Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1960)
9 Reach Safety After Battering Off Oregon Coast Four Daring Seamen Join Tanker Crewmen Stern Section Will Be Towed Back to Port Captain, Seven Others Drown Norfolk, Va.-IUPII-Four dar ing seamen used a small boat bobbing on eight-foot seas to day to board the drifting stern section of the broken tanker Pine Ridge and join the crew man who stayed with the hulk. The crewmen from the ocean-going tug Curb immedi ately began helping John Ric hart, Wilmington, Del., the tanker orewman who stayed behind, prepare to take aboard a tow line for the slow haul back to port. Captain Drowned Tho 503-foot tanker broke In two under the pounding of stormy seas Wednesday. Twenty-nine crewmen who had the good fortune to be in the stern section at the time lived because the stern stayed upright and remaind sea worthy. But eight others, in cluding Capt. Clark Snyder, 44, apparently drowned aboard the bow section which capsized and nearly submerged. The skipper of the Curb, a tug from New York, radioed at midmorning that "there's still a breeze and a lot of swell but I don't expect any more trouble than is usual in this sort of operation." Hazardous Operation The Coast Guard reported that seas in the area, about 125 miles east of Cape Hat teras, were running with waves as high as eight feet, making the task of boarding the high-riding stern section from the boat an extremely hazardous one. Coast Guard, Navy and merchant vessels continued to search through the night for a sign of the eight missing men and planes were ordered up at dawn, but chances of finding any of them were slim. (See Picture on Page 2) County Printing Office Operating A county printing depart ment is now functioning in the basement at the county courthouse, County Commis sioner Chester Wendt an nounced this week. He said the setup is strictly on an experimenlal basis, and no extra employees are need ed to operate the duplicating equipment. ; Wendt said that if the de partment proves satisfactory, the equipment will be com bined with other machines in the courthouse. He spoke par ticularly of the stamp meter ing machine which is now in Jhe office of the court's secre tary. All outgoing mail in the courthouse goes through this machine, the commissioner ex plained, and said that the vol ume has increased consider ably in recent years. - Wendt said that all work to be duplicated will be chan nelled through the county clerk's office to ascertain whether it can be done at the courthouse or must be sent to a commercial printer. He added that when a small num ber of copies are needed it is not profitable for it to be done commercially. WOULD OPEN MINES Washington-lUPli-Sen. Clair Engle (D-Calif.) proposed to day to shore up America's dwindling gold supplies by re opening western mines. Christian Pilgrims Begin Bethlehem Move Jerusalem, Jordan - (UPIl .Tears of joy mingled with those of sorrow today while the first 2,500 Christian pil grims moved through the Mandlebaum Gate from Israel to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ. Some Turned Back Those who made it were the joyful ones. Those who were turned back by Israeli and Jordanian security guards were not. Not many were turned away, but there were several who were halted after, being searched on both sides of the border by guards looking for smugglers. 'DIFFERENT' TREE Mrs. Garth Diederlch, an employee bl of the building department of the Medford city hall, used more than a little imagination mas-tree, shown above; The tree, made of wood, with dowels for branches, is festooned-with an assortment of tools and paraphenalia that are associated with the city building de partment. Spikes, a trowel, hand drill and pliers, along with pencils, a continuity tester and rulers, give it the appearance of . . . well a cluttered workbench., C i r c u if C o Awards $44,725 in Condemnation Suit A Jackson county circuit court jury late yesterday aft ernoon awarded $44,725 to Chester and Glenna Irish and Emma Childreth for 5.96 acres which will be used for a right-of-way for the new Highway 99 freeway. . . . Irish, represented by Stan ley Jones and Joel B. Reeder, Medford lawyers, had sought $62,500 for the property in the Central Point area. The state highway commission had valued the property at $27,000. This was the third condem nation case in which William Mansfield, attorney represent ing the state highway commis sion, has faced the Medford legal firm. The jury went out yesterday at 11 a.m., and re turned the verdict at 4 p.m. Argue Motion Mansfield, during a session in Circuit Judge James Main's chambers Tuesday morning, argued a motion for a mistrial, which would have caused the case to be thrown out of court and