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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1960
No. 53
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RESCUED FROM MOUNTAIN Mrs. Helga McKinley and carry her from 13,500 foot
Bading is comforted at Emendorf Air Force level. She was suffering from iacK of oxygen
base near Anchorage after bush pilot Don and exhaustion. (UPI Telephoto)
Sheldon managed to land on slope of Mt.
Snowstorm Halts
Rescue Attempts
On Mt. McKinley
'' Talkeetna, Alaska-IUPI) - A
snowstorm has descended on
Mount McKinley and com
pletely shutdown attempts at
getting two injured mountain
climbers off the nation's high
est peak.
Reports coming from the
mountainside indicate the
area is completely weathered
in and that no evacuation
from any level can be made.
Some 10 mountain climb
ers, who came up for rescue
work, were flown sack down
to Anchorage from the 10,000
foot level shortly before the
weather took over.
There is still no word from
the climbers which include
the two injured men, above
the 10,000 foot level, other
than they are proceeding
slowly down to the 16,000
loot level.
The Air Force has dropped
messages for all climbers in
cluding 49 rescue workers, to
dig in for the night.
There are an estimated 300
rescue workers in the Tal
keetna area, at the summit
camp on the mountain itself.
Attempts at aerial rescue
were called off earlier and
food supplies dropped to the
rescue climbers and to Lou
and James Whittaker, 31-year-old
twins of Seattle, the in
jured climbers.
Violent Earthquake
Kills 143 in Chile
Santiago, Chile - IUPH -A vi
olent earthquake and fires
. ravaged Conception, Chile's
third largest city, Saturday.
Damage extended over a 200
mile square area and casual
ties were heavy.
The government announced
at least 143 were known dead.
The number of injured was
listed at 800.
The quake struck at 6:05
a.m. The first and heaviest
shock lasted 35 seconds. Les
sor tremblors and subterran
ean rumblings followed, the
entire quake lasted three min
utes. It was the third major
quake disaster this year.
John Day
Describes
Elmendorf Air Force Base,
Alaska - (UPI) - "The old moun
tain almost had its say and
damn near killed us," is the
way John Day, 51, described
his four -night stay on the
freezing slope of Mount Mc
Kinley, the nation's tallest
mountain.
He and Pete Schoening, 30,
of Seattle, are sharing a room
at the base hospital ar.d look
considerably refreshed since
they were brought in.
Neither man knew exactly
how the accident occurred,
but both admitted they were
not going to lot it deter them
from future climbing ven
tures. Describing the fall, Day, of
Central Point, Ore., said, "one
or maybe two men slipped,
but that is all I really know."
Landed on Ledge
Three of the men fell into
the hard packed snow at the
bottom of a slope. Day landed
on a three-foot ledge approxi
mately 10-feet above them.
"I sat up and knew imme
diately that my leg was badly
injured. I looked down and
saw the other three lying in
the snow shaking their heads
and rubbing their faces," Day
said.
Day, who with a fractured
leg and other injuries was the
worst off, said "I didn't let
myself consider whether I'd
make it back or not. I looked
at it as a matter of survival
and tried to do the right thing
at the right time and I espec
ially tried to keep my sense
of humor.
No One Panicked
"One thing we can be
thankful for, neither our
bunch nor the Anchorage
party panicked," Day added.
Day, who has successfully
climbed 66 mountain peaks,
said McKinley was not an
especially hard mountain to
climb.
Washington -IUPD- state de
partment officials have recom
mended that President Eisen
hower expand his Japan-Korea
trip to include other
staunch U.S. allies in the Far
East, it was learned Saturday.
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A.
Rescued:
Ordeal
Day was the only member
of the party which saw the
plane crash Friday in which
two rescue workers were kill
ed. "The plane came in at an
angle and just seemed to keep
turning out of control. It just
went straight into the moun
tain," he said.
Taylor Leading
James in Voting
For Commissioner
Edwin H. Taylor, route 2,
box 285, Central Point, late
yesterday held a narrow mar
gin for the Democratic nomi
nation for Jackson county
commissioner in one of the
few contested races in the lo
cal primary elections.
Taylor, with 110 of the
county's 113 precincts report
ed, had an unofficial total of
4,175 votes. Ralph A. James,
Sams Valley, incumbent com
missioner seeking nomination
for reelection, had 4,093.
