Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 19, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textwarn m fo) Oil t v Guards Four Prisoners In Solitary; Another Shot Tear Gas Used To End Disturbance Portland OIPD Four prison ers wore in solitary confine ment and another was in criti cal condition with a gunshot wound in the abdomen today following an abortive jail- oreaK ana not at the Rocky Butte county jail Thursday evening. Guards used tear gas and roads were blocked off in the area after the disturbance broke out following the eve. ning meal. The riot was quell ed in about 30 minutes. Edward A. Paquin, 24, Hart ford, Conn., held on an arson charge, was shot in the abdo men when deputies said he rushed a 'guard as officers moved in to herd prisoners back to their sells. Deputy Sheriff James Mas tne, 30, was knocked down but not seriously hurt during the riot. v Crude Knife Used Deputies said the prisoners had a crude knife made of a razor blade and a toothbrush handle. Jail Superintendent Jack Matthews said the break at tempt started after prisoners in one of the cell blocks were returning from the evening meal. Matthews said he had heard via tht prison grapevine that a break wouH , be attempted. "I was laying for ft . ," he said. '; During the riot, equipment was damaged in the officers' locker room, . plumbing was broken and fire hoses were turned on, flooding.. the. lower floor of a cell block with about four inches 6f writer. ' ' Saved By Other Prisoners Mastne, said he. was forced to give up a key but tliat it unlocked only the cell doors 'n vthe two blocks !'so it didnlt- do them any good!" .The dep uty said he Was protected-by eight other prisoners who pull ed him into a cell and de ficd the would-be escapees. Matthews said the riot was broken up when he fired five tear gas shells into the cell blocks. He said he knew the break had started when the intercom went dead. It had been yanked off a wall. There were 58 prisoners in the jail at the time but the majority did not take part, Matthews said. Ahout 30 dep uty sheriffs and firemen sur round :d the jail, located in northeast Portland. Matthews said the four be ing held in solitary confine ment were Elmer Merrill, 29; Darin Wilson, 22; Larry Glenn, 24, and James Bello, 33. .. - .. t Dr. Bradshaw To Head United Fund Ashland - Dr. John W. Bradshaw has accepted the position of campaign chair man for this year's Ashland . Talent United Fund drive, it was announced today. "If we are to have a suc cessful campaign this year," said Dr Bradshaw, "we will have to get down and work as we did the first two years. It does take a great deal of onrt offnrt and the volun teer workers are really go ing to have to sacrifice time and pleasure in order to get the job done." Dr. Bradshaw, a physician end surgeon, lives at 1370 Tniman frpek ' rd.. Ashland. He and his wife, Irene, have five children, Clifford, Carol, inia and David. A resident of Ashland for nearly 12 years, Dr. uraa shaw is a member of Ash iritre inrii?f' nast mem- laiiu wna wv.0. ber of the Ashland Kiwanis club; assistant Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 114 Ash land; past president of the Ashland YMCA board of di-ontr,-c- nact nresident of the ' Ashland-Talent United Fund, and is the Ashland represen tative of the Medical Re- narrh Foundation of Oregon a native of Ft. Dodge, he received his degree in mxJ- icine from the University oi Iowa and served his Intern ship in Portland. Baseball M1TIONA.L LEAGUE San Francisco .... 2 J Chicago 1 3 0 McCormick and Schmidt; Elliworlh and Tappe. Thwart Regional Edition 22 Pages Glenn Revel Is Fourth Candidate For Mayor Post Councilman Cites . Procrastination Ashland - City Councilman Glenn Revel, saying there has been "generaKy too. much pro crastination" in the operation of this' city's government, to day became the fourth candi date for mayor of Ashland. : Announcement of Revel's candidacy brought this com ment from incumbent Mayor Richard L. Neill: "I still think I'll win." . Revel, one of three "lame duck" councilmen, had been expected to seek reelection to his past council post, thus it came as a surprise to many when he submitted to petition for mayor. Revel said he had been con sidering the move "for quite some time" and that he would run on the basis of his "inter est and experience" in city government. He served on the city planning .commission