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Clue Believed Found in Disappearance off Portland's Martin Family
Democrat Closes
Vote Count Gap
In North
Rural Regions
Increase Count
For Rep. Burdick
Party Leaders
Hint at Recount
Bismark, N.D.-IUPII - Demo
cratic Rep. Quentin Burdick
closed in on Republican Gov.
John Davis today in a photo
finish in North Dakota's spec
ial senatorial election-weath-ervane
to farm belt leanings
in this presidential campaign
year.
Burdick fought back from
an 11,000-veto deficit in early
returns and turned the closely
watched race into a neck and
neck contest on a surge of
votes from slow - reporting
rural areas.
Lead of 2.96S
. With 1,170 of the stale's
2.310 precincts reporting,
Davis led by a slim 2.965
votes. He had 86,662 to 83,
697 for Burdick.
Burdick, after a sleepless
night, said, "I'm certainly not
making any predictions when
it's this close." He said that he
would have to average a gain
of four votes from every unre
ported precinct to win. Lead
ers of both parties were hint
ing they might ask for a re
count. Wheat Belt Discontent
Democrats predicted that
Burdick, first Democratic
congressman ever elected
from North Dakota, would
ride a tide of wheat belt dis
content over administration
farm policies to victory over
Davis.
Davis Insisted he could
withstand the late trend to
ward Burdick and emerge the
winner.
"I'm not ready to concede
by any means," Davis said.
With the race so close, ob
servers said the outcome
would not be decided until
sometime this afternoon.
Ashland Group
Elects Officers
Ashland - Mrs. R. H. West
erfield was elected president
of the Ashland Human Rights
council at a board meeting
here recently.
Other officers include Mrs.
Sam Davis, vice, president,
Walter Arron, secretary, and
Arthur Hamilton, treasurer.
The new executive board
Includes H. J. Burrow, Ed
ward Harmon, Charles Fred
rickson, the Rev. Edward
Wulfekueler, Ken Jones, Jack
Kelly, Mrs. Charles Forrest
and Fred Roy Neal, outgoing
president.
A schedule of regular
monthly board meetings was
set and plans discussed for
fall programs with a closer
alliance with the Mcdford
Human Rights council.
WEATHER
FORECAST: I. ate ifttrnonn and
evening thunder itorms becom
ing partly cloudy late tonight
and Thursday. Low tonight 50;
high tomorrow 85.
TEMPERATURE
Highest Yesterday SI
Loueit this Morning 56
PRECIPITATION
To 4:30 a m. Today T
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ..7.53 p.m.
Sunrlie tomorrow . 4:37 a.m.
Mooniet tonight 11:06 p.m.
First Quarter July 1
PROMINENT STARS
A returns, high In the outh at
tunset, will be In the weit at
midnight. Ablvc Arcturui and
to the left i Ariadne Crown.
Tri-State Observance Scheduled at
Tunnel Groundbreaking
Crescent City - A tri-stale
observance is scheduled July
8 atop a mountain 41 miles
northeast of here to mark the
groundbreaking for the Ore
gon mountain tunnel project.
Participants in the cere
monies on the crest of Hazel
view summit will include
delegates from California,
Oregon and Nevada. The first
phase of the 1,740-foot tunnel
is expected to funnel close to
I total of 1.600.000 tourists a
year into Del Norte county,
according to recent estimates.
Reduce Curres
The tunnel through Oregon
mountain will reduce the
present 134 curves on the Red
wood highway in this area to
10 and will shorten the route
by 2 8 miles. Completion date
has been slated as some time
In 1962.
The tunnel is a key link in
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Margin Whittled
Huge Hailstones,
115 MPH Winds
Batter Midwest
By United Press International
A killer storm system struck
the Middle West Tuesday
night with tornadoes, winds
up to 115 miles an hour and
hailstones twice as big as ice
cubes.
At least one person died
and several were injured.
Damage was in the thousands
of dollars.
Mrs. Charles Gnuse, 70, was
killed when the roof of her
apartment building in Quin
cy, 111., was blown off by 95
mile an hour winds. Her body
was found under four tons of
rubble.
