Air Force Med T o Glear Dp Mystery off Object inn Sky Over Oregon
Washington (IIPD A rt-
the Air Force concealed the
facts in the case."
"The Air Force was fully
aware that its own and the
FAA evidence proved this
was some unknown machine
under intelligent control,"
NICAP said.
There was no immediate
comment from Sharp. But an
Air Force spokesman insisted
there was "insufficient in
formation" on which to draw
any conclusion about the Ore
gon sighting other than that
it "was probably a balloon."
Challenging the Air Force
interpretation of the Oregon
object, NICAP produced
photo-copies of logs from the
FAA's air route traffic con
trol center at the Seattle-Ta-coma,
Wash., airport and from
the ' agency's air traffic com
munication station at Red
mond, Ore.
It summed up the logs as
stating "a mysterious, round
flying object was seen by
FAA observers at Redmond,
Ore., as it escaped from Air
Force jets with exhaust-like
flames spouting from its
base."
"The FAA also stated the
UFO was tracked by Air
Force radar as it evaded the
jets and later as it maneuver
ed between 6,000 and 52,000
feet." the committee said
The letter said intelligence
experts believed "this object
was probably a balloon as
evidenced by its relatively
long period in the area (more
than an hour) and the fact
that unless equipped with
reflectors balloons are not
good radar reflectors."
The Redmond log said the
object was first sighted by
Robert Dickerson, a police
man, .as a "strange bright
light descending rapidly
north" of his station at that
city. The object stopped and
hovered for several minutes
several hundred feet from the
ground, the log said, and
Dickerson drove toward it.
"At this time the light turn
ed orange and it moved to the
northeast . . . very rapidly,"
I the log continued, relocating
UFO took shape of mushroom,
observed long yellow and red
flame from lower side as UFO
rose rapidly and disappeared
above clouds estimated 14,000
feet ...
"UFO reappeared south of
Redmond approximately fcO
miles estimated 25,000 feet.
Seattle air route control cen
ter advised radar contactS
search group has appealed to
Air Force Secretary Dudley
C. Sharp to clear up the mys
tery of a round, flame-spouting
object which supposedly
assumed mushroom shape and
escaped jet plane pursuers
over central Oregon last Sept.
24.
The privately-financed Na
tional Investigations Commit
tee on Aerial Phenomena
charged that an official re
port logged by the Federal
Aviation Agency "proves that
The Air Force, in a Jan 19,
1960, letter, said an official
"account of the sighting fails
to reveal any evidence of
radar tracking or any success
of the attempted intercept."
itself about 10 miles away at
a height of about 3,000 feet.
L. E. Dvis, chief of the
FAA'. " ond station, said
in t' j -O; that 10 minutes
later, at about 5:10 a.m., he
reported the object to the
Seattle station. His log then
stated:
"We continued to observe
UFO ...
"Observed high speed air
craft approaching from south
east. As aircraft approached
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No. 1
feti ........
MANOR GROWS This aerial view of the Rogue Valley
Manor, taken from a helicopter last week, shows to an
advantage the actual size of the $5 million structure. The
seventh story was almost completed, and work on the forms
for the eighth story, at right, had started when the picture
wts taken. The building will be 10 stories high, with a
Mistaken Pedal
Results in Crash
(M four Vehicles
A woman who mistook a
gas pedal for a brake caused
a "spectacular" four-car
smash-up at the intersection of
Holly UIlfl-Eighth sts. yester
day afternoon.
Medford city police said it
is extremely lucky that no
one was injured.
The woman, Mrs. Velma L.
Wilson, 38, of 301 North Fir
st., told police that the car
she was driving was headed
north on Holly st., and as she
approached the stop sign on
Eighth st. she placed her foot
on what she thought was the
brake and started to press
down, but the more she
pressed, the faster the vehicle
went.
