw out very little smoke, or are committed to convert to such types as rapidly as economically possible. A majority Deputies to Question Hitchhiker artel Shooting Jackson county sheriff's of ficers plan to question, a hitch hiker in Bakersfield, Calif., probably today, in con nection with the fatal shoot ing of Mrs. Lester Hamilton, 40, of Ashland, it was re ported. The sheriff's office was no tified by teletype this morn ing that a hitchhiker identi fied as Joseph Sears, 47, was taken into custody today for questioning in the slaying of the Ashland woman last Tues day. California highway patrol men picked up Sears south of Bakersfield on Highway 99. They said he fitted the de scription of an all points bul letin issued for a suspect in the slaying. Sears admitted to Califor nia officers he was in Ash land, but denied any knowl edge of the crime. He told them he arrived in Bakers field Friday from Portland. Sheifrf Joe Walsh said the WEATHER FORECAST: Fair with some high cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 38. High Tuesday 7S. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 81 Lowest This Morning v 38 Sunset today 6:25 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:12 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 3:19 a.m. New Moon March 26 PROMINENT STAR Arcturus, rises 7:34 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, rises 2:17 a.m. Saturn, rises 3:19 a.m. Mars, rises . 5:15 a.m. Venus, rises 5:44 a.m. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:24 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:13 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 2:30 a.m. New Moon March 26 Winter ends and Spring begins today at 6:43 a.m. as the Sun enters the Sign of Aries. The days will continue to grow longer and the nights shorter. bia all the way upstream to Lewiston, Idaho," the govern or said. "Portland already has become the most important dry cargo ocean port on the Pacific Coast even though we are 110 miles from the ocean," Hatfield told a news confer ence preceding the luncheon. "Ports of " grains and other goods to Japan and other Oriental countries are the big reason." He said Portland is building more terminal facilities for vessels up to 35-foot draft and that the barges that move up stream are of the ocean-going type. , . - However, Hatfield said Ore About state crime laboratory , has identified the murder weapon as a .22 caliber revolver. He added that the lits of suspects, including friends of Mrs. Hamilton, has been narrowed considerably. Grants Pass Woman Wins Speak-Off Mrs. Robert Rausch, Grants Pass, won first place in the annual speak-off of Council 4, International Toastmistress, held here yesterday at Kim's restaurant, with a humorous talk entitled "Under the Mi croscope." Second place was taken by Mrs. H. F. Smith, Ewauna club, Klamath Falls, with "A Preserved Tradition" and third went to Mrs. C. H. Re mond of the Medford club for "Minor Compromise." Judges were Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Evalyn Steele and Ray mond" Salisbury, Grants Pass; Mrs. Eloise Winklebeck and Jerry McDougall, Medford. About 45 members and guests attended the dinner and speak-off. The guests included Mrs. L. C, Daniel, Eugene, presi dent of International Toast mistress, and Mrs. William Eckhart, Albany, regional su pervisor. Tidal Waves Triggered By Tokyo Earthquake Tokyo-IUPD-An earthquake early today triggered foot high tidal waves on the Pa cific coast of -ttorthern Hon shu, Japan's main island, but no casualties or property dam age were reported immedi ately. gon is not seeking to lure in dustry from the East. "There are plenty of businesses ex panding into the North Pacific area and we think Oregon has many advantages." Climate Cited Besides ocean transport, he cited an abundant supply of Columbia river power, good climate, a living cost below the national average, plenty of space and above all the fact that Oregon has a balanced budget and is shaping its long-range tax program to at tract industry. "We don't be lieve in offering short -term tax gimmicks," he said, "and we won't offer any." 54th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1960 No. 305 has also pledged to burn no tires to heat orchards, but a few are still prepared to do so, as is evident by the picture above, snap ped not long ago at a valley orchard. The county court has said it plans to call on all orchardists who plan to use smoke-producing tires. But a check over the week end revealed a few orchards where tires are still piled. (Knackstedt photo) Warm Weather Opens Fruit Buds Ahead of Normal Orchard heating can start at any time, now that the warm weather has been open ing the buds on fruit trees in the Rogue valley, according to Clifford B. Cordy, county horticultural agent. All pear varieties except Bosc are in the early pink