The wind knocked out all
power in the Mississippi river
city. Hospitals and police used
emergency generators but oth
erwise the community was in
darkness.
Stones Bruise Golfers
In Rockford, Illinois' second
largest city, police said the
hail broke nearly 100 win
dows, including almost every
pane in the three-story senior
high school.
The stones were big they
bruised 40 golfers caught on
the links and 40 mile an hour
winds dug up huge divots on
Rockford's golf course.
The storm saved its most
damaging winds for Ottumwa,
Iowa. Hurricane force winds
of 115 miles an hour uproot
ed 100-year-old trees, damag
ed buildings and left Ottum
wa streets littered with debris.
Lithia Park Fishing
Derby Set Thursday
Ashland-Valley youngsters
will get a chance Thursday
to catch 1,000 legal sized
trout which have been plant
ed in the Lithia park creek
Any youngster, 13 years of
age or younger, is welcome to
try his luck, Larkin Grubb,
chairman of the event said.
To enter the derby a child
must obtain a special fishing
license at the police station or
Ashland stores handling fish
ing tackle. Proof of age must
be given.
The youngsters are asked to
meet at 9 a.m. at the Lithia
Park Butler bandshell for in
structions. Various prizes will
be given.
Public Hearing Set
On Ashland Budget
Ashland - Final public
hearing for the 1960-61 Ash
land city budget will be held
at 8 o'clock tonight in the city
council chambers.
Little opposition to budget
items is expected.
the much discussed "Winne-
mucca-to-the-Sea highway."
Ultimate cost of the project
will be about $30 million. An
drew Flynn. cochairman of
the tunnel celebration com
mittee, predicted that some
2.000 persons will attend the
groundbrcak i n g ceremonies.
The metal part of the shovel
to be used, he added, will be
plated with minerals found in
Del Norte county. The myr
tlewood handle will be pro
vided by Josephine county.
Turning the first shovelful
of earth will be Randolph
Collier, California state sen
ator who has worked toward
the project for many years.
One Phase of Work
The tunnel project is one
phase of reconstruction of
about 23 miles of the Red
wood highway between the
Oregon-California lint and I
Lightning Strikes
Reported in Area;
No Hail Damage
Medford Airport
Has Trace of Rain
Thunderstorms late yester
day caused at least eight
lightning strikes in southern
Oregon, and resulted in spotty
rains throughout the area.
The storms were accompa
nied by hail and strong winds,
but no major damage was re
ported from either, although
a tree was blown across tele
phone lines on Bush St., Ash
land. Jud Parsons, hail survey di
rector for the Medford Pear
Shippers association, said
some hail was reported in
the Applegate area and in the
Siskiyous.
Cliff Cordy, county horti
culture agent, said he had re
ceived no reports of damage
to fruit.
Trace of Rain
Only a trace of rain was
reported at the Medford air
port weather bureau station,
but heavier amounts fell in
several other areas.
Crews were on their way
this morning to investigate
seven lightning strikes on the
Rogue River National forest.
A borate mixing crew, pilot
and plane were on standby
alert and a forest service re
connaissance plane out of Cave
Junction flew over the Siski
you and Cascade mountain
areas of the forest.
Robert H. Torheim, Rogue
forest fire control officer, re
ported three lightning strikes
in the Ashland district at the
end of the Little Applegate
and in the Wagner butte
areas. Three strikes were in
the Butte Falls district near
Rustler peak and the other
was in the Klamath district
east of Crater lake, he said.
Not At Scenes
Crews had not reached the
scenes of the strikes by late
this morning.
The borate crew was stand
ing by at Rosenbalm Aviation.
The state department of for
estry reported that a crew
was en route to the only
lightning strike so far report
ed in the distict. That was in
the Siskiyous, and no report
from the crew had been re
ceived late this morning.
Fuses Bruned Out
Lightning burned out sev
eral transformer fuses in the
Medford vicinity Tuesday
evening and momentarily
blacked out the Medford area
at 8:43 p.m., according to
California Oregon Power
company officials today.
