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Nl iv yam raj UJ Regional Edition ;28 Paget Coastal Region Flooding Results ' West Washington Receives Snowfall By United Press International A new storm headed inland today on the heels of a week end blast that brought heavy rain to Oregon, snow to west ern Washington and resulted in flooding, power outages and other damage. The storm, worst of the sea ton so far, dropped between 5 and 6 inches of snow in the Olympia-Tacoma area and about 4 inches in Seattle. It brought drenching rain to lowland areas in western Or egon. Seaside reported , 4.19 inches in the 24 hours ending at 4 p m. Sunday, Winds of more than 100 miles an hour were recorded at Mt. Hebo near Tillamook. The storm today was in Southern Alberta, but the weather man said another "strong" blow was offshore and would bring more rain to the region. The five-day .out look calls for recurring'rtiny periods in northwest Oregon and along the coast. Distressed Yawl Safe Coos Bay Sunday night reach ed a disabled yawl off the Oregon coast and reported its crew of five, all right. The crew, of the Newport area, in cluded retired Rear Adm. Ru ben Wagstaff. Both masts of the newly-built . yawl were broken by high .winds . Sun day. ' , i . The snow in j the , Pugct Sound area began melting Sunday after rain started to fall. Eight University of Ore gon coeds from the school's musical and speech honorary stayed overnight at Fort Lew is Saturday night after snow forced the C-47 plane in which they were traveling to remain on the ground. They were there to put on a variety thow at the Army base. ' The rainfall in the period ending late Sunday totaled 2.78 inches at Astoria, 1.5 at Newport, 1.3 - at Portland. Timberline lodge on Mt. Hood reported about three feet of enow. Coast Battered The Oregon coastal area took a real battering. Waves wrecked a portion of a dock at Newport where fishing vessels r and house boats were set adrift; some 10 inches of water covered High way 101 north of Tillamook for a time; winds neart Taft blew over a 40-foot house trailer; logs washed over tome roads in the Nelscott area; blown-down trees tem porarily blocked Highway 42 inland from Coquille; two large windows were blown out of a motel and restaurant in Oceanlake where the two story brick front of the M&N Plumbing company was knocked out and bricks scat tered about the street and tidewalk. Damage by Wind In Prineville Reported Prineville - IUPD - Gusts of wind up to 65 miles an hour Sunday caused an estimated S7.500 worth of damage at the Hudspeth Pine Inc., saw mill. Winds blew down two 200- foot pipes which run from the planer mill to the Burner. Wiring to the dry kiln also was torn down. Operation at the planer mill will not be resumed for the rest of the week but the dry kiln is ex- peeled to operate by Tues day. pw Stori H.eading F6r 'Battereii Oregon Medford Stores Will Be Open MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1960 RPrT3 Ducci fynplc AMBASSADOR QUITS-Pres-dent Eisenhower has accepted the resignation of U. S. Am bassador to Italy James D. Zellerbach, above, who said he wanted to return to private life. (UPI Telephoto) Murder Case Trial Date Changed. The circuit court jury trial or Keith Duane Adams, of Central Point, on charges of first degree murder has been rescheduled for Dec. 12. Circuit Judge James M. Main this morning granted at torney Robert Dickey's mo tion of continuance over ob jections by District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder. Dickey explained that, he has hired a psychiatrist who will- bennabhrto arrive here to make an examination be fore Sunday, Dec- 4. His re port would be made early the week of Dec. 5, Dickey said, Reeder said the delay would bring the jury trial close to Christmas and impose handicap on a jury." Adams has entered a plea of innocent to the charges of fatally heating and strangling his ex-wife, Mrs. Hazel Jean Adams, 28, on the night of Aug. 3. Adams is being held in the county jail without bail. GENERAL ALARM . " Medford fire department's general alarm equipment was sent to Medford High school about 8:40 o'clock this monv ing when a fire was reported in the boys' gymnasium. Fire men said, that