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W At Bottle 1L eommem OGDim D-ng Taylor Will Be Returned Here; Charges John R. Taylor, 27, Salem will be returned to Jackson county Friday to be arraigned on three charges growing out of a shooting incident south of Ashland Tuesday evening. 28 Persons Die As Plane Crashes In Philippines Manila - IUPII - A Philippines Airlines plane crashed on takeoff at Cebu City today, killing 28 of the 37 persons aboard. Officials of the airline and of the Philippine constabulary ' announced only nine persons survived. No Americans were abroad. t The crash of the DC3 with 34 passengers and three crew men came on a regularly scheduled flight from Cebu City to Davao in the southern Philippines. Shortly afterward, Presi dent Carlos P. ; Garcia sus pended "until .further notice" all night flights by the airline. Two of the survivors said the twin - engine plane ' just nosedived suddenly after take off. It crashed three-fourths of a mile from Cebu City Air port. It was the second PAL crash within a month and pushed to 12 the total number killed in . six air crashes that have plagued the Philippines this year. Garcia said PAL would not be permitted to operate, night flights "until further notice." There was no immediate of ficial explanation for the crash. . :. Four Persons Hurt In Three Accidents Four persons were injured In three accidents early today. Hospitalized at Osteopathic hospital is W. R. Gates, 16, of 126 Renault ave. who is re ported to have injuries to his right ankle. He was a pas senger on a scooter being operated by Richard Rushton, 16, of 283 Oak Grove rd., when it was involved in an accident with an automobile at the intersection of Thomas rd. and Stewart ave. State police said the accident oc curred about 7:40 a.m. Rush ton was treated at Sacred Heart hospital and released. Reported in fair condition at Rogue Valley hospital is John Chastain, route 1, box 12, Central Point, who was injured in an accident about 9:30 a.m. at Timber Products company. He was reported to be suffering from possible chest injuries. Anlo Penwell, 223 Beatty St., was treated at Sacred Heart hospital and released this morning about 10:25 o'clock following an automo bile accident near the Big Y Signal Service Station. All four persons were lasen to the hospitals by Medford Ambulance service. Further details of the accidents were not known at press time. $75,000 Worth of Permits Issued Medford's city building de partment has issued approxi mately $75,000 worth of build ing permits during the last 24 hours, including one to the State of Oregon for $57,990. The state is erecting an ad dition to the state employ ment service office building at 119 North Oakdale ave. Other sizeable permits were issued to W. L. Moore to erect a $12,000 residence at 1812 East St., and to Benton Smith to erect a $1,000 accessory building at 2150 Barnett rd. shopping days left USE CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT TB 8ft mm Filed Tavlnr is in Thp nallfs nn. eral hospital being treated for a hnllpf. wnnnH anH a arata by a bullet received when he was capiurea near jjutur yes terday morning after a state wide manhunt. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeder said Taylor will be charged with assault with in. tent to kill in connection with the shooting in which State Policeman Donald Tain snf. fered three bullet wounds in his left leg. Cain is in good condition at Ashland General hospital. ' Two charges of grand lar ceny have been filed against Tavlor. ReeHpr saiH anh in connection with the theft of automobiles which police be lieve Taylor stole after the incident. Bail on the assault rhan is $25,000, and $2,500 on each of the grand larceny charges -a loiai oi $30,000. The incident occured when Cain stooDed to check a hilnh. hiker- at the intersection of Highways 99 and 66 Tuesday eveninff. Cain irlnntifia.4 fho highhiker as Taylor. After Cain removed one gun from the hitchhiker, the hitch hiker drew another one, and in the struggle that followed, Cain was shot three times in the leg. Cain fired at the flee ing fugitive, wounding him in the left hip. Knowledge of Roads State police said Taylor had knowledge of roads in this area, and said they believed that helped in his escape from officers searching the area of the incident. They said Taylor apparent ly took a bicycle near the highway junction, rode it to the Valley View area where he took a car, which he drove to TraiJ along back roads. An other car was taken in Trail, ajid later recovered in Bend. Police said Taylor had been arrested in the Rogue Valley in the past. He also is wanted in Grants Pass in connection with a burglary there, accord ing to reports. Records In Salem show that Taylor was released from the Oregon state penitentiary Aug. 5, 19S9, after serving two years of a three-year sen tence for burglary not in a dwelling. Prison records show he also served time for two earlier convictions, both of them on larceny charges. Freeway Discussed At Planning Session Nearly 40 Jackson county and Medford city officials and other interested p e rs o n s braved the fog Wednesday evening to attend a meeting of the Jackson county planning advisory group at the court house auditorium. Victor D. Wolfe; adminis trative assistant to the state highway engineer, reviewed the interstate highway pro gram and the tentative con struction schedule for the Pa cific freeway through the Rogue valley. Questions