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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1960
No. 54
Regional Edition .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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