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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRiSAY, DECEMBER 30, 1960 No. 244
Ex-Pentagon
Man Held for
Taking Papers
Redstone Arsenal
Worker Arrested
With Photographs
Detroit -TOPli- Police picked
up a civilian employee of the
Redstone Arsenal for jaywalk
ing today and found he was
carrying two photographs of
the missile site at Huntsville,
Ala.
Michael Naumcheff, 32, was
released after surrendering
the pictures and being ques
tioned by police.
Donald Hostetter, FBI agent
in ' charge here, said that
"based on what we know now,
It is doubtful that there was
any federal violation. 'We are
continuing to make inquiries."
Naumcheff, a 1957 graduate
of Wayne State University
here, is employed at the Red
stone base as a mathemati
cian. He said he drove here
from Huntsville Thursday to
visit relatives and had brought
the pictures with him to show
his brother.
He said "I'm willing to bet
every cent I've got that they
are unclassified" pictures.
One of the pictures was an
aerial view of the Redstone
Arsenal and the other showed
a rocket launching at Hunts
ville. '
Naumcheff, who expressed
concern that the incident
would cost him his job, said
that unclassified photographs
taken at the Redstone site
often were posted on bulletin
boards at the base and that
"some of the3 fellows even
take them home to their
kids."
Police said they had deter
mined that the picture of the
rocket launching was not clas
sified, but they said they still
were uncertain about the
aerial view photo.
Police Impound
Pinball Machines
Medford city police, with
the assistance of state police,
confiscated four pinball ma
chines in raids last night on
three Medford taverns and a
pool hall.
The machines were im
pounded after state police
men, dressed in plain clothes,
had received payoffs after
winning on the machines in
each of the establishments.
One machine each was con
fiscated from the Spot tavern,
17 South Riverside ave.; Otto's
tavern, 39 South Front St.;
Foss' Billiards, 415 East Main
St.; and the Hi-Way tavern,
12 North Riverside ave.
Police said charges will be
brought against the em
ployees who made the pay
offs at each of the establish
ments. The raids were made
between 9 and 10 p.m. yester
day. The employees at each of
the establishments who made
the payoffs, police said, are
Ruby Dell Crandall, 678 Mae
st., at the Spot tavern; Melvin
Thomas Rotan, 840 North
Riverside ave., at Otto's tav
ern; Robert Otis Greb, Eagle
Point, at Foss' Billiards; and
Larry Clinton Smith, 204 Van
couver ave., at the Hi-Way
tavern.
District Attorney Thomas
Reeder said this morning that
charges were to be filed in
district court this afternoon.
First Blood Spilled in Riots
Against Belgium Government
Brussels, Belgium-tUPD-Gun
' fire broke out for the first
. time in the 12-day-old anti
- government strike today, kill
1 ing one man and wounding
i another while a mob of 2,000
' persons rioted in downtown
: Brussels.
Thre Seriously Hurl
Trie first death in a week of
i violence came shortly after
mounted police with slashing
' sabers' charged into the mob,
" seriously injuring at least
i three demonstrators. One
woman was carried away un
Columbia, S.C.-UPli-An air
of almost genial mystery sur
rounded the arrest of a for
mer Pentagon employee ac
cused of stealing about 200
secret defense documents to
day. For one thing, Arthur Rog
ers Roddey, 38, said at his
arraignment Thursday he
planned to turn the secret
papers over to the National
Security Council of the De
fense Department. For anoth
er, the FBI did not charge
him with espionage.
Roddey's wife, at the home
of her mother here, said "We
weren't surprised when the
FBI came to get him, but it
was still a shock."
Held Under Bond
Roddey, held in the county
jail under $15,000 bond await
ing return to Alexandria, a.,
refused to talk .about the
charges "except to say that
I think what I was doing was
right, even though illegal."
No one else would say very
much about the case, either,
and no one appeared to be in
any particular hurry to get
Roddey back to Washington
for trial. U.S. Commissioner
Henry W. Kirkland, before
whom Roddey was arraigned,
said the "usual procedure"
was to wait until officers col
lected "three or four prison
ers going in the same general
direction" before removing
anyone out of the county jail.
Roddey, a native of Rock
Hill, S.C., went to work in
1958 for the Institute of De
fense Analysis in the Defense
Department but left last Aug.
31 under what the FBI called
a "reduction in force" and the
Defense Department called his
failure to measure up to "com
petence requirements."
