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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1960
No. Ill
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STORM DAMAGE Limbs were ripped
from trees, pnllo coven were torn away,
frmrcs, lifni were blown over and much
general damage done when "double-header"
rain and wind storm hit the Medford
area yesterday evening The picture above
how a large limb thai waa broken off In
Forests Checked for Fires;
Minor Damage Is Reported
Reconnaissance planes to
day checked southern Ore
gon's forested areas for fires
and orchnrdists and farmers
checked crops for damage, In
the wake of thunderstorms
which Inle yesterday brought
varying amounts of rain, hall
and wind to the Rogue valley.
About 20 lightning strikes
were reported nn Jtogue River
National forest and slate de
partment of forestry protected
lands, and officials of both
agencies said they expected
reconnaissance, planes to spot
more smouldering strikes to
day. Rogue River National for
est listed H strikes, all "go
ing" tires. Four each were
In the Applcgnte and Butte
Kails district. Three were In
the Prospect district of the
forest, two in the Union
Creek district and one in the
Ashland district.
Seven Known Strikes
Southwest district of the
state department of forestry
reported seven known light
ning strikes. Patrolmen were
on the strikes or had been
on them this morning.
One in the Dead Indian
area was sending up the most
smoke. Two strikes were in
the Sterling creek vicinity,
two on Poole hill and one
each on Hcppsle mountain and
on the ridge botween Grizzly
peak and Roxy Ann buttc. The
Poole and lleppsle sites arc
near the south fork of Little
Butte creek.
Both agencies sent planes
Into the air about B o'clock
this morning.
Rnln fell In varying
amounts, ranging from .07 of
an Inch nl llic weather bu
reau's Medford station In 1 11
inches at the fruit experiment
farm on Kings highway. It
was spolly in the forests, .
Halnfall Little Help ; ,
Rnlnfnll in most areas was
of Utile help to the overall
irrigation picture, irrigation
district officials said. In some
areas, rain fell so hard it ran
off without soaking Into the
ground as much as an inch.
In orchards where tho ground
had been worked, rain was
beneficial, officials said.
Flow In Ihe Medford Irriga
tion district Medford canal,
according In MID Manager
Milk Producers
Meeting in Ashland
Ashland - Bolwoen, 30 and
B0 milk producer rcpresenta
llvos were scheduled lo arrive
In Ashland today for Ihe
Woslorn Slides Milk confer
ence. The men, arriving from 10
western slides, will discuss
mutual problems and methods
of doing business, Dick West
erbtirg, manager of the Jack
aon County Milk Producers
league, said this morning.
The three-day conference
will be held at (he stlU-un-flnlshed
Mnrk Antony hotel
here. Free on-slroet parking
privileges have been grnnlod
lo the group by the clly coun
cil. Delegates cars may be rec
ognized by special Shake
spearean Festival stickers.
front of a residence at the' corner of I2th
and Front streets during the first "blow."
A second front moved In about an hour
luler, but appeared to veer away from Med
ford toward the west side of the valley,
where hail damage was reported by or-chardlst.
Jack lloffbuhr, will be re
duced for a few days until
debris carried down from
higher elevations can be
cleared.
Hail and strong winds,
which caused some damage
during the storm, was spotty
In western sections of the val
ley and foothills.
Hail In the Coleman creek
area was reported soft.' and
damage was not expected to
bo extensive. Most of the hall
damage was concentrated in
one orchard west of Medford,
according to County Horticul
ture Agent Clifford B. Cordy.
Oilier crops In Oie valley
apparently suffered only
minor damage from Ihe wind,
hail and rain, sources Indi
cated. Hall Reported
Jud Parsons, hail research
supervisor here, said hall,
some of it ranging up to three
fourths of an inch In diameter,
was reported In the west side.
He asked residents lo report
hall storms lo him, and lo col
lect stones and put them in
a freezer for the research
project. Parsons may be reach
ed at SPrlng 3-4088.
Strong winds blew some
fruit off trees, but Cordy said
damage from blowdown gen
erally was minor. In many
cases, fruit blown down will
serve as a thinning process
for some orchardists, he
added.
