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BODIES RECOVERED The Howard Lemons family of
Westfir, shown above, died Sunday night when their auto
plunged into Dexter reservoir. The bodies have been re
Burglar Slain
During Robbery
Wilsonvillc, Ore.' -HIPP-One
man was shot and fatally
wounded during a holdup atjt
tempt at a grocery store here
Monday night and police were
finnrrhlnr fni- two others who
fled on foot after their car
crashed into a utility polo,
state police reported.
Donalcf William Farrell, 30,
Hubbard, died at St. Vincent
Hospital in Portland at 3:55
a.m. today from a .22 revolver
wound in the head. Ho was
shot by Terry Lowrie, 18-year-
old son of the proprietor of
Lowrie's Food Mart, police
said.
Police searched through
farmlands in the local area for
the two other men.
One Stayed in Car
State police said two men,
one armed with a revolver,
entered the store about 10
p.m. while another remained
in the car. The store owner,
William Lowrie, 45, was clos
ing up for the night. Lowrie
grappled with the men as they
pushed the door open and was
struck over the head with a
milk can. ,
Young Lowrie, hearing the
disturbance, got the .22 re
volver and ran from the back
room into the store. He fired
at the intruders and Ferrell
dropped to the floor.
He then fired two shots at
the getaway car as it started
to leave. Both hit the wind
shield a glancing blow. The
car sped away and crashed
Into the pole a short distance
down the highway.
U.S. Rejects Russian
Charges of Espionage
Washington -Wrll- The Slate
. Department today rejected
espionage charges against a
U.S. Embassy official in Mos
cow as "completely devoid of
substance."
Maj. Irving T. McDonald
, Jr., Provincelown, Mass., as
sistant U.S. air attache in Mos
cow, wns nrdorprf Monriav tn
leave the country within 48
hnnrs with tii wlfn snn nnH
daughter.
Portland - (UPI) - Local busi
nessmen have joined those in
' Astoria nrotcslinc removal of
Navy ships from the Tongue
Point Naval Station in As-loria.
Dag Pressured To Give
Details of Congo Clash,
United Nationss, N.Y.-WPD-Secrctary Dag Hammarskjold
vas under heavy Communist pressure today to give the
general Assembly lull details of a clash with Congolese in
vhich Tunisian U.N. soldiers were killed in Leopoldvillc.
Bulgaria demand adjournment of Monday night's as
embly session on the seating of a Congolese U.N. delegation
nd asked Hammarskjold for a full report on the fray which
csultcd when Congolese troops sought to seize Ghanaian
Embassador Nathaniel Welbcck and send him out of the
,' wuntry.
The Soviet delegation earlier, in a press statement, also
lemanded "immediately granting the full information on
he part of the secretary general about the actual state of
iffairs in Leopoldville."
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1960
Remaining Bodies
Of Lemons Family
Found in Reservoir
Eugene - (UPI) - The bodies
of all seven members of the
Howard Lemons family o f
Westfir were recovered from
the Dexter reservoir southeast
of here Monday following the
second worst traffic accident
in Oregon's history.
The bodies were identified
as those of Howard Lemons,
40, his wife, Floria, 35,. and
their five children, Robin, 8;
Virginia, 7; Howard Jr., 6;
Michael, 22, and John, 16
months.
. State police said the car
Democrats Favor
Corbeff in Senate
Portland-IUPD-The executive
committee of the Democratic
party of Oregon Monday night
went on record by resolution
urging election of State Fen.
Alfred Corbett, (D-Poriland),
as president of the Oregon
Senate.
Blaine Whipple, executive
secretary of the Democratic
party, said the action was
taken in face of announced
intention of a minority of
Democratic senators to join
with Republicans in electing
State Sen. Harry Boivin, (D
Klamath Falls), to the top
Senate job.
The resolution said a ma
pority of elected Democratic
senators are pledged to Cor
bett and it urged remaining
Democrats to join with them.
Duncan, Dellenback
Expenses Reported
Salem -OJPD-Two legislative
candidates from Jackson
county have filed their elec
tion expenses with the secre
tary of state's office here.
They are:
Robert B. Duncan (Demo
crat seeking reelection) $711.
John R. Dellenback (Re
publican running for office
for the first time) $1729.
The expenses of other Jack
son county candidates who
file In Salem were not avail
able today. These Include two
candidates for slate repre
sentative, and two for district
attorney.
