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Newspaper Page Texto o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, QUE. WEDNESDAY, IEPTEMBER 21. I960 "Everyuna tn Soutnem Oresa nmAm TH Mall Trlhnnfc" Published Dally except Saturday by 13 North rir St., Ph SP2-S141 ROBERT w RUHL. Editor HERB GREY AdvMtlllni Minster GERALD T LATHAM Bui MfT ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnj Editor EARL H ADAMB, City Editor tfARBV raiPMAN Teles Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women'e Editor DALE ER1CKSON. circulation piar An TnHanrndent HeWIDlllC Altered ai second class matter at Medford. Oreon. under Act at March 3. 17 i m cDinTinvj RATES ' By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally ana Bunny y " Dally and Sunday moa eon n.n. end Sunday 3 moi. .1S A.hl.nd. Central Point Basle Point, Jacksonville, Cold H m Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rofue BIT- - T...-L anJi An vnotnr routei. Dally and Sunday- year SIJJO Dally and Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 100 All lernn luii j" . -s.m-,.i r rttv of MedforS omelalperof.'a5H!!n ijfSa- United Press International full Leased Wire , T.iMhntA Mewsnlcturee WEST HOLIDAY C. INC. Of fices in New Vork, CWcato De. m ii o Vota wirtlti r-n I Wei AnfllMi sVattle. Portlend St. Louis. At- Imta. Vancouver, o.v. uirmilsL IDITOK Flight o' Time M.dlord and Jackson County History from the The Mall Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40 and 50 vaara age. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 21. H5Q (Wednesday) Medtord city council ap proves bid of $30,000 for new aerial Udder truck for fire department. Approximately 11,484 stud etns enrolled In Jackson coun ty school. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 21. 140 (Friday) Big send-off planned for men of Company A nd "" quartert detachment, 3rd Bat talion, 186lh infantry, as they leave for year of active duty at Ft. Lewia, Wain. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Your, ,nd fearful Democrats s " maintain GOP Nominee Will kie i 'talking too much -like moat everybody le. 30 YEARS AGO Sept 21. U30 (Sunday) . Jackson county scores hit with exhibits at ' ,fa,r- Owen-Oregon mill to oper ate shift throughout winter. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 21, 1220 (TuaidaT) Interest In deer hunting slumps locally with the sma 1 est number of hunters in woods In many years. C. A. Swope, Grants Pass, and Roy Prultt, Medford, killed three bear and a deer on hunting trip near Diamond lake. SO YEARS AGO ... ii. 1110 (Wednesday) Cattle reported selling for 4V4 cents are scarce and Is highest price ever paid for cattle this time of year. Heavy rainfall reported Monday night In Central Point What's Your I.Q.? Nine er tea eeriest to parlei; ova er eight b eicallwlt Mve et hi to teed1. 1. Is a bimonthly magazine Issued once every two months, or twice a month? 2. Is It possible for a pres idential candidate to receive a majority of the popular vote and yet not be elected! 3. Did Alexander Graham Bell discover the telephone? 4. Certain kinds of birds' nests are used as an article of food in what country? 5. The Roman numerals CCC Indicate what Arabic equivalent? 6. Is It true that snow never falls In Florida? 7. Name the ancient phil osopher who drank hemlock. 8. Is Florida an Indian name? t. In what card game does one peg 81 holes to win? 10. How soon after a de cision is rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court does It become effective? Answers! 1. Once every Iwe months. 2. Yes. 1. He, He invented It. 4. China. I. 300. I. No. 7. Socrates, t. He. (Spanish) 8. Crlbbage. 10. Immediately. New Office Building Planned in Soem Salem-flTO-Satem Title Co. has announced plans tor a $280,000 office building In downtown Salem offering 20,000 square feet of apace and parking tor car) on the roof. The one-s t o r y structure will be at the Intersection of Chemeketa and Church lU., la the northeast section. ., -ftf?'t VMtWlA Pit IAI Elmo Smith In the campaign for each of the candidates (D) and Elmo Smith tages. Each is trying to capitalize on these advan tages, as is right and proper in an election cam paign. Some of the claims, counter-claims and argu ments have been pretty silly, but this is, we suppose, inevitable in an election drive. On the face of it, we believe that Mrs. Neu berger has had the best of it so far, and that she has better qualifications United States senator. We probably will continue to believe so until the Smith comes up with something more impressive in the way of campaign material. DUT Smith has one advantage that Mrs. Neu- berger doesn't. He is a pilot and flies his own plane. And it is natural this to his advantage. In doing so, he has of the licensed pilots in Oregon, setting