Returns from the three re
maining precincts could make
a difference in the final out
come, as could the official
canvass, which probably will
start early this week. How
ever, courthouse sources in
dicated that the number of
votes from the remaining pre
cincts probably will not alter
the outcome too much.
Boyden Leads
In the only other contested
race for nomination for
county office. Republican
Mark E. Boyden, 2541 Sandy
terrace, Medford, had 6,488,
and Lowell E. Ager, 63 Gresh
am st., Ashland, had 2,452.
U n contested nominations
for county offices in both po
litical parties are listed in an
other story on page 2 of to
day's Mail Tribune.
In a non-partisan election
Friday, Mrs. Frances I. Gal
latin, 148 Central ave., Ash
land, was reelected Ashland
justice of the peace with 4,013
unofficial votes. Arthur M.
Boner, 149 South Main st.,
Phoenix, who also sought the
office, received 2,807 votes.
In the Gold Hill justice of
the peace contest, Norman R.
Matteson, route 2, box 277,
Central Point, received 912
votes, and Betty L. Ladd,
route 1, box 265. Gold Hill,
received 764 unofficial votes.
Two Annexation
Measures Passed
Medford voters approved
the two annexation proposals
on Friday's primary ballot by
large margins according to
the unofficial vote tabulation.
The "Y" area bounded by
McAndrews rd., Riverside
ave.. Crater Lake highway
and Biddle rd., received 4.092
votes favoring annexation
and 871 opposed.
The area bounded by Barne
burg rd., Oregon ave., Sunrise
ave., and Jackson St., received
4,045 votes in favor of an
nexation and 831 against.
These two areas combined
will add some 55 acres of land
and approximately 179 per
sons to the city of Mediord.
Voters Defeat
Pay Boost for
Legislators
Portland - U'Pn - A $125 a
month pay raise for Oregon
legislators, the only measure
on the state ballot, was going
down in defeat Saturday.
It joir.ed three other un
successful attempts by the
lawmakers for more money -the
las', in 1958.
Returns from 1.595 of 2,882
precincts showed 88.889 yes
votes and 103.694 no's.
Javkion county residents
voted in favor of increasing
state legislators' salariei
with 9,661 yes, and 8.674 no
unofficial votes from 110 of
the county's 113 precincts.
The legislators now get $50
a month, and wanted $175.
The S600 a year salary was
granted in 1950 by the voters
and that has been it.
Groups Supported
Several legislators had
voiced the opinion that this
pay request would get
through. It was alone on the
ballot, and the measure had
the support of numerous
groups throughout the state.
Some members of the 1959
Legislature complained that
poor salaries plus legislative
expenses ran them in the red.
It has been a perennial prob
lem. Oregon pays its legislators
among the lowest in the na
tion.
Release of Plane
Passengers Asked
Bcilin-IUPD-U. S. authori
ties Saturday demanded from
surprisingly cooperative So
viet officials the return of
eight men and a woman whose
unarmed Air Force transport
was forced down in East Ger
many by Russian jet fighters.
Heartened by relatively
friendly early responses from
the Soviets, the American au
thorities predicted the release
of the plfine'e occupants with
in a day or two. They saw no
signs that the Soviets might
try to build up the strayed
plane into an international
"spy plane" incident.
Col. Gen. I. I. Jacobowki,
Soviet armed forces com
mander in Germany, said the
twin-engine C-47 'was landed
safely" Friday. All aboard
were unharmed and being
held at a regional Soviet head
quarters. GP Firm Wins
PacTel Contract
Ashland-Ausland construc
tion company, Grants .-Pass,
was low bidder at $81,890 to
construct a new dial central
office for Pacific Telephone
Northwest in Ashland, accord
ing to J. H. Creager, local Pa
cific manager.
Plans and specifications call
for a 59 by 60-foot building
of reinforced concrete, con
crete block and brick.
NEWS BRIEFS
By United Press International
New York - James A. Farley, former democratic
national chairman, called Saturday for a unanimous con
demnation and repudiation by the Democratic party of
. Adlai Stevenson', speech condemning President Eisen
hower's conduct at the summit negotiaton..
Flash flood, and two .mall dam breaks forced hundred.,
of per.on. from their homes in .oulheastern Minnesota
Saturday in the wake of torrential rain, and practically
i.olated one town.
Gettysburg President Ei.enhower put a.ide po.t-.um-mit
worrie. temporarily Saturday to play a round of golf
with hi. 12-year-old grand.on, David.
