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o VIOLENT EW ABTHQUAKE ROCKS Price 10 Cents i . .,rriyi7 Commissioner Officials Report At Least 205 Tribune Kate ridy oe m Doubt Until Count e "4 a Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1960 No. 54 Regional Edition . 18 DAY RESTS IN HOSPITAL John Day of Central Point, Ore., rests in a hospital bed at Anchorage, Alaska, and talks to fellow climber Pete Schoening, left. The two had John Frohnmayer Named Athlete of Year in Oregon John Frohnmayer, Medford High school senior, today was named Oregon's High School Athlete of the Year, Johnny Carpenter, KOIN radio's sports director, Portland, an nounced today. Young Frohnmayer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto J. Frohnmayer, 1656 Spring st., Medford. Frohnmayer was selected from among 33 entries in the competition conducted by the radio station to find the high school athlete in the state who best exemplified the desirable combination of athletic achievement, scholastic stand ing, and citizenship activity. Equal emphasis was placed on all three categories by the board of judges as they screened the field of young men and women nominated by their fellow lettermen. The Medford students is a three letter winner in football and golf and was awarded two letters in basketball. He was a member of Medford's Black Tornado which swept to the State A-l football title this year.n 1957 he won the State Junior High School Golf tour nament. Scholastically, he maintain ed a 3.777 grade point aver age during his high school ca reer and is a member of Torch Honor, a national academic honor society. Carrying ad vanced academic class work, Frohnmayer has never missed the honor roll in his four years of high school. Among his extra-curricular and citizenship activities he was winner of the Medford Elks Youth Leadership award; was president of his freshman and junior classes; as a senior was elected president of the Boys league; was chairman of the 1959 junior-senior prom; has had a leading role in three musical productions from 1958-60; was chairman of the Teens-Against-Polio campaign; is a member of his church choir; and chairman of Youth Fellowship activities in his church. "Did You Fellow Get All The New. From Pari?" to be rescued from the slopes of Mt. Mc Kinley after they fell in a climbing expedi tion. Day suffered a broken leg. Schoening wasn't seriously injured. (UPI Telephoto) Last of Injured Climbers Wait in Mountain Shelter Talkeetna, Alaska (UPD The last of two of the five injured mountain climbers who were stranded last week on North America's highest peak were safe and dry today waiting with about 50 other climbers to be airlifted from a mountain shelter. But the five rescues cost two lives. James and Lou Whittaker, 31, twins from Seattle, climbed down to the camp on the 10,000 foot level of Mt. McKinley Sunday, accompan ied by Dr. Rodman Wilson, Anchorage The Whittakers and two other men had been injured Tuesday when they tumbled down the slope of the mountain to the 17,000 foot level. Weathered in by Storm , Weather reports Sunday night said McKinley was com pletely weathered in above the 2,000-foot level, with rain falling below 10,000 feet and snow at higher levels. Winds at the 10,000 foot level were estimated at 35 knots. Russian Radio Abuses Eisenhower Moscow - (UPI) - The Soviet press and radio heaped abuse on President Eisenhower to day but pledged to keep Ger many out of the crisis stage pending another summit con ference. The attack against Eisen hower pictured him as a hypo crite, a general rather than a President and not a very good general at that, a false friend of the Soviet Union, and a man who is trying to continue the cold war. Articles in the government newspaper Izvestia Sunday and the Communist party newspaper Pravda today said Eisenhower had duped the Soviet Union into thinking he wanted to ease world ten sions. Mi V The Weather Bureau warned the storm may last at least two days and an Air Force spokesman said no air craft will be allowed to fly to the mountain until the storm subsides. About 49 other mountain climbers, most of whom came to Mt. McKinley to aid in the rescue work were with the Whittaker party at the 10, 000 foot camp. The Air Force dropped 12- day supplies of food to the 10,000-foot camp before the storm began. Pilot Makes Reicu Earlier, Link Luckett. daring helicopter pilot from Anchorage had picked up Pete Schoening, 31, Seattle and Jonn Day, 51, Central Point, Ore. Both men today were in the hospital at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage. Another climber, Mrs. Hel ga Bading, 31, Anchorage, was rescued Friday after col lapsing high on the mountain Tuesday from lack of oxygen. tine was plucked from the 14,500 foot level1 peak -by a bush pilot. Two men were killed try ing to rescue the moun taineers when their light plane crashed into the side of the mountain Friday. Killed were Bill Steven son, 