Foot oi Gas Pedal
She told police she then dis
covered she had her foot on
the gas pedal but it was too
late to stop. She proceeded
through the stop sign at a
higlj) rate of speed and was
struck by a vehicle headed
west on Eighth st., police said.
The impact of this collision
knocked her car into the oppo
site lanje 8n Holly st. where it
was struck by a second car.
The Wilson vehicle then kept
going and struck a parked
Volkswagon, knocking it some
40 feet into the adjacent city
park, where it came to rest
against a tree.
Mrs. Wilson's vehicle also
proceeded into the park some
50 feet, before its forward mo
mentum was halted by anoth
er tree.
Damage Noted
Police said that the Volks
wagon is probably a total loss.
Mrs. Wilson's Caddillac and a
Jaguar, which was involved
in the accident, were also
heavily damaged and had to
be towed from the scene.
Police said that Mrs. Wil
son's 5-year-old son, who was
a passenger in the vehicle,
came out of the accident with
out a scratch. She was cited
for failure to yield the right
of way.
Portland-OJPD-Harry E. Lich
ter of Wisconsin has been
named as chief museum cura
tor of the Oregon Historical
Society.
Man in Photo Believed
Killer of Chicago Women
Starved Rock Park, 111 -0JPD
-One of the three women mur
dered in Starved Rock Park
took a picture of a man who
may have been the killer,
Sheriff Ray Eutsey said today.
EjUtsey showed reporters a
blow-up of a triple-exposure
and said the picture contained
the figure of a man. Reporters
tended to agree with him.
'''he shadowy figure, Eutsey
toid a news coherence, ap
Today's Issue Marks
Start of 55th Year
For Mail Tribune
Today's issue of the Med
ford Mail Tribune marks the
beginning of its 55th year of
publication as a Medford
HaiTv
On March 22, 1906 the paHf
per, which was then known
Directors Named
For Art Group
Nine directors, who will
constitute the first board for
the new Rogue Valley Art as
sociation, were elected at the
first annual meeting of the
group last night in Hedrick
Junior High school.
The directors are William
Barker, Eugene Bennett, who
has been serving as temporary
chairman, Robert Bosworth,
Ben Day, Mrs. Fred C. Lorish,
Dr. Richard Porto, Jack Tee
ters, Ben Trowbridge Jr., and
Carl Wimberly Jr. They will
meet in the near future and
elect officers.
Bosworth, chairman of the
building and sites committee,
reported that volunteers are
repairing and painting a room
at 220 West Main St., which
the group as acquired to serve
as an art gallery. He asked
for additional volunteers in
order that the work may be
completed by April 1, opening
dayte. A crew will work to
night. Mrs. Harry Danielson, gal
lery chairman, is also seeking
volunteers to take charge of
the gallery during open hours.
A show had been secured
for the opening through the
Oregon Art Alliance. It will
consist of oils, watercolors,
prints and drawings from Ore
gon State college, and a group
of scultures from students at
the University of Oregon.
Mother of Three
Gets Prison Term
Oregon City - IUPD - Mrs.
Charlotte L. B a r n e 1 1, 24,
mother of three children, was
sentenced to from three to
five years in the state peni
tentiary Monday after plead
ing guilty to a manslaughter
charge.
pears to be of a man about
5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing
about 160 pounds. The man
has a high forehead and is
between 25 and 30 years old,
Eutsey said, and is wearing
booths and a parka jacket and
appears to be carrying some
thing in his left hand that
may be the murder weapon.
An alert has been issued
for a man of that description,
Eutsey said.
penthouse on top. The center "column" will consist of
lounges for each floor and the dining room will be located
where the four large window openings can be seen at left,
A physicial therepy room for the infirmary can be seen
near the center column on the dining room roof,
as the Medford Daily Tribune,
published its first edition for
a circulation of only a few
hundred persons';
The number of these first
ety'suTbscribenf eohtrasts with
today's circulation record of
18,110, which was attained
just last week.
