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TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1860 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. A 5 Five Badly Burned Bodies Discovered; Murder Suspected Plkeville, Ky.-UIPD-Authori- ties today refused to accept any explanation but murder for the deaths of four men and a youth whose bodies, hor ribly burned, were found sitting in a burned-out car on a remote dead end road. But one major question re mained. If it were murder, how were they killed? The bodies, discovered Sun day by a little girl, were sitting upright, in natural po sitions. The doors of the car had buckled in the intense heat, but had not jammed. The car apparently had run off a dirt road into a creek bed, but had halted without turning over. Traces of Gas Autopsies performed Mon day disclosed traces of poi . sonous carbon monoxide gas, which is contained in auto exhaust fumes, but it could not be determined whether the gas was the killer. State Police Sgt. James Cox said he was continuing the inves tigation on the assumption the deaths were no accident Two of the charred bodies were sent to Kettering Crime L a b o r a t ory in Cincinnati, Ohio, for further examination, "I have never seen bodies burned so badly as these were," said Pike County Co roner Raymond S. Call. The fire had burned the head off at least one of the victims. "I believe that such intense Bighorn Sheep Being Transplanted Portland -IUPD- The first transplant of Bighorn moun tain sheep to other parts of their original Eastern Oregon range was made last week by the State Game Commission. Four animals were captured from the nucleus herd in the Hart Mountain enclosure and trucked to the east face of the Steens Mountains. The four animals Included one large ram, two adult ewes and one female lamb. The sheep were released on Bureau of Land Management lands in the vicinity of Alvord Creek, a rugged, rlm-rocked gorge cutting the east face of the Steens. Additional attempts will be made in the near future to capture more sheep for the Steens transplant, the com mission said. ' Pharmacy Phacts From GENE WESTLAND We've said before that a chemi cal isn't a 'drug until its correct use has been proved through ex haustive research. One of the out standing examples of this fact is that of "sulfanilamide" which was discov ered as a chemical compound back In 1908. It has saved hundreds of thous ands of lives since research proved Its great healing qualities. , The penicillin organism was first Identified in 1929 by Sir Alexan der Fleming, but it took another 1 5 years before careful research allowed it to be called a drug and the pharmaceutical industry's re search found the method which allowed mass production in its now familiar form. First Aid Supplies your present concern? From band aids to the largest rolled bandages, you can fill your First Aid Kit at McLain's Drug Centre, here at 8 No. Central, Medford, Oregon. adv. I.'.' J. - heat could not be developed merely by the burning of the interior oi an automobile.1 Call said. "I believe the fire was led." Robbery Possible Motive State police indicated rnh. bery was a possible motive. They said John Yates, father of one of the victims, told mem his son had more than $200 In his wallet when he was last seen Saturday nieht. The victims, all coal miners except the youngest, were identified as Harmon Robin son, 42: Denver Yates. 25 Harvey Ratliff, 24. the driver: Bob Hopkins Jr., 22, and his Droiner, Louis, 16. State police said the five were last seen Saturday night, and that witnesses indicated they had been drinkine. "We have so very little to go on," Cox said. "We all have our theories, but they are merely theories and we can't disclose those. Morse Sees Hike In Minimum Pay Miami, Fla. - IUPD - S e n . Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Monday a hike in the mini mum wage was certain in the next congressional session and approval of a Forand type medical aid bill a good possibility. Morse said the minimum wage level "should and will be as high as $1.25 an hour." He said there was a "good chance" for approval of a medical aid plan for elderly persons financed through so cial security, as proposed in the last session by Rep. Aime Forand (D-R.I.). Morse predicted broad suc cess for President-elect John F. Kennedy's legislative pro gram in the next session.