33, Spenard, Alaska, and an unidentified Army ser geant. Military authorities withheld his name pending official notification of next of kin. Portland - (UPI) - One of a team of Oregon mountaineers who participated in the rescue of climbers injured on Mt. McKinley said today the res cue plans had been made even before the original party of climbers left 'to scale the peak. Keith Petrie, of the Oregon Mountain Rescue Council, said that when injured climber John Day of Central Point, Ore., established radio contact with Anchorage, he sent a message addressed to Petrie, saying: "Pull the plug." Feme said those three words meant to come as soon as possible, bringing four oth er men and rescue equipment. He said rescue plans were made - with Day before the southern Oregon man left to climb the mountain. Governor Might Oppose Morse Salem (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield said today that at the moment he still would like to seek a second term as Re publican governor. But he was careful to leave open the possibility he might seek the U.S. Senate seat of Wayne Morse in 1962. Hatfield said the result of Friday's Oregon primary elec tion in which Morse was bad ly beaten by Sen. John Ken nedy (D-Mass.) for the Demo cratic presidential nomina tion "shows that Morse can be defeated." "A lot of people thought that he couldn't be," the gov ernor said. Hatfield wasnsked if he thought Morse would be easier to beat for the Senate in 19ftf and he replied, "A defeat at my time is always t negative factor. Taylor Leads by 89 Votes Today The Democratic nomination for Jackson county commis sioner may be in doubt until after the official canvass of Friday's primary election bal lots and after absentee ballots are counted. The official canvass, along with the absentee ballot counting, will start by county elections department person nel Wednesday. Edwin H. Taylor, route 2, box 285, Central Point, had 4,333 unofficial votes. All 113 precincts in Jackson coun ty have been tabulated. Ralph A. James. Sams Valley, had 4,244, a difference of 89 votes. James is present commission er. Ran Could Chang The race could change when the canavss is complete. Elections department sources indicated there are between 150 and and 200 absentee bal lots which much be counted. In the only other contested race for a county office nom ination, Republican Mark E. Boyden, 2541 Sandy terrace, Medford, increased his lead over Lowell E. Ager, 63, Gres ham St., Ashland. Bodyen has 6,870 unofficial votes to Ag- er s 2,547. John R. Dellenback's lead over E. H. Mann for the Re publican nomination for state representative also was in creased by the tabulation of the remaining precincts not reported late Saturday. Mrs. Evelyn Nye, incum bent, received 7.114 votes from the 113 precincts, Del lenback has 6,282, and Mann 4,307. Mrs. Nye and Dellen back probably will be listed on the general election bal lot in November since the of ficial canvass and absentee ballots are not expected to change the outcome greatly, Stat Representative In the Democratic primary Robert B. Duncan, present speaker of the House, receiv ed 8,071 votes, and Inez Hoi- comb got 4,319 unofficial votes. Both will appear on the general election ballot as Democratic candidates for state representative from this district. Other races In both the Democratic and Republican primaries did not change much with the tabulation of the last three prencincts. Both major political parties had a good turnout. About 62.4 per cent of the registered Republicans cast ballots, and about 56.4 per cent of the registered Democrats in the county voted. On the measure for increas ing legislators' salaries, Jack son county favored the in crease 10,150 to 9,037. State wide, the measure was defeat ed, however. ine numoer or voters in the county against dogs run ning at large increased with tabulation of the last three precincts. Unofficially, 10,261 voted against dogs running at large in the county, and 8,584 were in favor of dogs running at large. In the city of Medford, 5,192 voted against dogs run ning at large, and 2,445 voted in favor of them running at large. A complete list of election returns, with all 113 precincts tabulated unofficially, will ap pear in Tuesday's Mail Trib une. Gromyko Demands U.S. Be Condemned United Nations, N.Y. -IUPII- Soviet Foreign Minister An drei Gromyko demanded to day that the Security Council condemn the admitted U2 spy flights of the United States as aggression. As Gromyko began a speech to the top United Nations en forcement body which he said would last 75 to 90 minutes, Soviet sources disclosed that he would present a five-part resolution for adoption by the 11-nation body. WEATHER Fnrcat: cloudy and windy with orraloniil llthl rain In vallry. and mnw above S.nofl feel thin afternoon and tonlfht. Variable rloudlne. with .now ahowert In mountain. Low to nlfht II. HUh Tueidav tl. TEMPFRATLRB Hllheat Yetterday .... S4 Lowest Thli Mornlnt: , , is PRECIPITATION To II a.m. Today w. .It Our Skies Tonight San.et today , 1:34 p.m. Sunrlte tomorrow .... T:34 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow .... 