Eisenhower Visits
Scouts' Jamboree
Colorado Springs, Colo.-IUPH
-Piesident Eisenhower gave
55,600 thrilled Boy Scouts
something lo tell the folks at
home about today when he
paid lliem a surprise visit at
their Fifth National Jamboree
encampment northeast of
here. '
All the boys, including
scouts from 50 strtcs and 27
foreign countries, were able
to see and cheer the Presi
dent as he motored through
their colorful lent city In an
open car for 35 minutes this
morning. The Scouts, , who
learned only this morning that
Elsenhower Would visit them,
stood beside their tents and
waved to the smiling, bare
headed President as he passed.
Postoffice Switch
Delay Granted
Porlland-IUPIi-Foimer Gov.
Klmo Smith, Republican can
rildiito for the U. S. Senate,
said today he had arranged a
dclny of at least several
months in the postoffice de
partment's proposed move of
the Northwest regional post
office headquarters from
Portland to Seattle.
He told a news conference
after his return from the Re
publican national convention
in Chicago that Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summer
field had agreed to postpone
aetlon until a thorough sur
vey of economic factors could
be carried out.
Winds apparently were
strongest In Griffin Creek
area and in the downtown
area of Medford. One Griffin
Creek resident reported that
Ihe wind blew a section out
of a wooden fence, and Pierce
Freight Lines, Inc., 795 South
Riverside ave., Medford, said
one of its empty freight trail
ers on the lot was blown over
on Its side. . - :
Yesterday's preciplt a 1 1 o n
was the second consecutive
day measurable rain has fallen
at the weather bureau's air
port station, One-hundrclh of
an Inch was reported Tuesday,
the first measurable rain in
fll days.
Outages Reported
Several transformer fuse
outages were reported and at
least two najor areas In down
town Medford were without
power about three hours as a
result of the storm.
California Oregon Power
company officialt said trees
fell across lines in an alley
south of 12th st. between Fir
and Grape sts., and south of
Main st. between Willamette
st. and Bear creek.
Minor outages were report
ed In other areas, Copco of
ficials said. Firemen were
called out lo standby when
trees and limbs fell across
lines.
Medford police within 15
minutes received about 10
calls reporting various
amounts of storm damage.
mostly concerning trees and
limbs being blown down In
Ihe downtown Medford area.
Pear boxes were blown across
South Cenlral ave. and block'
cd traffic for a while, police
said.
The weather bureau fore
cast continued hot and humid
weather through tomorrow
with afternoon and evening
thunderstorms. High tempera
tures are expected to be about
100 degrees.
"A Little Closer Not
That's
Big Helicopter
Crashes, Killing
All 13 Aboard
Crash Is Nation's
Worst on Record
Chicago (IJI'I) - A big Sikor
sky S-58 helicopter, flying a
shuttle service between two
of the world's busiest airports,
crashed flaming in a suburban
cemclcry Wednesday night,
killing all 13 aboard.
The crash was the first for
regularly scheduled U. 8.
passenger helicopter service.
It also was the worst ncll-
copter accident on record in
this country, according to
Leon Tanguary, assistant di
rector of public safety for Ihe
Civil Aeronautics board in
Washington.
Cook County Coroner Wal
ter E. McCarron scheduled an
inquest for next Wednesday
and subpenaed service rec
ords of the helicopter firm.
Two From Wtsi Die
Two of the persons aboard
the helicopter were Identified
as residents of the For West.
They were William Klulhc.
Portland, and a Mr. Gchrke,
San Francisco.
The craft, operated by Chi
cago Helicopter airways, car
ried 1 1 passengers, a pilot and
co-pilot.
It left Midway Airport on
Chicago's southwest side
about 11:30 p.m. (e.d.t.) for its
scheduled 11-minutc, 18-milc
shuttle to O'Hare Internation
al airport on the far northwest
side. Some six miles and five
minutes later it lay shattered
and flaming amid the tomb
stones.
Ik Flaw Rout
. Similar helicopters had
been used throughout the
week to ferry dignitaries at
tending the Republican Na
tional convention. Only hours
earlier President Eisenhower
had flown by helicopter from
downtown Meigs Field lo
O'Hare.
The downed helicopter
crashed so violently that one
body was found one-quarter
mile from the major portion
of the wreckage.
2 Major Airlines
Plan To Merge
Washlngton-fflPH-The presi
dents of United Air Lines and
Capital Airlines announced to
day that the two firms plan
to merge.
The Joint statement by Unit
ed President W. A. Patterson
and Capital President T. D.