- He said "a considerable amount will get through" be cause of what he termed, the absence of the veto threat wielded over Congress by President Eisenhower. Nike-Hercules Tested in Alaska Anchorage, Alaska -IUPD- A Nike-Hercules missile, first ever fired from a defense site near a metropolitan area, knifed across the skies Mon day afternoon and destroyed a target 40.000 feet above the Chugach Mountains. The missile was visible to several thousand Anchorage residents who watched the 21 foot weapon soar into the sky, drop its 27-foot booster stage into the snow and then travel 65 miles down range before blowing up. The missile was fired by Battery B of the 4th Missile Battalion, 43rd Artillery. It is believed to have been the longest tactial Nike-Hercules shot made in the missile's history. Thanksgiving Program Slated at College Ashland-Tlie annual Thanks giving assembly at Southern Oregon college, which tradi tionally features Dr. Roy Mc- Neal, professor of geography, as speaker will be held Wed nesday at 10 a.m. Entertainment by the Pop ularies or the chorus will also be on the program. The public is invited. A two-day Thanks giving vacation will be ob served by SOC students and faculty. Portland - (UPI) - The Inland Empire Waterways associa tion opened its 27th annual convention here Monday. LLiL 1 ..A I NV: :-,VJ $; - v -i X a v. J I ' v , ;x . i k q I, i i f ", . 1 yjWZ r 1 I .Vj Wj H I : :i- -v 'f l'v "J HOME LOST-Llttle Steven Foster, 3, and his dog wandered a few blocks from home in San Frarlclsco. Sympathetic police took the pair into the police station where Steven "convinced" officers that it was his Mdma and the family home which was lost, not them. Police dined the boy and his dog on doughnuts until the frantic Mama, Mrs. Cecele Foster, called to report a missing child and dog. (UPI Telephoto) U.S. Submits Plan to NATO Paris - (UPD - The United States has submitted a 10-year plan aimed at strengthening the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization politically and transforming the NATO Min isterial Council, into an effec tive Western Cabinet, in formed sources said today. The plan, suggested by U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter, was viewed as a final act of statesmanship by Presi dent Eisenhower before he leaves the White House in Jan uary. Vice President-elect Lyn don B. Johnson hinted Mon day in his keynote speech to the NATO conference of par liamentarians that the United States plans to introduce "new dimensions to the objectives of NATO. NATO sources declined to detail the American plan, which will be discussed by the NATO Ministerial Coun cil next month. Use of Children In Fields Discussed Salcm-IUPD-Oregon Employ ment Commissioner David H, Cameron met with Salem growers and processors Mon day to discuss better use of seasonal agricultural workers, including recruitment of chil dren. One packer, Walter Lelh of Salem, said they want the "confidence of parents that children working in platoons are well taken care of. Among the problems dis cussed were whether to pay a bonus if platoons arc switch ed from one grower to an other, what to do about chil dren who become ill during the working day, and how to control unruly children in the fields or on worker buses. It was agreed that making children walk home involves too great a risk. Quotes From the News BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Havana A speaker at a mass meeting of university stu dents in Camaguey, bitterly criticizing Fidel Castro's gov ernment: ' "Cuba is the biggtit country in the worldl lit capital is Havana, ill govrnmnt is in Moscow and its people ro in th United States!" Prominent Author Faces Charges Of Stabbing Wife Moscow Mrs. Irving T. McDonald, wife of the U. S. Embassy aide ordered expelled by the Russians, after being informed by the embassy of the explusion order: I luppot I, had better ilart packing. Washington A Quartermaster spokesman, announcing the Defense Department is ready to launch Operation Thanks giving Turkey: . "We have the birds in position. If a (ingle man in the armed services doesn't have his turkey, it will be the cook's fault." Los Angeles-Actress Jo Morrow, mulling over the clause of her contract with Columbia that says she must not go over a weight of 132 pounds: I love candy, but I can i have any until I m below 132. And my doctor says I muit weigh at least 132, to I can't have any candy." First China Clipper Flight Left SF Bay 25 Years Ago Today San Francisco-IUPll-Twenty five years ago today a crowd of 125,000 persons gathered on the hills near the Golden Gate to watch a flying boat christened China Clipper rise from the waters of San Francisco Bay for the first scheduled transpacific flight in history. Among the observers was Postmaster General James A. Farley, who came from Washington to watch the four-engined Pan American Airways plane depart on its flight to Manila. Most Significant Achievement Farley described the event as the beginning of the greatest and most