4:34 a.m. New Moon May 25 The RIk nipper I. now hlin In the northwest at mldnllht. The Pointer Sure. Diihhe and Mer lit, are on about a level with the North lur. Young St. Helens Army Private To Oppose Norblad Smith To Oppose Maurine Neuberger Portland - (UPI) - A young Army private from St. Helens, who will be 23 years old three weeks before the November election, apparently had the Democratic nomination for Congress in his pocket today to face Rep. Walter Norblad, veteran Republican congress man who is a member of the House Armed Services com mittee. Marvin Owens led Salem attorney Steve Anderson by several hundred votes with most of the precincts report ing in the first district. Owens, St. Helens furniture dealer, led in seven of the 10 counties in the first district. The minimum age for a con gressman is 25. Anderson conceded Sunday, saying "the battle is over as far as I'm concerned Their race was one of the hottest in Friday's primary, Owens is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif. He told United Press International by tele phone "I think I'm winning, but it's sure close." Owens expects to get out of the Army in August. He cam paigned for the primary dur ing week ends. He said he was confident he would beat Nor blad. Owens' main duty is driving a jeep. Mors Returns East Sen. Wayne Morse, who WHY lie U1U1SC, W11U1 was beaten by Sen. Jonn Ken- "S.Y1 '?f. mary returned to the east Saturday night. Morse indi cated before leaving he would like to face Gov. Mark Hat field in the 1962 senatorial election. In national committeeman contests, C. Girard Davidson won re-election by the Demo crats and Lowell Paget was ahead in the Republican bat tle, Mrs. Alice Corbett defeat ed incumbent Virginia Grant for Democratic national com mitteewoman and Mrs. Collis B. Moore was reelected with out opposition by the Repub licans. Here's how other races shake down for November: For U. S. Senate: Maurine Neuberger, Democrat, vs. El mo Smith, Republican. For Congress, 1st district: Owens vs. Norblad. For Congress, 2nd district: Rep. Al Ullman vs. Republi can Ronald Phair. For Congress, 3rd district: Rep. Edith Green vs. Repub lican Wallace Lee. For Congress, 4th district: Rep. Charles O. Porter vs. Republican State Sen. Edwin Durno. Cook Vi. Ballon For Secretary of State: Democrat Monroe Sweetland vs. incumbent Howell Appling Jr For State Treasurer: Demo crat Ward Cook vs. incumbent Howard Belton. For Attorney General: In cumbent Robert Thornton vs. Republican State Sen. Carl Francis. Not all counties tollied un official figures for Democrat ic and Republican convention delegates. Gov. Mark Hatfield polled the biggest vote in Multno mah county on the GOP side and Rep. Edith Green was ahead on the Democratic side. Twenty four Democratic aU large seats and 10 Republican-at-large seats were open. Each congressional district also elected two delegates. (See Story en Pag 2) Durno Gets 30,927 Votes for Congress Portland - (UPI) - Returns from 682 of 693 precincts in the fourth congressional dis trict gave for Congress: Republican: Edwin Durno, 30.927; Leslie Fleming, 20, 239. Rep. Charles O. Porter, Democrat, had 33,636 with 444 of the 693 precincts re porting his total. Incomplete Returns For President Told Portland - (UPD - Returns from 2807 of 2882 precincts in Oregon gave for President: ' Republican, Nixon. 199.576 Democrat: Kennedy, 090, Morse 87,464, Humphrey 16.368, Synflhgton 12,196 and Johnson 10,685. ,-H) ! it ' .1 WHBUITO ' If I' """saw." -V ... WAVES DAMAGE PIER A Coast Guard hit San Diego Bay. Four other piers were boat stands by off a pier damaged when damaged and several boats were torn loose seismic waves from the Chilean earthquake from their moorings. (UPI Telephoto) 16 Known Dead as Tidal Waves Batter Honolulu -IUP1I- A series of tidal waves spawned by Chilean earthquakes smashed into the Hawaiian Islands to day, killing 16 persons and causing many injuries and widespread destruction. The state Civil Defense Agency announced the offi cial death toll and said there are "many missing and in jured.1 Tidal waves also struck California, beaching boats and , . . . , ,,,,, : 7-Foot Tidal Wave Hits Crescent City Crescent City - IDPD - K even-foot ildal wave, the result of the earthquake in Chile, hit Creiceni City about 7:30 a.m. today and tank the Ethel C. a 50-foot commercial fiihing boat owned by C. V. Curtis and Andy Clark, both Cre.cent City. The sheriff's office urged all ciiiisns to stay off the beach at Crescent City. from San Diego to San Fran cisco. No injuries were report ed on the mainland. Generated by Quakes The waves were generated by disastrous earth quakes which rocked Chile during the week end, killing at least 205 persons and injuring another 1,000. The destructive force of the