were asked of both Wolfe and Frank Mor gan, engineer for District 3 of the state highway, depart ment, regarding interchanges and cross roads. Robert Carstensen, county engineer, listed all of the roads that will either give ac cess to the freeway or cross the freeway in Jackson coun ty, and Vernon Thorpe, Med ford engineer, told which city streets would pass under or over the freeway. Conducting the meeting was County Judge Earl Miller. No other business was conducted, since officials from outlying areas had been unable to at tend. Winter Storm Blasts Eastern Half of U. S. By United Press International Winter's first storm sliced down the eastern half of the nation today, whipped waves 12 feet high in the Atlantic Ocean and pierced citrus-conscious Florida. Officially just a day old, the young season unloaded age old misery across a wide area and sent weather - blamed deaths since the cold wave be gan three days ago soaring above two score. Hoover Warns of Communist Group Washington - H'PD - FBI Di rector J. Edgar Hoover warn ed today that the Communists are planning to set up a new national youth organization in the United States "clandes tinely" master-minded by par ty members. Rogue Valley Edition Medford 32 Pages BELL RINGERS The Medford Kiwanis ana Rotary clubs had a little good-natured competition last Saturday when they participated in what amounted to a bell ringing con test on opposite corners at Main and Central ave., Med ford. The two clubs, as a public service gesture, took over VJY tfX't f. .IJT-i.,-!- ' ml I'M Awysl i; oil1 3 vvi&rrvv ' T; )j h 5 Jsi h : NATIVITY SCENE Joseph and Mary, nativity scene which was on display at the above, portrayed by Peter Naumes and school earlier this week. First graders Tony Marylee Lowry, students of St. Mary's Fazio and Theresa Ford are shown kneeling school, Medford, were featured in the "live" before. the manger. . . . Overflow Audience Sees MHS Christmas Program An overflow audience Tues day evening attended the an nual Christmas program at Medford High school's audi torium. The program, which includ ed selections by the high school orchestra, mixed chorus, Nonette, advanced girls chorus and the choir, was staged before a single - star backdrop accentuated by ef fective varied lighting. The star was designed and constructed by Warren Wolf, high school art instructor, and lighting .was engineered by Ken Peek, a Medford High senior. Following the orchestra's "Overture to the Messiah" by Handel, the mixed chorus pre sented four carols. The No nettes sang three Polish Christmas carols with Kathy Allen soloist in "Hark in the Darkness." The advanced girls chorus, composed of about 65 mem bers, presented Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols," a serie of 11 carols, including pro cession and recession. They were sung in the original Eng lish dialect. Linda Johnson was soloist in one carol. MEDFORD, OREGON, Anderson's "Christmas Fes tival" was done by the orches tra, the choir sang five carols, with Diana Hunter, Julie Gandt, and Julie Yoakley as soloists. About 40 alumni partici pated in the final selection, "The Song of .Christmas" by Ringwald done by choir after "Sleigh ,Ride" by the orches tra. Accompanists were James Arthur, Charlotte Brown and PamGilkison. WEATHER FORKCAST: Valley fog tonight, clearing Friday morning; oth erwise fair through Friday with increasing high cloudiness and gusty southeasterly winds. Low tonight 30. High Friday near 60. Temp. Highest Yeitcrday 35 Lowest This Morning 30 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:3X a.m.! Moon set tonight 10:10 p.m. First Quarter Dec. 24 PROM1NKNT STARS Blrius, rises 8:09 p.m. Deneb, low In northwest at mooniet. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, In the south west p.m. Mars, In the east S:I0 p.m. Tribune THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, the Salvauon army keules 10 help raise money for the organization. Rotarians pictured are, left, L. C. Taylor, and Joe Jorgensen, second from right. Kiwanians are, left to right, Ken Wright, Art Savard, Irv Mirick and Sam Richardson. United Crusade Reaches Goal The United Medford Cru sade today exceeded its $147, 850 1960 goal. Hal Gardner, UMC cam paign chairman, this morning said "late returns were great er than we originally antici pated." . This makes the eighth con secutive year that the United Medford Crusade has exceed ed its goal, a state-wide record. The total received of this morning was $147,966.60, Gardner said. Gardner praised UMC workers and area 'residents who pledged or contributed during the campaign, and said it gives the area "the best Christmas gift it could have." Grants Pass Trucker Fined $100 by PUC Salem -UPIi- Herman Frank lin Carothers Jr. of Grants Pass today was fined $100 by Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill for allegedly hauling a load of seed from Silverton to Grants Pass with out proper authority. The charge was brought by State Transportation Director James E. Singleton and Car others waived his right to a hearing. 