Prior to 1906 the Tribune
had published as an Ashland
daily for several years and
was known as the Ashland
Daily Tribune. However, in
that year it moved to Med
ford,. because in trie words
of its first editor, J. M. Pot
ter, as written in an editorial
in that first edition:
Better Vantage Point
"Medford is a better point
of vantage from which to
view and report the great
work of developing the entire
county (Jackson) as it is more
advantageously located. Med
ford is the hub of one of the
greatest . agricultural, timber
and mineral sections in the
U.S. and as its capital it must
necessarily grow in import
ance as a trading center."
In 1909 the Tribune con
solidated with the Medford
Mail and assumed its present
name. The paper has been at
its existing location on Fir
st. since 1911 although many
changes have been made in
the building since then.
It now ranks as the sixth
largest paper in the state, be
hind those in Portland, Salem
and Eugene. Gerald T.
Latham, business manager,
says the paper is looking to
ward a circulation of 25,000
within the next ten years.
From 1906 to 1921 the
newspaper was printed by
means of a flatbed press. The
capacity of this flatbed was
minimal when compared to
the capacity of the new press
which the paper is now in
stalling. This early press could run
off only 6,000 papers an hour,
compared to the present press
capacity of 26,000 16-page
papers, or the new press ca
pacity of 48,000 48-page pa
pers an hour.
Democrats Schedule
Two Meetings Here
Two Democratic party meet
ings are scheduled today and
tomorrow. The Young Demo
crats club of Southern Ore
gon will meet at 7:30 o'clock
tonight at Democratic head
quarters, 232 West Fifth st.,
Medford, at which time of
ficers will be elected and by
laws will be discussed.
A special meeting of the
Jackson County Democratic
Central committee will be
held at 8 pjn. Wednesday at
the Labor Temple, 2414 South
Grape st., Medford. The meet
ing is open to the public and
all interested Democrats are
invited to . meet Democratic
candidates.
Detector Tests
Given Several in .
Probe of Shooting
Lie detector tests were giv
en a number of persons last
night during questioning by
state police and sheriff's offi
cers concerning the fatal
shooting of Mrs. Lester Ham
ilton, 40, of Ashland, deputies
reported today.
The tests will continue to
day and probably tomorrow,
a deputy said.
California authorities are
continuing to question a hitch
hiker apprehended in Bakers
field, Calif. Deputies said an
officer would question the
man in Bakersfield as soon as
more positive identity is es
tablished that he is the man
described by an informant as
being near the Hamilton
farmhouse about the time of
the shooting. The informant
has now changed the descrip
tion originally given, depu
ties said.
Hitchhiker Held
The hitchhiker, identified
as Chester Joseph Sears, 48,
was picked up by California
highway patrolmen south of
Bakersfield yesterday on
Highway 99. Sears admitted to
California authorities he was
in Ashland, but denied any
knowledge of the crime. He
told them he arrived in Bak
ersfield Friday from Portland.
Mrs. Hamilton was found
dead of gunshot wounds near
the doorway of her farm home
last Tuesday afternoon by her
husband. '
Deputies believe the mur
der weapon is a .22 caliber
revolver.
School Bus Hit
By Train; Six Pie
Coy, Ala. (UPD A freight
train hit a school bus at a
crossing near this rural com
munity today and at least six
teen-age children were killed.
Authorities had reported
eight dead but Audie Sadis,
Wilcox county transportation
superintendent, said there
were six known dead and
three critically injured.
Sadis said the driver of the
bus, David Jackson, about 20,
was not seriously injured but
was suffering from shock.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable high
cloudiness through Wednesday.
Continued mild. Low tonight
High Wednesday 72.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday : 8
Lowest this Morning 42
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today :2 PJ.
Sunrise tomorrow S:10 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 4:03 a.m.
New Moon March 26
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Orion, in the southwest 8:01 p.
Orion, in the south
west 8:01 P-m.
The two brightest stars in this
group are Betelgeuse and RigeL
Betelgeuse is high above Rigel.
