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United Pres. International Full Leased Wire
Section A 52 PAGES
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1960
No. 191
United Pres. International rull Leased Wire '
Court Hears Debate
On Poison Proposal
The Jackson county court
heard more than two hours of
arguments and explanations
of the proposed Compound
1080 coyote poisoning pro-
gram Friday night, but made
no decision.
County Judge Earl Miller
Indicated this would be made
later.
Riley Patterson, Roseburg,
U.S. fish and wildlife service,
said he proposed to set out at
least eight, and not more than
12, coyote poison stations
roughly in the Lake Creek
area toward the head of Salt
Creek. These would be well
advertised, posted and care
fully controlled, he said..
Of about 50 people attend
ing the public meeting in the
courthouse auditorium, .only
two men, John Walsh, Lake
Creek, and John Niedermey
er, Medford, argued for the
poison bait. -.
Many Oppose Program
A number of others, led by
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Marshall,
opposed the program. Mrs.
Marshall presented the coun
ty court with 18 petitions with
849, signatures of Jackson
county property owners or
registered voters, opposing
the program.
" After a volley of. accusa
tion by Marshall,' Patterson
said he was not talking about
pure poison when he said a
child could not eat enough to
kill it. He explained he was
referring . to the . poisoned
meat. ... v;- "' ' " ' .-,
"We figure 1 610 ounces in
a carcass to kill a coyote," the
predatory animal and rodent
control man said. "It is toxic.
Compound 1080 is particular
ly effective on, the canine fam
ily. If birds get enough of it
It will kill them. However,
laboratory experiments did
not have much success In kill
ing birds. The victim can be
poisonous to another animal
if it has enough of the poison
In it," he added.- V
'Not Democratic'
Marshall said, "It Is riot
democratic to put out the poi
son bait stations when less
than 300 ranchers and farm
ers want the program. The
remaining 73,000 some peo
ple in Jackson county do not,"
he argued.
A sharp interchange follow
ed between. Marshall and
County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt when the commis
sioner asked, "Have you any
basis for the statement that
the other 73,000 citizens do
not want the poison bait pro
gram?" . Miller said the meeting was
called to inform the people of
the poison bait station pro
gram. "I resent Mr. Marshall's
statement that the county
court is not informed on what
we're doing!"
"I have not denied some
ranchers have a coyote prob
lem," Marshall said. "I be
lieve we could get 5,000 sig
natures on petitions to put
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and mild
through Monday. Hlfh today
67. Low tonight near 45. High
Monday 60.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 67
Lowest This Morning .. 45
precipitation none.
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today -....5:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:44 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow . 3:36 a.m.
Orfon. the constellation of
brighter stars, now arises be
fore midnight. In the southeast
at 12:48 a.m.
Orion will be high In the south
at moonset.
LJT
Lit r- s
SHIP TIPS A 7,500-ton freighter tipped accident occurred while the drydock was
at a 45 degree angle while in drydock at being pumped out. No one was injured.
Baltimore, Md., and did extensive damage . , .
to the drydock and pier installations. The (UPI Telephoto)
V
two more trappers in here in
lieu of the poison program.
(Kirby Tant, Brownsville, is
the only government trapper
in the county now.) We could
get three trappers if needed,"
he said.
Waving a telegram in his
fist, Marshall said it . was
from the physicians' consult
ing service of the department
University of Oregon of toxi
cology, medical school, stating
that 1080 in acutely poison
ous,, and has caused some ac
cidental deaths.
... (Continued on Page A2)
St. Mary's Girl
Wins Top Window
Painting Prize
Winners were announced
Saturday in the Halloween
window painting contest for
Medford children sponsored
by the city of Medford parks
and recreation department.
Shawn Caperna, 11, of St.
Mary's school was awarded
the first grand prize in the
contest which ended Satur
day. Shawn was awarded a
Schwinn bicycle for her paint
ing appearing in the window
of Leon's,' Medford women's
clothing store at 21 Central
ave.