Tribune
covered. From left, they are Mrs. Gloria Lemons, 35, hold
ing youngest son, John; Howard Jr., 6; Lemons, 40; Michael
2'2; Virginia, 7, and Robin Ann, 8. (UPI Telephoto)
plunged through a guardrail
Sunday night into the reser
voir. Authorities said the ac
cident apparently occur red
when the Lemons car tried to
pass a car driven, by Oscar' A,
Roeszler, 42, Bellevue, Wash.,
lightly, struck the Roeszler
car, veered out of control and
through the guardrail. : ; .
Couldn't Find Car
Roeszler told state police he
returned to the scene and
could not find the car that
had hit him. The Washington
man said he tried to telephone
from several places but tele
phone lines were down due to
storms in the area. He then
called state police in Oak
ridge. Police returned to the
s.cene after being notified and
found an oil slick on the
water. Attempts to find the
car Sunday night were unsuc
cessful. The Oregon Traffic Safety
Division said the accident was
the worst in Oregon since
1946 when eight persons were
killed in a crash on the Pa
cific Highway north of here.
The Dexter Reservoir trag
edy pushed the state traffic
death toll for the year to 416
- two more than for the same
period in 1959, which was a
record breaking year.
Martin Case Recalled
The accident recalled the
case of the five-member Ken
Martin Jamily of Portland,
which vanished Dec. 7, 1958,
while on an outing to gather
Christmas trees. Bodies of
two of the Martin family
daughters were recovered
from the Columbia river but
the station wagon and the
bodies of Mr. and'Mrs. Martin
and another daughter have
never been located.
Russia May Have
Anti-Rocket Rocket
London (UPI Russia has
given the first official indica
tion that it may be able to
intercept a missile in flight.
The hint came from Mar
shal Vasilly Kozakov of the
Soviet artillery.
Writing on .army affairs in
the government organ Izveslia
during the; week end, the mar
shal said:
"Russian forces now have
rockets which can hit offens
ive pilotless devices at great
altitude."
The claim was not sub-
slantiated or explained fur
ther. The cryptic statement has
given rise to speculation that
Russia may have some anti
rocket rockets.
MEETING SET
The county planning com
mission has scheduled a pub
lic hearing at 8 o'clock to
night in the courthouse audi
torium, Medford. regarding
zoning for the Sams Valley
area.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 211
ConfestScheduIed
By Local Jaycees
The Medford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce has an
nounccd plans for its fifth
annual Residential Christmas
Lighting contest. Jim' Ristau
is chairman of the contest.
The contest Is promoted an.
nually to encourage and pro
mote the holiday spirit by
means of decorative lights.
Contestants may enter cither
the home decoration or the
front entrance decoration di
vision. Each division, Ristau
said, will be judged separate
ly, and prizes will be award
ed on the basis of originality,
lighting and theme.
Medford and suburban area
will be divided Into four sec
tions, Ristau said. Highway
99 and Main st. will be
boundaries.
Prizes To Be .Awarded
First and second prizes will
be awarded in each section
in each division, and a sweep
stakes winner will be chosen
in each division.
Entry blanks and brochures
featuring ideas on decorations
and lighting techniques will
be available at several down
town locations or may be ob
tained by writing to the- Jay
cees at post office box 251,
Medford.
Ristau said entries need not
be elaborate, the display of
one string of outdoor Christ
mas lights or equivalent is
the only requirement.
Contestants will have until
Dec. 22 to enter, and judging
will take place the evenings
of Dec. 22 and 23.
Assisting Ristau on the com
mittee are Hal Gardner, Hank
Jaydal and Doug Peters.
"So, You See, The People Really Elected
Barry Goldwater"
Mrs. Nye Gets
GOP Support
For State Post
The Jackson County. Repub
lican Central committee last
night recommended to the
county court that Evelyn
(Eve) Nye be appointed to fill
the state senate seat soon to
be vacated by Congressman
elect Dr. Edwin R. Durno.
Mrs. Nye's name will be "the
only name submitted by the
central committee, despite a
request from the court that
three names be submitted.
Judge Earl Miller today call
ed the action of the committee
'unfair.'
The county court has the
responsibility of appointing
someone to fill the vacancy,
and is not bound by the cen
tral committee's recommenda
tion. Judge Miller said the
appointment "probably" will
not be made until after Dr.
Durno has officially resigned
his senate seat.
One of Five Candidates
Mrs. Nye was elected to be
the committee's recommenda
tion at a meeting of the cen
tral committee in the Med
ford hotel last night. She was
one of five GOP candidates
actively seeking the recom
mendation.