55th Year Price 10 Cents 1960 No. 237 Pearson Attacks State Industrial Accident Group Salem-(UPD-State Sen. Wal ler Pearson, (D-Portland), Wednesday leveled criticism at the Oregon Industrial Acci dent Commission for permit ling the commission s employ- er mailing ' list and address plates to be made available for an AFL-CIO pamphlet. " Pearson, in a letter to IAG Chairman Sidney Lewis, said the pamphlet confined "false and misleading statements' about a proposal to chance Oregon's workmen's compen sation law. . Pearsons said the commis sion was guilty of "a gross impropriety in permitting the use of public properly for a private political purpose." Lewis defended making the list and the plates available on the grounds that he did so on the advice of Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton's office. Pearson said the pamphlet distorted the facts about the so-called competitive or three way workmen's compensation proposal. Lewis said Pearson should complain to Thornton if he has any criticism since it was Thornton who advised giving the plates to the labor group. Private Bidding 'If the advice was wrong, Sen. Pearson should complain to the attorney general in whose judgment he has dem onstrated so recently such a great degree of blind faith," he said. The proposed law would permit private insurance com panies to bid for coverage of industrial accidents. At pres ent, the state insures all in dustrial accidents. Meanwhile, Oregon Demo cratic Chairman Robert Straub said in Eugene that Pearson was not speaking for the Democratic party when he criticized the commission. Letter of Durno's Resignation Received The Jackson county court today received a letter from Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. Informing them of the resignation of Edwin n. Durno, state senator, from that post. Judge Earl Miller said he notified Appling of the ap pointment of Lynn Ncwbry. City Manager for Grants Pass Named Grants Pass - (UPD -Roy Eames, 39, was named city manager here Wednesday night by vote of the City Council to succeed Hugh Mc Kinley, who resigned to take a similar post in Eugene. Sports Bulletin Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Jc hansion heavyweight title fight will be staged at the Miami Beach Auditorium Monday. March 20. promo ter Humbert (Jack) Fugasy announced today. Ashland Bought For New Ashland - Purchase of the Ashland hotel building, a downtown Ashland landmark since before 1900, by First National Bank of Oregon was announced today by Ralph J. Voss, president of the state wide banking system. A new building for the Ash land branch of First National will be erected on the hotel site next summer, the bank president announced. The lo cation is bounded by East Main, Oak, Pioneer and C sis. and represents approximately 29.000 square feet of property. The new bank building will feature the latest in modern banking conveniences, includ ing drive-in banking, off-street parking, spacious safe deposit vault and expanded facilities for all departments, according to Richard Isaacs, local bank manager. Razing to Start Razing of the three - story building will begin in 60 days, after the present tenants have vacated the structure. In ad dition to the hotel, the build ing houses the Mackay Ga rage, McNair's Gift Shop, Ash land Hotel Beauty Shop, Ash land - Lithia Cab Company, Western Union and Sharps Needle Shop. Isaacs said the bank select ed the old hotel site because of its desire to remain in the core of the downtown district, close to the majority of the retail businesses, and the lo cation's excellent highway ac cess and space for adequate off-street parking area. The property has access from both north and south highways and also Oak st., which will ulti Rate Increase Suspension Asked Salem ftlPll Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill -today filed a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion asking for suspension of a proposed rate increase on gift fruit shipments originat ing in the West. The hike is due to be put into effect by Railway Ex press Agency on Jan. o. n would mean .20 cents more per shipment. Hill filed the petition on behalf of producers and ship pers of the fruit traffic, which originates mainly in the Hood River and Rogue River val leys of Oregon. A similar petition was lllea by R. W. Gray, secretary of The Gift Shippers Association of Medford, Hill said. Hill said the gift fruit pack age industry is a major out let for producers of fresh fruits in Oregon and the econ omic conditions of the indus try "have not improved to the extent that this traffic can now bear an increase of 20 cents per shipment." Minimum charge at present is $2.36, a rate 55 cents above that charged two years ago. Hill said Railway Express should be required to justify at a public hearing the rea sonableness of the increase. Volume of Mail Believed Down Statistics on the amount of Christmas mail handled by the Medford post office will not be available until next week, Postmaster Moore Hamilton said today. He said that it is believed that the mail volume is slight ly under last year, but at tributed this fact to several reasons. The Christmas help hired by the post office this season Hamilton described as of "extremely fine, caliber." They have handled the mail faster, which could account for the volume falling off earlier than last year. The postmaster thanked the public for its cooperation in grouping mail for local and distance delivery. ' Also he explained that more mail was airlifted into Med ford this season since the fog did not hamper flights until during the last several days. Storms in the East and Mid west might also be a problem, he continued, since some of the mail may arrive Jate. He concluded that stamp sales Income was slightly high er than in 1959. BARN DESTROYED Mt. Angel, Ore. - 1OT - A