Second grand prize went
to Rheanna McCormack, 12,
of Hedrick Junior High
school, for her painting in the
window of Weisfield's jewel
ry store at 122 Main. She
won a three-speed record
player.
Division Winners
First, second and third place
winners in the 11-year-old
and under division were the
following: f
Richard Dickson. 7, , of
Washington school, Safeway
food store Window; David
McEachron and Stanley Hor
tbn, " both 11, of Roosevelt
school, Dempster's furniture
window; and Jon Fappas and
Roger Butterfield,, both 7, of
Roosevelt school, Colorama
paint store window.
The first three winners in
the 12-14 - year - old division
were as follows:
Kathy LaTour, 8, of Roose
velt school, and Richard La
Tour, 12, of Hedrick Junior
High school, Western Thrift
window; Jane Zier, 14, Shar-
leen Geise, 13, and Patsy Rit-
terspach, 14, all of Hedrick
Junior High school, New
berry's window; Susan Caper
na, 13, of St. Mary s school,
Barker's window.
Tax Money Allocated
To School Districts
County Treasurer Karl Jan-
ouch said Friday he has dis
tributed the first installment
in property taxes to Jackson
county school districts. Total
is $170,971.77.
This is the money received
from the new property, taxes,
Janouch explained.
Districts and amounts allo
cated are $88,977.36 for
Medford school district; $13,-
586.97 for Phoenix; $18,-
818.18 for Ashland; $24,082
for District 6C, $12,990.03 for
Eagle Point, $4,367.54 for
Rogue River, $1,379.04 . for;
Applegate, $1,364.18 for Ev
ans Valley, $1,568.73 for Ea
gle Point, and $251,78 for
Pinehurst.
mtt-J. a I
C of C Requests
City Acceptance
Of State Offers
Freeway Construction
Hinges on Settlement
The Medford Chamber of
Commerce board of directors
at a special meeting Friday
endorsed a report . from its
highway committee to stimu
late a settlement between the
city and the state highway
commission concerning the
Highway 99 freeway through
Medford.
The highway committee
noted that the city and state
highway commission have dif
fcred on two proposals con-
cerning the freeway. The
board directed a resolution to
Medford Mayor John W. Sni
der and the city council en
couraging action.
The suggestions by the
chamber committee are:
1. To accept the $15,000
offered by the state for fill
dirt and gravel to come' from
a small ridge near the airport
with the contractors to sign
an agreement to level the area
and leave it in a smooth, good
looking condition. This, the
committee believed, would ac
tually improve the property.
Possible Park Value
The city council at their
last meeting elected to further
consider the proposal to de
termine whether or not the
airport property might have
some value as a park site and
if so to claim possible dam
ages from the state for use
of the property.
2. To accept the state high
way commission's offer of ap
proximately $160,000 for the
right of way from Jackson St.,
through to 12th St., so design
ing of the bridge by the com
mission might proceed imme
diately. ....
The city-owned property be
tween Jackson and 12th st,
needed for the freeway, con
sists mainly of 4.6 acres of
Hawthorne park property.
The city and state have been
negotiating a price on this
property for months.
Worked Hard .. . .. -The
committee said it has
worked hard with the high
way commission to step-up the
starting date of construction
of the freeway through Med
ford, thus hastening its com
pletion by an estimated two
years.
If the city is not able to
work out these problems with
the commission by Nov. 1,
the committee said, this area
stands to lose the two-year
advantage the committee has
secured.
Another reason for reach
ing its conclusion, the com
mittee said, is from the stand
point of the valley economy.
The committee feels every ad
vantage should' be taken now
to secure these large construc
tion projects at the earliest
possible time. Many people
will be employed and the
funds allocated would be a
boon to the economy during
the winter of 1960-61.
Contractor Announces
Stewart Ave. Closure
W. H. Conrad, Medford con
tractor,- announced Friday
that Stewart ave. between
Riverside ave. and its Inter
section with Barnett rd. at
the Jackson county shops will
be closed to all traffic Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Conrad is contractor for in
stalling a sewer in the area,
and Stewart ave will be
closed the three days because
of sewer installation.