Had Secret Clearance
He had top secret clearance,
but he signed an affidavit say
ing he had destroyed all the
classified documents in his
possession.
He and his wife lived in
the Washington suburb of
Falls Church in a split-level
subdivision of $25,000 to $30,
000 homes. Generally, they
kept to themselves.
The Institute of Defense
Analysis for which Roddey
worked is a private, non-profit
contractor to the Pentagon
which specialized in furnish
ing "intelligence, good sense
. . . and brains" to the govern
ment at attractive pay scales.
Roddey was charged with
stealing government property
and execution of false affi
davits. He also had a govern
ment tape recorder when ar
rested. Conviction could bring
a maximum penalty of up to
29 years in jail and a fine up
to $42,000.
Man Arrested on
Contributing Charge
Ralph Carl Moore, 39, of
15 South Central ave., was
arrested by Medford city
police Thursday afternoon on
a charge of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor.
Moore admitted in a signed
statement to police that he
molested a 5-year-old girl who
came into his place of busi
ness, Moore's Patio and Toy
shop, 816 South Riverside
ave., to return a toy yester
day morning.
Moore was confined in the
county jail.
STATEMENTS MAILED
A total of 5.400 personal
property tax statements was
mailed this week by the
county assessors office. Dead
line for payment of the tax is
March 15.
conscious with a deep saber
wound in her head. Two gen
darmes were injured.
A communique issued by
Premier Gaston Eyskens' gov
ernment said revolver shots
were fired by a bystander
who told authorities he was
trying to help free a gen
darme seized by the rioters
and in danger of harm.
Placed Under Arrest
The communique said the
man who fired the shots was
arrested and emphasized that
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TRAIN DERAILED A 16-car Northern Pacific passenger train with
450 persons aboard jumped the track when the center two coaches
jack-knifed and spilled into a Puyallup, Wash., street. The train's derail
Shopping Center
Is Planned in
West Medford
Plans for a new -shopping
center in the Medford area
to cost approximately $750,
000 have been announced by
Ralph Matlack, one of the
owners of Matlack's Super
Market, 2300 West Main st.
The new center, to be
known as Westgate of Med
ford, will be located to the
rear and west of the present
market. The present building
will be torn down following
the completion of the new
building, Matlack said.
Articles of incorporation for
the new center were filed re
cently in Salem signed by
Matlack, Mrs. Luclla J. Mat-
lack and Clifford Lewis.
No Par Value Stock
The articles state the firm
will deal in foods and food
stuffs of all kind. Ten thou
sand shares of no par value
stock will also be issued, ac
cording to the articles.
Groundbreaking ceremonies
for the structure are sched
uled for Tuesday, Jan. 3. The
initial contract of $252,000
was awarded the Ray Strand
Corporation of Seattle, Wash.
Architect for the center is
Stanley W. Mar, Seattle.
The new food marKet will
be a two-story building and
front on West Main st. The
entire front will be of glass
which will slope outward
from tlie ground to the roof.
Offices will be housed on the
second floor.
The store will include 25,-
000 square feet of floor space.
It will contain a 100-foot meat
counter and a walk-in cooler
for beverage self-service and
a delicatessen.
In front of the store will
be a 2V4 acre parking area.
On the corner of Ross lane
and West Main St., where the
present market now stands, a
service station will be built.
Matlack said that a build
ing to house two other busi
nesses will be built to the
cast of the proposed super
market.
PLATINUM STOLEN
Ashton, R.I. lUPIt About
$150,000 worth of precious
platinum was stolen today
from a manufacturing plant.
no members of the gendar
merie opened fire.
The dead man was identi
fied as Francois Van Der
Trappen, 30, a resident of
Ixellcs, a suburb of Brussels.
Son of Professor
The alleged assailant was
identified by police as the son
of a Brussels university pro
fessor. Officials feared the first
death in the rioting might in
flame Socialist - led workers
striking against a government
austerity plan to further violence.
Appointments Made
Court; Miller on Armory Board
The Jackson county court
prepared for the new year by
making a number of appoint
ments to boards and commit
tees today.
First appointment made
was that of County Judge
asusng
Situation
Washington (UPI) The State
Department is just about con
vinced that some form of in
ternational action is necessary
in Laos to spotlight the in
creased intervention of for
eign Communists in the civil
war tiicre.
