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Phony Auto Accident Insurance Claims Being Investigated in State t '-jsa-a assaaal -I AMOS E. VOOHHIES , ' Funeral To Be Monday Amos Voorhiesr Dean of Oregon Publishers, Dies Grants Pass HUPB- Amos' E., Voorhies, 91, dean of Oregon newspaper publishers and president of the Courier Pub lishing' Co., died Thursday evening. Voorhies never regained consciousness after buffering a stroke Oct. 14. e had re mained active in newspaper work until he suffered the stroke, . . Voorhies purchased the now daily Grants Pass Courier 63 years ago when it was a struggling weekly, e also held television and radio interests in Southern Oregon. To Grants Pass in 189S Born on a farm near Green ville, Mich., in 1869, Voorhies went to Portland after gradu ating from high school and worked as a printing. appren tice.; In 1895 he came to Grants Pass as foreman on the weekly, Oregon Observer.-, He purchased the Rogue River Courier'' 63 'years ago. The paper became a daily in 1910, and changed its name to the Grants Pass Courier in 1919. Award Established is contributions jptgpa journalism resulted' 1ft" the es-. tablishment of a special award in his - riame,--whtch--is pre sented annually to the journal ist in Oregon contributing most to the profession in the state; 7 7.' He is survived by his wid ow, Lulu; a son, Earle E. Voor hies, a grandson, John E. Voorhies, and a great-granddaughter, Sandra Voorhies. .' Funeral services will be held here Monday at 10 a.m. at L. Bi all funeral home. SPRAGUE IMPROVES Salem - OIPD - Former Gov. Charles A. Sprague, who un derwent emergency surgery this week, was described in good condition today in Salem Memorial hospital. The 73-year-old editor and publisher of the Oregon Statesman had a good night Thursday night, attendants said. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to nisht and Saturday morning. A few lot patches durlnt early moraine hours. MosUy sunny and a little warmer In after noon. 'Low' tonljht 35. Wan Saturday 62-65. . Temp Highest Yesterday 53 Lowest This Mornlm Jl Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ...... .01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today ... 5:10 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 6:41 a.m. Moonset tomorrow .... 1:32 a.m. rull Moon (Hunter's Moon) -Nov. 1 The planet, Venus, tonlrht ap pears above the star, Antares. In a few weks the eastward movement of Venus on Its or bit around the Sun will brlns It near the planet, Jupiter. Compound 1080 Reported To Be Harmful To Man Compound 1080 used in predatory animal control here, is definitely lethal to all ani mals and should not be used for that purpose. Dr. B. J.' Gitzen, local veterinarian said today. A petition is being circu lated - by area sportsmen against placing any more poi son bait stations containing 1080 in Jackson county, Dr. Gitzen said. Many of the coun ty's veterinarians, also, have already signed it, he said. Compound 1080 will kill a man if he happens to get it on a scratch on his hand, Dr. Gitzen said. It's made of the same chemical compound used for a nerve gas developed by the United States during World War II. but never used. , It was reported that two years ago in Klamath Falls an autopsy on some pigs showed that they had eaten a dead deer which had eaten something containing Com pound 1080. "The saying is that the poison will go down through nine generations of cougars without changing iU com- Federal, Stale, j Bar Officials Conduct Probe Fraudulent Ring Said in Evidence Portland-OIPD-The president of the Oregon Bar. Associa tion disclosed today that fed eral, state and bar officials have been conducting for sev eral months an investigation into possible phony auto ac cidents and fraudulent dam age claims, i' "There is some evidence that such a fraudulent scheme has existed," Dean Bryson, president of the bar, said. The case was reported to be before . a ' federal grand jury.- ' ' i A select team of city, coun ty and state police, members of the bar, postal inspectors and .the FBI' have been in vestigating the case. A police investigator said evidencebe ing presented before the fed eral grand jury might require another month. , ; Statement Given ' ' ' Bryson said: "The Oregon State Bar has been asked con cerning a rumor that an am bulance chasing scheme and phony auto accident ring is being probed by various fed eral agencies, the city and county police and the Oregon Bar. The allegations are that Oregon attorneys,- physicians and surgeons and local people are involved. ' "The fact is that such an investigation has been and now is being conducted on all reported violations. There is some evidence that such a fraudulent scheme has exist ed." - s i Pledge Received - He said the, bar "has con ducted investigations concern ing five attorneys and a few others are under investiga tion." He added "the attorneys charged with unprofessional conduct are of course inno cent until proven guilty of at least one of th