Many lis
OLD DAM GONE Construction crews of the R. A.
Heintz Construction company, Portland, are-shown above
as they near the top of the old Emigrant dam. The con
crete dam, which serves as a core for the new earth-fill
Marchers Protest
Church Voting Ban
In Puerto Rico
' San Juan, Puerto Rico - (UPI)
- Four hundred demonstra
tors, carrying- black flags,
Saturday marched in silence
past San Juan cathedral to
protest a ban by the Island's
Roman Catholic bishops
against voting for the Popu
lar Democratic- party.
In two pastoral letters, the
bishops have prohibited mem
bers of their dioceses Jrom
supporting Gov. Luis Munoz
Marin and the other Popular
Democrats.
Msgr. Victor M. Nazario,
chancellor of the Ponce dio
cese,: reinforced the letters
Friday night with a warning
that "every Catholic . . . who
supports publicly the Popular
Democratic platform or its
contents not only commits a
mortal sin but could be ex
communicated, according to
Catholic canon law."
The march of silence was
led by two university profes
sors. It went off without inci
dent, moving swiftly in two
files through the old, narrow
streets around the cathedral.
A loudspeaker car stressed
that the march was "non
political." San Juan's woman mayor,
Dona Felisa Rincon de Gau-
tier, declaring she is a devout
Catholic, said yesterday that
the bishops action had plung
ed the church "completely
into politics." . .
Oregonians Among
Plane Crash Victims
Missoula, Mont. - (UPI) -
Twelve persons were kllled
tncluding two Oregonians and
thref former Oregon residents
- Friday when a Northwest
Airlines DC-4 spiraled out of
control and crashed "belly-
up" into a mountainside 22
miles northwest of here.
Killed In the crash were Jo
seph D. Denton, 57, Portland,
and Robert E. Leonard, 37,
Salem. Former Oregonians
killed in the crash were Mrs.
Betty Hurl, and her son, John
15, formerly of McMinnvllle,
and one-time Newport resi
dent Ethel Marie De Freese.
Miss De Freese was the
stewardess of the plane which
was en route to Minneapolis.
The four-engined plane orig
inated from Portland and was
23 minutes out of Missoula
before it crashed. .
Washington - (UPD - Fidel
Castro's government has is
sued an order banning flights
within 30 miles of the north
coast of Cuba's westernmost
province of Pinad Del Rio and
warned It may force down
any plane crossing the "for
bidden zone,"
Ma rines Ta ke Leave
uantanamo Base
Havana - (UPD - U.S. Ma-:
rines, 1,450 strong, landed at
Guantanamo Saturday for a
weekend of shore leave,
Shortly afterwards Fidel Cas
tro charged that because of
the "vile ambitions" of the
U.S.. presidential candidates
Cuba was in imminent danger
of invasion.
He denounced Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon and
Sen. John F. Kennedy as "two
dopes."
, A fresh wave of anti-American
feeling swept the island
as the Castro-controlled press
accused the United States of
taking "the first step to arm
ed invasion" by. letting the
marines spend a week end at
the U. S. Naval base in east
ern Cuba. Castro himself did
not refer to the marines.
Neither did Castro mention
the Cuban "Q" Airways plane
which was flying from, Ha
vana to the Isle of Pines yes
terday when the passengers
jumped Cuban guards and
forced the pilot to fly to Key
West, Fla.
At Santiago, possessions of
expelled American Texas Oil
company officials were seized
and passed out to peasants.
Ike Plans Another
Television Speech
. Washington (UPI) Presi
dent Eisenhower, hoping to
capitalize on what the White
House said was a "very good"
reaction to Friday night's TV
appeal for the Republicans,
prepared another -campaign
appearance for next week.
The President made a tele
vision tape recording for a
broadcast to be given (on CBS
at 8 p.m. e.s.t.) Tuesday on
behalf of Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon. Eisenhower
will introduce Treasury Sec
retary Robert B. Anderson,
who will give the main ad
dress. '
Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said the reaction to
Eisenhower's speech Friday
night at Philadelphia - in
which the President sharply
attacked Democratic nominee
John F. Kennedy - has been
"very good" so far.