for two years before being elect ed to his current four-year council term. "There are a lot of import ant issues coming up in the next four years," Revel said. He added that Ashland has "a lot of potential" and that there definitely has to be more planning than there Is." Revel,- an Ashland optome trist, -said emphasis should be on planrung.for.,the..future. Spealcmg . of. the council, Revel said "leadership has to come - or should come - f rorh that body," that "organization the responsibility of the mayor." . ' ' In addition to Neill and Rev el, two other- candidates, W. R. Brown and Norman Lin dahl,. have' filed for. mayor. Rumors also have been circu lating that Russell Osborn, owner of the Varsity theater, would seek the post. 'I've been asked to run by many people, usDorn saia today, and "I'm thinking about it." He said; he has a petition on his desk, but that he has not yet reached a def inite decision. City Recorder W. E. Bartelt said today that no one has fil ed for the council seat which Revel will vacate or the two currently held . ' by -. Emmet Whitham and George Ward. Both Whitham and Ward have filed for reelection. Filing deadline is Aug. 29. Maurine Neuberger Speaks in Medford Mrs. .Maurine : Neuberger, Democratic candidate for the United States senate, spoke to day at a no-host luncheon at the Medford hotel here. Earlier today she was hon ored at a reception at the home of Mrs.. Sidney Ains- worth, Ashland. At the luncheon event Mrs. Neuberger discussed her "food for peace" plan saying, that "when half the' world goes to bed hungry, it is a tragic loss to have surplus foods tied up in storage." TV ft ft CANDIDATE-John L. Greg, ory,- county real estate devel oper, is a Democratic candi date for state representative He was selected by the Jack' son County Democratic Cen tral committee Monday night after Miss Inez Holcomb with drew from tht race. MEDFORDfflTElBUNE Multnomah Jail MEDFORD, UN Guards iy Firing Squad in 0 HOT SPOT The beginning of the end for a good-sized fir tree is shown above, as flames catch the lower branches and climb up the trunk in yesterday's Sterling creek fire which burned over an estimated 70 acres of brush and second growth timber.' Week Long Fair To End Saturday The wee k-long Jackson County 4-H and FFA fair reaches a climax tonight with the livestock auction. Last year about 100 buyers were bidding on top 4-H and FFA livestock. County 4-H Agent Glenn Klein said he hoped there would be as many buyers this year, if not more. Fair officials hope for a good average bid price on all stock rather than very high top prices and extreme lows. This year there will be 302 head of animals to auction off com pared to 268 head last year. Included are 100 steers, 120 sheep, 80 pigs, one pen of fry er chickens and one market rabbit. Last years averages were 42 710 cents a pound for sheep, 36 cents a pound for swipe and 40Vs cents a pound for beef. Bill Bray, of Midway auction yard, will be auc tioneer again this year. . During yesterday s fair events Russell Frink, Central Point, was named champion showman with his Berkshire hog. Jan Main, West Side, ex hibited the champion market lamb. Billie Jones, Gold Hill, had the champion market hog. Check Received for Fund Overpayment A check for $43,306.02 was received from the state wel fare commission for overpay ment of the county's share in public assistance funds for the 1959-60 fiscal year, County Judge Earl Miller said today. For the last fiscal year the county had allocated $223,- 294 for Its share of welfare expenses. The check is for the unexpended balance of the county fund on the state level, Miller explained. tJT A TT OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1960 - It Man-Caused Fires Burn 140 State, Federal Land Four fires, two of them caused by cigarettes and an other by children trying to smoke a snake out of a hole, burned through some 140 acres of state and federal pro tected lands in Jackson coun ty Thursday. All fires were under control by this morning and mop-up operations had begun. Fire ianger remains "ex tremely" high, according to forestry officials. S The largest of the four fires started about 2:50 p. m. yes terday and burned through 70 acres of brush and second growth timber in the Sterling creek area.