an electrical switch box caught fire, but that the blaze was out on their arrival. Two pumper trucks and the aerial ladder truck were dispatched. Oregon Art Alliance Closes 2-Day Meeting in Medford Delegates, from throughout the state representing the more than 75 organizations of the Oregon Art Alliance met in Medford Friday and Sat urday. The Rogue Valley Art association was host for the evenj. The Alliance is an associa tion of organizations interest ed in the development of art in Oregon. Among the items discussed were plans for organizing sev eral new traveling art exhib its to be circulated through out the state by the group. Sidney D. White, with the art department at Oregon State college and Alliance exhibi tion chairman, encouraged delegates to contribute exhib its from their areas for the 1961 shows. Jack Eyerly, Salem Art as sociation, announced that a Members exhibit will be held in Portland during the meet ing in May. Robert Colescott, A TT Assistant U.S. Air Attache Moscow - IUPD - The Soviet . Union today ordered Assistant U. S. Embassy Attache Irving T. McDonald expelled from the country on charges of "ac tivities incompatable with his diplomatic status." McDonald, 34, an Air Force captain, was the third U. S. embassy, official ousted from the Soviet Union in recent months. Embassy First Secretary George Winters and Air At tache Col. Edward . Kirton kwere expelled last August with the accusation they had engaged in espionage. Received Reprimand At the time Kirton was ac cused of photographing mili tary objects, McDonald receiv ed a reprimand from- the Kremlin for alleged involve ment in the incident. . . MsDonald was given until midnight Friday to clear, out.1 Formal notification was"'scnt to the embassy by the Soviet Foreign Ministry. McDonald, a Bostonian, was ncaring the end of. his two- year tour of duty in Moscow. His wife and two children live with him in Moscow. McDonald currently is on a trip away from the Sovietcap; ital. Friends said he would re' turn to get his family and fly to Washington for reassign ment. Washington - HOT - State DeDartment officials said to day that Russia's expulsion of a U. S. air attache appearca to be a "propaganda retalia tion" for the recent espionage VALE GRANGE WINS . Winston-Salem, N.C. -ftiro-A Grange in Oregon received one of the top annual com munity service contest awards Saturday during the National Grange's 1 9 6 0 convention. First prize of $10,000 went to Vale, Ore., Grange and was accepted by Grange Master Blaine Girvin of Vale. The Grange was cited for raising funds and presenting the coun ty with an ambulance, improv ing a migratory labor ; camp and putting on an education program for migrantworkers Portland artist, will be ex hibit chairman. David Foster with Univer sity of Oregon art education department, showed several experimental art films follow ing a luncheon Saturday. Panel discussion during the afternoon was on "Problems of the Local Art Group." Pan elists were Thomas O. Bal- linger and Victoria A. Ross, school of architecture and al lied arts, University of Ore gon; Sylvia Seder, Eugene Art center; James R. Robertson, curator. Museum of Art, Uni versity of Oregon; James F. Collcy. director. Museum of Art, University of Oregon and Ben J. Trowbridge Jr. Rogue Valley Art association, Collcy is Alliance president . The meeting closed with- reception honoring the dele gates at the Rogue Gallery Hostesses were Mrs. William Thorndike and Mrs. Gene Williams of the Rogue Valley Art association. Tribune indictment of a Russian em ployee of the United Nations. They referred to Igor Y. Melekh, chief of the Russian language section, Office of Conference Services, in the U.N. Secretariat. Melekh was indicted by a federal grand jury Oct. 27 on charges that he tried to obtain aerial pho tographs of Chicago. GoldTHiTYoulh Killed Sunday In Hunting Accident Monty Ray Call, 14, of route 1, box 542V4, Gold Hill, was killed instantly Sunday while hunting deer near the Gold Hill Ideal Cement company plant, state police said. Monty, a son of Mr. and Mrs. DeMont Call, was hunt ing with his brother and Johnnie Marshall Rains, 21, of route 1, box 942, Gold Hill Rains told officers he saw a deer to his left