quakes, rocking the Chilean coast from Concep cion to Ancud, was compound ed by torrential rains and 30 foot tidal waves. Hardest hit in the Hawaiian Islands was the port city of Hilo on the "big island" of Hawaii. All the deaths aiid injuries and most of the dam age was there. Sheriffs Deputy Resigns Position Deputy J. E'. (Jack) Dunlap, of the Jackson county sher iff's office records and jail division, has resigned effec tive June 1, according to Sher iff Joe Walsh. "Please consider this as my resignation since I would like to begin other work approxi mately June 1," Dunlap wrote. Due to an Increased need for higher wages it is my decision to leave the sheriff's department to seek different work. In his departmental budget request to the county court and budget committee, Walsh had asked for Increases based on merit for all of his deputies and was told no Increases would be granted. If It had been approved Dunlap's in crease would have been a one- step raise amounting to $18 a month. Dunlap's reslgantion is the second in the sheriffs depart ment in s month and the third in a little over a year. Chief Civil Deputy Dean Coe re signed a month ago. Bob Gheysen resigned as sergeant about a year ago. Both men gave the low salary as their reasons. HOSPITAL SUBJECT Ashland - Aronld Bauder, chairman of the city hospital comittee, will address tomor rows noon luncheon meeting of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce at Omar's. Bauder will review plans for Ash land'i oaw 34-bed hoiplUl. O Civil Defense headquarters in Honolulu reported the bodies of three Oriental boys and two women were brought to a receiving center in Hilo. Ambulances were sent to pick up four more bodies found by police in the stricken area, the agency said. Other Dealhi Expected Hilo police said they ex pected to find more bodies as they hunted through the debris-laden waterfront, 'Lots of people are buried in the wreckage," said Deputy Police Chief George Martin, Witnesses said they watched people running and scream ing as the waves raced after them with a deafening roar, Autos and buildings floated down the street like corks. Heaviest wave was the third in a series which struck Hilo about 3 a.m. (p.s.U, smashing through buildings along the waterfront and washing inland for more than three blocks. All islands were warned of the waves hours in advance by alert sirens installed after 159 persons were killed in a 1946 tidal wave. Man Drowns; Four Rescued By United Preii International One man drowned and four others were rescued Sunday in two fishing boat mishaps off the Oregon coast. Charles Moore, 28, Port land, drowned off the coast at Netarts. as he and a friend tried to make it to shore on raft from their boat. The raft capsized in the surf. His companion, Edward Eidenschick, managed to make it to shore. Two other men remained on the vessel, Dr. Andrew Lloyd, and Gus Malone, both of Portland. The Coast Guard took the Pixie Ann in tow and took it to Garibaldi. Moore's body was recover ed. - Off Newport the Coast Guard took into tow the 25- foot boat Carlo after its en gine went dead and it nearly sank. Aboard were Bill Van dervort and George Roberts, both of Toledo. Coast Guards men took the two men off the almost-sunk boat before they managed to tow it to port. Morse Wins in Only Two Counties By United Press International Incomplete returns showed today that Sen. Wayne Morse defeated John Kennedy in only two of Oregon's 36 coun ties in their race tor Oregon's 17 national Democratic con vention votes. Morse won In Coos and Un ion counties. In Coos county, the 75 pre cincts gave Morse 3.992 votes to 3,889 for Kennedy. In Union county the 30 pre cincts gave Morse 1,869 votes to 1,112 for the Massachusetts senator. Atlanta -IUPD- A swept-wing Delta Airlines Corvalr 880 jet liner crashed and burned on a training flight takeoff on an Atlanta Airport runway to day, apparently killing lour crffkyman aboard. th. , . - , , " (ft Series of Hawaii But Civil Defense authori ties said many Hilo residents apparently ignored warnings to stay away from beach areas. Some of them didn't try to leave until water washed through their homes. 3,000 Expected at Elks Convention Here This Veek More than 3,000 delegates are expected to be in Medford this week to attend the 1960 Oregon State Elks association convention. Registration will begin Wednesday, May 25, at noon at the Elks temple. A pre- convention meeting of officers and committee chairmen will be held Thursday at 1 p.m, A - no-host dinner at Kim's banquet room will be held at p.m. that day for secretary- managers and exalted rulers and during the evening a special convention class In itiation by the state ritualis tic champions of Portland Lodge 142 will be held. Business sessions will be gin Friday at 9 a.m. and .con tinue throughout the day. Business Saturday morning will include annual election of officers. The convention will close with a grand ball at the