stage, Cordy noted. Many apricot and almond trees, de pending on location in the val ley, are already in full bloom. Peaches are showing pink in their buds. The bud stage is actually a few days ahead of normal, Cordy noted. Urged To Be Careful Orchard heating instruc tions issued by W. J. Rogers, of the fruit forecast warning service,, and Cordy, urged growers to be "awfully care ful now that warm weather is opening buds." General directions suggest heating at 25 degrees for Bart letts, Bosc and D'Anjous, and 24 degrees for Cornice and Nelis varieties. Actually, growers could heat at a half degree higher than the tem peratures listed, Rogers ad vised. Buds separated in the cluster, but showing no color, will stand the temperatures listed for 30 minutes. Tem peratures should be held at one degree to two degrees higher than those listed when heating. . Damage has occurred dur ing this stage, Cordy warned, but is much less frequent than at later stages. Data on which the above figures are based is not extensive, Rogers added. Frost marking - is considered possible in this stage on nights with high dewpoint. High School Rally Honors Champions A gala rally assembly at Medford High school this af ternoon celebrated the Black Tornado's state Class A-l bas ketball championship. The ceremonies in the school stadium included pres entation of the titular trophy by Ken Durkee and Lowell Dean, team captains, to the student body. Letter awards were made by Coach Frank Roelandt. ' School was dismissed after the 2 p.m. gathering. Medford defeated Marsh field 63 to 56 Saturday night in the Oregon tournament fi nals at Eugene. The official tournament bracket, which ' was in the hall at McArthur court, was on display in the showcase at the school this morning. (Mm Downs Plane. With U.S. Marks Havana-(UPD-A light plane with U. S. markings was shot down today by Cuban revolu tionary troops near Matanzas and its American pilot and copilot captured. A Cuban of ficer said the plane came from Florida. The pilot was identi fied as Leonard Howard, Mi ami. He was wounded in the leg. His copilot refused to identify himself, telling his captors: "First I want to talk to Fidel Castro." Rented in Miami Operators of the Aero Coun try Club in Miami said the plane was rented Sunday to Howard L. Rundquist who said he was flying to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and then on to Sebring, Fla. Friends said Rundquist, about 30, had been working as an automobile salesman in the Miami area for about eight months. The plane was shot down about 7 a.m. while apparently on a mission to smuggle out Cubans classified by the re voluntionary government as "war criminals." Four Cubans including a former police of ficial and an army officer were captured near where the plane came down. The plane was attempting to land on Cuba's northern coastal highway known as "La Via Blanca" (The White Way) when shot down. " It crash-landed in a field near La Carbonera, about 12 miles from Matanzas. Matanzas, cap ital of the province of the same name, is about 50 miles east of Havana. Howard was given first aid treatment for his wound be fore being taken with the others to 4th Regiment head quarters at Matanzas for ques tioning. - The copilot,- in addition to his request to talk .to Pre mier Castro, asked also to see Castro's personal . secretary, Dr. Juan Orta, and a Capt. Guerra of the rebel army. His request raised specula- Chiang Wins Third Presidential Term Taipei -(UPD - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, 72, today won a third presidential term in his biggest election major ity in three decades of rule. Chiang, unopposed for the first time in his political ca reer, received 1,481 of the 1, 509 votes cast by the National Assembly. . Twelve . assemblymen did not attend the election session. The assembly, elected by popular vote in 1947 to select the republic's president, thus gave the Generalissimo anoth er six-year term to realize his avowed goal of returning his government to the China mainland from Formosan exile. SPEAKER Ashland - Dr. Clarence Drummond, county health of ficer, will be guest speaker at Tuesday's noon luncheon meeting of the Ashland Cham ber of Commerce at Omar's. Drummond will explain his department's activities. "Boss, We Diddn't Go Over So Well in Puerto Rico" tion that he may have been acting as an agent for the Castro regime to foil the escape. Canvass of Votes By Committee Planned Tuesday The Jackson County School District Reorganization com mittee will meet tomorrow night to canvass the votes on reorganization of Rogue River and Evans Valley school dis tricts, according to Alf B. Mekvold, county school su perintendent. Evans Valley voted down the proposal Wednesday by an unofficial 71 per cent, it was reported. Of the total 364 per sons voting, 174 votes were cast in Rogue River, with 153 for the