Neclands Jr. said the agree
ment was approved by the
Vickcrs - Armstrong, Ltd.,
which holds $34 million in
mortgages on Capital equip
ment. The merger argcemcnt was
subject to approval of the
Civil Aeronautics board and
United and Capital stockhold
ers, the announcement said.
United is the nation's fourth
biggest airline and Capital the
fifth largest. Capital current
ly Is trying to slave off fore
closures of a $34. million
mortgage on its fleet held by
Vickers-Armslrong, the Brit
ish aircraft manufacturer
which sold Capital 60 prop,
jet Viscounts.
Too Close Smile
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Girl From Yreka
Drowns in Shasta
River at Grenada
Yrcka Mary Anne Wcin-
zinger, 9-ycar-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wcin
zinger, 505 Discovery St.,
Yrcka, drowned yesterday
afternoon in the Shasta river
about a half mile east of
Grenada.
According to Siskiyou coun
ty sheriff deputies, the child
was swimming with a friend,
Maureen TeVogt, also 9. With
them was Mary Anne's father
who, it was reported, had
momentarily turned his atten
tion from the children swim
ming in the river. ;
About 5 p.m. the girls ap
parently got into deep water
and cried f6r help'. Maureen
was pulled out ol the water,
but Mary Anne had already
none under, Undersherlff Jim
Berrian said this morning.
Two skin divers, one from
the sheriff's office and a vol
untecr diver, Harry Layfield,
searched for almost an hour
until they recovered the body
of the child.
Mail Tribune Correspond
ent Bessie Boyd Frascr said
today that Wcinzingcr had
been in a cast due to an
injury before Christmas. De
spite the injury to his back,
the father dived in time after
time in futile attempts to fo
late his daughter.
Mrs. Wcinzingcr had not
been with the swimming
party, but had remained in
town, according to reports.
Anderson Starts
Work With County
Lloyd Anderson, planning
consultant of the bureau of
municipal research, Eugene,
started working with the
Jackson county planning com
mission and its staff today.
Planning commission mem
bers and the county court met
with Anderson yesterday af
ternoon to discuss how he
could best help the county.
His chief job will be to work
out a county-wide lai.d use
plan, according to Commission
President C. O. Lovejoy.
The planning consultant
was scheduled' to spend most
of today in Grants Pass. Later
he will be . re-introduced to
the planning commission staff
in its new office, recently va
cated by the county school
superintendent.
Anderson will first learn
what the planning commission
staff has been doing, and Its
progress. He will meet with
the planning commission nt
its regular meeting Wednes
day, Aug. 10, to work 'out
further details of the program.
Nixon Selects 5
For Strategy Board
Chicago - (UPll - Richard M,
Nixon has selected a five-man
hnnrri of slratecv to help mas
termind his fight for the
presidency, informed sources
disclosed today.
The board Includes GOP
National Chairman Thruslon
B. Morion and three former
Republican chairmen - Leon
ard W. Hall of Now York,
Meade H. Alcorn of Connecti
cut, and Sen. Hugh Scott of
Pennsylvania.
The fifth member, an in
formant aald, Is Undersecre
tary of the Treasury Fred
Scribner.
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HENRY CABOT LODGE K ND RICHARD M. NIXON
Republican Running Mates Against Kennedy-Johnson Ticket
Hatfield Speech Hails Nixon
As 'A Fighter for Freedom'
Chicago - (UPD - Gov. Mark
O. Hatfield of Oregon placed
the name of Richard M. Nixon
in nomination for the presi
dency Wednesday night in a
287-word speech hailing the
vice president as "a fighter
for freedom, a pilgrim for
peace."
Hatfield assured -the GOP
National convention that its
choice was "a man to match
the momentous need" of these
troubled times..
'Never before, has a vice
president been such a full
participant in' the making of
national p o 1 1 c y. ' Hatfield
said. "Never before has a vice
president, io intimately shared
in the shaping ol,. major' in
ternational decisions,
"He has known what it is
to bear the full executive
burden." . . , . ... ;.
Short Speech
. Hatfield's nominating speech
was the shortest in GOP his
tory since Norman Judd
placed the name of Abraham
Lincoln before the GOP con
vention in this same city 100
years ago.
Hatfield told the delegates
they weru choosing as their
standard-bearer a man "who
knows the awesome responsi
bility" of serving in the presi
dency in times parallelling
Lincoln s.