be tried over again. He based his motion on a Mail Tribune news story on the trial in Monday night's pa per. However, Judge Main de clared the story was accurate, and pointed out that he had instructed the jury members Scores of the pilgrims spent the night in tents near the gate that marks the dividing line between the Israeli and Jordanian sectors of this an cient city. Gained a Day Ordinarily pilgrims are per mitted to cross only on Christ mas Eve. This year they gain ed a day as the gates arc closed on Saturday, the Jew ish Sabbath. The pilgrims will return Sunday afternoon and eve ning. Another 1,000 pilgrims were expected in Nazareth, Israel for solemn midnight masses at the churches of the Sisters of Nazareth and of St. Claire, in decorating the office Christ u r t J u r y not to listen to the radio, watch television or read the newspaper. He denied the motion. ' A second in-chambers ses sion concerned a legal techni cality involving an authority cited during the case. Testimony Given Also during Tuesday's ses sion testimony was given on an appraisal sheet sent the state highway commission by Irish before the case came to trial. Jones, represnting Irish, introduced letters from the state highway department re porting that the statement was lost and could not be re turned. However, Mansfield had used .the property owner's ap praisal for the basis of his cross examination of witneses Tuesday. Jones said he did not blame the attorney. He pointed out that copies of such appraisals given by the owner of the condemned property are returned customarily and are not revealed to highway commission attorneys. During the trial, a number of witnesses testified to the value of the property to be removed for the right-of-way, and the gravel and top soil which Irish sells from it. Local Man Pleads Innocent to Charge Rayner Fredrick Torrant, 69, of 517 South Grape St., entered a plea of innocent in municipal court this morning to a charge of failure to leave information at the scene of an accident. Torrant is scheduled to be tried on the charge Jan 6. The police complaint alleges that a pickup truck operated by Torrant struck an awning post at The Clock restaurant, 301 East Main St., Thursday morning, and then left the scene of the accident without leaving any Information. Police later traced the ve hicle to the Torrant residence through the license number, Torrant admitted that his ve hicle was involved in the ac cident, but he denied that he was driving it at the time, ac cording to police records. Russia Hopes for Better Relations, Gromyko Asserts Kennedy Expected To Help Situation Moscow-ttlPD-Foreign Minis ter Andrei Gromyko said to day the Soviet Union hopes relations with the United States will improve after President-elect John F. Ken nedy takes office. Gromyko made the state ment in a sweeping review of foreign police before the Su preme Soviet (parliament). "The Soviet government re grets that relations between the United States and the So viet Union have been strained of late and have markedly de teriorated," Gromyko said. "The Soviet government de sires that Soviet-American re lations, with the inauguration of Kennedy, should revert to the state where they were in the time of Franklin D. Roose velt." Gromyko spoke at the Su preme Soviet's olosing session. Premier Nikila Khrushchev was present at the session but did not speak, although he had been expected to. Observ ers speculated that the cold from which he has been re ported suffering may have kept him from the rostrum. It was the first Supreme So viet session since 1956 at which Khrushchev has not spoken. During the course of his bid for warmer relations with the Kennedy administration, Gro myko lashed out at President Eisenhower and Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon. "Unfortunately of late, re lations between the United States and the U.S.S.R. are tense and have worsened. This is not our fault. It is the fault of the Eisenhower-Nixon government." He said that "while preach ing friendship" the United States - "committed treacher ous viloations of. the sove reignty of our country, name ly the U2 and RB47 flights. When they were caught red handed they did not apologize but declared that they -were right." i ; Tree Criticism Nettles Official Portland-IUPD-A spokesman for the company that donated the nation's Christmas tree is bit needled over comments from Washington that the tree is one. of the "most scraggy" in years. The giant Douglas fir was cut from Georgia-Pacific tim berlands in Oregon, and shipped by rail to. the nation's capital. When it arrived, the Wash ington News took one look and began tossing barbs at the tree's sparse foliage. In fact, the News declared in a caption beneath a photo of the tree, "Workers will have to lash some additional branches on the tree,"-to fill in the gaps. A spokesman for Georgia- Pacific admitted he was some what nettled by the criticism. 