Officials said today the
brazen nature of the stepped
up Communist operations in
dicates (1) the involvement of
Communist North Viet Nam
and Red China is deeper than
it had been previously and (2)
Christmas Tree
Lift Set Monday
The Medford Moose lodge's
annual Christmas tree lift
will be held Monday, Jan. 2,
starting at 1 p.m. in the Med
ford area, Moose officials re
minded residents today.
Car dealers, who will pro
vide pickup trucks, .and the
City Sanitary Service com
pany, will cooperae with lodge
members in the drive.
The lift is conducted each
year by the Moose lodge to
raise funds for some beneficial
service. This year, funds do
nated during the lift will go
to Sacred Heart hospital. Do
nations should be scaled in an
envelope and attached to the
tree. Checks may be made
payable to either the Medford
Moose lodge or Sacred Heart
hospital.
Trees collected in the drive
will be burned at a site at the
end of Ellendale rd., off Bar
nett rd., about 7 p.m. Monday.
Boy Scouts will assist in the
tree lift.
Accident Victims
Still Critical
Mrs. Irene (Robert E.)
Welch and her son, Charles,
22, both of 107 Blackstone St.,
Jacksonville, were both re
ported still in serious condi
tion today.
The couple were injured in
an automobile accident Dec.
26 north of Roseburg. Killed
in the accident were Robert
Welch and a daughter, Edna
Marie, 21.
Mrs. Welch is in a Cottage
Grove hospital. Charles was
taken to a Eugene hospital
where he underwent facial
surgery, local relatives re
ported. Funeral services for Mr.
Welch and Edna Marie will
be held Wednesday, Jan. 4, in
Oergon City.
Earl Miller to the National
Guard armory board.
Other appointments made
were Earl Day, Central Point,
to the county charter study
committee; Michael Loftus, re
appointed as county constable
ws
in Laos
the intervention has the full
support of the Soviet Union.
The officials declined to
say whether the United States
would call for a United Na
tions investigation, seek an in
quiry by some other impartial
commission, or bring the mat
ter before the eight - nation
Southeast Asia Treaty Organi
zation, which has the respon
sibility of preventing Commu
nist aggression in the area.
But, these officials said, the
extent of the foreign Commu
nist aid to the Red-led rebels
fighting the pro-Western gov
ernment of Prince Bonn Oum
is reaching such proportions
that some action appeared
likely.
U.S. officials had hoped that
after Boun Oum forces wrest
ed the capital city of Vientiane
from the leftist and Commu
nist forces, the outside Red in
tervention would be confined
to relatively small-scale sub
version and supply efforts
such as the North Viet Namese
have carried on for some time.
However, the continuing
airlift of arms and ammuni
tion in Soviet planes and the
reports - which American of
ficials believe but can't con
firm - that North Vict Nam
troops are being thrown into
the fighting caused Washing
ton to take a more serious
view of the situation.
Decrease in Dogs
At Large Noted
There is an obvious decrease
in the number of dogs run
ning at large in Medford,
Chief of Police Charles P.
Champlin stated this week.
The city's dog control ordi
nance, which went into effect
Dec. 21, requires that owners
must keep dogs on their own
property, on leash or under
the owners control when off
the premises or muzzled if al
lowed to run at large.
Champlin said that the
smaller number of dogs run
ning at large has probably
eliminated some of the com
plaints the department re
ceives. Since Dec. 21, the
police department has receiv
ed only two complaints re
garding dogs. One animal was
impounded.
First offense penalty for
the ordinance violation is $10,
second $25 and any offense
thereafter is $25.
Salem - CPU - State police
were alerted today for a 15-year-old
Brookings girl who
fled from Hillcrest School for
Girls at noon Thursday.
ment snapped off several power poles. No one . was killed, but three
persons were injured seriously enough to require hospitalization.
(UPI Telephoto)
by County
for a one-year term; Bill Big
ham, Eagle Point, reappointed
to the county fair board for
three years; Dave Lowry,
Phoenix, reappointed to the
county planning commission,
and Andy Hawver, Phoenix,
and Dick Courtrlght, Medford
lawyer, both appointed to the
planning group, all three for
three-year terms.
No action was taken on
dog control board appoint
ment due Jan. 8. Andy Bjorn
sen was appointed building
superintendent. He is present
ly county courthouse building
maintenance man.
Vacated By James
Miller fills the position va
cated on the armory board by
outgoing County Commission
er Ralph James, and Day re
places Mrs. Vivian Adams on
the homo rule charter commit
tee, who resigned.