while sitting in an open area about 60 yards below Monty. Looking up the hill he saw a brown and white object, thinking it was a deer, he fired .. . The bullet apparently hit the stock of the gun the Call boy was carrying at an up ward angle police said. It went through the stock, en tered the lower right rib area at an upward angle and lodged in the lower part of the shoulder blade in the left side. The bullet was a solid mili tary bullet fired from a 7.35 caliber Terni bolt-action rifle. This is illegal for deer hunt- ng, state police said. The mat ter will be referred to the dis trict attorney. ' ' ' Rains told police he thought the boy and his brother were below him instead of above him. . . .. . The Call family was ready to move to the Coos Bay area when the incident occurred, state police said. Funeral services will, be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Conger-Morris Funeral home, downtown chapel. "Okay, Boy We'll Let You Co-exist i With Ut A While Longer? - 55th Year Price 10 Cents No. 210 Duncan Claims 30 Democratic Votes as Speaker Hood River Man Still Uncommitted ' Salem - IUPD - State Rep. Robert Duncan (D-Medford) Sunday claimed 30 Democrat ic votes for speaker of the House in the 1961 Oregon Leg islature. . The number was only one pledge short of assuring his election to an unprecedented second term as speaker. ' Duncan had 20 of the 31 Democratic votes Saturday night following the breakup of a 4V4 hour Democratic House caucus with George An nala of Hood River and Juan- ita Orr of Lake Grove un committed. But Sunday Rep. Orr threw her vote to Duncan leaving Annala as the lone uncommit ted Democratic representa tive. Duncan said he could not claim the speakership. Democrats have a 31-29 ma jority in the House and want to make sure of a united front in selecting the speaker when the legislature meets Jan. 9. Twenty-eight House mem bers attended Saturday's cau cus but Duncan had proxy votes from the other two miss ing representatives, Kathcr ine Musa of The Dalles and Grace Peck of Portland. Democratic senators had planned a caucus of their own but only nine of the 20 turned up and the session was merely an informal discussion perioa. Sen. Robert Straub, Eugene, Oregon Democratic chairman, said a caucus of Democratic senators would be scheduled later. A struggle for Senate president is going on between Sens. Harry Boivin, Klamath Falls, and Alfred Corbett, Portland. Ashland City Council To Continue Hearing Ashland The Ashland city council will' have a continua tion of a hearing on the pav ing of an alley between Palm and Mountain- aves. at its meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The alley paving has de veloped into a controversy among properly owners along the alley. A hearing on the paving was originally held Oct. 17. At that time the council voted to continue the hearing at its Nov. 1 meeting. The council heard arguments for and against the project at the Nov. 1 meeting. Follow ing the arguments, the coun cil voted the paving project down. However, they recom mended that the hearing be continued at the next meet ing. . In other action, the council is scheduled to hear commit tee reports on Jackson St., Lakeview dr., and a report of recommended property purchases by the realty committee. for Shopping Until 9 O'Clock WvrJn " III ' 'I II hS - v.i'vt-. -He, I I rte!$Ah. WW (r SUBMARINE READIED i Gaily-colored bunting goes over the. bow of . the-nuclear-powered-firing Ethan Allen as workmen pre pare the submarine for. launching Tuesday Senate Appointee To Be Considered County Judge Earl Miller said , this morning that the court will request three rec ommendations from the Jack son County Republican Cen tral: committee for state sen ator. From the three the-coun ty court' will make the. ap pointment. : . ' The person appointed will replace Dr.' Edwin R. Durno, Medford, who .was' elected fourth district representative to Congress. He has not. as yet resigned the state post. A total of six persons so far have either been recom mended for or publicly stated they would accept an appoint ment as state senator, , The six are Ed Branchfield, Al Littrell, Mrs. Evelyn Nye, Don Stathos, Frank Bash, all Medford, and L.