significant achievement in the marvelous and fascinating development of air transportation." Manuel L. Quezon, then president of the commonwealth of the Philippines, sent a message for the first flight. It said: "Today, we await impatiently the arrival of the flying clipper ships that will, with incredible swiftness, finally sweep away the barrier of time and space forever. Twenty one hours later the China Clipper, piloted by Capt. Edwin C. Musick, made Its first stop at Honolulu. The flying boat maintained an average speed of 115 miles an hour during the 2,400-mile flight. After stops at Midway, Wake and Guam, the clipper reached its destination. The colorful log of the first flight had this to say about reaching the Philippines: Signal for Another Celebration "Then, reared sharply against the horizon from a distance of a hundred and fifty miles, through the incredibly clear atmosphere from our altitude of 11,000 feet, Mount Pandan and Catanduanes Island were sighted, a sight we have been looking forward to for the past five days." The landing of the China Clipper in Manila Bay was the signal for another civic celebration. It had crossed the ocean in what was then blinding speed 59 hours and 48 minutes. Today Pan American jets make the 8,746-mile flight from San Francisco to Manila in' 16 hours and 20 minutes at a speed of 550 miles an hour. New York (UPI Norman Mailer, author of the war time novel "The Naked and the Dead," faced arraign ment today on charges of stabbing his wife at a week end party without apparent provocation. Mrs. Mailer, who tried to cover up the story of the knif ing, was reported in critical condition at University Hos pital, suffering from two wounds in the back and stomach. Mailer denied the stabbing charge in his wife's hospital room, but she repeated it to his face, police said. To Ask Examination The author, who has been involved in a scries of inci dents with police recently, will be arraigned on a felo nious assault charge. Police said they planned to ask he undergo psychiatric examina tion at Bellevue Hospital. Detectives said the stab- Four Talks Given At Club Meeting Four talks were given b members at a meeting of the Jackson Toastmaster's club at the Jackson hotel Monday morning. TPiey were by Dorcmus Scudder, who discussed the "Case of the Frozen Mam moth"; Jim Wells, who chose "Enthusiasm" for his eighth talk before the club; and Bill McKibben, who received the process of digestion. Larry Horton, a club mem ber taking "Beyond Basic Training Course," gave an ex temporaneous speech. Ed Ku- pillas was toastmaster, and assigned the topic "Are We Headed for A Major Reces sion? Bill Butler was In charge of the topic session, and all members of the club were re quired to participate. Subjects discussed centered around the educational sys tem and included discussions on tile students of tomorrow, courses of study, tomorrow s instructors, and the function of the Parent-Teacher association. The club decided that its speechcraft school would start Jan. 19. All members have been urged to submit the names of five men who would be interested in improving their speaking ability. The Servicemen To Get Traditional Holiday Dinners Washington - (UPD - Every U.S. military man - be he on land or sea - will have his Thanksgiving turkey if the Quartermaster Corps has its way. The Defense Department said today that enougli tur keys to serve all 2,492,474 members of the armed forces have been shipped, with all the trimmings, to military sta tions throughout the world for traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. "We have the birds In posi tion," said a Quartermaster spokesman. "If a single man in the aimed forces doesn't have his turkey it will be the cook's fault." Monu Listed The Navy and Marine Corps prepare their own menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Army and Air Force have a "Joint Army-Air Force Master Menu." It includes: Shrimp cocktail with cock tail sauce and crackers; roast turkey with giblet gravy: bread dressing; cranberry sauce; mashed potatoes and orange glazed sweet potatoes; buttered peas and buttered broccoli; assorted relishes; as sorted hot rolls and butter; pumpkin pic with whipped cream, or mincemeat pie and fruit cake; assorted fruits, dates, candy or nuts; and tea, coffee or milk. bing took place early Sunday morning at the end of a big party at the Mailers' apart ment. Three hours later Mail er took his 35-year-old wife -his second-to the hospital where she told dotors she had cut herself with broken glass. Hospital authorities doubt ed her story and notified po lice, but detectives were not permitted to talk to her until Monday because of her condi