Medford armory Sat urday at 9:30 p.m. A parade on Main st. will be held at 2:30 p.m. Satur day. Other activities scheduled during the convention include nightly dancing, bowling tournaments for both men and women, golf matches for men and women at the Rogue Val ley Country club, a visit to Jacksonville and museum, state Elks team trap shoot at the Medford Gun club, and a style show and champagne tea at the Medford armory. Past grand lodge and stale officers will be honored at a dinner Friday at 7 p.m. at the Country club. . Highway Group to Discuss Legislation at Safety legislation and other matters relating to highways are topics which will be con sidered by the Legislative Highway Interim committee at its hearing in Medford at 8 o'clock tonight in the coun ty court house auditorium, Sen. Anthony Yturrl, chair man, has announced. For the past several months the committee has been meet ing regularly in Salem and Portland hearing testimony on drunken driving legisla tion, gas tax refund, parks permits and other matters pertaining to highways Purpose of the statewide hearings now under way is to obtain public opinion and re action to these matters which in all probability will be sub mitted to the next legislature for enactment into law. Opinion Inviled , The many fatal traffic ac cidents and loss of life on the highways have prompted pro posals for legislation to con trol drunken driving, to allow arrest for probable cause and to impose a maximum peed limit. PubUe opinion ancf sug Persons Killed Torrential Rains Hamper Rescuers Santiago. Chil -(l'PH- A vio lent new earthquake hit tlu Chilean city of Ancud today inflicting new damage and casualties on an area already devastated by a week end of quakes and tidal waves. An amateur radio station reported the new quakes at a time when torrential rains were flooding stricken areas and crippling rescue opera tions in port cities hit by 30 foot tidai waves that followed the earth shocks. Official reports listed at least 205 persons dead and more than 100 missing but communications were broken and authorities feared the toll would rise. More than 1.000 persons were injured. At least 200 were in critical condition. Operations Hindered The Interior Ministry said the devastation stretched 500 miles from Concepcion to An cud over an area of thousands of square miles containing 1,500,000 persons. Property damage was in the untold mil lions. The rains inflicted new hardships on persons who have been sleeping in the open in fear of new quakes, and hampered United States, Argentine and Peruvian ef forts to assist the Chilean rmed forces in rescue and relief operations. Chiles copper mines es caped destruction but the steady series of earthquakes wiped out hydroelectric dams. homes, factories, ports, steel mills and other industries. Installations Wrecked The heaviest tidal wave damage was at the new port of Bahia Mansa where 30- foot waves wrecked port in stallations. Valparaiso, the chief port, escaped tidal dam age. The heaviest flooding from swollen rivers was at Valdivia where water filled the streets. The epicenter of the quake was the Isle of Ancud, 600 miles south of Santiago, and it was from there the tidal waves rolled toward the mainland. Heavy tidal waves struck as far as Hawaii today, inflicting major damage in Hilo. Ike To Report to Nation Wednesday Washington (UPD President Eisenhower will report to the nation on all radio and TV networks Wednesday night on the collapse of .the summit conference - and the Free World's future aims and goals, the White House announced today. White House Press Secre tary James C. Hsgerty said the speech will originate from the President's White House office. It will be carried from 4 to 4:30 (p.s.t.). Two television networks (ABC and CBS) will carry the speech live at that time, Hagerty said. The third (NBC) will carry a delayed telecast of the report at 6 p.m. (p.s.t.)., Hagerty had no comment as to whether the President might go to New York for a United Nations address. He noted that he did not want his silence on the question to indicate that such a speech is planned. Meet Here gestions on how the safety record can be improved are invited. Anyone wishing to express his feelings on these matters should attend, Sena tor Yturrl said. Acquisition of park sites, policy on park closure and the extent to which the state should go in providing recrea tional facilities will be on the agenda. , Gas Tax Refund Testimony also will be re ceived on the gas tax refund as It applies to farmers and transportation permits re quired for moving overwidth, overheight and overweight vehicles. Arrangements for the hear ing are being made through the Medford Chamber of Com merce, Yturrl advited. Members of the committee In addition to Yturrl are Sen. R. F. Chapman, Sen. Boyd Overhulse, Representative R. L. Elfstrom, Representative Beulah J. Hand, Representa tive William Holmstrom and Representative Norman How ard. I () ? 0 o