-W. (Lynn) Newbry; Ashland. A letter to the county court from M. B. Winslow, superin tendent, of Coos Bay public schools, recommended the ap pointment of Bash,- a Cali fornia Oregon Power .com pany vice president. The Jackson County Repub lican Central committee' will meet tonight at 7 o'clock at the Medford hotel to consider and make recommendations. Works for Area Art Show Juried Nov. 19 The First Annual Area Art exhibit was Juried Saturday morning by three members of the Oregon Art. Alliance which was holding its fall convention In Medford. The jury picked 48 of the 127 entries for the show which will be held Dec. 4 to 23 at the Rogue Gallery, 220 West Main st. Awards will be announced Dec. 4. ' Jack Teeters, chairman for the exhibit, said that works from 17 communities In north ern California and southern Oregon were received. Judges for the competition were Ruth Grover, director of the Cas cade Artists and instructor in Lincoln County Art center; Sid W. White, professor of art education, Oregon Stale college, and James Robertson, curator, Museum of Art, Uni versity of Oregon. Teeters said that notices of accepted and rejected work will be mailed to all artists entering the competition by Wednesday. Unaccepted work should be picked up at the Rogue Gallery by Nov, 26, he said. Guinea Threatens To Quit UN Good Offices Commission ' United Nations, N. Y. - Wit -. Guinea served notice that It would .withdraw from a U.N. Good, Offices Commission es tablished to .seek - reconcilia tion among ,the Congo't war ring . pol'itical faction . If the General Assembly decided. . to seat a delegation . appointed by 'pro-Western . President, Jo seph Kasavubu. ' ' . .. . Would Reconsider - Mali'announccd that it also would "reconsider" Its par ticipation in the Conciliation Commission if the Kasavubu delegation is seated. . i Three Injured In Sunday Accident Ashland-Three people were Injured in a one car accident Sunday at 11:45 p.m. All three were taken to Ashland' Gen eral hospital where they were listed as in fair condition this mornihg.. , ! , According to Ashland po lice, a car driven by William Richard Snyder, 21, of 343 B st., Ashland, hit a city utility pole at the corner of North Main and Helman sts. Police said the car turned north on Main st, off Church st. While completing the turn, the car ran against a safety island, causing the drive to lose con trol of the vehicle and crash Into the steel utility pole. . - Snyder and two passengers were taken to the hospital by ambulance. In addition td Snyder, those Injured were his two brothers, Harvey Snyder, 23, Los Ange les, Calif., and Robert Snyder, 18, of 299 Scenic dr., Ashland. Police are still investigat ing the accident. WEATHER FORECAST: Clcirlnc toll eve. nlng, becoming foggy or low Overeat t In valley during the. night, dlsnlpatlng by mldmorn Ing. Generally cloudy with rtn by afternoon. Low tonight 21. High Tueiday SO. Temp. Illgheit Yesterday . M Lowett Thii Morning 20 Our Skies Tonight Huniet today 4:4$ p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow 7:11 i.m. Moontet tonight 7:52 p.m. First Quarter ..Nov. 2S The Moon and Venm tonight ap pear between Jupiter and Kit urn. Venni Ik nearer Jupiter and the Mnon nearer Katurn. (Venua In brighter than Jupiter and Saturn). at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division at Crotin, Conn. The 410-foot, 6,900-ton ship is the heaviest sub ever launched by the Navy. (UPO Telephoto) The declaration of Gulnean Public Works Minister Umael Toure followed an outbreak of African. Verbal warfare In the General Assembly , ' io which the foreign minister of Cameroun called. -Ghana, a S Communist ."acolyte"' and escribed the. Soviet ambas sador as. a "rag-picker." ! The assembly appeared cer tain to seat the Kasavubu del egation in preference to a ri val group appointed by ousted Premier Patrice Lumumba, thus dooming a campaign by the Soviet Union and its friends to return the leftist Congolese leader to power. Widely Speculated Guinea's threat was no sur prise. It was widely speculat ed among western diplomats that the 15-natlon committee, scheduled to start work In Leopoldville next Saturday, would never get started it the assembly seated -the Kasavu bu