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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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. . , ,
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