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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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