forth his views on the laws, regulations and policies now governing civil aviation. "I believe that private aviation and personal flying will quickly be eliminated under the policies now being followed by the present F.A.A. act." And we have reason to believe that a sub stantial number of private and commerical pilots agree with this assessment whole-heartedly. jMITH continues: "Regulations already In force and those planned simply will make it impossible for the average person to afford the red tape and financial costs to take an interest In flying. Even the days of the smaller ex ecutive aircraft may be numbered. With the costs to be arbltararily imposed, many businesses that are now finding aircraft economic assets will not be able to afford them. "This Is more than Just a threat to the pilot, air port and aircraft operator. It seems to me to be a genuine threat to the aircraft manufacturer. "Almost all of us believe in safety in the air. Most of us went along with the present administrator In his safety program, until It turned Into a program to to make the air safe by eliminating all private flyers from the air. "Every reasonable step should be taken to make flying safe. We should eliminate the buzzing goons and completely irresponsible people. But to bring ' safety by curbing all activity is a ridiculous and un- real program. "Under the present philosophy, If it was applied to cars, you could no longer drive, if you were In the wrong by denting a car with your fender. If the same rules of safety would be applied to the deadly automobile, there would be very few cars on the road and the cost of safety and communications equip ment would keep them ground most of the time. "I thoroughly believe in a sensible safety pro gram. I also know the problems of the causal flyer and of general aviation, I believe I can do a good job of presenting the case for general aviation in the U.S. senate." I AS WAS shown in a Mail Tribune feature article last Sunday, private flying has an im Dortant Dlace in the economy of southern Oregon. Elmo Smith, as a pilot, knows this. He also knows that private and threatened bv some arbitrary, unauiy strict, ana unreasonable regulations reauire such expensive place perfectly adequate present) that many flyers And in presenting his case to pilots, he is working a rich lode of votes, for there are thous ands of pilots in Oregon, and they constitute an influential group of people. IN A way, we are sorry to see this injected into politics, for it is or should be an essentially non-political matter. But the F.A.A. has gone so far into unreason ableness that Smith is ing it out into public view. Only in this way can it De corrected. We have attempted from time to time to make our own small criticisms of the F.A.A. and the way it is being operated at present, without any noticeable results. ' The consensus of pilots is that they are grad ually being squeezed. out of the air. ODDLY, this applies also to the airlines, which have been battling some F.A.A. regulations they deenv unnecessary, unduly restrictive, and needlessly expensive. The same applies to the airline pilots associa tions, to the private pilots groups, and to those interested in general aviation in general. So. whether or not we support Smith for election, we are glad to put on the record his well-substantiated complaints about the F.A.A. Question When the federal government pays 90 per cent of the cost of the big interstate highway network, this is commendable foresight and serv ice to the nation as a whole. When it is proposed that the federal govern ment undertake to finance a tiny portion of the costs of the schools of the nation now under staffed and inadequate it's socialism, by cracky! une wonders which is more important to tne future of America a first rate highway system, or a first ratoeducational system 7 -E.4, ahd the F.A.A. the United States senate Mrs. Maurine Neuberger (R) have certain advan for the high office of election on Nov. 8, unless that he should try to turn mailed a sheet to most general aviation is being some of which would radio equipment (to re equipment in 'use at simply couldn't afford doing a favor by bring Dennis the Menace tsers Futt of steps?4 ...Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, alinougn urm.r certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mai! Tribune reserves condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 woros. in. "" printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact tne contrary is often the case. Fall Beach Plug To the Editor: "Today was a turquois day Set in an ancient silver setting Of Indian summer." The beautiful days of fall re here with low tides for clam digging, expanses of sandy beach, nights when the sea is phosphorescent, and many days with little or no wind. Later in the season these days will be punctuated by sou'westcrs which bring with them the heavy seas so inter esting to watch, bring out lies of agate beds from un der summer sand, and bring up on the beaches who-knows-what to provide interesting beach combing. If you found the coast ex pensive in July and August, come now! 11 is economically impossible to operate even the simplest resort on two months' income; if you spread your patronage more evenly the resorts can spread their rates more evenly, too. Do not, however, expect to find rooms, preheated and bright ly lighted, for nothing; for each resort there is a point below which it is cheaper to leave a room unoccupied. If you found the coast fog gy in July and August, come now! Most of our fog is over for this season, and when in land valleys are shrouded in ground fog which may cling all day, the coast is usually clear and sunny. Come to sec! If you found the coast cold in July and August, come now! Indian summer is as beautiful here as it is In the rest of Oregon, and In winter the coast is warmer than the Inland valleys. So bring your waterproof -either you'll be glad to have It or you won't need it - and visit the coast soon and often. Elizabeth Swan Yachats, Ore. The Rtal Evil To the Editor: I wish to commend Henry Johnson Jr. for his efforts to "jar" some people Into action on the li quor problem. However, right here. I wish to slate that I have great faith in the standards of living adhered to by the great majority of the Ameri can people, yea, and faith in their ability to think an issue through. It is not the majority of our people that are abusing the privileges we have en Joyed In this great nation of ours! True, the use of liquor can produce a lot of misery, suf fering and evil, but It is only by the abuse of it that these evils exist. Why not do some "brass tacks" thinking? Is it not true that the abuse of handling the automobile can cause (and does cause) untold suffering, misery and death? Is it not true that the abuse of other necessities of life, like food, money, and fire, cause uniold misery, suffer ing and death? So, Henry, instead of "lam basting" liquor as a great evil, why not put me oiame where it belongs? Our two greatest "rattlesnakes" that roam our country today mlaht be called "Ignorance and "lethargy". Were it not for Ignorance, and Indiffer ence, none of the above named things, including li quor, WOUia De a menace 10 the public health or saiety. To me our loo is ciear u Is to bend our effort toward constructive action by giving what we can in lime and money In support of our democratic Institutions. These Institutions are: the schools, the churches, the YMCA, and similar youth or- ganliatlons. If f-v e r jr o n ej the right to edit all letters with a view to ciaruic.uon . would only increase their ef forts to build character in our young people today through the home, and all our other wonderful institu- tions that help to eliminate the serpents of ignorance and indifference then we'll need not fear tomorrow! . Are we, Henry, really do- ing our share to make our country stronger strong enough to withstand the ever present menace of spreading communism? Philip Lee Burns . 121 Bush st. Ashland, Ore. Third Alternative To the Editor: There are three approaches to the prob lem of getting and keeping the peace in our time. There is the tremendously costly one of continuously adding to our already im mense military potential, thereby hoping to ward oft any power contemplating de signs against our safety. The second approach is to gel all the great powers to agree to a very substantial reduction in armaments so that none would have the temerity or ability to attack any other country. It is al ready proving to be a long drawn out procedure that could take several years to consummate. The third is your corre spondent's plan for peace, i.e., invite to our land, on a paid tour 100,000 Russians each year for five years. Arrange for them to meet us face to face in workshops, stores, homes, theaters, stadiums, etc. In that way they would learn at first hand just what kind of people we are. It is a di rect, sensible way to peace. In a speech at Princeton, N. J., Kennedy said: "We must seize the initiative in the cold war with bold imagina tive programs launched with good-will and launched from strength." As Walter Recce of Merlin, Ore., stated in a letter to the Mail Tribune: "Mr. Frisch has made a fool proof suggestion -that would be the best in vestment the United States ever made." David Frisch P. O. Box 292 White City, Ore. Trip To the Editor: On my first trip from Ashland to the Trin ity Alps in a 1012 Reo auto mobile, I had more trouble than I would have trying to drive an Oregon Flea Circus Try and Stop Mo By BENNETT CERF LT. COL. VERNON WALTERS