tion. Reluctantly she told them her 37-year-old husband had stabbed her with a pen knife or a claspknlfe. "He just looked at me," she said. "He didn't say a word. Then he stabbed me." Aikt Kind Treatment Mrs. Mailer, a talented painter, added that she thought her husband has "ho micidal" tendencies and that his family has been trying to make him see a psychiatrist. She pleaded with police to treat him kindly. Mailer gained fame as a literary figure with his book "The Naked and the Dead" in 1948 after he got out of the Army. The book, charged through with the rough, curs Ink talk of soldiers in World War II, was an overnight sensation. His subsequent literary output has not been as suc cessful. He wrote "Barbary Shore" in 1951, "The Deer Park," in 1955 and "Adver tisement for Myself" in 1959. Hawaii Architect Praises Capitol Salem - (UPD - An architect working on plans for a new Hawaii capitol building said Monday the Oregon capitol architecturally is the best of eight he visited. C. W. Lemmon, Honolulu, gave the nod to Oregon over capitol buildings in Nebraska, North Carolina, Georgia, Tex as, Louisiana, Arizona and New Mexico. Oregon's capitol building was built in 1938. He was one of four Ha wailan visitors here Monday. Others were Leo C. Pritchard, administrative director of Ha waii, and State Reps. George Koga and William Bains-Jordan, all of Honolulu. Oregon was the last stop on the tour. The group gathered ideas for design of the new Hawaii capitol. Used FRIDENS "Automatic" 17500 Up A REAL CALCULATOR Not Just a Gadgetl VOIGHT'S FRIDEN AGENCY 8th & Grape ; Medford course will be open to any man who wishes to partici pate. Additional Information may be obtained from Ted McDanlcl, 1880 Roberts rd., Medford, telephone SPring 2-8819. Announcing A New Service By Memory Gardens ; Memorial Park and Funeral Home ' "The Chapel of Memories" " 1395 Arnold lan SP 3-7338 htMlillllllllllllllllllllllllllTIIIllilillllllllllllllllllllli Beginning the week of December 5, 1960, a flag will be flown from the Veteran's Me morial flagpole at Memory Gardens each week to honor the memory of a deceased veteran; The flag to be raised will be that given to the survivor by the U. S. Government in honor of his or her loyal and distinguished service to this country in the Armed Forces. The deceased veteran to be so honored during the week of December 5-10, is WILLIS V. PRATT. , Each Tuesday, the name of the deceased veteran to be honored during the following week will be announced at the end of our regular Question & Answer' column in this newspaper. , Counsel With ... Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan SB . Let us show you how little it costs to have adequate re placement coverage. Perhaps we can effect econ omies for you by packaging cer tain of the insurance policies you carry into one contract, with the premium payments made easy by one renewal date with one premium, and that on an easy pay budget. Fred R. Brennan, C.I.A. MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE SP 3-7343 27 North Holly Srreer U.S. May Ease Southern Patrol Washington -(UPD- The Unit ed States probably will begin withdrawing its naval patrol off Guatemala and Nicaragua within a week or so unless new violence erupts in the area, an administration source said today. This source said no "firm decision" to recall the patrol had been made but that President Eisenhower was ex pected to review the possibil ity within the next few days. The State Department was understood to feel that the United Slates would appear in a bad light if it kept the patrol in operation indefi nitely. Seven Persons Die As Train Hits Cat Eioy, Ariz.-lDPIl-"! went up and down the tracks and saw the bodies lying all around. ' There was nothing anyone 1 could do." The bodies seen by passerby , Vic Sheridan were those of j two mothers, four of their j five children and a man who were killed Monday when ! their auto drove in front of a Southern Pacific freight j train near here. Impact of the! crash scattered bodies for 300 yards. The seven persons killed were Mrs. Katherlne Jewell, 26, and her children, Leroy, 3, and Rusty, 19 months; Mrs. Anabelle Martin, 30, and a son, Elliot, 5, and a daughter, Barbara, 3; and Mrs. Martin's brother-in-law Benjamin, 28. Mrs. Martin was the driver. ENTERTAINERS ENGAGED Hollywood - UPD - Actress Sandra Dee. 18. and singer Bobby Darin, 24, are engaged. DISHWASHER MTCED! L, J- m homemakers concerned with family health and happiness! The lady who runs your house faces a sink filled with dirty dishes, pots, and pans about one-thouaand times every year if she washes dishes the old-fashioned way! 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