Two two-man crews were
reported out during the storm
replacing transformer fuses.
When lightning struck the
220,000 volt transmission line
to Klamath Falls automatic
switching prevented any ex
tensive power outage.
Small areas were affected
by burned out fuses, it was
explained.
Portland To Lose
Region Post Office
Portland - lUPD-Opposition
developed rapidly today to an
announced plan to shift north
west regional post office head
quarters from Portland to Se
attle. A. J. Tonsing, acting region
al director, said he received
word of the move from Post
master General Arthur Sum
merficld. "It has taken six years to
prove our point that increased
efficiency and better opera
tional control of the mails
would be effected if the reg
ional headquarters were lo
cated in Seattle," officials
said.
Rep. Charles O. Porter (D
Ore.) said he would have the
House post office committee
staff make an immediate in
quiry into the background of
the change.
on July 8
point just south of Gasquet,
Calif, plans call for a two
lane highway with provision
for expanding it to four lanes
eventually.
The terrain at the dedica
tion site will accommodate
only about 30 automobiles,
Flynn pointed out. It is there
fore necessary to construct
parking places in six other
areas, from one to three miles
away. Buses will operate be
tween the distant parking
areas and the dedication site
at Hazclview summit.
Boring of the passageway is
expected to begin late this
year, according to the Cali
fornia state highway depart
ment. First work on the proj
ect will be on the north ap
proach to the tunnel, about
a mile from the Oregon boundary.
Gas iio
Move Follows
Refusal To Refine
Soviet Petroleum
Militia Occupies
Santiago Plant
Havana, Cuba - IUPH - Pre
mier Fidel Castro seized the
American-owned Texas Com
pany (Texaco) oil refinery in
Santiago de Cuba today be
cause the company refused to
refine Soviet petroleum.
Government radio and press
dispatches reported that Cas
tro signed a decree Tuesday
night threatening such a move
unless Texaco knuckled under
'immediately" and started
processing crude oil from the
Soviet Union.
Refinery Occupied
Clifford Darke Jr., Texaco
general manager in Cuba, said
this afternoon that he had
been informed that members
of the workers militia had oc
cupied the Santiago refinery.
But he said no company of
ficial there or here had re
ceived a copy of Castro's or
der. Meanwhile, the government
radio warned that "any other
American company which re
fuses to accept directives of
the revolutionary government
will be intervened (taken
over)."
The refinery is located in
Santiago de Cuba, site of the
U.S. Navy's big Guantanamo
Base.
Pressure on Company
Texaco and other American
companies have refused to re
fine Soviet petroluem, despite
growing pressure from the
government which has signed
a sugar for oil trade agree
ment with Moscow.
Earlier, Castro had threat
enend to seize American-owned
sugar mills in Cuba on a
"pound for pound" basis if
the United States cuts the
Cuban sugar quota.
Shady Cove Man
Shot in Chest
Leon Patrick Parks, 19,
Shady Cove, was reported in
serious condition today in
Rogue Valley hospital, follow
ing an accidental shooting in
Shady Cove yesterday after
noon, hospital attendants re
ported. Parks, on leave from the
U.S. Marine Corps, evidently
was holding a .22 caliber fron
tier model pistol by the bar
rel when it discharged and
sent a bullet through his right
lung, Jackson county sheriff's
deputy said.
Parks was visiting in a
Shady Cove home when the
incident occurred. He was
alone at the time, deputies
said. Parks telephoned his
mother at home immediately
after the shooting, and was
still sitting conscious by the
telephone when his mother,
Mrs. Olive C. Parks, arrived,
He was taken to the hospi
tal where he underwent sur
gery yesterday afternoon.
Deputies said the bullet was
fired from a low angle, indi
cating either that Parks was
sitting on the bedroom floor
when the pistol fired or it was
fired by someone else. The
bullet entered the right side
of his chest.
Parks is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Arthur Parks.
