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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1960)
Is Capsule Snagged M of S covefer pace City Cigarette Tax Discussed By Cities League ' .. Levy in Addition : To State Taxation Salem -IIM- The possibility of a city cigarette tax of one cent on the pack was discuss ed Monday at the 35th annual convention of the League of Oregon Cities. , If approved, this and other city proposals would account for a $6 million request for municipal finance from the 1961 legislature. The city tobacco tax pro posal came up at a general session covering state and lo cal finance. The levy would be in addition to a 3-cent a pack tobacco state tax recom mended by the Legislative In terim Committee on Taxation. The cities want a 15 per . cent cut of state liquor reve nues instead of the present 10 per cent. Also discussed was a 50 per cent share in state insurance taxes on cars, theft and fire policies. Clean Water Urged In a session on clean water in the future, Curtiss Everts of Portland, state sanitary en gineer, warned that cities must look to improvements in ewage treatment and stream pollution elimination. Earl W. Synder, Salem, di rector of the State Board of Aeronautics, said cities must make preparations for hand ling increased amounts of air cargo. Oregon now has 165 airports, he said, and expan sion of air freight volume is in the future of most cities. Affiliates Elect Two groups affiliated with the league elected new offi cers today. The Oregon Association of City Finance Officers named Howard Brandvold, Salem, president. Dan Potter, Eu gene, was named vice presi dent and directors include Sherwood G. Felker, Port land: Dale Curry, -Astoria; Frances Juris of--Brine ville, Tom Beatty , Newberj ' and Darell Huson, Medford., The Oregon Recreation and Park Association elected Dave Talbot of Grants Pass new president. Other officers: Harry Buckley, Portland, vice president; Bob Haworth, Med ford, secretary; Harold Schick, Salem, treasurer, and Tex Mastler of Eugene, Rob ert Artz of Springfield and Jcssalee .Mallalieu, Corvallis, directors. Russia May Free Captured Fliers London - HIPD - Diplomatic dispatches from behind the Iron Curtain reported guard edly today that Russia may free two captive U.S. RB47 crew members as a "peace of fering" to President-elect John F. Kennedy. The reports cited no con crete evidence, but said there is "reason to believe" that Moscow is at least considering releasing the Americans whose plane was shot down last July 1. The Soviet Union claimed that the plane was shot down while over Soviet territory. The United States insisted the plane, which took off from Brize Norton Air Force Base in England, was over interna tional waters on a reconnais sance mission. -. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is reported anx ious to establish friendly re lations with Kennedy. "And Now The Reports From Latin America, Africa, Asia, The Middle East . . ." Third Rabid Bat Found in County State health authorities to day expressed concern that the discovery of a third rabid bat in the Medford area may be the forerunner of an epi demic among wild life and pets in Oregon. The Oregon health depart ment laboratory in Portland late yesterday confirmed that a third rabid bat was found in the Medford area. Dr. A. Erin Mcrkel, Jack son county health physician, and Orie Moore, county sani tarian, said the bat was found in the Griffin Creek area. It was sent to the laboratory Nov. 1. Three Deaths Are Investigated by Siskiyou Sheriff Yreka-Three deaths are be ing investigated by Siskiyou County Sheriff and Coroner Al Cottar. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death of Harry G. Swanson, 65, Bremerton, Wash., dentist who collapsed Monday morning while hunting in a grain field near Tulelake, Calif. According to reports. Swan son was hunting with a friend, Byron J. Brown of Tulelake, when he collapsed. A doctor attempted to revive him but was unsuccessful,. Cottar re ported. It was believed that Swan son had a history of heart trouble. A second death Monday oc curred at 1:20 p.m. In Yreka when Brice Martin Mathews, 47, of 503 Fouth St., died from self-inflicted gun shot wounds. v Watching Television According to law enforce ment authorities, Mathews and his wife were watching television when his wife, Caro lyn, went into the kitchen. She told officers her husband immediately went into the bedroom. She found him there after hearing a shot. He 'was reported to have complained earlier in the day of not feeling well. Mathews was a grocery clerk in Yreka. Survivors include three minor children. Located Friday on Elk Creek rd. about seven miles southeast of Happy Camp aft er being missing for five days was Ivan Owens, 67, of Happy Camp. He was found dead be side his car which had gone over an embankment. Owens was last seen Nov. 6 and had been the object of a search in the area. Re ports show that he was not killed in the accident, but died later after being unable to crawl up the steep embank ment, Cottar said. Caird Resigns From County Post John Caird, supervisor of rural appraisals in the Jack son county assessor's office, said he plans to leave Nov. 25 to take a job in the Jeffer son county assessor's office. "I will also have to resign as Jacksonville city council man," Caird said this morn ing. Caird has been in the coun ty assessor's office for four years. Prior to that time he was a real estate broker in Chicago. The appraisor gave as his official reason the desire for more experience in a smaller county. Dr. Merkel said Moore pick ed up another bat this morn ing in downtown Medford. It will be sent to the lab for rabies tests. Reports on two other bats which were sent to the lab last week have not been received, and two more bats were sent to the lab yes terday for examination, he said. Urge Inoculation Health officials urged resi dents to have dogs and cats inoculated against rabies, not only to protect the animal, but also to prevent the pos sibility of infection by hu mans. Dr. Merkel noted that both dogs and cats will play with bats, and rabies could spread rapidly if a domestic animal is bitten. There also is danger of pets contacting the disease from wild life, lie said. wild life may become in fected with rabies the same way as domestic animals. The disease is then spread' by con tact between wild life and domestic animals. It is very important." Dr. Merkel said, "for all dogs and cats to be inoculated against rabies." Klamath Falls Bat Besides the three rabid bats found in Medford, two have been found in Klamath Fails. state health officials said State officials are investi gating the possibility that bats are a reservoir" for the spread of rabies. It was re ported that a Montana woman was bitten by a rabid bat in Klamath Falls, and has taken a series of shots to counteract the disease. A Gold Beach man was bit ten by a rabid dog about a month ago, and a mass inocu lation program was conduct ed in that area for all dogs. Anyone, discovering an ill or apparently dead bat is asked not to touch it, but to call the Jackson county health office to have it picked up so laboratory tests can be made. Four Injured As Car Strikes House Four women suffered ap parently minor injuries yes terday afternoon when a driveless car crashed into the rear of a house at 811 Taylor St. Frank Henerson Gray, 72, of 122 Valley View dr., told Medford police he got out of the car to let off a passenger on Corning court when the car suddenly started forward at a "high rate of speed." Gray said the car headed straight south on Corning court and when it got to the end of the street it jumped the curb, went through some shrubs, side-swiped a tree, drove across a lawn, and then hit the house. Police said the car went through the back bedroom of the house and partially into the front bedroom, causing ex tensive damage both to the house and interior furnish ings. The house is the resi dence of Myrtle Augusta Katharine Mortimer. She was not injured, police said. All four passengers in the Gray auto received apparently minor injuries. They are Ethel E. Fleischer, 72, of 229 South Third St., Central Point; Ruth Theresa Nye, 64, of 141 North Ivy St.; May Ellen Chirgwin, 74, of 23 Corning court; and Mamie Bloomfield, 75, of 21V4 South Orange st, The accident occurred at 3:45 p.m. No citatons were is sued. Youth Pleads Guilty to Charge Ronald Willis Richey, 22, of 4607 Table Rock rd., who was apprehended by Medford po lice Saturday following a high-speed