'This is the first Douglas fir that has been used there for some time," he said. "Dif ferent states supply the tree each year, and many of them have sent cedars, spruce, and others of fuller foliage than the Douglas fir." But he conceded the tree may be a little slim. "Undoubtedly we lost a few needles in shipping the tree 3.000 miles," he admitted. 'There has not been enough cold weather to set the nee dles, and the tree is probably not as bushy as it was when it left our forest," he said Space Capsule Truman and ixchange Jibes on Suggested Use Of Atomic Bomb Starts Debate Ex-Commander Denies Assertion New York (UPD Former President Harry S. Truman said today he was expressing an "opinion" when he report ed Gen. Douglas MacArthur advocated use of atomic bombs during the Korean war. MacArthur had termed the report "completely false." I have no documentation," Truman told reporters who questioned him about his re marks which revived the con troversy started when the for mer president fired Mac Arthur from command in the Korean conflict. MacArthur angrily denied Thursday night that ho pro posed using atomic bombs in Korea. He also said that the bombs used against Japan to end World War II were not needed. 'I've had my say and the general has had his and you can believe anyone you want to, Truman declared during his morning walk with report ers in chilling 15-degree weather. No Further Comment He said he did not inlend to comment further about the controversy between himself and MacArthur. "History will take care of him," Truman said. MacArthur said the records would show he never even discussed use of the atom bomb in Korea. Truman had said MacArthur wanted to use the bomb against both Red China and Eastern Russia. Truman, in his memoirs did not directly accuse Mac Arthur of advocating the atom bomb, saying only that MacArthur s p toposals to bomb Yalu river bridges risk ed i extending , the Korean fighting into a general con flict. "I expressed an opinion on the program which was not in my memoirs," Truman said. MacArthur, in his statement. said the atomic bomb was not needed in Korea "any more than we did in the war against Japan." . Truman snapped back to day: "The use of the atomic bomb ended the war. Any man can win a football game on Monday morning." He was asked if he felt his remarks about the bomb would stir the bitter contro versy over his relieving Mac- Arthur from command late in 1951. The war ended in Au gust, 1953. "I don t mind kicking up a fuss," Truman smiled. The former president Is in New York for a Christmas visit with his daughter, Mar garet Truman Daniel. He said he had no intention of visit ing MacArthur, who lives here in an apartment In the Waldorf Towers. "I've been in New York 50 times without meeting him. I don't have to now," Truman said. PorlIand-4UPI)-Rep. William J. Gallagher (R-Multnomah) said Thursday he will author legislation to form a planning committee for establishment of a rehabilitation camp for sex offenders in Oregon. Recovery Attempt Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, IN WASCO COUNTY JAIL 1' v - ' -rfrf f t r uAife ltd- cwj , tl - i f. t 'J . Is shown above as he was booked into Wasco county jail at The Dalles after his capture He will be returned to Jackson to be arraigned in district court with intent to kill and two counts of grand larceny In connec tion with automobile thefts. He is accused of shooting Oregon State Policeman Donald Cain in the leg Tuesday evening near Ashland. Porter Blames Loss At Polls on 'More Than Could Chew' Washington-"! tried to bite off more than I could chew," Congressman Charles O. Por ter said this week, in discus sing his defeat for reelection. In his final "Report from Washington" newsletter, mailed to many constituents the fourth Congressional district of Oregon, Porter said he plans to return to law prac tice in Eugene, "unless per chance the Kennedy adminis tration offers me a challeng ing assignment I can't resist." He said his office is prepar ing files on uncompleted cases to be turned over to his suc cessor, Republican Congress man-elect Edwin R. Durno, M.D., Medford. And, in discussing his two terms in office, the 41-year- old Democrat added, in part: I tried to bite off more than I could chew. This has been a failing of mine ever since I was a student in the class of 1937 at Eugene High school. I suppose it always will be.' In addition to - answering my mail, handling cases for con stituents and promoting Dis trict improvements such as roads, dams and jetties, I tried with some