Bigham has served on the
fair board for several years
and asked for the reappoint
ment. He is present board
chairman. i
Ed Bolt, Gold Hill, and
Robert Boyer, Medford law
yer, have served out their
terms on the planning com
mission. Bolt and Lowry were
the only original appointments
left on the commission when
the planning commission was
formed four years ago.
Loftus has requested that
his reappointment be made
for only a year of the normal
two-year term.
In recommending Bjorn
scn's appointment as building
superintendent, - Wendl said
he docs not have Hie lime re
quired for the job. Bjornsen
has had several years in man
aging construction crews, and
will do a good job, the county
commissioner said. Although
Bjornsen assumes more re
sponsibility, no pay increase
will be given at this time,
Wendt explained.
No action was taken on the
budget committee position va
cated by Lyndcl Newbry,
Talent, who resigned follow
ing his appointment earlier as
stale senator by the county
court.
Unidentified Object
Seen in Area Sky
An unidentified object In
the air was sighted early to
day by a stale policeman and
a resident in the Knowles id.
area, state police reported to
day. Mrs. Howard Fowler, route
4. box 315, Medford, told
state police she sighted a
bright object westbound in
the Stage Coach orchard area.
It left a trail of smoke, made
a big flash and disintegrated.
It was not like a falling star,
she said. One of the state
police officers also reported
he had seen it while on patrol
about 3:35 o'clock this morn
ing. The Medford airport control
lower said no reports had
(been made lo the airport on
(any such object.
Detectives Look
For Connection
In Derailments
Puyallup, Wash! 0JPI1 Rail
road detectives today tried to
determine whether there was
any connection between
Thursday's derailment o
17-car southbound Northern
Pacific passenger train and
similar accident in nearly the
same spot last Friday,
Carrying Football Fans
Three persons were injured
Wednesday. The train was
carrying 500 persons, many of
them University of Washing
ton football fans en route tu
the Rose Bowl game.
Last week's derailment in
volved a 08-car southbound
Great Northern freight. No
one was injured.
Tho Northern Pacific train
had barely passed last week's
Great Northern wreckage
when it went crashing off the
tracks. One detective said a
broken rail may have caused
the derailment.
Cars Teloscoped
Two cars near the end of
the streamliner telescoped and
landed in the front yard of
home. Rescuers had to
break open the windows of
the coaches lo free the pas
sengers. Nine coaches, the double-
header engine and a diesol
unit went of the tracks about
15 blocks from the center of
the city. Two power poles
were sheared off.
BOYCOTT RESUMES
Seattle -IUPII- A boycott of
Seattle stores selling Wash
ington apples was scheduled
to resume today, led by a
Teamsters Union local in
Yakima where employees of
apple warehouses have been
on strike since October.
"Here Goes A Beautiful Relationship"
Directors of the California
Oregon Power company and
the Pacific Power and Light
company have reached agree
ment on the proposed merger
of the two utilities, company
officials announced today.
Confirmation of the tenta
tive agreement was given by
A. S. Cummins, president of
Copco, and Paul B. McKce,
chairman of the board of
PP&L, following a news leak
yesterday of the proposed
merger. A press conlerence
was scheduled for today at
which time additional details
wore to be made known.
In a joint prepared state
ment officials of the two com
panies said: "Directors of the
companies have reached the
conclusion that it is in the
best interest of all concerned
to join together the two neigh
boring systems and integrate
their power resources and de
velopment programs."
PP&L would be the surviv
ing firm.
Discussed Some Months
The proposed merger has
been discussed for several
mouths. In anticipation of the
merger, Copco stock has risen
in recent months to a high
this week of $46 per share.
This represents an increase of
more than $8 since the middle
of October. PP&L stock
which is now listed at $43.25
share, is normally higher
than Copco stock.
Subject to stockholder and
regulatory commission appro
val, the merger would be ef
fected by an exchange of
stock. The two boards have
agreed upon an exchange ra
tio of 1.2 shares of PP&L
common for each share of
Copco common stock.
Details of the proposed con
solidation, including provi
sions for the exchange of pre
ferred stocks, arc to be work
ed out by a joint committee of
the directors for submission
to the 61,000 stockholders of
the two utilities.