Moscow Premier Nikila Khrushchev returned Satur
day from the abortive .ummit conference after telling
Berliner, "the Soviet, are friend, on whom you can rely."
The acting U. S. embassy chief in Moscow retu.ed to join
the group welcoming hi. return.
Moscow The condition of Bori. Pa.ternak, Nobel priie
winner Ru.jian author, Saturday wa. reported to have
worsened con.iderably in the past 24 hour. a. a re.ult
of "complication." that developed following a heart attack.
New York Adlai E. Steven.on .aid Saturday night the
United State, would suffer further damage to it. world
prestige if it doe. not recognise it. mistake In the U-2
ipy plane incident.
Wa.hington-Chairman J. William Fulbright of the Sen-.
ale Foreign Relation, committee, .aid Saturday that Con
gre.. .hould invettigate the U-2 ipy plane incident and
that hit committee i. the proper group to do it.
Lot Angela. Attorney, for Carole Tregoff .aid Sat
urday lhey had appealed to the California Supreme Court
to di.qualify the judge named to hear a lecond murder
trial again. t her and Dr. R. Bernard Finch.
Atlantic City A Rut.ian
Into port here Saturday by
that 4 arloutlr-111 crewman
KENNEDY WINS, MORSE QUITS
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SMILIN' JACK A smiling Senator John F. Kennedy boards
his plane in Portland Friday after final campaigning for the
Oregon primary. After upsetting Senator Wayne Morse,
Kennedy said flatly that "I will be nominated" at Los
Angeles. (UPI Telephoto)
Local Votes Follow
Statewide Trend
Jackson county voters Fri
day went along with Demo
crats and Republicans
throughout the state in nom
inating candidates for nation
al and state offices. -
Sen. John F. Kennedy, who
went ahead of four other list
ed candidates and stayed
ahead statewide, also receiv
ed the majority of Jackson
county's Democratic vote for
the Presidential nomination.
With 110 of the county's
113 precincts completed, un
officially, Senator Kennedy
had 4,516 votes. Sen. Wayne
Morse, who conducted a "fav
orite son" candidate cam
paign, had 2,657 votes.
Other Presidential candi
dates for the Democratic nom
ination in Jackson County
received: Sen. Hubert II.
Humphrey, 702; Sen. Stuart
In the Republican primary
in Jackson county, in which
Vice President Richard Nixon
was unopposed, 8,428 voters
supported Nixon.
In both senatorial races,
county voters also went along
with the rest of the stale in
nominating Mrs. Maurine
Neubcrger on the Democratic
ticket and ex-Governor Elmo
Smith on the Republican
ticket.
fiihing trawler wa. eicorted
U. S. Coa.t Guard cutler, to
could be tietted it t hoipittL
Mrs. Neubcrger, who re
ceived 7.972 votes in the un
contested nomination for the
senatorial term ending Jan. 3
1961, had 6,794 votes for nom
ination as a candidate for the
six-year term starting Jan. 3.
Other candidates for the
Democratic nomination, and
the number of votes up to
iate yesterday: Harry C. Fow
ler, 1,017; William B. Mur
phy, 550; R. Imric Conn, 297;
Fred O. Like, 175; and Dan
iel Newton Cox, 80.
Smith had 7,873 voles to
George Altvater's 1,361 for
the short senatorial term. For
the nomination as a candidate
for the six-year term starting
Jan. 3, Smith had 7.102, R. F.
Cook came in second with 887
votes in the county, while
Altvater finished third with
705. Thomas K i 1 1 a m, also
seeking the nomination, had
687 votes in Jackson county.
Charles O. Porter, incum
bent representative from the
fourth Congressional district,
received 7,490, unopposed.
Dr. Edwin Durno. Medford,
was nominated as Republi
can candidate for representa
tive from Oregon's fourth con
gressional district. He had
7,775 votes in Jackson county
to Leslie P. Fleming's 1,872.
Candidates seeking nomin
ation on the Democratic ticket
for Oregqn secretary of state
were Monroe Sweetland, who
had 5,747 votes in the 110 pre
cincts completed; Vic Davis,
1,900; and Walter W. Ken-
drick, 741.
County Democrats favored
Ward II. Cook, who received
5,057 votes, for state treasur
er candidate. Joseph A. Jar
oss, who also sought the nom
ination, had 2,672 in the 110
precincts.
County Republicans cast
5.894 votes for Howard C.
Belton as candidate for Ore
gon state treasurer. Shirley
Field had 3.318 unofficial
votes from the 110 precincts.