has reassuring words for interpreters who fear that they soon mar be replaced by electronic brains. The Colonel was invited to a demon stration of a formidable new mechanism that supposedly was equipped with a 4000-word vocab ulary in two languages. The phrase "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" was ted into the machine in one of the languages. And here's the translation that came out in the other: "The liquor is still good but the meat has gone bad." The manager of the clas sified ad department of aa Artsona gaiatta was proud to receive this testimonial from a satisfied customer: "Dear Sir: Your ads sun bring results. Ity lost dog has been returned plus seven pups." The beatnik," rejoices Burton HlUis, "is' rapidly going tht way of the American buffalo to which he bears a strong resemblance." Ua tsr laaaiU fail ttstrftislil by : Khrushchev Still Is Menace in Africa; Reds Said By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Nikita Khrushchev may have lost a battle In the Con go but he has by no means MrjaaBi lost the war Africa. r.Jii It was a dip V 1 o m a tic set rf C back for Khru V jkj!' s h chev when 17 Afro-Asian mem bers of the United -rM Nations reject ed the Soviet pan. newsom charge that U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had bungled in the Conga and, instead, urged that Hammarskjold continue "vigorous" action there. It also was a setback -whether momentary or not re mains to be seen-when Congo lese Col. Joseph Desire Mobu tu seized government reins In the Congo, ordered the Soviet and Czechoslovakian diplo matic representatives out, and through a California Bug Sta tion. I did learn a few things on this trip. I learned - How to fix two dozen flat tires and numD them up Wltn hand pump. I learned - How to back two miles down steep hill to let a mule team nass. I also learned - How to take a shower bath in a creek. It was a hot summer's day when I ditched the car in Pea nut's Creek at the end of the trip. I drove the car into Peanut's Creek to soak the wooden wheels so I would have wheels to put the new tires on when they got there from Los Angeles. The last tire blew up in the creek, just as I stepped out to get the suitcases off the running board. In yust vun bang, I had all the California dust blown off me, and got a good shower bath to boot. Everett Acklln Ashland, Ore. Summer's Last Day Sees Sunny Skies By United Press International The last full day of summer in Oregon today was marked by sunshine but the weather man said frost, fog and high fire danger would herald the first day of fall. Summer ends and fall be gins at 5 p.m. Thursday. Freeze warnings' were is- sued for Eastern Oregon areas for early Thursday with lows downs to 25 in the Bend area. Western Oregon also will get chilly morning weather, with fog patches expected. But the weather also will be dry and forest fire danger will increase rapidly in all areas of the state through Thursday. Humidities down to 12 per cent in South Cen tral Oregon are predicted, with east winds across the Cascades. Two Charged With Murder in Idaho Gooding, Idaho - IUPD - A young man and woman stood in district court here Tuesday and quietly listened while first degree murder charges were read agains them. - Rodger Hall, 22, and Mary Catherine Hampton, 18, are charged with the gunshot death of Dr. John Hunt, Port land, a plant pathologist, whose body was found in his car a year ago last August in the desert near Bliss. Eyeing Republic of Guinea made it stick. By setting himself up as a "strongman," Mobutu also neutralized Premier Patrice Lumumba who had relied chiefly on the Soviets for his outside support. 4 Prepare for Setback But it is a rare thing for the Soviets to be caught without a previously prepared posi tion, and so a setback in the Congo does not find them un prepared. The new position and the new man might well be the African republic of Guinea and its Marxist-trained Pre mier Sekou Toure. Guinea, once France's sec ond richest possession south of the Sahara Desert, reject ed membership in the French community and declared its In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS From Buenos Aires: Retired Navy Captain Er nesto Recaredo Vazquez took over as Argentina's new chief of police after an investigation of corruption charges among high officers. President Ar turo Frondizi appointed him after removing from the top Argentine police spot Rear Admiral Ezequiel Niceto ve ga, a TRUSTED FRIEND who was married to Frondizl's sister-in-law. HMMMMMMM. This man Frondizi seems to be all right ... to have what it takes to "hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may." In most of Latin America, it takes cour age to crack down on a rela tive who. has been doing things he shouldn't. Frondizi seems to incline to "Hew