Preliminary Plans
For Expansion of
Airport Finished
Medford city officials have
completed preliminary plan
ning for expansion of munici
pal airport facilities to handle
future jet service, City Man
ager Robert Duff said today.
When the airport expansion
can be done, however, re
mains to be seen, he said,
since it will require consider
able expense. As of now,
Duff said, there are no federal
funds available to help defray
costs for such expansion.
Indications are that jet serv
ice here may be five years
away, but local airline offic
ials and city representatives
agree that jet service in the
future is certain.
Returns From Meeting
Ken W. Cook, ground serv
ice manager here for United
Air Lines, recently returned
from Chicago where he at
tended the annual "flight
plan" meeting of the com
pany, where plans for expand
ing present DC-8 jet sched
ules, and the introduction of
the Boeing 720 medium-range
jet service this summer, were
reviewed.
Cook said United "now has
a total investment of $383
million for 78 jet airplanes.
The commitment includes 40
long - range Douglas DC-8s,
with 20 already delivered; 18
medium -range Boeing 720s,
and 20 short - range French
Caravelles.
"Service by these jets,"
Cook said, "will continue to
be expanded to additional
cities as the airplanes become
available."
Runways at the Medford
airport, like runways at most
airports this city's size, are
not long enough to handle
even the short-range jets, he
noted.
Cook said jet service here
by United is probably five
years away, and that one of
the items which is now delay
ing short and medium-range
service throughout the coun
try is runway length.
Duff estimated that the
north - south main runway,
which is now 5,400 feet long,
may have to be extended an
additional 3,000 feet to pro
vide sufficient length for
short-range jet planes.
- Cook noted that the French
Caravelle uses a comparative
ly short runway, but one long
er than the present Medford
runway.
Extending the north - south
runway, Duff said, would in
volve purchasing additional
property, probably the most
expensive item in such an
expansion program, along
with some road relocation and
sufficient land for "clear
zones" at the end of runways.
What the cost of an airport
expansion program would be
has not been estimated other
than it would be an extensive
investment.
Fairchild F-27s are now
used by West Coast Airlines
here.- The F-27 is a prop-jet
plane, and does not require
the length runway a regular
jet requires Cook said United
has no plans at present for
using prop-jet type planes in
its system.
"You Think That Equality Stuff Is Likely To
Spread Up North Here?"
. 9am, .nil mm iro &
Ira Sara
To Me
Russ Demand for
Liquidation of
Bases Rejected
Geneva (UPD T h e United
States today summarily re
jected Soviet demands for the
liquidation of overseas bases
as the first step toward dis
armament. It said American
troops would remain as long
as they are needed "to defend
the Free World's security."
Not Fruitful
U. S. delegate Frederick M.
Eaton told the 10-nation Dis
armament Conference that it
would be "neither profitable
nor fruitful" to discuss over
seas bases here.
He was replying to repeat
ed Soviet demands for the
"liquidation of foreign bases."
Eaton said American troops
are stationed abroad by invi
tation of the host countries,
Delegate Reminded
He sharply reminded Rus
sia's Valerian Zorin that the
Soviets also have troops sta
tioned outside their borders,
but with this difference-
they were not always invited.
They have gone there some
times as the result of direct
attack or political action and
have been used on occasions
against hostile populations,
Eaton said.
Eaton-did -not refer specifi
cally to the Hungarian free
dom uprising of 1956 or the
East German workers revolt
against the Communist regime
in 1953, but his meaning was
clear.
Bank at Sherwood
Target of Holdup
Sherwood, Ore.-IUPD-Police
and FBI agents today sought
two men who held up the
Sherwood branch of the U.S.
National Bank and escaped
with about $15,000. It was
the third irobbery at the bank
in three years.
One of the bandits was arm
ed with a sawed-off shotgun
and the other with an auto
matic pistol.
The bandits got money from
the vault and also emptied
three tellers' tills. The rob
bery lasted about 10 minutes.