Leopoldville, The Congo -(UPD
- United Nations officials
put Associated Press Corres
pondent Michael Goldsmith
under Its protection Saturday
after Congolese military po
lice tried to force him out of
his hotel and out of The Con
go on orders of strongman
Col. Joseph Mobutu.
Portland, Ore. - (UPD -James
E. Dicey, 55, vice president
of the international Wood
workers of America, AFL
CIO, died in his sleep here
early Saturday morning.
lir Ohio Plane Ctash
dam, is now completely covered. A bureau of reclamation
project, the aam will increase tne size of Emigrant lake
for irrigation and recreation purposes.
. (Whitland Locke Photo)
The leftward drift contin
ued with disclosure by in
formed sources that four big
Communist Czech airliners
had arrived to start a Havana-
Prague air service. .
: The marines, taking a break
after i Caribbean maneuvers
on Vieques island off Puerto
Rico, landed at Guantanamo
without incident from the for
mer aircraft carrier. Boxer. ,
Cuban newspapers were
filled with reports of the ma
rine arrival, ignoring the fact
the leathernecks were to de
part again tomorrow and in
any event were confined to
the limits of Guantanamo
base.
County To Raise
Dog License Fees
The county court plans to
sign an order this week rais
ing the dog license fees, Coun
ty Judge Earl Miller said Sat
urday. .
Fees for males and spayed
females will be raised from
$1.50 to $2, effective Jan. 1,
Miller explained. No change
will be made in the $3 fee for
unspayed females, he added,
since this is the limit set by
state law.
A 25' cent fee will be
charged for lost dog tags.
Chris Hagler, Jackson coun
ty dog control officer, said
that the added fees should
bring in $4,000 revenue which
will be used to meet current
expenses. "Now we're spend
ing more than we are taking
in," he added.
Two months ago Herbert
Bus Lane and Dennis Hagler
were hired as full time as
sistants to the dog control of
ficer. Before that Hagler had
one part-time and one full
time man helping him. ,
FOOTBALL SCORES
COLLEGE
SOC 47. Eastern Oregon 0
California 14, OSU 8
Washington 7, Oregon 8
USC 21. Stanford 6
Colorado 7, Oklahoma 0
Wyoming 17, Utah 7
Montana 26, Colorado St, 14
Rica 30, Texas Tech 8
Texas If, SMU 7
TCU 14. Baylor 8
Iowa 21, Kansas 7
Northwestern 21, Indiana 3
Ohio St. 21. Mich. St. 10
Illionit 14, Purdue 12
Minnesota 48, Kansas St, 7
Wiiconsin .16, Michigan 13
Army 30, Miami (Ohio) 7
Pittsburgh 10. Syracuse 0
Navy 14, Notre Dame 7
Mississippi B. LSU 8 (tie)
Duke 6. Georgia Tech 0
Auburn 10. Florida 7
Mitiourl 28, Nebraska 0
UCLA 7, No. Carolina St. 0
Cuban Passengers
Hijack Airliner;
Seek U.S. Asylum
Key West, Fla - (UPD - Eight
passengers and the co-pilot on
a Cuban- airliner bound for
the Isle of Pines killed an
army guard in an aerial gun
battle Saturday and forced
the wounded pilot to fly them
to political asylum here.
The guard, one of those the
Fidel Castro regime has sta
tioned aboard all Cuban air
liners to prevent such hijack
ing, was killed by a burst
from his own tommygun. The
pilot, co-pilot and a 14-year-old
boy passenger were
wounded.
There were 38 persons
aboard the twin-engine, DCS,
three crew members, the
guard, and 34 passengers
when it took off from Havana.
Lands Safely
The pilot, Candclario Dcl
gado, his right arm shattered
by a bullet just above the el
bow, landed the plane safely.
It bounced drunkenly down
the runway and ran off the
end of the airstrip but remain
ed upright and undamaged.