reorganization plan and 21 against it. In Evans Valley 190 votes cast were di vided into 54 for and 136 op posed. According to state law, the Evans Valley patrons have 30 days from the date of the election canvass in which to file a petition for another election. A petition for a sec ond election must contain the signatures totaling 50 per cent of the number who voted in the first election. Another Election If such a petition is filed, the reogranization committee must call another election within 60 days after March 16, or after the first election was held. If 50 per cent or more voters in the Evans Val ley school district still oppose the reorganization, then the school distict can consider the plan rejected, Mekvold ex plained. The reorganization commit tee then has two alternatives. It may wait a year from the first election and submit the same plan or it may make a new plan and resubmit it to the voters. However, not more than two special elections can be held in any one year, Mek vold said. Other Districts Considering, other school disricts yet to be reorganized, the state board of education has rejected the reorganiza tion plans for Pinehurst and Ashland. The county commit tee has withdrawn that plan. It is awaiting possible action by the forthcoming state leg islature which may affect those two districts and the Applegate district. The Josephine county ad minstrative district plan has been approved already by the state board. This means that voters of both Josephine coun ty and the Applegate districts must petition for joining the two districts through consoli dation and annexation pro cedures, Mekvold explained. So far no action has been taken by either district. Ap plegate residents have stated they preferred to join with the Josehpine county unit in stead of with the Medford school district. j ''' p" I, i t - - f I Si f , t . ' - 1 . ' ' -$ pMti.; v - ' KENNEDY FILES Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.), right, walks with Indiana Secretary of State John R. Walsh, left, to a press conference in the statehouse at Indianapolis after formally filing his petition to enter the Indiana presidential preference primary. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, ran into a delegation of demonstrators who challenge him to a debate on the religious issue. (UPI Telephoto) African Natives Killed by Police In Riot Over Law Ver eeniging;- South Af r ica--OJPD-Police killed at least 34 Africans, some of them wom en, and wounded more than 60 near here today in putting down a riot by stone-throwing natives protesting a law that requires them to carry identi fication passes at all times.' It was difficult to determine the exact number of dead and Passengers Injured As Truck Hits Bus Yreka Eight passengers aboard a Greyhound bus suf fered minor injuries late Sat urday night when the bus was struck from the rear by a truck-tractor at the Hornbrook quarantine station. None of the injured were hospitalized. The accident, occurred at 11:35 p.m., the California highway patrol reported,, while the bus, 'driven by Claude R. Babb, 56, of Red ding, was parked at the sta tion. The CHP issued a citation for faulty brakes to the own ers of the truck, the P and A Refrigerated Express company of Portland. Driver of the truck was Burton R. Shoe make, 27, of Beaverton. Soviet Proposal Being Considered Washington - (UPD - The White House said today a new Soviet proposal for banning nuclear tests is "under serious consideration." The statement was issued af ter President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Christian A. Herter conferred on the Rus sian proposal for an unlimited test moratorium. White House News Secre tary James C. Hagerty told reporters: "Many people in the government are taking a very careful look at it." The Russians announced they favor a moratorium on all explosions, including the smallest which are hardest to detect, and suggested joint ef forts to find ways to detect all underground tests. Two Killed as Ships Collide in Atlantic Norfolk, Va. - (UPD Two sailors were killed and 13 in jured when the USS Darby and the Swedish freighter Soya Atlantic collided a mile northeast of Cape Henry Sat urday. The dead, both Navy reserv ists on two weeks active duty, were identified as Charles Ed ward Crandall, Westminster, Md., and Thomas Edward Johnson, Annapolis, Md. (St picture on page 2) wounded, but a UPI .corres pondent visited the riot scene and personally counted 34 bodies, including those of eight women. In addition, an official . at Vereeniging Hospital said "well over 60" wounded per sons had been brought there. No Detailed Figures "I don't know yet how many we shot," said the po lice commander in the nearby African township of Sharp ville where the shooting took place. Other officials refused to give detailed figures of the casualties. The correspondent was