In the Republican race for
state attorney general, Carl
H. Francis had 4,831, and
Merlin Eslep has 3,502 unof
ficial votes. For state repre
sentative from the 19th dis
trict, Jackson county, Mrs.
Evelyn Nye had 6,745; John
R. Dellenback had 5,922, and
E. H. Mann had 4,142.
Three precincts had not
been reported by late yester
day afternoon, but the num
ber of votes was not expected
to change substantially the
way votes were cast in the
1 10 precincts which were com
pleted. All figures are unoffi
cial, and the official count
will not be available until
county election's department
starts its official canvass.
San Francisco - IUPH - Secre
tary of Labor James P. Mitch
ell said Saturday he thoueht
Premier Khrushchev's actions
in Paris solidified American
and western opinion againit
Communitm. Q
Jack Goes Ahead
By More Than
47,000 Votes
Nixon Has 169,000
In Popularity Vote
Pnrllmid 'IW Sen. 'Wayne
L. Morse dropped out of the
prcidcnti;il derby SMurriny,
his hopes for a "favorite son"
nod from llu Oregon elec
torate demolished by the
bandwncon of Sen. John F.
Kennedy.
The defeat in Friday's Ore
gon primary election was the
first for Morse since he on
ered Oregon politics in 1944,
but it also was his third con
secutive trouncing in presi
dential primaries while Ken-
ney rolled impressively to his
seventh primary triumph
without a loss.
Morse went to bed at his
home in Eugene Friday night
refusing to concede, but Sat
urday morning after the Ken
nedy margin grew steadily
during the night he announc
ed that "I shall of course dis
continue any further efforts
to gather delegates for the
convention."
Unofficial returns from
2.623 of the slate 2,882 pre
cincts gave Kennedy 128,486
voles to 81,055 for Morse.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
(Minn.) who withdrew after
his West Virginia defeat but
remained on the Oregon bal
lot, war a poor third with
15,581. Sens. Stuart Syming
ton (Mo.) and Lyndon John
son (Tex.), who did not cam
paign, had 11,147 and 10,113.
Vice President Richard Nixon,
running unopposed, piled up a
popularity vote of 169,033.
Met All Tests
Kennedy didn't bother to
remain in Oregon for the re
turns. He spoke Friday night
at a fund-raising dinner in
Lewiston, Ida., then flew to
the Kennedy family home in
Massachusetts.
During a stop in Boise,
Kennedy described his upset
victory over Morse as "the
climax to the whole effort."
"We've mot all the tests
that could he set for a candi
date," he said. "We recorded
the highest votes everywhere
except for Nebraska and
there the highest since Roose
velt." Morse's defeat left his po
litical future in peril. He had
warned his friends thai a
loss to Kennedy might be dis
astrous in 1962 when he seeks
re-election to the Senate. His
probable opponent, Republi
can GovornoT Mark Hatfield,
labeled the primary result as
"the eclipse of Morse as a na
tional figure."
Mrs. Edith Green, congress-
woman and Kennedy's Oregon
chairman, snid there "can be
no doubt" that the result in
Oregon assured Kennedy the
nomination.
Add. 17 Vote.
Kennedy picked up 17 Ore
gon convention votes, bring
ing the total of pledges to
303V-!. A total of 761 Is re
quired for nomination.
Party contests to find a
successor to the late Sen. Rich
ard L. Neubcrger narrowed
the field to Ncuberger's wid
ow, Maurine, on the Demo
cratic side, and former Repub
lican Gov. Elmo Smith, Al
bany newspaper publisher.
Both won nomination by large
majorities over minor candi
dates.
Sports Bulletin
Memorial Stadium Whitt
Clly - Vancouver, B.C..
South Hill Q u e e n i and
Rogue Valley Dairy Maidi
split a toftball doublehead
er here last night. The
Dairy Maids won the iirst
game 4-1, and the Queens
the second 4-2.
WEATHER
prtHKrAHT: Varlxhff r loud in
Uriav, Innlthl anil Monday with
ratlprrrt utiowrr tn thr valley.
Rain and snow hnw em In thr
mountain, inila v and lontght.
HlKh indav fid. tow lonijfht 35.
High Mnnday 15.
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Lnwfil Yflrrtay 117
Prrrlp. to 9 p.m. Yfittrdiy .OS
Our Skies Tonight
ft It nx ft today .7:SJ p.m.