charges." Investigators said they had asked for and received a pledge from several reporters from the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian. to write, noth ing about theprobe earlier so as hot fo "possibly ' hamper the case;-!;;:': r 7l '!;'.' j One reporter said the accident-insurance claims racket may have involved . "more than $250,000 oyer a period of years." : ' j j President To Plug Nixon Candidacy Washington (I1PB Presl Hunt F.ispnhower- tfoes on na tionwide television tonight to make his first major cam paign speech on behalf of r,np residential .: nominee Richard M. Nixon. : The Chief Executive was scheduled to speak from Fhll- nslnKla uhero hp will dellV- auii , er the address before an esti mated 1,200 persons at din" ner sponsored by the Pennsyl v a n i a Nlxon-for - President committee. . p r e s i d e nt Eisenhower's speech for Vice President Richard Nixon's candidacy will be seen on KBES-TV at 10 o'clock tonight. Negotiations for TV Debate CoJapse With Kennedy In Pennsyl vania -(UPU- Negotiations for a fifth television debate be tween Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon collapsed in a "no agreement" stalemate today. pound and kill every one of them," Dr. Gitzen said. "It's difficult to tell the difference between Compound 1080 and strychnine. We have a good antidote for strychnine, but I don't know any for 1080." Veterinarians recommend use of strychnine for poison baits, since an animal or per son who mistakenly eats it might be saved if caught in time, the veterinarian said. He said ' a dog had been brought to the. Gitzen clinic from Prospect and had been saved from strychnine poison ing. G. M. Patterson, supervisor of rodent and predatory ani mal control for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for south west Oregon, will explain his poison bait program at 8 o'clock tonight in the county court room to sportsmen, live- stockmen and the general public. During a meeting last Fri day Patterson told a group in the county court room, con sisting mostly of stockmen that the poison bait program was carefully operated and is not dangerous to humans. Twfc 7 - ftrrasted .as Russian .' J. A 1. , lit - i i i r -Maii illliaail riTi ') II iinm "1 ACCEPTS GIFT Sen. Frank Carlson, cen ter) Republican from Kansas, was presented a gift from Gov. Mark O. Hatfield by Ore gon Committeeman Lowell Paget (right) this morning prior, to a coffee hour in his Nixon's Experience Cited by Carlson At Coffee Session "If there was any time when Republicans had quali fied candidates for president and vice president, it is now," Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.) said this morning during a coffee hour at the Medford hotel. Carlson cited Richard Nix on's experience as vice presi dent and the many contacts he has made in foreign coun tries during his travelr He mentioned that Henry Cabot Lodge's dealings in the Unit- Spending Among Topics of Debate -By Porter, Durno Eugene IUPII Rep. Charles O. Porter and State Sen. Ed win Durno (R-Medford), rival candidates for Congress in Oregon's 4th district, clashed over foreign policy, domestic issues and campaign spending in a live television debate over KVAL-TV here. Thurs day night. Porter, the Democratic in cumbent, said Durno opposes federal aid to education and medical care for the aged under social security. Favors Assistance Durno said he favors assist ance to the aged, starting with the time they retire, with snerial emDhasis on edu cation, recreation, vocational therapy and then meaication, If it Kppnmps nppessarv. He said the Forand Bill for Medi care would have been a "death bed dole. Durno said he favored fed pml alH tn higher 'education to speed assistance in social and scientific endeavors, ne added, however, that he 1H resist anv federal aid on elementary and secondary levels which threatens nome rule. Fund Questioned Porter questioned the size of Durno's campaign fund and said Durno was spending three times more than he was on television advertising. Por ter asked his Republican ri cal where he got his cam paign funds. Durno accused Porter of using his oCngressional mail ing privileges to distribute campaign literature. Porter denied Durno's statement tht he has $50,000 for his campaign. Should Change Policy Porter also said he favors massive' recreational devel opments such as a Dunes Na tional ' Seashore and lavors the re-establishment of Am prlnan moral orestifze in the world. The congressman also said the United States should change its policy toward the treatment of dictators. Durno charged that Porter s nnnaralleled follies" in for eign affairs "are paralleled only by his futility in domes tic affairs." CAR IDENTIFIED Eugene fUPD State police identified a car which was found submerged Thursday in the swift waters of the Wil lamette river near Jasper as one belonging to Irvin Gail Craiein. 