The youth was to have been
married this week end to
Carol Ann Chappell. The wed
ding has been postponed.
Witnesses Refuse
Dynamiting Answers
Oregon City Two striking
newspaper workers invoked
the fifth amendment today in
the trial of Levi S. McDonald,
Portland, on charges arising
from the dynamiting Jan. 31
of six trucks serving the Ore
gon Journal and the Oregon-
lan.
Robert F. Burgess, former
Oregonlan printer, and Don
ald E. Bailey, former Oregon
ian sterotyper, declined to an
swer whether they saw Mc
Donald last Jan. 31.
Defense Attorney Richard
Carney Tuesday successfuly
blocked prosecution efforts to
introduce In evidence pictures
taken of places where dyna
mite not used in the destruc
tion of trucks here and in
Portland was dumped or ex
ploded. Multnomah GO
Reelects Chmirtfian
Portland-IUPIl-Robert Pack
wood was K-electcd chairman
of the Multnomah County Re
publican tentral Committee
Tuesday niafit.
grabs U. S.
Regional Edition
Medford
32 Pages
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 2 8 0
Boston 4 7 0
Bunning, Sisler (6), La
bine (7) and Wilson; Mon
bouquette and Nixon,
Kansas City 0 3 2
New York 10 10 2
Herbert, Johnson (8),
Kucks (8) and Kravits;
Coats and Berra, W. Shanti
(9).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(1st game)
Milwaukee 2 5 1
Chicago 3 6 0
Buhl, Piche (8) and Cran
dall; Ellsworth and Tappe.
Local Man Killed
In Highway 199
Accident Tuesday
Wallace Wong, 54, of 825
North Central ave., Medford,
was killed in a one-car acci
dent about three miles south
of Cave Junction Tuesday
night.
Virgil Hull, Josephine coun
ty coroner, said the accident
occurred about 9:37 p.m. on
Highway 199. It was wit
nessed by unidentified Cana
dian tourists en route home.
The Canadian car was follow
ing Wong when the accident
happened, Hull said.
Wong, travelling north, ap
parently veered into the left
lane and went over a left em
bankment. He was thrown
about 34 feet from the car,
according to Josephine county
sheriff deputies.
Wong, who owned restau
rants in Brookings and Med
ford, was born in 1906 in Can
ton, China. He had been a
U.S. citizen for 40 years, and
lived in the valley for some
14 years.
He is survived by his wife,
Fay Wong, of Medford; a
daughter, Mrs. Frank Lime,
Medford; and a son, Tony
Wong, Helendale, Miss.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Conger-Morris,
funeral directors, Med
ford. Cal-Pac Tariff
Changes Approved
Salem -IUP1I- Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
today approved, effective July
24, tariff changes applying to
the eastern and southern Ore
gon district of California-Pacific
Utility Company.
A new rate schedule for
seasonal industrial gas serv
ice at La Grande is included.
The new rates are applicable
only during a nine-month pe
riod from March to Novem
ber. The utility also is raising
its industrial tariff on gas to
include large commercial
users in Klamath, Dalles, Ash
land, Medford, Grants Pass
and Roscburg.
33 Bodies Removed
In Mine Explosion
Six Bells, Wales - (UPfl - A
gas pocket explosion in the
Arrael Griffin Colliery Tues
day endangered the lives of
700 men working in the pit.
Forty-five of the men were
killed by the blast.
The warning alarm sound
ed after the men had been
working In the pit for about
two hours.
Several hundred of the men
were working 1,000 feet be
low ground when the pocket
exploded. By early today,
rescue workers had brought
out a total of 33 bodies of the
45 known dead.
The mine has had no simi
lar mishaps for about 60
years.