large barn at the Mt. Angel Abbey was destroyed by fire Wednesday and Abbey of ficials estimated loss at $21, 000. Hotel by Bank Branch mately connect with the pro posed freeway. The present timetable calls for wrecking of the building to be completed by July with construction to start shortly thereafter. The construction will take about eight months, Isaacs said. Oregon Airplane Wafer, Highway Traffic Crippled By United Press International Fog crippled air and water traffic and combined with ice to hamper auto transportation In Oregon today, three days before Christmas. Airports were socked in at Portland, Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Medford and Pen dleton. Only three flights left Portland International A I r port Wednesday and ship traf fic on the Columbia river was virtually at a standstill. Freeway Traffic Jam There was a traffic jam near Stafford on the Portland-Sa-lem Freeway. An east wind which came up during the night in the Columbia Gorge cleared fog from the Troutdale area and Portland was expected to be clear by noon. But the weather man said valley stations to the south and along the Columbia east of the Cascades probably would remain fogged in. Highways were icy in sev eral spots and several cars were involved in an accident on Portland's Banfield Free way. Two persons were ini jured. I Cars in Ditches x ne Portland - iaiem r rce- way was Icy from Tualatin Junction south to Aurora and several . cars skidded Into ditches; slate police reported Heavy fog made, driving doubly hazardous. Two Samoa, Calif., women, Mrs. Dolores Zimmerman and Mrs. Maude Bra Won, were In jured in a skidding accident south of the Stafford over pass. The weather man said a storm front off the coast could bring heavy rain in two or three days. Youths Arrested For Light Thefts Six youths, four aged 17, one 16, and one 15, were ar rested Wednesday afternoon by sheriff's deputies and Medford city police for the theft of numerous Cadillac tail lights in the valley. Officers said today that 13 of the tail lights were found in the boys possession. Two of the 17-year-olds were lodged in the juvenile deten tion home, the other four were released to the custody of their parents. The arrests cleared tail light thefts reported to city police in Medford, Ashland, and Grants Pass and to Jack son county sheriff's deputies. It was reported that the boys had perfected the re moval of the tail lights to such a degree that they could remove both lights from a car while it was stopped for a traffic signal. "You Know What I'd Like To Do? I'd Like To Push This Right Down Over That Guy's Ears" . Survivors Spend Rough Night in Stern Section Seven, Including Skipper, Missing Norfolk, Va. - (UPD - At least 8 seaman aboard the stern alf of a tanker broken in two by heavy waves were winning their battle against the sea today but seven others, ap parently including the veteran skipper and several officers, were missing. Survivors picked off the rolling hulk of the Pine Ridge by helicopters from the Navy carrier Valley Forge said they spent a rough night in the stern section but were not worried because of confidence the compartment bulkhead would hold. Survivors Removed Helicopters from the Navy carrier picked survivors otf the hulk morning -long and prospects appeared good for rescue of all 28. By noon 13 survivors had been rescued. But the outlook was bleak for Capt. Clark Snyder, 42, Havertown, Pa., his 1st mate. 2nd mate, 3rd mate, quarter master, radio operator and steward. The Coast Guard said had been established that there were 35 men aboard the ship and that 28 were saved in the stern section. Ship Snapped in Two But the hapless officers ap parently were in the brig, on the forward part of the shiD. when it broke in two shortly Dctore noon Wednesday with such suddenness that the radio operator was unable to get out distress call. The stern gave the appear ance today of a stubby, sea- woruiy vessel but the bow plunged partially under the waves shortly after the break up and no sign of life was seen aboard the front section after that. , The skipper of the Esso Jamestown, another tanker in the disaster area about 125 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C., said the seas were sometimes up to 20 feet high last night ... I don't think anybody could; live in it." ' Shortly before dark Wed nesday, one rescue ship said it spotted t live men in the water with life jackets but they never again were seen. Protected by Bulkheadi " ' James C. Lewis, 'Winston- Salem, N.C., an oiler rescued by helicopter, said aboard the Valley Forge that although the seas were running high nd "the weather was pretty bad," "we had - three bulk heads in front of us" that pro vided water tight compart ments to keep them afloat, the Navy reported. Lewis said that he did not see the captain and first mate during the time he was aboard the stern section. 224 Pints of Blood Collected Yesterday The Jackson , County Red Cross chapter collected 224 pints of blood yesterday dur ing the regular visit of tha Bloodmobile to Medford. Mrs. Anita Burba, chairman of the county blood program, said she considers this "very good." Although the blood dona tions fell short of the chap ter's quota of 290 pints, Mrs. Burba said the .hirn-out was good in view of the bad weath er and the nearness of Christ mas. A total of 237 donors, including 113 drop-ins, show ed up to give blood. Thirteen donors, were rejected. fzmwM