23. Jasper, missing since Tuesday night. No trace of Craigin has been found honor at the Medford hotel. Among those present at the presentation was Joe Walsh, (left) Jackson County Republican Central committee chairman. ed Nations on international problems particularly quali fies him. A 'recording of the talk given today by Congress man Chet Holifield (D Calif,), at a luncheon at the Medford , hotel will be broadcast at 7:05 o'clock tonight over radio station KMED. - - Included in the tape will be an introduction of the congressman by Congress man Charles O. Porter, Democratic candidate from the fourth district. Hoji field was in southern Ore gon today campaigning in ; Porter's behalf. .The Canifornia congress man arrived in Medford about 12:30 o'clock this af ternoon at the Medford air port. He was met by Porter and other Jackson .county Democratic officials. John F. Kennedy doesn't have the background or expe rience of either Nixon or Lodge, Carlson added. "International problems are more important than domestic issues,' the speaker, contin ued, "because our internation al policies will determine what our domestic policies will be." In speaking of the Cuban situation, Carlson said that it probably will be worked out, but will take a lot of patience on the part of the United States. He said that the U.S. must be firm in dealings with Cuba. U.S. Misunderstood The United States is misun derstood in many foreign countries, the senator contin ued, due to the vast amount of propaganda put out by the Russians. He said that the United States must also in crease its use of propaganda, and commented that Presi dent Dwight Eisenhower has asked for millions of dollars for this purpose, but the Dem o c r a t i c congress wouldn't give it to him. ' ( Senator Carlson arrived in Medford Thursday evening and spoke in Grants Pass. Fol lowing a breakfast there this morning he drove to Medford. He attended a luncheon at the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland at noon. Between 20 and 30 persons attended the coffee hour this morning. Traveling with the senator while he is in Oregon were three state Republican offi cials. He is scheduled to speak in Klamath Falls tonight and will return to Kansas Satur day. 4-H Fair Building Again Broken Into Vandals broke in to the Jackson county 4-H building for the fourth time in as many nights last night. Nothing was reported stolen, but as in the three previous break-ins a considerable mess was made on the inside of the building. Police suspect that juven iles are responsible for the break-ins. Entry to the build ing all four nights has been made through broken win dows. In Wednesday night's break in, numerous papers and food stuffs were thrown around the building and some minor dam age was done to a stove and other appliances in the build ings kitchen. y ' Saturday Parade Among Activities At SOC Event Ashland A parade start ing at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow will be one of the highlights of Southern Oregon college's homecoming activities. Main event in the homecoming ac tivities will be tomorrow aft ernoon when the Red Raiders meet the Eastern Oregon col lege Mounties in a football game at Fuller field. Scheduled today in connec tion with homecoming are a variety show, which also will be. repeated tomorrow, and a bonfire and rally at the north end of Fuller field, fol lowing the variety show at 8 o'clock tonight in the Britt ballroom. . i. The show is. also scheduled at 'noon tomorrow. i 'David '. Maxwell, ' co-chair man of the parade committee, said 15 floats have indicated they plan to enter the parade. Also featured in the parade will be bands from Southern Oregon college, Crater High school in Central Point, Phoe nix High school, and Talent Junior High school. Joan Houston, homecoming queen, will be introduced at the bonfire and rally tonight, along with members of her court, Marilyn Mooney, Syl via Yell, Pearl Hasegawa and Sally Groves. , The Queen and her court also will participate in half time ceremonies. . After the game, alumni are invited to a tea sponsored by Sigma Epsilon Pi. New resi dence halls will be open for public viewing between 4 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Climaxing the "Big Pow Wow" will be a dance in the Britt ballroom starting at 9:30 p.m. Saturday with mu sic provided by the Corsairs, a four-piece band. . , Bulletin Missoula, Mont. -flJIMU A Northwest Orient Airlines four-engine DC4 crashed into a mountainside 22 miles west of here', today, killing all 12 aboard. The flight originated at Port land, Ore., and its destina tion was Minneapolis, Minn. "Faster, t "" " .LJl 1 j4mw " N v v 7 it A a , ,a jt I i HOLIFIELD ARRIVES Congressman Chet Congressman Charles O. Porter, who is seck- Holifield, (D-California), right, arrived in ing reelection in the fourth congressional Medford about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon district. Representative Holifield is cam- for a speaking engagement at the Medford paigning in southern Oregon in behalf of hotel. He was greeted at the airport by Porter. Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Awards Presented At ATUF Ashland - About 80 people attended the Ashland-Talent United Fund victory award banquet last night at the Mark Antony hotel here. Dr. John Bradshaw, fund chairman, informed the gath ering that $22,688 has been contributed by area busi nesses an private citizens, put ting the fund well over its goal for this year. . G. R. (Spike) Durham, ex ecutive director of the Ore gon United Appeal, congratu lated ATUF workers for be ing the, first in the West and I second in the nation to reach their goal. The drive started Arson Case Being Probed by Police Ashland - Oregon state po lice are continuing their in vestigation of an attempted arson at the John C. Cotton Mill, Ashland, about mid night Wednesday. Charles L. Gettling, night watchman at the mill, told police that he saw a person run to . a small pile of scrap lumber and then run back to his vehicle. He attempted to stop the person, and fired six shots at the- rear of the vehicle. He told officers that a fire had been started in the scrap pile which he extinguished. The scraps were reported to have smelled of kerosene. The scrap pile, was about 100 feet from a shed which housed equipment for the mill and was across the road from the mill. ' ' ' ' The same night a small riot between upper and lower classmen at Southern Oregon college resulted in the light ing of the pile of wood scraps which had been collected at the campus for the Homecom ing bonfire. State police said that there is a possibility the two Incidents are related. Dammit!" Banquet Sept. 26 and concluded Sept. 30. . .-, , : Durham said the ATUF has set an example for the nation and community to follow. He praised all fund workers for "a job well done." "The United Fund is great because it is a program help- ing . demonstrated human needs," Durham said He called on the ATUF to keep the donors informed on what their contributions are accomplishing. -; Bradshaw gave special' thanks to fund executives, di vision chairmen, various com mittees which contributed special services and publicity media. . , , . , Plaques for' recognition of special services rendered went to Dom Provost Jr., as sistant drive chairman and Bradshaw, drive chairman. Mrs. Faith McCullough and Paul Antonv.. camrjniffn nrn. motion chairmen, also " re ceived special plaques. , Special : thanks of ATUF members went to Howard Wi ley, fund president. C. M. Lit- wilier, vice president, Floyd Hoadley, treasurer and Mrs, R. G. Tabor, executive secre tary. ; . - j Special awards were also presented to the following di vision chairmen: Jack Weaver, Hugh McKee ver, Jay Dent, Ron Maxwell, Lowell and Carol Anderson. Phil Selby, Roland Chase, Clint Lorber, Dr. W, W. Wel ter, Bill Patton, Frank Davis and Clyde E. Smith. News media also received awards. Awards also went to businesses and organizations with at least five emnlovees. who pledged 80 and 100 per cent of their full quota. First, second, third and fourth time awards were given. . Sardine Creek Woman Asks Bail Poison bait stations were requested for the Sardine Creek area today -bv Mrs. George Smith, of Sardine Creek, County Commissioner Ralph James said Mrs. Smith reported by phone that she has lost eight lambs in one week and out of the flock has been able to save only 21 lambs from coyotes. "The coyotes are coming down into the fields and yards around Sardine Creek," Mrs. Smith said. "I looked out my window yesterday when I heard our dog barking and saw a large coyote standing in the center of our back yard," Mrs. Smith suid. Local Liquor Outlets Involved in Hearings . Portland -(UPI)- The Oregon Liquor Control Commission will meet here Nov. 23 to con sider possible action Involving 10 liquor-by-the-drink outlets in connection with a contested OLCC rule on minimum food sales, an OLCC official said today. George Van Berge, OLCC administrator, said hearings involved three locations each in Medford and Portland and one each in Coquillc, Astoria, Eugene and The Dalles. Price 10 Cents Tribune 28, 1960 No. 190 Five MHS Juniors In AFS Program Named Finalists Five Medford High school Juniors have been named as local finalists for the Ameri' can Field service summer ex change program, according to Mrs. R. E. Mencke, local RFS president. Chosen were JoAnn John son, Marsha ; Watson, John Alansky, Jim Henson, and David Irving.; ' "..Selections w e r e ? m a d'fr through Interviews held at the high school last week by both school and AFS ptficials. Fi nalists will now file addition al forms with the AFS head quarters In New York City. ; In making the announce ment today; Mrs. Mencke said 10 students applied for the program which sends Ameri can High school juniors into foreign countries during the summer months.' The students live with native families and tour areas abroad. Final decision of those mak ing the summer trip and spe cific county assignments are made by the AFS New York office, the local president con-' tinued, In past years at least one MHS student has been se lected to