N. Y. Central Seeks
Control of 60
New York -UPTI- The New
York Central Railroad today
plunged Into an all-out battle
for control of the Baltimore
& Ohio line in power bid
that may lead to the biggest
struggle In the industry's his
tory. Corvallis - il'Pli - The Ben
ton county fair will run four
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1960
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION Work on the completion In 1(162. Huge cuts and fills,
secuon of hignway 62 ociow Cascaae gorge, ime me one in tne picture above, will elim
which represents one of the worst stretches inale the dangerous curves. The work is
of highway between Medford and Crater being done through the bureau of public
lake, got under way this week after a major roads. Further downriver, between Trail and
portion of the rightaway had been cleared McLeod, the state highway department is
the week before. The section of road which currently engaged in a project of straight
twists along the wall of Rogue river canyon cning and widening of Highway 62.
will become a gently curving highway upon
Bomarc Missile
Funds Whittled
Washington -IIIPII- Senate-
House conferees Tuesday
night knocked out $75 million
which the Senate had ap
proved to fully equip two
partially completed Bomarc
anti-aircraft missile bases in
the Pacific Northwest.
The bases are located at
Camp Adair, Ore., and Paine
AFB, Wash.
The conferees took the ac
tion in approving a compro
mise $40 billion defense ap
propriations bill, which prob
ably will be considered by
the House Thursday and then
go to the Senate for final ac
tion. The measure contained $244
million for the Bomarc mis
sile which figures heavily in
Canadian air defense plan
ning. Six Young Campers
Plunge Info River
Mauston, Wis OJPIl Six boy
campers, 12 to 14 years old,
plunged into the rain-swollen
Wisconsin river while attempt
ing a crossing on a rope Tues
day night and were missing
and feared drowned today.
Camp personnel told of a
wild scene of shouting and
confusion in darkness as 14
other youths, in a group of
20 under direction of a camp
supervisor, also plunged into
the water in an attempt to
rescue those who first went
into the swift-running stream.
Some of the would-be res
cuers were saved only after
they In turn had been forced
to cling to stumps or find
refuge on sandbars to keep
themselves from being swept
away by the current.
Rockefeller Plans
To Continue Talking
Glacier Park, Mont. - IUPI) -
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller,
who has been throwing hay
makers at the Elsenhower ad
ministration, defended h I
right to speak out on national
issues today and said he
would keep talking.
Hollywood Plans
Stevenson Rally
Hollywood - IUPI1 - Plans
are under way for many of
movictown's top stars to take
part in i televised "draft
Adlai Stevenson" rally on con
vention eve, it was announced
today.
Portland (UPB Federal
Judge William East of Port
land has been assigned to lit
on the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals In San Francisco
July 1112.
Oil Refinery
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Activities Set in
Ashland for Fourth
Ashland-Final preparations
are being made by the Ash
land Lions Club for the an
nual Southern Oregon Fourth
of July celebration.
Festivities will begin with
a parade at 10 a.m., according
to Dr. G. E. Thomas, chairman
for the Lions.
Howard Sanborn, parade
chairman, said that parade en
tries will assemble at 9:15
a.m. The parade will start at
Beach st. and travel down the
southbound lane of Siskiyou
blvd. through the Plaza area
and will disperse in Lithia
park.
Immediately following the
parade, carnival concessions
will open in the park.
As soon as the Ashland City
Band, which is marching in
the parade, has a chance to
catch Its breath, a concert will
be given in the Liahia Park
Butler Memorial bandshell.
Conductor will be Dr. Herbert
Cecil of Southern Oregon col
lege. About 1 p.m., competitive
games for the children will be
directed by Dan Bulkley in
the Lithia Park playground
area.
The Presbyterian men will
Campaign Offices at
Convention Opening
Los Angeles - IUPI) - Cam
paign offices for three major
presidential candidates were
open for business today at
Democratic National Conven
tion headquarters in the Bill
more Hotel here.
The tempo for the conven
tion beginning July 11 has
picked up. One hotel suite was
occupied by aides of Sen.
John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.),
Offices for the two other
Democratic senators who will
not turn their backs on the
president's job are scattered
throughout the hotel. Aides of
Sen. Stuart Symington (D
Mo.) have offices on the first
and sixth floors an dcampaign
workers for Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson (D-Tex.) are on the
fifth floor.
The big Influx of Democrats
is expected to start over the
July 4th week end.