auto chase, plead ed guilty to a charge of reck less driving in district court Monday and was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. A vehicle operated b y Richey was chased by police from downtown Medford to the intersection of Table Rock and Airport rds., early Satur day morning, where Richey reportedly abandoned the ve hide and attempted to escape on foot. Ke was found a short time later, however, lying in a ditch near Airport rd. The car that Richey was driving was reported to police as being a stolen vehicle and Richey was originally arrest ed on a charge of auto theft. Monday, however, the owner of the car refused to sign a complaint against Richey, police said, and it is not now known if the state will prose cute the auto theft charge. I K " CAPSULE SNAGGED The dangles in the snare lines of Walsh Plans To Resign As GOP Head in County Sheriff Joe Walsh said to day he plans to resign his chairmanship of the Jackson County Republican Central committee, but set no definite date. He told a meeting of the party's executive committee at noon yesterday he hoped they would have a successor for him in January "so I can make an orderly transfer of the chairman's duties." "I will continue actively as chairman until we have an af firmation from one or more person that they will accept the position," Walsh said. A new chairman will be elected at a general meeting of precinct committeemen and women, Walsh said. Meanwhile,' Walsh has ap pointed members of the execu tive committee as a commit tee of the whole to seek candi dates for the position. The committee includes Mrs. Mary Ragland, Otto Ewaldsen, Bon nie Brindley, D. H. Barber, Mrs. Richard Kyle and. Ed Singmaster. Announcement 'Premature' Walsh termed Singmaster's announcement of Walsh's res ignation in Ashland yesterday as "premature and ill ad vised." At yesterday's meeting, the excutive committee approved a motion to ask for letters from all persons seeking tne state senator spot vacated by Dr. Edwin Durno, successful candidate for congressman from the fourth district. ' The central committee will make its recommeruiation to the county court after the pre cinct committee men and women have voted on it. Then the county court will make its appointment. It does not have to follow the local Republi can group's recommendation, however. Walsh said the central com mittee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, to vote on a recommendation to the court. Walsh said precinct committeemen and women would vote by secret ballot after nominations have been received from the floorA Tim for Speaking Time will be allowed for each candidate, or representa tive of the candidate, to speak. Walsh encouraged all Re publicans interested in being appointed state senator to ex press that interest in a letter to Singmaster at post office box 226, Ashland. The letter must be written by the person interested in be coming state senator, and must be received by next Monday.- Otherwise, prospec tive nominees must appear at the central committee meet ing, Walsh said. WEATHER FOnFCART: Clnndy with orci 1onl rain throueh Wt dne day. Low tonight 17. inch to morrow si. Terno. Hirhrtt Ytrdy 5 Lowest This Morning 3H Free to 10 a.m. Today 31 Our Skies Tonight fltinsrt today 4:19 p.m. ftunrite tomorrow 7:04 a.m. Moonrlir tomorrow 4:14 a.m. Sw Moon . . . Nov. IS PROMINENT STARS Alrffharan, rliM . 3:2 P-nt. Fomalhaut, dtif iouth 7:79 p m. Altafr, low In writ t:42 p.m. Alrftharan, high In iouth 1:03 a.m. pita, bvlow the Moon. nose cone of Discoverer XVII the CI 19 catch plane, Pelican Regional Edition , i - - . Medford 20 PAGES Seven Whites Arrested in New Orleans Integration Chanting Gang Of Teen-Agers Halted by Police New Orleans-(UPI)-A gang of chanting, teen - aged whites tried to follow four 6-year-old Negro girls into two formerly all-white schools today, but police drove them back. Police arrested at least seven persons. The four Negroes entered the two white schools-Mc-Donogh No. 19 and William Frantz Elementary School-for the first time Monday. Less than 10 per cent of the normal white enrollment o the two schools was in classes today. Evade Barricades The police encounter with the gang of white teen-agers today was the nearest thing to violence