Rights Recognized
"Rights and benefits of
Copcos 938 employees are
recognized in the merger
plan," McKce and Cummins
said, "and it will be the pol
icy of the surviving corpora
tion to recognize the experi
ence, seniority and qualifica
tions of all employees on an
equal basis, regardless of
whether they have been in the
employment of Copco or Pa
cific. This includes participa
tion in retirement plans, med
ical and hospital insurance
and group insurance pro
grams." Tho merger agreement will
provide that most of the pres
ent directors of Copco will be
Suit Filed To Break
Up Hollywood Blacklist
Washington (UPU Twelve
Hollywood writers and actors
filed suit in federal court here
today against all the major
film studios in the first legal
step ever taken to break up
the so-called industry black
list of alleged Communists.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Vnrinhle hi eh
cloud Iiicnn; otherwise fair
th rmi nli Haltmtny with patchy
valley fog in niornlnn. Low to
ll I K lit 25. High SiUurd.iy 1.1.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 50
Lowest This Morning , 21
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:48 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:41 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow .... 6:21 a.m.
Full Moon Jan. 1
The planet. Mars, now rises at
sunset and sets nt sunrise and
Is thus visible ail night. It Is
also now brighter than all the
slars except Hlrlus.
come members of the PP&L
board.
Cummins, Copco president,
and Glenn L. Jackson, now a
vice president of the com
pany, will become vice chair
men of the board of tho
merged company.
(Continued on Page 2)
Americans Start
Countdown for
New Year's Eve
By United Press International
Tho nation today begins tho
countdown to the new year.
A baturday New Year's Eva
appeared to make little dif
ference to U.S. celebrants, a
United Press International sur
vey indicated.
However New York City's
night spots bemoaned eariy
Sunday closing hours and said
loss of an extra Saturday trada
could mean an over-all busi
ness loss.
For the second time within
a week, the nation was on. tho
move. A swarm of students
heading back to school during
the week end added to nor
mally heavy holiday travel.
374 Deaths Expected
The National Safety Coun
cil estimated 374 persons will
be killed in New Year's week.
end traffic and 14,000 mora
will suffer disabling injuries.
The record for New Year's
traffic deaths, 340, is only a
year old.
The 78-hour week end be
gins officially at 6 p.m. today
nd the Council said Ameri
cans will use most of their 71
million vehicles to pile up
about 5.8 billion highway
miles..
Celebrations range from
who'op-it-up extravaganzas in
hotel ballrooms and cabarets
to meditative communion in
religious retreats.
Party - goers had choices
running a gamut from a mini
mum $37.50 in the Los -Angeles
Ambassador Cocoanut
Grove to a 5-cent phosphato
at the local community center.
Benglson Case ,
May Be Confinued
Chief Deputy District Attor
ney Gerald Scanncll and Spe
cial Prosecutor Paul Havi
land, Medford, were in Grants
Pass today arguing a motion
for continuing the O. H.
Benglson case for possibly
one week.
Benglson, Medford lawyer,
has been indicted' on ono
count of embezzling $1,700
from the Medford Escrow
company. .
The trial was originally
scheduled for Dec. 13 in Jack
son county circuit court. Later
Bcngtson's attorneys, Robert
Boycr, Medford, and Richard
Carnt,.', Portland, argued for
a change of venue shifting tho
trial to Grants Pass.
Since Scanncll will go out
of office Jan. 3, he and Havi
land were appointed by Jack
son County Circuit Court
Judges Edward Kelly and
James Main as special prose
cutors. District Attorney-elect
Alan Holmes, as law partner
of Defense Attorney Boyer, is
Ineligible by law to try tha
Bengtson case.
Haviland said earlier In
the week he is not famillaf
enough with the Bengtson
case and will require at least
a week's continuance for fur
ther study.
Ceremony Held for
Outgoing Officials
Friday morning, as its last
official meeting for 1960, tha
county court praised tha
achievements of outgoing
county officials and particu
larly outgoing County Com
missioner Ralph James.
We are losing County Com-
mlssioner James who has
served Jackson county faith
fully for four years," County
Judge Earl Miller noted. "It
takes a special type of person
to take on this responsibility
in this type of government.
He must have the ability and
physical adaptations to stand
criticism and smile about it."
He presented James a small
plaque furnished by the coun
ty judge and County Commis
sioner Chester Wendt.
The court also praised Paul
Rynning, retired county engi
neer, District Attorney Thorn,
as J. Reeder and his deputies,
Gerald Scannell and Brian
Mullen.
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