TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1860
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Announcing
A New Service By
Memory Gardens ;
Memorial Park
and Funeral Home
' "The Chapel of Memories" "
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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 .
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it costs to have adequate re
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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.
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MEDFORD INSURANCE
Agency
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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.
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