Edward P. Ahrens, District
U.S. Immigration supervisor
at Miami, said . only nine
aboard including co-pilot Ga
briel Carasco, were Involved
in the hijack. He said these
nine requested political asy
lum. "Two who were not Involv
ed but are glad to be here also
want to stay," he said.
Ahrens said the remain
der, 28 persons, planned to
return with the airplane to
Cuba. , ...
Russia Charges U.S.
With 'Provocation'
Moscow - (UPD - The Soviet
newspaper Izvestla Saturday
charged that the arrest in
New York, on espionage
charges of a Soviet U.N. of
ficial was a "provocation."
Observers expected the Rus
sians to retaliate.
Igor Y. Molckh, chief of the
Russian language section at
the U.N. office of conference
services nid one of the high
est - ranking Soviet members
of the U.N. 1 n t e r national
staff, was arrested Thursday
on charges of attempting to
get aerial photographs of Chi
cago. Previous arrests or expul
sions of Soviet diplomats
from the United States have
led to reprisals against Amer
ican embassy staff members
here. U.S. Air Attache Col.
Edwin Kirton and Economics
Attachee George Winters
were expelled recently after
the ouster of Soviet diplomaUOverbatlm recording of the de-
by tha U.S. government.
Members of Football
Team Are Among Dead
Toledo, Ohio - (UPD - A char
tered airliner carrying the
California Polytechnic college
football team of San Luis
Obispo, Calif., crashed as it
lifted off the runway here
last night. An undetermined
number of persons were kill
ed. The Ohio highway patrol
first reported that 30 persons
were killed and 17 were in
jured. A deputy sheriff at
the scene radioed that 17 per
sons were killed. A newsman
at the airport put the number
at 20.
The plane carried a party
of 44 persons and three crew
members when it left Santa
Maria, Calif. Thursday to fly
for a game with Bowling
Green State university. An
County To Start
A Record Survey
On Timber Cuts
A survey of records on al
lowable timber cuts in Rogue
River, Siskiyou and Umpqua
National forests will be start
ed soon, according to County
Commissioner Chester Wendt.
Wendt is chairman of a
committee from five south
western Oregon counties au
thorizing and financing the
survey.
Members are Fred W. Flynn,
Curry county; Elmer R. Metz-
ger, Douglas county; B. E,
Davidson, Josephine county;
Wendt, Jackson county; and
E. W, Gowen, Klamath coun
ty.. ' ..-r .
Deadline Sat
:; Wendt said the committee
plans to meet with forestry
consultants Mason, Bruce and
Girard, Portland, Nov. 14. The
survey will be completed not
later than May 1, 1961, the
county commissioner said.
Request for the survey was
made by Western Forest In
dustries association to which
a number of local lumber com
panies belong.
'(Purpose of the survey is
to determine if all ripe timber
is being cut under the present
allowable cut p r o g r a m,"
Wendt said. ''If It Is not, the
committee can merely recom
mend that a larger cut be
made."
Wendt explained that the
forestry consultants were se
lected after interviewing nine
firms which replied to the
dozen letters mailed'' follow
ing a series of meetings.
Wendt said there is no. way
to estimate the cost, but a
budget of $8,000 has been set
up for the program.
Police Nab Suspect
In Vancouver Hotel
Vancouver - IUPD - Interna
tional fugitive Joseph Corbett
Jr. surrendered without a
fight in a hotel room here Sat
urday when a policeman push
ed a pistol Into his face after
Corbett had opened the door
a few Inches to see who had
knocked.
The convicted killer and
prison escape artist, long
sought in the kidnap slaying
of millionaire Colorado brew
er Adolph Coors III, got out
of bed to answer the door,
leaving a luger pistol near his
bed. Local police and FBI
agents were waiting for him.
Colorado authorities' have
charged Corbett with kidnap
and murder In the slaying of
Coors, prominent Golden,
Colo., Industrialist-who was
abducted and shot in the back
In the Rocky Mountains last
winter. Corbett was on the
Royal Canadian Mounted Po
lice and FBI most wanted lists.