The decision to recommend
just one name to the court
was made last night after
Committee Chairman Joseph
Walsh denied that the county
court had requested three
names.
It had been pointed out by
a precinct committeeman that
the Mail Tribune ran a story
in yesterday's paper saying
the county court had request
ed three names from the com
mittee. When asked about
this, Walsh said, in no un
certain terms, that the story
was wrong and the county
court had not requested any
specified number of names.
Asked for Three Names
Judge Miller said this morn
ing that the court did ask for
three names and specifically
requested a Mail Tribune re
porter to record this fact in
the newspaper. Miller said he
is "pretty sure" that Walsh
was aware of the request. His
recollection was corroborated
by at least two others who
were present, including the
newspaper reporter.
If appointed by the county
court to fill the senate seat, it
will be a second chance in
state government for Mrs
Nye. She was defeated Nov.
8 in her bid for reelection as
one of two state representa
tives from Jackson countv.
Mrs. Nye last night blamed
her failure to win reelection
on a lack of campaigning on
her part and on "the Demo
cratic Hatchetman" John L
Gregory. Gregory also was
an unsuccessful candidate for
representative.
Mrs. Nye was elected last
night by 108 GOP precinct
committeemen and committee
women who were the only
ones eligible to vote. She was
elected on the second ballot
with 56 votes. Her closest
competitor was Don Stathos
who received 45 votes.
Others Seek Post
Others seeking the recom
mendation were L. W, (Lynn)
Newbry, Al Littrell and Ed
Branchfield.
Following the meeting Mrs.
Nye told a reporter from the
Mail Tribune: "The confi
dence of the Republican par
ty in me is most gratifying. I
realize that this doesn't mean
appointment to the Senate,
but whether or not the coun
ty court approves this recom
mendation, it is a source of
tremendous satisfaction to me.
'I will, of course, go up
there expecting to carry on
the work that I've been doing
both in education and other
areas." In answer to a ques
tion Mrs. Nye said, if appoint
ed, she would seek reelection
to a full term when the two-
year short term ends.
Judge Miller did not com
ment on Mrs. Nye but did say
he thinks the committee's ac
tion "is kind of unfair. We
(the county court) have the
responsibility of recommend
ing this person and I don't
think they should should take
the responsibility."
Hearing Opens on
Charges Against
Limousine Service
A slow, dull hearing on al
leged violations of" the Med
ford city code by the Medford
Airport Limousine service
and the Yellow Cab company
is taking place in the council
chambers at the Medford city
hall today.
The hearing started at
a.m., and at press time Karl
Kellenborger, owner of the
Yellow Cab company and the
first witness of the day, was
still testifying.
Serving as hearing exam
iner is Municipal Judge and
District Attorney-elect Alan
B. Holmes. Holmes was an
pointed examiner by the city
council and is serving in his
private capacity.
The hearing results from
charges-in the form of sworn
affidavits - brought against
Yellow Cab by the Airport
Limousine service. They
charge Kellenborger, as own
er or tne Yellow Cab com
pany, with violating the city
code In respect to operation
of a limousine.
Charges of Affidavits
In broad terms, the affi
davits charge that the limou
sine has not met every com
mercial airline flight at the
municipal airport, as required
by the city code; and that
Yellow Cab taxi-cabs have
been operating an limousines
at times, as prohibited by the
code.
Kellenborger has since
brought similar charges
against Medford Airport Li
mousine service. The city
council has directed that
Holmes hear the case for both
sides and then bring the facts
before the council.
If the council determines
that violations of the code
have occurred, it can revoke
the licenses of one or both of
the companies.
Five witnesses have been
subpoenaed to testify. They
arc Kellcnbcrgcr; John H.
Hill, owner of the Medford
Airport Limousine service;
City Recorder-Treasurer Dar
rell Huson; City Manager
Robert A. Duff; and Assistant
City Manager and Airport
Manager Gil Guljahr.
Lawyer Ben Day Is repre
senting the Medford Airport
Limousine service at the hear
ing. and lawyers Robert Dick
ey and L. L. Sawyer are rep
resenting Yellow Cab.
Haiti Placed
Under Martial Law
Port Au Prince, Ilaitl-ftirn-Haill
was placed under mar
tial law today to enable the
government to handle a na
tionwide student strike de
scribed officially as of "Com
munist inspiration."
The emergency action was
taken by the Interior Minis
try with the authorization of
the Council of State Secre
taries after students Ignored
a 12-hour government ulti
matum to return to classes.
WEATHER
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wlndi tonight. Partial clearing
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Temp.