or dered to leave the location im mediately. Corpses still litter ed the ground near the Sharp ville police station at the time.. The Sharpville riot was the most serious of a group of in cidents which broke out to day in a cluster of locations about 40 miles south of Johan nesburg. Campaign Against Law The riots came in the wake of demonstrations called by the Pan-African Congress at the start of a campaign against laws requiring Afri cans to carry detailed passes at all times. Other incidents and dem onstrations were reported in Capetown, at the African township of Bophelong and its city of Vanderbijl Park, at Everton and at Orlando. , The Sharpville riot broke out when shouting, stone throwing Africans completely surrounded the township : po lice station. U.S. Will Protest Jailing of Bishop Warsaw -(UPD- The United States will present a formal protest to Communist China Tuesday against the imprison ment of Roman Catholic Bish op James E Walsh. Woman Killed in Fall Off Cliff Near Newport Newport, Ore. -(UPD-A wom an slipped at the edge of an ocean cliff Sunday and plunged 496 feet to her death. Killed was Mrs. Troy Der ryberry, 31, Salem, mother of three children. Her husband frantically tried to grab her as she fell. The accident occurred at Otter Crest viewpoint. Watching Sea Lions A state patrolman said Mr. and Mrs. Derry berry had gone to the coast and stopped to watch the lions. Mrs. Der ryberry had walked to the edge of the cliff to get a bet-w ter view through binoculars Delegate Says West Must First Scrap Stockpile Immediate Freeze On Troops Rejected Geneva-TJPD-Russia refused today to outlaw outer space for military weapons unless the western powers eliminate their whole nuclear stockpile at the same time. A Russian delegate at the 10-nation Disarmament Con ference here also rejected a western proposal for an im mediate freeze on American and Soviet armed forces. Said Step Backward "It is a step backward, not a step f o r w a r d," Soviet spokesman Alexie Roschin told a news conference. The Soviet stand was dis closed after the West earlier had called on Russia to join it in banning nuclear rockets and scrapping existing nuclear warheads. The United States will not pull its troops out of Europe until this and other vital steps in any East-West disarmament agreement are completed, the West also stat ed. Repeals Soviet Offer In rejecting the western pro posal that outer space be de clared off limits for weapons of destruction before any are built and shot beyond the earth's atmosphere, Roschin , declared that '.'space is only part of the whole nuclear problem." Roschin then repeated a So viet offer made to the dis- armament conferees this morning to begin disarmament with a full prohibition of nu clear weapons and the destruc tion of those now in existence. Audit Said Ignored Western delegation spokes men said they did not con sider the Soviet proposition to be significant because it still ignored the world arms audit the western powers say must precede and the controls that must accompany any sig nificant reduction of arsenals. "The w e stern conditions were delivered by Italy's Gae- tano Martino and Britain's David Ormsby-Gore. Ormsby-Gore told Valerian Zorin of the Soviet Union that the West wants nuclear rock ets banned at the same time production of nuclear material for military purposes is halted and existing nuclear weapon stockpiles are switched to peaceful uses. Temperatures Here Well Above Normal Record and near - record maximum temperatures were noted at the Medford station of the U.S. weather bureau over the week end as this area basked in fair and warm weather. Yesterday's 81 degrees was the highest temperature in the local record books for March 20. Previous high was 80 in 1915. Friday and Satur day highs of 77 and 81 were just one degree short of the all-time maximum for March 18 and 19. The record maxi mums are 78 in 1934 and 82 in 1914, respectively. Today's high was expected to reach 78 or 79. Hottest March 21st temperature was 82 in 1939. Warm weather is not unus ual for this time of year, the weather station pointed out. However, the temperature averages for Saturday and Sunday represented depar tures of more than 10 degrees above the normal. Files show only three days between March 13 and 31 that temper atures of 80 degrees or more have not occurred in some year. Fair weather, but with some cloudiness, is forecast for to night and Tuesday. when she started to slip on the grass. Her husband reached for her coat and grabbed onto the coattail but was unable to hold on to it. Landed Among Rocks The body landed at the edge of the surf in a pool among rocks. It took a fire de partment rescue unit more than three hours to bring the body back to the top of the cliff. The officer said Mrs. Der ryberry was expecting a fourth child. Her husband is a real estate salesman. f)