since' integration started. . ; The teen-agers ran around barricades erected across the street from McDonogh. But. more than 100 fool police and 6 mounted police surged into the crowd as the. teen agers ncared the school and drove them back. At least seven persons, in cluding four adults and three teen-agers, were arrested at McDonogh. Among them was a man and his wife, and a girl who fought and cried when police grabbed her. Ex-Talent Coach Injured in Crash Millard Webb, 55, of 57 Summit st., Medford, is in fair condition in Rogue Valley Memorial hospital following an automobile accident Sun day on the Diamond Lake cutoff north of Medford. Webb, former St. Mary's High school and Talent High school coach, was returning to Mitchell, Ore., where he is grade and high school princi pal. He had been spending the week end with his family in Medford. The accident occurred al 1:30 p.m. Webb was reported ly driving in a snowstorm, with poor visibility. It is un known whether he was struck by another car or skidded off the highway. Due to his injur ies, Webb has been unable to verify any details of the acci dent. He has several broken ribs, cuts on the face and in juries to his right side. Mrs. Webb is a fourth grade teacher In Central Point. Webb's son and daughter from Seattle arrived in Medford yesterday. Gillchrist district deputies are investigating the accident. - k is shown as it first picture II. This is the MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, mmmw GIRLS YELL AT POLICE Teen-age girls yell at police in front of the William Frantz elementary school In New Orleans as crowd 13 New Citizens Take Oath At Naturalization Ceremony Twelve adults and a boy took their oath of allegiance this morning in Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly's court dur ing naturalization proceed ings. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon col lege, told those being natural ized that U.S. citizenship means three things-service to the nation, to the community and to themselves. ' "Citizenship means a varie ty of things in other countries and its meaning here has var ied through the years," Dr. Stevenson said. "Liberty and freedom are dear only to those who have worked hard for them, and eternal vigi lance is the price." He advised the new citizens not to sit around and wail for things to happen, but to participate extensively in their communities, "Only In that way can we avoid a strong government which docs everything," Stevenson ex plained. "An American aim is to de velop the great natural re source of peoples minds," Stevenson said. "We live in a scientific age, particularly here in America, where great scientific knowledge is essen tial," he pointed out. Judge Kelly noted that citi zenship is a continuing proc a i ever released of a missile catch. (Official Air Force photo Tribune NOVEMBER 15, 1960 ..vi ess. Charles Hays, Portland, immigration and naturaliza tion service, announced that a new citizenship class will start late in January or early in February. . Anthony Mannoi presented the invocation, Hays Intro duced candidates, County Clerk Marvin Madden admin istered the oath of allcglcncc, Lindsay Vlnsel, director of adult and vocational educa tion, Medford schools, present ed corsages from the Medford Klwanls club; Mrs. H. L. Al ford, American Legion auxil iary, the flag codes; Joe Hos ick, of the Medford Elks lodge, small flags; and Mrs. W. E. Holmes, of the- Daughters of the American Revolution read the poem, "Our Flag." Others Take Oath Others who took the oath this morning were Albert Gustav Klndler, Germany, 72 Main St., Ashland; Everett Phillip Sunquist, Sweden, 720 Welch St., Medford; Harriet Amelia McCallistcr, Canada, 1482 Hilton rd., Medford; Ma ria Makiko Dol (now Makiko Doi) Japan, 93 Granite St., Ashland; Ottolene Elizabeth Howard, Canada, 2361 Kinqs highway, Medford; Edna Lavl nia Torrance, Canada, route 1, box 4B5, Eagle Point; Rulh Chrystal Clark, Canada, 1455 J"' t- i by cabled UPI Telephoto) 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 205 r IT lira tension swelled over the Integration of the previously all-white school. ' ' - (UPI Telephoto) . , i South Second st Central P6lnl; Bozy Tepovac, Yugo slavia, route 1, box 557, Gold Hill; Alicia Vaca Carter