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Loweal Thli Morning- 32
Our Skies Tonight
Suntet today 4:44 p.m.
KtinrUr- tomorrow H 7:12 a.m.
Moonift tonight S:S7 p.m.
f irst Quarter . Nov. 25
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HELD AT GUNPOINT Arthur L. Higbec, United Press In
ternational correspondent in The Congo, was held at gunpoint
by Congolese soldiers on charges that he was a "communist
spy." Higbee was held along with two other American news
men as Congolese soldiers firing rifles, machine guns and
armored car cannon attacked UN forces protecting the Ghana
Embassy at Leopoldville. (UPI Telephoto)
Bids for Building
Hospital Wing Will
Be Opened Dec. 20
Bids for construction of a
70-bed wing addition to Rogue
Valley hospital will be opened
by the board of directors Dec.
20,- George Flanagan, chair
man of the board's building
committee, told the board last
night.
The three-story and base
ment addition will be im
mediately east of the present
building. Specifications call
for construction in a 15-month
Dog Control To Get
Jacksonville Vote
Jacksonville The Jackson
ville city council will proceed
according to Its charter and
put the enacted dog ordinance
on the ballot for repeal or
continuance at a special oily
election in the near future,
Til is statement was made by
E. O. Graham, mayor. Ervin
Hogan, city attorney, said that
it is his official opinion that
the city doesn t have to follow
state statutes In this decision,
The statments of the mayor
and city attorney follow a
great controversy in Jackson
ville regarding the dog ordi
nance. Last Spring, a petition was
submitted to the city council
requesting that the dog ordi
nance question be placed on
the general election ballot In
November. At that time, the
council voted to have the
measure placed on the ballot
if a county dog control meas
ure failed to pass in the May
primary election. The meas
ure passed in the primary, so
the council didn't move to
have the ordinance placed on
the November ballot.
The latest action will call
for the measure to be voted
on at the same time a sewer
system proposal is placed be
fore the people. The election
will probably come in the
Spring of 1961.
Hornbrook Man Hurt
When Gun Goes Off
Hornbrook-Mervin McMas-
ters. 25, Hornbrook, was shot
in the leg Friday and taken
to the Siskiyou County Gen
eral hospital where the bullet
was removed.
McMasters was on horse
back carrying a .22 caliber
pistol. He brushed against the
branch of a tree which cocked
the weapon and fired it.
Home Rule Study Committee Decides to
Continue Interviews With
The question facing the
Jackson county home rule
cnarler study committee yes
tcrday was "where do wo go
from here? "
The committee met In the
Public Library of Medford
and Jackson county, and
heard reports on the home
rule charter clinic In Portland
last week.
The committee decided to
continue interviews with
county officials and Include
such ex-county officials as
Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, for
mer county clerk, and Rodney
Keating, former county Judge.
After the interviews and
further study, the committee
will decide on whether to rec
ommend a home rule charter
for Jackson county.
Following the decision, the
committee will suggest means
of establishing legislative, ex
period, but an alternate is
provided for completion in 12
months, Flanagan said.
Budgeted in the building
fund for the addition Is SI
558,000, which the board
hopes will be sufficient to fi
nance construction. Bids were
called after the surgeon gen
eral approved final buildings
plans recently, and the hos
pital received $558,000 In fed
cral Hill-Burton funds. J
Plant Iisuad
Flanagan said plans and
specifications have been; Is
sued to nine prospective bid
ders, among whom are Bes
sonctle Construction compa
ny, Medford, and Graft and
James Contractors, Medford
Reports on activities of the
hospital during the past year
were given, and four directors
were named and board of
ficers reelected,1 .
The Rt. Rev. Benjamin D.
Dagwcll, Portland, retired
bishop of tho Episcopal dio
cese of Oregon, and president
of the bdard, reviewed the
hospital's program during the
past year.
Other reports were given
by Charles I. Guslafson, hos
pital administrator, who not
ed the hospital's accreditation
and nursing program; and
Dwlght Houghton, board
treasurer, who said the hos
pital operated on a break-even
basis last year.
80 Physicians on Staff
Dr. R. M. Mayer, president
of the hospital's medical staff,
noted that there, are now
about 80 physicians on the
staff, including six who Join
ed during the last year. He
outlined medical staff com
mittee work, noting that more
than 45 physicians are Involv
ed in this work.
Mrs. Otto J. Frohnmayer,
first vice president of the
ladies auxiliary, reported that
the group donated 20,000
hours of service to the hos
pital last year, and purchased
$3,000 worth of equipment
with funds raised in Its gift
shop and other services at the
hospital.
