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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
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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.
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