to the right line, and let the chips fall where they may." WHO is Frondizi? He is the first man to be chosen president of Ar gentina in a FREE election after the fall of Dictator Juan Peron. When Peron finally fell in September of 1935, he was replaced in November of the same year by a military junta, which chose General Arumburu provisional presi dent. He restored civil liber ties, dissolved the Peronist party and RETURNED EX PROPRIATED PROPERTY to its rightful owners. In the first free elections after 12 years of Peronist dic tatorship, Dr. Arturo Frondizi was elected by a landslide. He has had his troubles, but he seems to have done a pretty good job. All of which seems to offer some hope that after Crazy Man Castro has had his fling the Cubans may tire of him and elect a decent Cuban President in a free election. Anyway, let's hope so. QUESTION: Who first coined the phrase: "Hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may?" IT WAS first spoken by Ros coe Conkllng in June of 1880 at the Republican na tional convention in Chicago in a speech nominating Ulys ses S. Grant for a THIRD TERM as President of the United States. Conkllng was a great orator and he delivered a powerful speech and created wild ap plause that lasted for 25 minutes. He began by saying: "If asked what state he hails from, "Our sole reply shall be - "He comes from Appomatox "And the famous apple tree." Farther along In his speech, Conkllng said: "He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may." N SPITE of the anti-third term tradition, Grant re ceived 304 votes and soon after the balloting began he got two more, bringing his total to 306, which he held al most to the last. On the 34th ballot, James A. Garfield re ceived Wisconsin's 16 votes, and on the 36th ballot he re ceived 399 votes, or 21 more than were necessary for a choice. The antt-thlrd term tradi tion which worked strongly against Grant in the 1880 Chi cago convention, remained un broken until 1940, when the Democrats nominated Frank lin D. Roosevelt for a third term, with World War II In the offing, and he carried 38 states to Wendell Winkle's 10. He was elected to a fourth term in 1944. CONSERVATION WORK Weed-Roger Zwaniiser of Weed has leveled 19 acres which he plans to plant to im proved irrigated pasture. Jim Elsea of Montague has laid out 800 feet of head ditch. Both Jobs were planned and laid out by the soil conserva tion service. i independence in 1958. Toure harshly told French President Charles de Gaulle: "Guinea prefers poverty in freedom to riches in slavery." Toure, grandson of a le gendary West African emper or, came up through the ranks of France's Communist-dominated General Confederation of Labor, received additional training in Prague, Warsaw and Moscow and became pres ident of the confederation in Guinea. The confederation, became his springboard to political power and his strong anti-colonial feelings made him a natural target for Moscow after Guinea's achievement of Independence. Visited United States Hopefully, the West has chosen to regard Toure as more a nationalist than a Marxist. He has visited the United States as well as Mos cow, 'Campaign Wife' Is Col umn Written by Mrs. J. F. Kennedy By DICK WEST United Press International Washington -ffl?D-'Mrs. John F. Kennedy, the only poten tial first lady who was once a card -carry ing journalist, resumed her news paper career this week as an unpaid colum nist for tne Democr a t i c National Com mittee. In a sense, Mrs. Kennedy and I are now colleagues and I wish to wel come her return to the fold. However, I hope that her non- salaried status doesn't start a new trend. The title of her column, which the committee is dis tributing on a weekly basis, is "Campaign Wife." This would make a fine title for a radio soap opera, but it has certain drawbacks as a column head ing. It means that in November she either will have to change the title or retire again. Writes Of Frustration In her first column, Mrs. Kennedy wrote of "How Frus trating It Is" to have to stay home and tend to her knitting while her husband is out cam paigning. At least I assume she has been knitting. The reason she can't join Selective Service Duties Outlined Portland-ICPD - The. director of Selective Service, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, said Tues day the calling up of men to fill draft quotes Is only about 10 per cent of his organiza tion's duties. Gen. Hershey said other du ties involved keeping track of Wi million standby reservists, encouraging young men to en list in branches of their choice, helping to see that col leges have students in speci alized fields such as engineer ing and medicine and keeping the public conscious of its ob ligation to keep the country strong. "We can't defend an indif ferent public," Hershey told a luncheon meeting attended by Gov. Mark Hatfield and Oregon Selective Service of ficials. He said the rate of rejection of men called up for examina tion continued to be high, about 30 per cent on the na tional average. This is at tributable in cart, he said, to higher standards adopted in 1958. Woman Achieves Altitude Record Los Angeles - (UPD - A wom an who has psssed tests as a candidate to become Ameri ca's first female astronaut flew Monday to a height of 37,010 feet-more than seven miles - In a twin-engined plane. The altitude was a record for planes in the 3,858 to 6,. 