New York Wildcat
Bus Strike Continues
New York - UPI - A back
to work movement among bus
drivers engaged In a wildcat
strike fizzled today. Flying
squads of strikers in autos
turned back the few buses
put In operation.
The strike for the second
day forced some 550,000 dally
riders to seek alternate means
of transportation.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
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sponsor a barbecue at the site
of their new church on the
corner of Walker ave. and
Siskiyou blvd., according to
Ralph W. Wood, chairman
Climax of the day's events
will be a fireworks display
sponsored by the Ashland Jay
cees. fcxtcnsive ground and
aerial displays are planned.
An added feature will be
12-inch mortar skyrockets.
Other entertainment is sched
uled'both before the display
and during intermission.
Nominal fees will be
charged for both the barbecue
and the fireworks display.
Postmaster Job
To Get Confirmation
The nomination of L. Hous
ton Valentine for postmaster
at Jacksonville was sent to
the Senate Tuesday for con
firmation. Valentine was one of two
who took the five-hour test
for the position. The other
was Mrs. Dorland Matheny,
acting postmaster. Mrs. Ma
theny was appointed to the
position July 24, 195.1, follow
ing the death of her husband,
the former postmaster. She
was formerly employed in the
county assessors office.
Valentine, who is retired, is
a disabled veteran, it was re
ported.
"Who Hat Who In The Bag?"
Fisherman Snags
Lead Sinker in
Columbia River
Appearance of Cut
Arouses Curiosity
Hood River fUPfl The Hood
River county sheriff thought
today he might have a clue to
the missing five-member Ken
Martin family of Portland -the
first new angle brought
up in the strange disappear
ance case In many months.
Sheriff Rupert Gillmouthe
said a fisherman snagged a
lead sinker about one mile
east ef here that appeared to
have been cut on some glass
or metal material.
Two Bodies Found
The family disappeared In
their car which may have
plunged into the Columbia
river. They had left home to
gather Christmas greens. La
ter, the bodies of the two
youngest Martin children
were recovered upstream
from here.
Two crews are working in
the hopes that the cut lead
sinker might lead to the still
missing car, according to the
sheriff.
Snags Something Else
Gillmouthe said he snagged
something else while investi
gating the 120 -foot swirling
water but could not come up
with ihing. Although a
road , j;.ed close to the water
at the point of discovery, Gill
mouthe said it was more
probable the car may have
left the highway at the coun
ty line.
The sheriff will try to press
into service a crane working
in the area in hopes of com
ing up with the car and pos
sibly the bodies of the remain
ing Martins.
In Whirlpool Area
The family included the
father, Ken, his wife, Barbara
Jean, and three children aged
14, 13, and 11. The body of
the oldest child, Barbara, re
mains lost with the parents.
Exact scene of the new clue
was at Stanley Rock in a
whirlpool area of deep water.
Phoenix Man Tells
Deputies of Robbery
Phoenix - Robert N. Mc
Commbn, owner of the Phoe-'
nix Richfield station, reported
he was robbed of $110 last
night by a man with a hand
kerchief over his face.
McCommon told investigat
ing sheriff's deputies that he
started to climb into his pick
up truck after closing the
station when the man came
up behind him and ordered.
"Give me the money. Where's
the bag?"
McCommon said the man
took his wallet. He had no
change bag. The service sta
tion owner said he thought he
saw a pistol from the corner
of his eye. The Incident oc
curred about 9:55 p.m., he
said.
Russell A. Burk, route 1,
box 128, Eagle Point, report
ed to deputies yesterday that
someone had entered his
Phoenix residence recently,
but nothing was taken.
Bear Creek Being
Cleaned Out Today
The annual cleaning of the
Bear creek channel between
Cottage and Jackson sts. in
Medford started this morning,
according to City Manager
Robert Duff.
Duff said that the primary
purpose of the cleaning is
flood control, but it also cov
ers debris and digs out the
channel, narrowing it. One
bulldozer is expected to com
plete the project today, Duff
said. '
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