participate, although any number may be accepted. Announcement of those cho sen is made tn late spring. Members of the Interview ing committee here Included Mrs.H D. Christcnsen, area chairman; Mrs. Robert Sleet er, summer program director; Mrs. P. G, Humphreys, mem ber for homes; DeAnne Tay lor, 1060 summer exchange student; Mike Phillips, MHS student body president; and Mrs. Mencke -Also assisting were Mrs. Grace Berg and Alex McDonald, high school deans. Miss Taylor spoke to over 40 high school students at an assembly earlier in the month to familiarize prospective ap plicants with the program. Re quirements to compote in cluded citizenship, a foreign language background, being a high, school Junior, and an adequate scholastic record. Los Angeles-IUPII-Jurors de liberating the Finch-Tregoff murder retrial indicated today they may be near a decision when they asked to hear spe cific excerpts of the case. Musa, Hatfield's Aide Clash on Income Tax Bill Salem - IUPII - State Sen. Ben Musa, (D-The Dalles), and the governor's office clashed today over responsibility for a 1059 bill to raise income taxes now a dead horse be cause the state has a surplus. The bill came out of the legislature at the end of the session and was signed by the governor. It is designed to raise $12 million but was re ferred by a citizens commit tee and will be on the Nov. 8 election ballot where it Is ex pected to be defeated. In a telegram to Gov. Mark Hatfield, Musa said he is "amazed at your assertion that 1059 revenue measure was product of Democratic Spies Soviet Official, German Charged With Espionage Data Sought To . Pinpoint Targets New York -(UPD- A Russian U.N. secretariat official and a German - born illustrator were held today in $50,000 bail each on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. , The two allegedly sought military information for use in picking bombing targets. Igor Yaakovlevich Melekli, 47, who was in charge of translating U.N. documents in the Russian language, and Willie Hlrsch, 52, were ar rested swiftly and suddenly Thursday night on a federal indictment charging they con spired with a former Russian U.N. official to obtain aerial photographs and a map of military installations around Chicago. To Pinpoint Targets The FBI said Melekh indi cated the information was to be used to pinpoint bombing targets. Melekh was seized in his West Side apartment in tha middle of a birthday party for his 6-year-old son, Mikhail. Hirsch, who came to this coun try as a youth but was never naturalized, was arrested in his Greenwich Village apart ment. Neighbors said that only a few minutes before tha FBI agents arrived, Hirsch's wife and young stepdaughter had been out taking a walk. Asked To Leave . The other Russian left this country at the request of the United States after his con tact with the United Nations ran. out in March, 1959. Ha was Kirill S.. Doronkin, for mer film' editor of the U.N. secretariat's radio and visual division,., qf ; public informa tion. In; Janjaary, 1959, the U.S. missions to- the United Nations asked the secretary general to fire him for his ac tivities in obtaining aerial photographs of the Chicago area,' . : i ! - .: -" Doronkin was named a co conspirator but not a, defen dant in the Indictment handed up : Thursday by a federal grand Jury in Chicago. Melekh was the 23rd Rus sian to be named a spy by tha United States. . ... Safe Burglarized In Medford Tavern An undetermined amount o money was taken in a safa burglary at the Hi-Way tav ern, 12 North Riverside ave., early this morning, according to Medford police. Police said the safe was peeled and it was probably the Job of an experienced safa cracker. The burglary was re ported by Blanche Evilistine Darby ,an employee at tha establishment. She told police that the burglay had to have taken place between 4:30 a.m., when a cleaning, lady left and 5:50 a.m.,. when she arrived for work. Entry to the building was gained through a skylight, po lice said. The burglar or burglars apparently broka into the Klocker Printery building next to the tavern, went to the roof of the build ing and then broke through a skylight on the roof of tha tavern. . .. -, Wadsworth Sick; Meeting Posptponed United aNtions, N.Y. -IliPll-U.S. Ambassador James J, Wadsworth was confined to bed by illness today, forcing postponement of a scheduled meeting with Soviet Ambassa dor Valerian A. Zorin to seele a way out of the East-West disarmament deadlock. legislature. Why don't vou stick to the rugged honesty you boast so much about and advise the people that your state tax commission advised the legislators if they did not increase the tax take Oregon would have an $11 million general fund deficit?" Musa said If Hatfield "knew all along" there would be a $30 million surplus, "why didn't you veto the bill Ilka you did our board of tax ap peals ami" Hatfield is campaigning for? thelGOP today In Michigan but -the telegram brought a quick retort from Warna Nunn, Hatfield's executive assistant. ' v i A