816-pound class. The previous record was 34,862 feet set earlier this yesr. Jerrie Cobb, 29. Okdahoma City, said her only discomfort during her hour and 49-mbv ute flight from Santa Monica Airport on an Aero Command er was cold feet. Miss Cobb made the flisht in connection with the Na tional Business Aircraft As sociation's annual convention. She said the flight had nothing to ao wttn her desire to be come eventually the. first woman in space. ' it Dick west But this week, on a tour which included hunors in the Soviet capital and in Red Chi na, he arrived tor a visit to Indonesia aboard a jet liner which the Russians thought fully had loaned him. Whether nationalist or Marxist, the bulk of Guinean trade has in the last two years swung almost entirely to the Communist bloc. Guinea has barter agree ments with the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslo vakia, Poland, Hungary and Communist China. Soviet ce ment goes into Guinean struc tures and highways. Hungar ian buses serve the capital of Conakry. Khrushchev is scheduled to visit Guinea this year. Intriguing to the Soviets is not only Toure's stature at home but in all of West Africa and his leadership in a move ment for a union of West Afri can states. her husband on the camnalirn trail is because she is expect ing her second child in De. cember. So, she said, "I de. cided one way to keep from feeling left out was to tallc through this column to the friendly people all over the country I would have met while campaigning." In her previous experience as a journalist, Mrs. Kennedy conducted an inquiring pho tographer column for the Washington Times - Herald. She went around taking pic. tures of truckdrivers and ask ing them questions like "What do you think of the new Paris fashions?" She Was Shy One of Mrs. Kennedy's former co-workers told me that she was rather shy in those days and seemed to find this sort of thing distasteful. On occasions, some of her male colleagues would lend her a hand. I might add that Mrs. Ken. nedy was, and is, a very at tractive brunette and I sus pect this made it easy to get volunteers. Subsequently, she got mar ried to the present Democratic presidential nominee and the Times-Herald merged with the Washington Post. But I sup. pose this was only coinciden tal. Last Monday, Mrs. Ken nedy invited some of her sister journalists in for tea and shop talk. The conversa tion naturally touched on the recent controversy over how much she and Mrs. Nixon spend for clothes. Mrs. Kennedy made it plain that she has no intention of engaging in a wardrobe feud with her Republican rival, and I sort of rezret this. It would have made good column material lor the both of us. Nixon Challenged By Senator Morse : Washington - IUPI) - S e n . Wayne Morse (D-Ore.X ! has challenged Vice President Richard M. Nixon to say whether he agrees with New York Gov. Nelson A. Rocke feller's criticism of the ad ministration - backed medical care plan for the aged. ..- Rockefeller has criticized the plan's means test pro vision and method of financ ing. He Indicated he would postpone New York participa tion In the federal-state pro gram until the next Dresiripnt couia make changes. Morse said Tuesday, "in view of the fact that ; . . Nixon and . . . Rockefeller are supposed to have agreed on a liberal legislative pro gram ior the Republican par ty, lt is only fair to ask . . . Nixon-if he is ready to make the same pledge for reform of the medical aid program for the aged that Gov. Rocke feller discussed . . ." Three Cars Damaged In Highway Crash Three cars sustained minor damage from a three-car col llsion yesterday on Crater Lake highway near Four Cor ncrs. A car driven by Alba Lloyd Wooton, 50, of 532 Plum St., Medford, attempted to pass a csr driven by William Hos. ken Hansen, 46, of route 4, box 371P, Medford, when the acicdent occurred state police said. As the Wooten car pull ed back behind the Hansen car, bumpers became lodged causing the rear end of the Hansen car to hit a car driven by Horace Lee Deston. 41, of route 1, box 283, Talent, in the north bound lane. Wooton was Informed that a complaint would be filed against him charging passing with insufficient clearance, police Mid.