Ktinrlsc tomorrow 4:41 a.m.
MoonrM tnmorrnw ... 4:01 a.m.
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Prnrvm, low (n wt-st 9::(J p.m.
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SAD NEWS Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon's favorite son
candidate, listens intently Saturday as he learns of Senator
John F. Kennedy's upset victory over him in the state's pri
mary. Morse withdrew from
Dog Control Laws
Favored in
Jackson county residents
Friday voted for dog control,
according to unofficial re -
turns from 110 of Jackson
county s 113 precincts.
Sqme 9,842 county resi
dents voted against dogs run
ning at large, while about
8,189 favored dogs running at
large.
Residents of Medford,
Rogue River, and Precincts
63 and 68A voted on separate
measures with identical word
ing as the county dog control
measure. Medford residents
voted 4,812 against dogs run
ning at large, and 2,212 in
favor of dogs running at large.
The count is unofficial, and
will change when all pre
cinct returns are tabulated.
Dog control laws will be
come effective in about three
months, according to state law
from which local control regu
lations are derived.
Notice of new laws will be
advertised for three consecm
tive weeks, and become effec
tive 60 days after advertising
or posting time.
Dogs which herd livestock
are exempt from such meas
ures, Deputy District Attor
ney Gerald Scannel! said Sat
urday. Dogs which are muz-
UMC Budget Group
Sets Meet Series
The United Medford Cru-
sade budget committee will
hold a series of meetings dur
ing the next three weeks to
consider estimates and alloca
tion requests from member
agencies, according to budget
committee chairman Dunbar
Carpenter.
The UMC board of directors
will meet June lfi, possibly to
consider final action on agen
cy admissions to UMC mem
bership and budget alloca
tions to member agencies af
ter the budget committee pre
sents its report.
"As soon as the budget com
mittee has determined the
amounts to be allocated each
agency for the 1980-61 fiscal
year, each agency will be no
tified of the action immediate
ly," C a r p e nler explained.
"Should an agency have an
objection to a committee deci
sion a meeting will be arrang
ed to discuss the matter with
agency representatives and
budget committee members."
Meeting Thur.day
The committee will hold its
second meeting this Thursday
to consider application for ad
mission to UMC membership.
The first committee meeting
was held Wednesday when in
dividual agency budgets were
assigned two-man teams con
sisting of committee members.
These teams were to make ap
pointments with their assign
ed agency representatives to
dismiss and review budget re
quest!.
5 ' i 1
the race. (UPI Telephoto)
County
, zled also may run at large.
I Otherwise, Scannel said, all
1 dogs must be kept on the
1 master's property, or, If off
the property, be accompanied
by the master. Dogs do not
have to be on a leash or muz
zled if the master has the dog
under his control.
AH dogs running at large,
not including those muzzled
or herding livestock, may be
impounded by the county or
by any law enforcement offi
cer, Scanncll said.
After five days notice, the
state may start civil action to
collect the fine, Scannell ex
plained. The district attor
ney's office is in charge of
prosecution.
Chris Hagler, county dog
control officer, Saturday said
he would ask the county court
for six additional men to work
In three shifts to enforce dog
control laws on a 24-hour
basis. He said he also would
ask for additional vehicles
for picking up dogs running
at large.
Minneapolis-OIPI) - Sen. Stu
art Symington (D-Mo.) said ,
Saturday the Democratic
presidential nomination "isn't
sewed up by a darnsight."
"The United Medford Cru
sade should Include as many
qualified volunteer agencies
as possible In a single yearly
campaign and should, by thor
ough budget reviews, guaran
tee campaign contributors that
their money will be spent for
the purposes for which each
member agency was establish
ed," the budget committee
chairman said.
Population Increa.e
"The population of Medford
has increased S 79 per cent
each year during the past nine.
years," Carpenter pointed out.
"During the past seven years
of UMC campaigning, the
campaign goals have increased
an average of 5 per cent year
ly which reflects the growth
of agency operation to meet
the greater population needs."
Carpenter also cited some
comparisons of the UMC rec
ord with other united funds of
its general size as to popula
tion and campaign goals. Com
parisons showed an almost
identical record of per capita
giving, he said. The amounts
allocated to the several classes
of agencies such as recreation,
health, child care, etc., by the
UMC were also close to the
average in almost all Instanc
es, he said.
The budget committee work
is to prepare for the campaign
goal which will be announc
ed soon after the middle ef
June.
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