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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1961
No. 254
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FLEE TROOPS Laotian refugees, fleeing from leftist
troops, cross a bamboo bridge over a river near Tha Tom,
i lonely outpost about 140 miles southwest of Vientiane,
Situation in Laos 'Critical'
Western Allies
Seek Solution for
War-Torn Country
Washington - (UPI) - French
Ambassador Herve Alphand
said today after a conference
with Secretary of State Chris
tian A. Herter that the situa
tion in Laos is "very critical."
Alphand said the Western
allies are still seeking a meth
od to stabilize the war-torn
country.'
- Alphand told reporters that
his 40-minute talk with Herter
was concerned entirely with
Laos, where the new govern
ment of pro-American Prince
Boun Oum is battling for its
life against Soviet -supported
and Communist-led rebels.
The envoy said the United
States, France and other West
ern allies are united in de
siring "an independent Laos
with no intervention from out
side" in accord with the Gen
eva Conference decisions of
1954.
Alphand acknowledged that
the Western powers still have
not agreed on what type of
international solution to seek
for Laos.
Russia has told this govern
ment that it will not recognize
the new pro-American govern
ment in Laos.
U.S. officials said today the
Soviet stand was emphasized
by Russian Ambassador Mik
hail Menshikov during his 40
minute conference Tuesday
with Secretary of State Chris
tian A. Herter.
The Soviet envoy challeng
ed the legality of the govern
ment headed by Prince Boun
Oum. Menshikov restated the
Soviet contention that legal
power still rests with neutral
ist Premier Souvanna Phou
ma, who fled to Cambodia
last month when pro-Western
and Communist forces became
locked in battle for the cap
ital city of Vientiane.
Inter-State Burglary Ring
Cracked By
Law enforcement agencies
In southern Oregon and north
ern California apparently un
covered the operations of an
intcr-state burglary ring when
they arrested four men Sun
day on a charge of attempting
to burglarize the Oak dale
Super market.
Last night, police and sher
iffs deputies in Medford and
Grants Pass arrested three
more men on charges of burg
lary. The warrants for their
arrest came from the Siskiyou
county sheriff's office in Cali
fornia. Arrested were William Les
ter Hurst, 39, of 1125 West
10th si., Medford. Jerry Le
andcr Stewart, 23. of 829 West
11th St.. Medford. and David
A. Holfer. 26. Grants Pass.
In addition, a second charge
nf burglary was brought
against Vcrl LcRoy Biggens
28 of 122 Kenwood ave.. Med
ford. on a Siskiyou county
warrant. Biggens was one oi
those arrested Sunday and
charged with the attempted
safe burglary of tl8 super
market.
Hurst and Stewart :
5a tl.r 9..iC'f4 hon;
Six Local
Form Corporation
Six Medford - owned indus
tries announced today that
they have merged into one
large corporation called the
Concrete - Steel Corporation.
Headquarters of the new firm
will remain in Medford.
Making the merger are the
Medford Concrete Construc
tion company, the Asphalt
Paving company, the Tru-Mix
Equipment company, the Tru
Mix Construction company,
the Medford Steel company,
and the Medford Blowpipe
company.
The merger became effec
tive Jan. 1, but was not an
nounced until today.
The new corporation, to be
known as CSC, will employ
the combined working forces
of the six firms, a total of ap
proximately 140 employees.
Don Wood, secretary of CSC,
said none of the employees of
the six firms will lose their
jobs as a result of the merger.
The merging firms will be
grouped into four divisions
under CSC. These divisions
will be known as the Medford
Concrete Construction divi
sion, the Asphalt Paving di
vision, the Tru-Mix Concrete
and Equipment division and
the Medford Steel and Blow
pipe division.
Operations Sam
The operations of each of
the industries will remain the
same and will be conducted
in existing plants. No building
or plant expansion program is
planned for the near future,
Wood said. The accounting
and administration offices of
CSC will be located in the
former Medford Steel com
pany offices at 228 East Mc
Andrews rd.
The merger is the third one
announced here in recent
weeks. The others were the
merger of the California Ore
gon Power company with the
Local Arrests
Grants Pass police arrested
Hoffcr in that city. The ar
rests were made about 8 p.m.