success to stop our government's coddling of dic tators. I tried with no imme diate success to encourage in creased communication with China. I tried with a little suc cess to advance practical ne gotiations for disarmament with safeguards. Whether we stave off the hot war with Its devastating all-out nuclear exchange largely depends, it seems to me, on dumb luck when you consider the ever increasing number of atomic missiles and when you con template the sorry state of dis armament negotiations. Whether we win the cold war depends, I think, on our being able to identify ourselves in time with democratic social and economic progress throughout the world. We MacArthur OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1960 No. 238 i lew. V 1 John R. Taylor, 27,. of Salem near Dufur Wednesday morning. county where he is scheduled Tuesday on charges of assault ' ' ' ' (UP! Tclephoto) must divorce our image from association with dictators and oligarchies now cruelly re pressing that kind of progress. For this job we must enlist hard - working, unpretentious shirt-sleeve ambassadors in the Chester Bowles pattern. Domestically the 87th Con gress will immediately be con fronted with the Kennedy pro gram for-among other items federal aid to depressed areas, medical care for the aged through the social security program, increased minimum wage, repeal of Section 14b of Taft-Hartley, common situs picketing, federal aid to edu- cation-and, very important for the Fourth District, housing legislation to make more money available for the many thousands who want to own their own homes and lead to an increase in the market prices of lumber and plywood. The probable impact of ply wood imports, especially from Japan, on low market prices is a very difficult and specu lative question," according to a letter I recently received from John J. Allen Jr., Act ing Secretary of Commerce. No one in the industry during this slump has ever tried to show the Tariff Commission serious injury to our mills from imports as a basis for having the tariff increased. "The currently lower number of housing starts for housing in the U.S. is the principal cause of economic difficulties of the Pacific Northwest lum ber industry," says a Library of Congress expert in a memo randum recently prepared for me indicating that Canadian lumber imports should not be blamed ; . . It was an honor to serve as your congressman. From all of us-Priscilla, Don, Chris Sam, Anne and myself, Merry Christmas and every good wish for the New Year to you and your loved ones. Korea 55th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune Schools Close for Vacation, Offices Closed on Monday The Christmas holiday week gets under way today. The last of the city and county schools dismissed classes, and many employees in Medford stores will be home in time for Chritmas Eve celebrations. The majority of the retail stores in Medford will close 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and many grocery stores at 6 p.m. Drug stores will close later in the evening. Most businesses will be closed Christmas day, and re tail merchants and banks will remain closed Monday, a legal holiday, although grocery stores arc planning to remain open. The suite liquor store will close Saturday at 6 p.m. and not reopen until Tuesday noon. Business offices, and fed eral, state, county and city of fices will be closed for the long week end. The Mail Tribune will publish a noon edition Monday. Remain at Work Law enforcement agencies will remain at work over the week end. Oregon state police will patrol the highway dur ing the long week end, partic ularly watching for persons who have been drinking, those driving too fast in the fog and reckless driving. State police reminded resi dents that nine persons were killed in Oregon traffic acci dents during this period- last year. While log continues in the valley, drivers should drive slow enough to be able to stop for vehicles attempting turns or stopped for traffic signals. They stressed that bridges become slippery when frosty. This morning five cars col lided on the Tolo bridge after one vehicle skidded sideways of the highway and the other four hit it. The highway was reported sanded at the time. Two other two-car collisions were reported to state police this morning. They were near Stewart and Riverside aves. and near Kim's Restaurant on Highway 99. Police reminded pedestrians they should wear light-colored clothing so they will be more visible In the fog. State police officers said that drivers are required to use headlights while driving In the fog. Thursday 13 cita tions were issued by tocai state police for this violation. Parking lights are noi suin- cient, they added. Ashfand Police Probe