- . Officials said 45 men, v a tractor and three pumpers battled the blaze and had it under control by 8 p. m. Three children started the fire, officials noted, when some burning material that they were using to smoke a snake out of a hole ignited the surrounding brush near the intersection of Sterling Creek and Hugo Hollow rds. The second , largest fire burned over 40 acres of grass WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fa If, hot and dry tliroufh Saturday. Low tonight 51. High tomorrow J. Temp. Hltheit Veiterday ...... .. 101 Loweit Thli Morning 59 Our Skies Tonight Sumet' today ..:-7:07 o.m. Sunrlie tomorrow S:23 a.m. Moonrlie tomorrow J:49 a.m. new moon Aug. ZZ The planet. Juniter. now tta- tlonary among the atari In lt background, tomorrow heglna lowly moving eastward to- wara aaiurn. it will overtaka latum next rehruary. Break AttemDt Escape The blaze, one of four in Jackson -county, was reportedly started by children trying to smoke a : snake out of a hole. It was . brought under control about 8 p.m. yester day by 45 men, a tractor and three pumpers. . !..-.. . Acres of and brush along Highway 66 on Green Springs Mountain. Officials said the fire was probably caused by a cigar ette , thrown from a passing car. Twenty men fought the Green. Springs blaze, which was reported at 4:45 p. nr., and had it under control by 10 p. m. .''' ,;" National Forest ' A 9V4 acre fire In the Ash land district of the Rogue River national, forest yester day was "definitely" caused by a cigarette, according to Tom Harlen of the U. S. for est service.' Harlan said the fire, which starter' about 2 p. m.. burned in the Earl Manley slash pile on the Jackson-Klamath coun ty line just south of Dead In dian highway. Men from the Lake of the Woods suppres sion crew, the Ashland district and the Earl Manley logging company brought the fire un der control late yesterday. -. The fourth fire burned ap proximately one acre of tim ber ar a in state land in the Chimney Rock area. That fire started about 4:45 p. m.. and was caused by a logging pow er saw. Ten men, including the logging crew, had the fire under control by 6 p. m.' , Dulles Commemorative Stamp To Be Issued Portland-UPD-A (lamp com memorating the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will be Issued by the U.S. Post Office Department, Franklin R.'Bruns Jr.,' dlrector ofi the department's division of phi lately in Washington, p.C. said here Thursday. 1 55th Year- Price 10 Cents No. 130 Death Ghanaian Guard Jumps in Front Of Aiming Group Pair Led Away By Indian General Lcopoldville, The Congo IUPI1 Two United Nations guards, arrested Thursday while trying to deliver a note from U.N. Deputy Secretary general Ralph Bundle to Con golese Premier Patrice Lu mumba, narrowly escaped ex ecution, it was disclosed to day. A U.N. spokesman said the guards, a Jamaican and a Bra zilian, were arrested and dis armed by Congolese soldiers guarding Lumumba's resi dence, then ordered shot. Just as the eight-man firing squad was about a shoot, a Ghanaian guard stationed at the residence jumped in front of the two men. Led Soldisra Away I Shortly afterward,' Indian Gen.: I. Rikhiye of the U.N force arrived and led the two ITN.'. soldiers . away, ' saying, "Come, iChaps,11 With me:" ' ' The incident was another in the series of harassments of U.N.- personnel by Congolese troops since Lumumba began his -feud with U.N. Secretary general Dag Hammarskjold. Grim-faced U.N. troops dug in at Leopoldville airport to day, determined to ' prevent any new attempt by Congo troops to seize that vital link with the outside world. Russia Launches Space Ship With Dogs, Equipment Moscow - (UPD - The Soviet Union today launched a sec ond space ship carrying two dogs and television equipment to picture their behavior dur ing the flight. The official Soviet Tass news agency said the approxi mately two-ton space ship went into orbit at a height of 198 miles and is circling the earth every 90.6 minutes. At the International Aero nautical Congress in Stock holm, Prof. Anatole Blagon- ravov, a top Soviet rocket ex pert, told a news conference that Russia will attempt to bring the dogs back to earth, but he declined to speculate on the chances for success of this feat. The first space ship was or bited by the Soviet Union three months ago. And the first artificial satellite with a living thing aboard was sent aloft by the Soviets in Novem ber, 1957, with the dog Laika. No attempt was made to bring Laika back to earth, and it died after a week in