"At this hour when the
world itself is half-slave and
half-free," l.e said, "the lead
ership in the White House is
the beacon for free men and
all who would be free."
Jibes at Kennedy
Hatfield levelled two In
direct jibes at the Democratic
nominee, Sen. John F. Ken
nedy, in what might have
been a preview of some GOP
campaign charges against the
youthful Massachusetts Sen
ator, -.
The governor opened his
speech with the blunt com
ment: "The White House is
not for sale - it's lease is .tip
for renewal." .
"The American people are
the landloi-ds who will deter
mine the tenants for the next
four years," he added.
This comment was an ob
vious reforence lo Kennedy's
wealtli and to charges that he
spent excessive sums in win.
ning Democratic preferential
primaries.
'Will Not Surrender'
Hatfield praised Nixon as
one who "will not surrender
the hopes, the ambitions, the
achievements of this nation.
Nor will he apologize or ex
press regrets for Uiis coum
try s policies of self-preserva
tion.". '
This referred lo Kennedy's
statement, that President Ei
senhower might have saved
the Summit Conference by
apologizing . to Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev over the
Ill-falcJ U-2 spy plane inci
dent. WEATHER
FOIlK.CAST: contlnutd hot and
humid with iftrmoon and eve
ning thiinrierMarmn thrnnsh
Krld.iv. Low tonlflil SO, llllh
Friday too.
Temp.
Illshrsl Yeilerdny lnl
Lowest this Mornlnr. S3
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .07
Our Skies Tonight
Snniet today 7:J p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... .VfM a.m.
Moonset tonlfht 10:11 p.m.
First Quarter July 31
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, low In south
west 11:3 p.m.
VISIHLE PLANETS
Saturn, due south .. 10:42 p.m.
Jupiter, between Saturn and
Antares.
Marl, dna east t:s a.m.
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OREGON GOVERNOR MARK HATFIELD
Hails Nixon As 'A Fighter for Frdom'
Lightning
15-20 More Fires
By United Press International
Forest service officials said
today that lighting storms
started 15 to 20 more fires in
the Wallowa - Whitman Na
tional forest in eastern Ore
gon Wednesday, but scattered
rainfall had lessened the fire
threat. .
The forest service said
Tankers Collide
In Columbia Fog
I Astoria UPD - Two tankers
collided off the mouth of the
Columbia river in dense fog
t 8 a.m. today, but neither
ship was disabled and no in
juries were reported.
Lt. J. M. Santee, executive
officer of the Coast Guard se
curity office here, said the
vessels were the Point Reyes
and the Flying-A Washington.
! The Point Reyes, which was
outbound into the Pacific, suf
fered damage lo her bow, and
the Flying-A Washington was
damaged slightly on her star
board side. The damage to
both vessels was above the
water line and crewmen were
not in danger. '
GP Woman Dies
In House Fire
, Grants Pass - (UPD - The
body of Miss Pearl Lillian
Forrest, 84, was found this
morning in the ruins of her
home near Provolt. The house
was destroyed by fire Wednes
day night, authorities said.
: George William Learned,
70, who lived in the same
house, was out looking for
some cows when he saw the
flames. By the time he reach
ed the house, the flames drove
him away. He notified the
Josephine county sheriff's of
fice, and deputies found the
body this morning.
Miss Forrest was born In
New York state in 1876, and
had no known relatives. Ori
gin of the fire had not yet
been determined,
It.
Starts
most fires, including the one
in the Anthony Lakes area
that covered over 20,000
acres, were under control.
In western Oregon, U.S.
Forest officials said 11 small
fires had been, started by
lightning in the. Willamette
National forest east of Salem,
but- all had been 'contained.
Smoke jumpers were para
chuted in and quickly con
trolled the fires.
Quickly Controlled
The Mill City district re
ported three of ' the blazes.
and farther east of the Cas
cade foothills, the Cascadia
and Detroit districts reported
four each, all quickly con.
trolled.
About 15 fires were ignited
in the Umatilla Forest by the
lightning strikes and 21 near
Pnneville in the Ochoco Na
tional forest.
The Spring Creek fire near
Ihe Snake river was consid
ered the most critical fire still
burning and 375 men were on
the fire lines.
'Sleeper' Fire Dangerous
Most of the fires started by
lightning in eastern Oregon
were in the Baker and Unity
districts. Forest service offi
cials said the danger lies In
undetected "sleeper" fires.