Injury to Youngster Ashland - Ashland police are investigating possible causes of minor injuries suf fered Thursday by 4Vs-year- old Kent Leigh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leigh 1640 Parker St., Ashland. : Police said today the boy aDDarently was hit or ran Into a car at 2:49 p.m. No one saw a car hit the child, police said. The boy was Injured on Walker ave. near the Walker school. He was taken to a local physician's office and treated for minor bruises. Fog Continues To Slow Oregon Traffic; Rain Due By Unitid Pr International Fog continued to hamper holiday travel in Oregon to day while the weather man said rain may arrive during the Christmas week end. Air travel resumed at the Portland and Troutdale air ports after fog lifted Thurs day afternoon and planes were landing and taking off this morning. But airports at Seattle - Tacoma, Salem, Eu gene, Roseburg and Medford were fogged in again early today. Ships Moving Some 14 ships which had been fogbound on the Colum bia river began moving today There were numerous Icy Three Injured in Motor Lifeboat At Tillamook Bay Craft Seeking Downed Airplane Garibaldi, Ore. - IUPI) - Nine men reached safety at Point Adams late Thursday after spending an ordeal with the sea Wednesday and Thursday aboard a storm - battered 36 foot motor lifeboat. Three of the men suffered injuries Thursday morning at the mouth of Tillamook Bay after the craft was heavily battered. The injuries came after the boat had been rescued Wed nesday evening by the Coast Guard cutter Yocona. Its en gine had failed. When repairs were made the craft set out to sea again in an attempt to find an F-102 Delta Dagger fighter-interceptor which plunged into the Pacific ocean last week after the pilot parachut ed to safety. However, search efforts were hampered when the sea started to toss the boat around. Injured Men Listed Suffering injuries were Charles Sandstrom, seaman apprentice of the U. S. Coast Guard, who had a cut cheek, smashed nose and possible skull fracture; Ed Hodgon, Beaver, Ore., skindiver, who received chest injuries when smashed against the side of the boat, and Jim Ripka, an other skindiver ,who pulled a tendon in his hand when the breakers nearly threw him from the ooen boat. Sandstrom was injured aft he had lashed himself to the craft's helm and was knocked against the binnacle by huge breakers. Sandstrom underwent treament in the Marine hospital at Port Adams while Hodgon and Rip- ke were treated and went to Tillamook. Others aboard the craft were Dave Wilson, BUI Hay, Morris Worthington, skindiv- ers from the Tillamook coun ty sheriff's posse; Jack Storm, seaman apprentice, Don Vlles, and Airman Ellsworth E. Jones from the Portland Air Force base. A team of six Navy scuba divers was sent to Astoria to lay plans for an attempt to salvage the wreckage of the F-102. , Christmas Gifts Taken From Store Someone walked off with an estimated $200 worth oi gift-wrapped Christmas pres ents from Walt Young's Sta tionary store, 210 East Main St., Thursday afternoon. Included among the stolen gifts were two typewriters, two pen sets, a chess set and a man's sweater, according to city police. Walter James Young, own er of the store, told police the packages were in the rear of the store awaiting customer pick-up when someone ap parently entered the store, and took the packages while no one was looking. Salem -IUPI) - The governor's office said today the average Oregon motorist will encoun ter a state police patrol every 13 miles on primary highways over the Christmas holiday week end. WEATHER FORECAST: Tog In valley to ntxht and Saturday morning. Cloudy Saturday afternoon with rain likelv bv Saturday nlRht. Low tonight 28. High Saturday 50-55. Temp. lllehest Yesterday 36 Loweit This Morning 28 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today '. 4:43 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 1:39 a.m. Mo on set tonight 11:18 p.m. First Quarter Dec. 24 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Orion, in southeast at 9:16 p.m, will he high In south 11:45 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, rises 5:30 p.m. Venus, lets 1:46 p.m. spots on state highways this morning. Chilly temperatures were reported over most of the state except along the coast where North Bend had a springlike 66 Thursday. New port and Brookings each had highs of 62. The high at Eu gene and Medford was 36. Precipitation Expected The weather man said one storm front off the coast head ed northward but that an other one some 2,300 miles out probably would bring rain to the stale. The five day outlook called for heavier than normal rain in Western Oregon and average precipi tation, mostly rain, in Eastern Oregon. . , , H