Nica ragua, 23 Sou'b Barneburg rd., Medford; Sophia T-wnviic, Yugoslavia, route 1, box 557, Gold Hill; Reginald Samuel Levi Stull, Canada, Seventh and Broadway sis., Rogue River; and Kathleen Esther Mary Chavis (now Kathleen Esther Chavis), Canada, 252 South Second St., Central Point. Two Air Crashes Kill Nine in Philippines Manila - (UPD - Separate crashes by a U.S. Navy plane. ,and a Marine Corps helicopter that went to the rescue today killed nine persons, Including tho popular commander of the U.S. naval forces In the Phil ippines and his wife. The two craft plunged into the Junglcd slopes of the Marivcles Mountains near Manila several hours apart In perfect weather. Naval of ficials were at a loss to ex plain either of the crashes. Rear Adm. Arthur F. Spring; his wife; an accom panying officer and three crewmen died when their two englna Albatross plunged into Satellite Taken After 31 Trips Around Earth Only Second Time Capsule Recovered Sunnyvale, Calif. - (UPD - Alt Air Force pilot whose plana fielded the longest fly ball in history urrived at nearby Moffett Naval Air Station to day with the gold-plated space capsule from Discoverer XVII. The 300 pound capsula which traveled nearly ono million miles in two days ot space flight, will be studied and evaluated at Lockheed Missiles and Space Division here. Caught Over Pacific The crew of an Air Forca plane caught the capsule Mon day 0,000 feet over the Uni ted States' "space ballpark in the Pacific, 500 miles northeast of the Hawaiian Islands. The capsule had made 31 trips around tha earth In two days. It was only the second time in history that a satellite cap sule has been caught in tha air. Another was recovered from the sea, and a fourth, was sighted but lost in turbu lent seas near Christmas Is land. Almost Misses Chance The Air Force plane that made Monday's catch was nearly "benched" because ot mechanical trouble. However, repairs were made and tha "Pelican II" C119 joined eight other planes and two Navy ships in the recovery area. The pilot, Capt. Gene Jones, 30, of Walla Walla, Wash., and New York City, said the par achuting space capsule was sighted first by T. Sgt. Wilbur R. Brown, MUledgeville, Ua., at an altitude of 31,000 feet. Missed First Try Jones received the honor ot flying the capsule from Dis coverer XVII back to Sunny vale, Calif., in a C130 Her cules. Jones said he made a first pass at the capsule at 11,000 feet, but that-hc and' his crew, missed "Just by a tick." Ha made the next pass at 9,000 feet - and the capsule was snagged by nylon ropes which trailed from steel booms behind and below tha plane. Allowed Two Tries By the rules of game, it Jones had missed his second try, Pelican II would hava "struck out" and another plane would have been sent to bat." Jones Is operations officer of the special recovery team and charged with training tho recovery crews. Ho trained Capt. Harold E. Mitchell ot Bloomington, 111., who maaa the historic first catch of a capsule Aug. 10. The Air Force said the cap sule fell directly into the 250 by 50 mile "playing field, after it was ejected from Dis coverer XVII on signal from the ground. The satellite with Its cap sule was fired from Vanden berg Air Force Base In Call fornian on Saturday. District Schedules Annual Election The annual election for tha Medford Rural Flro Protec tion district will be held Mon day, Dec. 9, at the Oak Grove school from 2 to 8 p.m. Two vacancies occur on tha board this year, it was an nounced. Dorothy McOuat, present secretary, is seeking reelection to a five-year term and C. W. Guchcs has filed for the remaining four years of an unexpired term of tha late Clifford Howard. Persons wishing to file for positions must submit their petitions to Mrs. McOuat at least 15 days prior to tha election. the mountain before dawn while returning to Cubl Point ' Naval Air Station from a dance at Nichols Air Base. After daybreak a Marina helicopter from the aircraft currier Hornet, hovering over the Albatross crash site, sud denly plunged Into the moun tain itself carrying three ot the five men aboard to their deaths. Two men who had para chuted to the Albatross -wreckage saw the Marine helicopter drop out of the sky. They radioed the casualty re ports. (Sa Picture on Page 2)