orbit. Opposition Noted To Reactivation Three more letters have been received by the county court protesting proposed re activation of the Jackson County Housing authority, County Judge Earl Miller said today. Those protesting are J. Verne Shangle, 1445 Kings highway; C. K. Edwards, 1400 Kings highway, and Mary B. Maas, 304 South Ivy t. AH three letter writeri In dicated reactivation of the housing authority would im pose an unfair additional tax burden on present and future generation. Earlier A. R. Manno, Med ford, had written his objec tions to the reactivating to the county court. ongo MaddenAsksDA rur upmiun un Control of Dogs Written Opinion To Answer Questions County Clerk E. M. Mad den has requested a written opinion from District Attor ney Thomas J. Reedcr to clarify a number of questions his office has received regard ing dog control. In a letter written' to Reed cr this week, Madden explain ed that the clerk's office is receiving petitions for filing concerning dog control. At the same time they are receiving numerous inquiries concern ing the authority of the votes on dog control. Questions asked by Madden include: 1. Because dog control was petitioned and voted on at the special primary election for the city of Medford, what ef fect would the repeal of the county dog control have upon the city of Medford? 2. Would the fact that the city measure and ' precinct measures have not been adver tised, prevent Ihem from hav ing any effect until so adver tised? Several Laws 3. At the special primary election, the voters of Med ford, city of Rogue River and several precincts voted on separate dog control measures as well as the measure for county-wide dog control. Are there in effect several laws now in existence, one for each of these areas rasoeclively. and one for the entire county? And would the repeal of the county dog control measure repeal the other measures? 4. Some precincts in the city of Medford are now petl tioning for a new vote in or der to repeal the dog control Can a single precinct repeal the dog control measure with in the city unless the entire city voted for such a repeal? Also, where one precinct-vot ed for dog control-and the city to the contrary? . , 5. Would the stale stable providing for the adoption . of oog control also control Its repeat Would the ballot title be Identical as to )the one In the primaries? 6. If. the old,, same ballot measure is used, would it be legal to have a narrative de scription of what a "yes" and no" vote would accomplish? Maddtn's Opinion Madden said that It was his opinion that if the county measure had failed in the pri mary, it would not have con trolled the city measure. How ever, if the county measure had passed in the primary and the city measure defeated, then the county measure would control the city by re quiring dog control. In concluding, Madden ex plained that a piecemeal at tempt to repeal the vote of the primary has many diffi cult legal ramifications. He explained that he felt that the the people should know the answers to some of these problems In order that they may not waste their time and effort, on unproductive peti tions and campaigns. He asked Reeder for a written opinion within 10 days. Florence, Ore. IUPII An at tempt was to be made today to free a barge loaded with 2,900,000 board feet of lum ber which went aground on the beach near the south jetty at the mouth of the Siuslaw river Thursday. Medical CONFESSION SPARED COURT Moicow-itlPD-A thrae-man tenced U2 pilot Francis Gary tion ot liberty" today on charges of spying against the Soviet Union. The court said the 31-year-old American flier was soared from death by his "open-hearted" admission of guilt, sincere repentance and the "principle of socialist humanitarianism." , Powers was ordered confined in prison for the first three years. The wording of the sentence indicated he might spend , the last seven in a labor camp. f T?v if , J. JLi - ' I FRANCIS G. POWERS 'Deprivation of Liberty' President Regrets Severity of Powers Sentence Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Elsenhower today de plored Russian "propaganda activity" iri ( the -trial Cat. U2 pilot Francis 'G'. Powers' and expressed' regret at the sever ity Of Powers' sentence. The White, House, said the President and : . Secretarv ot State ChristianA. Herter have been following the case, and the trial very closely . "and they do not intend