delegation. Toure launched an outspo ken attack on. the. Unted States, paralleling earlier So viet charges that Washington sought to suppress the Con golese nationalist movement and set up a "puppet, anti democratic regime" in Leo poldville. TUESDAY SPEAKER ' Ashland Richard Cottle, Ashland municipal court judge, will address the Ash land Chamber of Commerce at its weekly noon luncheon Tuesday at the Mark Antony hotel. Cottle will discuss prob lems Involved in dealing with juvenile delinquency. Three Oregonians Die In Week End Accidents By Unttod Press International , At least three Oregonians were killed during the week end as a result of traffic ac cidents. The victims were identified as Larry J. Miller, 21, Salem; Mrs. Sylvia J. Bousman, 28, Klamath Falls, and Michael Talbott, 21, Mllton-Froewatcr. Car Gots Over Bank Miller was killed early Sun day in a one-car accident on the Baldock Freeway one mile south of the Tualatin Junction. State police said the accident occurred when his car went over a bank. Mrs. Bousman and Talbott Bodies of Five Recovered From Dexter Reservoir Search Continues For Two Children Eugene-(1IPD-A car carrying seven members of a promi nent lumber family, including five children, plunged into Dexter reservoir during a heavy rain Saturday night and five bodies were recov ered today. The bodies of Howard Lem ons, 40, manager of he Hinet Lumber Co. at nearby West fir; his wife, Gloria, and three of their children were recovered before noon. The car, a 1955 sedan, also was pulled from the chilly waters, Search continued for the bodies of the other two children. State police identi fied the chlldrens' bodies re covered as Virgina Lemons, 7; Howard Jr., 6, and Michael, 3. Missing were Robin, 8, and John, 17 months. Traced by License Plate Officers said a license plate of the car was found on the bank and the registration was traced that way. Also recov ered on the bank were a hub cap and taillight. Marks on the guardrail in dicated that the car may have entered the water at that point. State police said the Lem ons apparently had brought Lemons' father In law . to Eugene and were returning home. Lemons, 40, is a graduate of the University of Oregon and formerly was employed by the school. Worked at University Lemons, after graduation, became athletic business man ager at Oregon in 1948 and held that position until Dec. 1, 1950 when he become act ing assistant to the president. He returned to his position in the athletic department on July 1, 1951 and remained there until April 30, 1853, when he resigned to go into the lumber business. His wife is the former Glo ria Adair of Eugene. ' Tools Stolen From Company Tool Shed Ashland - Ashland city po lice and Jackson county sher off's deputies are investigating the theft of about $500 in tools from a tool house owned by Graff and James, Ashland contractors. Authorities esti mate the theft occurred be tween Saturday afternoon and early this morning ."" The tool house was located at the city sewage disposal treatment plant, about 200 feet north of the city limits on Oak st. Graff and James are doing some construction for the city at this location. Melvln Morgan, project sup erintendent, said the thieves had gained entry by prying the padlock off the tool shed door. Tidal Waves Hit ; Peru Coast Sunday Lima, Peru - (UPD Tidal waves up to 75 feet high smashed into the northern coast of Peru Sunday, hurl ing fishing boats ashore and destroying port installation! and homes. C o m m u n I cations were knocked out but first frag mentary reports said at least two persons were killed and nine missing. Hardest hit were the ports of Pimentel and Eten and the fishing village of Santa Rosa In Lambayeaue province. were killed in separate Satur day night accidents. Mrs. Bousman was injured fatally when the car in which she was riding struck a parked truck on Highway 97, south of Klamath Falls. Two-Car Crash Talbott died Saturday night from Injuries suffered In a two-car collision about 17 miles east of The Dalles on Highway 30. Talbott's car col lided with a west-bound auto driven by Bernard Wink, 46, The Dalles. Wink was taken to a hospital with possible chest injuries along with face and head lacerations. Tonight V