Fire Damages Interior
Of Ashland Residence
Ashland A small frame
house at 955 B st. received
major interior damage this
morning in a fire apparently
caused by a faulty flue, Ash
land firemen reported.
Firemen received the alarm
about 9:45 a.m. and brought
the blaze under control soon
after arriving at the scene.
Occupant of the home is
Virginia Ruth Jackson.
To
Planning Group's
Budget Is Tabled;
814,226 Sought
The Jackson county budget
committee this morning tabled
the county planning commis
sion's budget request of
$14,226 pending a regional
planning meeting tomorrow
night in the county court
house. The budget committee ap
parently felt the needs of the
planning commission could be
more accurately determined
after the organizational meet
ing. Purpose of the meeting
is to have a coordinated plan
ning program for all cities
and towns of Jackson county.
The $14,226 total budget re
quest for the 1960-61 fiscal
year is a $444 increase over
the current year's budget of
$13,782.
Major Items
Major budget items include
$460 for planning, a new item;
$5,388 annual salary for plan
ning technician, $240 increase
over current salary of $5,148;
assistant planning technician's
salary of $4,032, a new item;
secretary's salary of $3,096,
increase of $324 over the cur
rent salary of $2,772.
Gordon Hudson, Medford
druggist and budget commit
tee member, argued that the
planning commission is wast
ing money the more it delays
putting in a county zoning
program. "We should get more
money in this budget to hire
more people and get it done
or forget it altogether," Hud
son urged.
Arnold Bohnert, Central
Point area farmer and com
mittee member, pointed out
that the county would not
have some of the problems it
has now if county-wide zoning
had been voted in several
years .ago.
Land-Use Study
Lynn Newbry, Ashland
packinghouse owner and bud
get committee member, urged
that county -wide zoning be
applied first, then a land-use
study be completed to estab
lish zone variations. Setting
up land use areas is merely
creating opposition to zoning,
he emphasized.
Alva Walker, Gold Hill,
representative of the Rogue
River Basin Flood Control
and Water Resources associ
ation, was to appear before
the budget committee about
noon today to request a tenta
tive fund of $4,000 to $5,000
for promotional expenses.
The current year's budget
item is $1,500. The increase is
needed so association repre
sentatives can appear before
Congress to argue for the ba
Queen Elizabeth II
Picks Name for Son
London (UPD Queen Eliza
beth II today named her
month-old son Andrew Albert
Christian Edward. He will be
known as Prince Andrew.
Porter Told Information on Ike's
Domestic Staff 'Private Business'
Washington IUPD Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.)
said he was told by the White
House Monday that informa
tion on the mansion's domes
tic Staff is the "Drivate busi
ness" of President and Mrs.
Eisenhower.
69 Persons Employed
He said Jack Z. Anderson
of the White House staff
would tell him only that 69
persons are employed 40 of
them white, 27 Negro, and 2
Filipino - and that all waiters
but one are colored.-
Porter had asked for name,
race, age, length of service
and position of each employe.
He said b made the inquiry
le Jpp
effor
sin development measure dur
ing a hearing now set for
early in 1961. This does not
include the Agate dam proj
ect, which will be considered
separately, he explained.
African Racial
Demonstrations
In Second Day
Johannesburg, South Africa
-lUPD-Police opened fire today
to disperse native African
mobs demonstrating in the
streets of the town of Langa
near Capetown in the second
day of racial violence.
There were no reports of
casualties in the latest inci
dent. But the unofficial toll
in two days of fighting stood
at about 100 dead and nearly
300 wounded.
Massive Strike Feared
Officials feared a massive
strike of African workers
was imminent to protest laws
which force them to carry
identity cards at all times or
face arrest.
Rioters burned two schools,
automobiles and government
buildings in Langa Monday
night. Unofficial estimates
said 12 persons were killed
in Langa then, with at least
70 others killed in other
towns. Ten more Africans
died in hospitals today.
Generally, South Africa was
quiet but tense.