The showers were the first
break in the weather. They
came in the wake of a new se
ries of electrical storms that
left more than 100 new fires
burning In eastern Oregon
Wednesday.
Fire control centers said
the light rain although not
sufficient to quench flames
had decreased the fire danger
in some areas.
Carload of Furniture
Arrives for School
Ashland - Another carload
of furniture for the Ashland
Junior High school has ar
rived, Stanley Jobe, superin
tendent of schools, said today.
The school, about 90,000
square feet of space, will pro
vide facilities for more than
800 students, although only
about 875 will be moved lit
this fall.
Nixon Nominated
By Runaway Vote
Chicago - (UPD - Richard M.
Nixon picked Henry Cabot
Lodge as his running mat
today, and both men promised
to give the Democrats the
fight of ihcl. lives In the I960
presidential campaign. .
Nixon, nominated for thst
White House by tho Republl
can National convention Wed
nesday nieht. aald thl. "mav
be the toughest campaign In
our history."
In New York, where he re
ceived the news of his choice
by telephone from Nixon,
Lodge predicted that "it will
be a fichtine eamnaivn anH
one that we will win." ,
Ratification Tonight
The U.N. ambassador will
fly. here late todav to be on .
hand when the convention
ratifies his selection tonight
for the vice presidential post.
. At Hvannis Port. Mas.. lh
Democratic presidential nomi .
nee. Sen. John F. Kennedy,
congratulated Nixon and
agreed with them that "this
u going to be a hard fought
campaign." "
Nixon, after a busy night of
conferences, moved today to
cement his convention alliance
with a former . GOP critic, '
New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller. He promised if
elected to clear with Rocke- .
feller "appointments and ev
erything that Involves the
state of New York."
Introduction by Rocky
Nixon also announced that '
Rockefeller will Introduce '
him to the convention for. his
acceptance speech tonight. He
said Rep. Walter H. Judd ol
Minnesota, convention k e y - v
noter and once a dark horse
possibility for the vice presi-
dential nomination, will pre
sent Lodge to' the delegates.
Nixon announced his choice
of Lodge,. America's United '
Nations envoy, three action
packed hours- alter he himself
lhad won '.the Republican pres
idential; nomination by a run
away voteLlJZl to 10. The
vote .then.', was made; unanl
mous by the; climactic session '
of the GOP national conven
tion. - v ' ' ".
- The 7-year-oId vice presi
dent, who has served through
both Eisenhower adminlstra-
tions in that post, became the
Republican candidate - to op
pose Sen.. John F. Kennedy, i
the Democratic nominee, -.in
the Nov. 8 elections..
Nixon . announced that
Lodge was his choice for the
vice presidential nomination,
after a post-midnight confer
ence lasting more than two '.
hours with 35 other Republi
can leaders.
Grange Prepares
For Festival
Local Grange members are
preparing for "one of the big
gest events in Jackson county
Grange history, the Jackson
County Grange Festival," Sat
urday, July 30, at the Elk'l
picnic grounds oil Rogue riv
er. A barbecue beef dinner,
prepared by L. G. (Shy)
Morthland. will be accompa
nied by other dishes furnish
ed by valley merchants and
caterers. The affair opens at
10 a.m. with games, music
and contests. The meal will
be served at 12:30 p.m.
Competitive skits at the
Eagle Point gymnasium by
several subordinate Granges
with prizes being awarded
will provide evening enter
tainment. Dancing also ii
scheduled, and light refresh
ments will be furnished by
the Eagle Point Grange. -
Tickets for Grangers and
their friends are available
from Bob Biterling, Eagle
Point; Charles Moorehouse,
Central Point, and at the pic
nic grounds.
Victor Croxton, lecturer oi
the Oregon State Grange, If
chairman of the event, '
Petition Filed To ;
Repeal Dog Control
A petition containing 15
certified signatures has been
received by tho county elec
tions department to have a
proposal "for and against per
mitting dogs to run at large"
placed on the November bal
lot in Precinct 63.
The' precinct Is northeast of
Talent.
This petition Is the first re
ceived and certified by the
county elections department
of a number rumored to be
circulating in the county In
an attempt to repeal the dog
control ordinance which was
approved county wide 'by
voters in the May 20 primary,
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