Mr. Dagwell was reelected
president of the board, as
were Eugene Thorndlke, vice
president; Leon Boomer, sec
retary; and Houghton, treas
urer. Otto Bohncrt and Frohn
mayer were reelected to the
board of directors, and Glen
Jackson and Thorndlke were
reappointed.
ecutive functions under home
rule charter, if a charter is
recommended, ,
Led by committee member
W. E. Davles, some committee
members felt there should be
a separation provided between
executive and legislative pow
ers under the charter. Mem
bers also thought a county
government under a charter
system would need a broader
use of tho courts to enforce or
dinanccs. Committee members also
felt that the group may need
to split into two groups: one
to consider legislation and the
other to hold possibly off-the-rccord
Interviews with county
officials, employees and other
Interested persons.
The group discussed a possi
ble public relations program,
but decided to continue the
discussion until next Monday's
Congolese, UN
Troops Clash in
Bloody Fighting
Successor Also
Escorted Away
By ARTHUR L. HIGBEE
Leopoldville, The Congo -
tUPIl - Col. Joseph Mobutu's!
military regime ousted
Ghana's top diplomat and hi)
successor from The Congo to
day at the end of a bloody
battle between Congolese and
United Nations troops in
which both sides suffered
casualties.
But the political victory for
Mobutu failed to calm his
soldiers and they were re
ported threatening to march
on the U.N. headquarters at
swank Leopoldville hotel.
The U.N. hurriedly rein
forced the guard around the
building and set up machina
gun positions for defense.
Mobutu urged his men at
Binza Camp, five miles out
side town, to remain calm.
Nathaniel Welbeck, person
al representative of Ghanaian
President Kwame Nkrumah,
left his bullet-riddled embassy
at dawn and was escorted to
Leopoldville's Mdjili Airport
for a flight to Accra.
Plan Flight Delayed
The Soviet-built plane wa
held up for more than an hour
while Mobutu insisted tnat
Richard Quashie, sent to re
place Welbeck Monday, also
leave, Quashie finally Board
ed the plane and it left for
Accra.
In the 12-hour battle, re
ports said four Congolese -
including Col. Joseph isko
kolo, commander of the Con
go army's Leopoldville gar
rison and Mobutu's second in
command - were killed. Tha
unconfirmed reports also said
that the Tunisians lost three
men killed with about 10 men
on each side wounded.
Death Confirmed
' The Congolese press agency
said, later, that Nkokolo'
death was confirmed by of
ficial,', sources. The agency
adde :th'at two , Congo! esa
soldiers died in a hospital of
their injuries. Congolese sol
diers said Nkokolo was the
first man to be killed Monday
night. . , , -
Jacksonville Man
May Be Victim :
Roseburg-WPD-Sherlff's offi
cers were investigating today
to see if a drowning occurred
when a pfekup truck went
Into the North Umpqua river
west of Steamboat about 35
miles east of here. ,
The truck went Into tha
river during a slide late Sat
urday, sheriff's officers said.
It was noticed, by a passerby
who saw the lights on. The
pickup was mostly submerg
ed, in an upright position, and
was still in the river today.
A sheriffs deputy said the
pickup may belong to Riley
Norris, about 60, Jacksonville.
Norris' son was in the area
today. '
Two Women Killed
South ofCoquille
Coquille, Ore. (UPD Two
young women were killed to
day in a collision between a
station wagon and a loaded
hay truck about five miles
south of here on Highway 101.
State police identified tha
victims as Beverly Tucker, 19,
Bandon, and Shirley Price, 23,
Coquille. .
The driver of the hay truck,
Donald B. Kruse, 29, Rose
burg, was not injured.
The accident occurred about
0:45 a.m.
The two fatalities brought
Oregon's 1960 traffic death
toll to 418.
Officials
meeting at 2 p.m. in the li
brary basement meeting room.
Committee Chairman Mrs.
Thomas Rutter reported on
the charter clinic sponsored
by the Association of Oregon
Counties. Committee members
who attended the clinic were
Mrs. Rutter, Frank Farrell,
MacLeod Maurice, and Mrs.
Lester Adams.
Among the points brought
out were that the state legis
lature cannot amend Oregon
city charters but there is
nothing to say it cannot amend
prqposed county charters; that
establishing a trained county
executive would save consid
erable money at first, bnt does
ot mean continued savings al
though such an executive
might prevent excessive
spending, and that the county
charter should be written, in
original and broad terms.
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