Man's Body Found
In McKenzie Area
Eugene-(UPD-The body of an
unidentified man, found in
the Cascade mountains, was
returned here today. An au
topsy was scheduled.
The body was found late
Sunday by two University of
Oregon students who were
hiking in the Cascades about
55 miles east of here just off
the McKenzie River highway.
Gene Hulett, ' state police
sergeant, said there were no
papers or billfold on the man.
He was described as about
40 to 45 years of age, 6 feet
tall, 160 pounds, with brown
hair.
Neubergers Will
Admitted To Probate
Portland - (UPD - The will
of the late Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger was admitted to
probate Monday by Circuit
Judge William L. Dickson.
There was no estimate on the
value of the estate. Neuberg
er's widow, Maurine, was
named executrix.
as a result of comments by a
member of Premier Khru
shchev's party visiting the
White House last fall.
He said another congress
man present at the time told
him the Russian, seeing only
Negro servants, inquired sar
castically, "are these your
slaves?" .
Wrote Letter
In a letter to Anderson on
March 17 Porter related the
story and asked, among other
things, whether it was White
House policy to hire only or
predominantly Negroes for
domestic service.
"If it is I should like to
suggest that it be changed
immediately," he said. "The
oseo'-
Proposal for
Federal Help
Turned Down .
Washington IUPD- Presiflent
Eisenhower was reported to-o
day to have turned thumbs
down on Welfare Secretary
Arthur S. Flemming't pro
posed federal program to help
the aged pay for medical care.
Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R
111.) said after a white house
conference that the adminis
tration will oppose a labor
backed medical care plan
sponsored by a House Demo
crat and will offer no substi
ture plan of its own.
More Information Nee4e4
Dirksen said the adminis
tration's viewpoint is that a
great deal more information
must be gathered before any
program is started.
Dirksen, Senate Republican
leader, said Flemmine in his
appearance before the House
committee Wednesday viU
not oppose any alternitW to
the Democratic bill.
"There will be a lot of con
versation and a lot of ques
tions, but no plan," Dirksen
told newsmen after the White
House conference among Ji
senhower, Flemmina, nd
GOP congressional leadsrs.
Rep. Aime J. Forand (D
R.I.), a members of the Hos(fe
Ways and Means committee, is
pushing a proposal to provide
medical care as part of the
benefits available to the
elderly under the social secur
ity program. Social security
taxes would be raised on both
employer and employee to
cover the cost.
More Modest Plan
Flemming came up with a
more modest plan, under
which federal and state gov
ernments would help pay the
premiums on voluntary health
insurance for old folks, as an
alternative. ,
He goes before the Ways
and Means Committee
Wednesday, and had hoped to
offer his plan with the Presi
dent's blessing. He developed
it with reported support from
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon.
Leash Law Voting
In City Precincts
The proposed leash law
will be placed on the county
ballot for the May primary
election, but will apply only
to Medford precincts, Deputy
District Attorney Gerald Scan
nell said today.
Chris Hagler, county dog
control officer, said this could
become a county-wide issue
by 100 county residents or
more petitioning for it, The
proposed regulation would re
quire dog owners to keep
their dogs on leashes when
off their property. It is not
a muzzle law, Hagler noted.
The dog control officer pre
dicted 9,000 dog licenses will
be sold in the county by the
end of March. He noted that
several chickens and sheep
had been killed by dogs re
cently in the county.
Hagler noted that over a
third of his complaints are
on dogs killing chickens.
White House is not an ante
bellum southern plantation.
Race color or creed should
not be among the qualifica
tions for any kind of employ
ment there or elsewhere in
the United Strtes."
Porter said Anderson re
plied in a letter giving only
the racial breakdown.
Private Business
He added that Anderson
called at his office to say that
this was all the information
that would be supplied. How
ever, he added that all the
waiters but one were colored.
Porter quoted Anderson as
saying other information was
the "private business" of the
Eisenhowers.