to drop it. ' .. . ,.,... .:', ' , ,: Pardon Predicted ': Several . congressmen' pre dicted that , Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ' would either pardon Powers or light en his sentence in an effort to rack up a Russian propaganda triumph. Now that they've milked this of all propaganda value, n attempt will be made to show they are nice people by having Khrushchev tell Pow ers' parents the sentence, will be. reduced," Rep. Francis E. Walter, (D-Pa.), said. , . ' : Excessive,' Porter Says Rep. Daniel Flood, (D-Pa.), said he felt the Communist boss might liberate Powers for propaganda r e a s o n s. Rep. Charles O. Porter, (D-Ore.), said he felt the sentence was very excessive" but also pre-. dieted Powers would not serve more than a third of his sen tence. Dcmoc r a 1 1 c presidential nominee John F. Kennedy de scribed the sentence as "ex tremely harsh" and said he hoped Elsenhower would use all his influence to get It com muted. '": ' V '-.'' Administration officials vir tually ruled out any U.S. prosecution of Powers for his conduct at the trial. Aid LIFE. SAYS Russian military tribunal sen Powers to 10 years "depriva Chief Judge Viktor Boris- oglebsky read the hand-writ ten verdict and sentence to a packed courtroom. It said the sentence was "final and not subject to appeal." However, the executive branch of the Soviet govern ment, the 14-man Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, could on its own initiative commute the sentence or even grant full pardon. ' Reunited With Family : Powers was reunited with his wife and family for a brief period immediately after the sentence was read. His wife, Barbara. 25. Mil-' ledgeville, Ga., his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Powers, Pound, Va and his sister, Jes sica Hileman, Glass Manor. Md., were admitted to a small chamber behind the stage of . the trial room. Powers wept during the re union. It was the first time he had talked with a western er, let alone his family, since his U2 plane was downed May. Powers' interpreter came out of the room wiping tears from his eyes. , Then a Soviet cameraman emerged , and said: '. : - ;i could not stand the scene. any longer. I would have brok en down myself. ; 1 1 Reporters asked defense' lawyer Mikhail Grlnev what he' thiught of .the sentence ' ; "I :think it Is a very good and just sentence," he said,. Family Expected Sentence A spokesman for.i the Pow ers family said: . j ; ; . ) "The sentence was what had; been -expected. They were not surprised.? ' : ' . . Powers stood Srippine the railing of the prisoner's dock as the judgment was read. It took half an hour. i Stormy applause greeted the sentence. " ' , The pilot could have re ceived a death .sentence but Prosecutor Roman Rudenko recommended that his life be spared. Rudenko had asked the three-man court-there was no jury-to give Powers 15 years in prison. . Powers made a last abject personal plea to the court. - The flier asked the judges to consider that he was led into his "grave crime," deeply regrets it, never bore any en mity toward , the Russian people and that his mission failed-"no secret information reached its destination." , Powers appeared calm. He showed no emotion at the sen tencing. (Continued on- Page 2) ;'- earch Ends For Missing Airplane The search for the mlssirur airplane which disappeared - Monday after refueling at t . Medford en route tq Modesto, Calif., was officially discon tinued Thursday evening, ac cording to Brian Douglass, : southwest Oregon search and -rescue chief. Local planes are now on stand-by" basis only. Doug- : lass said today, to be used if ny new information is re ceived about the pilot's rout in case of wreckage be ing sighted. Six planes, five from Med-'. ford and one from Grants 1 Pass, searched the area Thurs day from Medford south to Lake Shasta., Routes cover- ' ed were the airway, from Medford, Ft. Jones, to Red- : ding and the highway from Medford, Montague, to Duns- -muir. Two California couples were . reported aboard the. x . plane which had left Belling-, ham, Wash., en route south. State Will Auction Autos on Aug. 261 Salem -(UPD- The State De partment of Finance and Ad ministration will hold a pub- ; lie auction of 83 passenger '' cars, station wagons, pickup trucks a nd miscellaneous' equipment In Portland Aug. 26. The sale will be held at ' the Pacific International Ex- position Building.