He had been sought since he
escaped from jail in Chino,
Calif., In 1955.
Porter-Durno Debate
To fie Heard Here
Robert Van Leer, Eugene,
campaign manager for Con
gressman Charles O. Porter,
said Saturday a tape record
ing of the Porter-Dr. Edwin
R. Durno debate over the Eu
gene television station last
week will be broadcast over
radio station KMED, Medfqrd.
The debate is scheduled for
broadcast between .7:30 and 8
p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, he said.
Van Leer said the tape is
1 bate.
assistant Bowling Green
coach who watched the team
board the plane said two la
dies also boarded. ,
Blinding Flash
The control tower at tha
Toledo express airport said
the plane had just lifted from
the runway at 10:25 p.m.
when suddenly there was a
blinding flash and the plana
hit the ground. It broke In
half. The front part of the
plane was mangled. The rear
section was intact.
A dense fog slowed rescua
workers trying to reach tha
airport 20 miles southwest of
the city. Curiosity seekers
jammed the highways.
Mercy hospital reported
that Wayne Roger Sorsenson,
Los Angeles, a football play
er, was dead upon arrival at
the hospital. .
The coaches were taken to
Mercy hospital. They wera
Leroy Hughes, 54, and his as
sistant, Howard O'Daniel. 52.
26 Survivors
A list compiled by United
Press -International from tha
Mercy, Maumee Valley and
Toledo - hospitals showed 28
survivors. Mercy hospital said
eight or nine persons had been
admitted, Maumee hospital
said it- had admitted 15, and
Toledo hospital admitted
three.; i,
A description of the crash
was given by backfield coach
Walt Williams.
"I was sitting on the plana
next to the team physician,
Dr. (Arthur) James," Williams
said. "We started to take oft
and aroiind 100 feet off tha
runway; the plane started ta
veer off.1 The tall felt heavy
and then the left wing hit,
Then everything went." C
"We pulled the head coach
(Leroy Hughes). out," Williams
said. "The plane was burning
but it did not burn up." ,i
Herbert, an assistant bas
ketball coach at Rnwllntf
Green State,1 said two women
probably boarded the plane.
The control tower said tha
flight plan showed 43 persons
plus a crew of five were list
ed on the flight plan filed 30
minutes before departure.
Pilot Makes Decision .
, Airway traffic specialist Ar
thur Campbell at the control
tower said that the decision
to take off in the fog was
made by the pilot.
The California team had
lost 50-6 to Bowling Green,
rated No. 2 nationally among
the nation's small college football-
teams by the United Press
International board of coach
es. Coach Hughes, who had
been with the team for ten
years, is known as the Silver
Fox. His teams have scored
in a'l but two games In his
ten years at the school and
have a record of 87 wins, 29
losses and one tie. He was
graduated from the Polytech
nic High school in San Fran
cisco- wnere he lettered in
football and swimming. Ha
attended San Mateo, Calif.,
Junior college, winning hon
ors in football, basketball and
swimming. He later attended '
the University of Oregon from
which he was graduated.
Chances for Fifth
TV Debate Are Dim
Washington - (UPD - Nego
tiations for another nation
wide TV debate between tha
presidential candidates col
lapsed Saturday. Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon de
manded that rival John F.
Kennedy apologize for "bad
faith" charges, and the sen
ator bluntly refused to do so.
Each candidate accused the
other of being unwilling to go
before the television publio
for a fifth exchange on cam
paign issues.
Fred Scribner Jr., Nixon's
debate negotiator, called an
official halt to the talks in
a telegram to J. Leonard
Reinsch, his counterpart in
the Kennedy organization.
"There can be no further ne
gotiations unless Sen. Kenne
dy apologizes for the charge
of bad faith which has been
made and withdraws his ill
advised ultimatum," he said.
Kennedy, who had demand
ed that Nixon give him a final
answer on debate arrange
ments by Saturday night, gava
this reply from the campaign
platform In Pennsylvania:
"Mr. Nixon can debate or
not debate - I'm not going;
to drag him up in front of tha
microphone."