Siskiyou County Sheriff A.
B. Cottar, who was in Med
ford today interrogating the
suspects, said the three men
arrested last night, and Big
gens, are suspected of the
Dec. 29 safe burglary of Ed s
Clothing store in Happy
Camp, Calif, ile said approxi
mately $750 is missing.
Cottar said extradition pro
ceedings will be started imme
diately if necessary, to get the
four men back to California
to face the charges. Hoffcr is
being held in Grants Pass on
S20.000 bail. The other three
men are being held in Med
ford on S10.000 bail each.
Arrested Sunday in addition
to Biggens were, Kenneth El-
ston Dailey, 25, of 519 King
St., Thomas Edwin Cornwall,
30, of 145 South Ivy st.. Don
aid Raymond Breazeale. 21.
of 831 Niantic St., and Biggens
The four were arrested after
a city police officer on routine
patrol spotted the men alleg
edly attempting to remove the
aif. from tl market.
PolklJda; 'liar- wither in-
They are being escorted by troops of Premier Prince Boun
Oum.
(UPI Telephoto)
Firms
Pacific Power and Light com
pany of Portland, and the
merger of the Rogue Valley
State Bank with The Oregon
Bank, also of Portland.
CSC will differ from the
other mergers, however, in
that it will be a locally-owned
enterprise.
W, D. Thorndike, vice-president
in charge of sales at CSC,
and former president of the
Medford Blowpipe company
said the chief advantage ir
the merger will be that CSC
can undertake larger jobs, and
provide a more complete serv
ice than could the six indi
vidual companies.
Utilization of Equipment
This can be done, Thorndike
said, through a belter utiliza
tion of equipment, machinery
and personnel. CSC, he said,
will be mainly a service in
dustry, doing sub-contracting
work.
Wood said the merger was
consummated after a "meet
ing of the minds" of the own
ership of all six firms. The
management of CSC will be
a combined management of
the former six firms.
Besides Wood and Thorn
dike. officers of CSC include
H. H. Pringle, president, the
former secretary and office
manager of Medford Concrete;
Homer Marx, vice president,
(he former manager of the
pipe division and a secretary
of Medford concrete; Miles
Stuart, vice president, the
former president of the Tru
Mix Construction and Equip
ment companies; Homer Bell,
treasurer, the former secretary-treasurer
of Tru Mix Con
struction; and Bruce Braaten,
accounts and collections of
ficer, the former office man
ager of Medford Blowpipe.
The division managers will
be Marx, head of the Medford
Concrete Construction divi
sion; Richard Hensley, head
of the Asphalt Paving divi
sion; Bell, head of the Tru
Mix Concrete and Equipment
division; and Wood, head of
the Medford Steel and Blow
pipe division.
Record Set By
SOC Enrollment
Ashland - Winter term en
rollments at Southern Ore
gon college have set an all
time record, Dr. Elmo Steven
son announced today.
Stevenson said 1.238 stu
dents have cnrollrd so far
with the close of the registra
tion period set for Jan. IS.
Last year's total winter en
rollment of 1.225 was the pre
vious high.
Of the 1.238 to date, 726 are
men and 512 women.
WEATHER
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tonight anil Ihiirarlav with
rhanr-f of occasional llcht fain
and tuslv wind. Patchy vally
log Thursday morning. Low to
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Snntft today A:S9 p.m.
Siinrh tomorrow ; vj a m.
MnnnrUt tomorrow a(fc
New .Moon Jan. Ifi
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A.C. Fries Jr.
Installed New
Chamber Head
Ashland - A. C. Fries Jr.
officially took over leadership
of the Ashland Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday at the
chamber's first 1961 noon
luncheon held at the Mark
Antony hotel.
In assuming the chamber
presidency from Clyde Vogel
Fries said, "We all should be
aware of the value of the
chamber's work in a progres
sive community." Fries pre
sented a plaque to Vogel ex
pressing the chamber's ap
preciation for work he did
during his term of office.
Paul Antony was installed
as chamber vice president fol
lowing Fries' appointment.
Vogel reported 1960 accom
plishments of the chamber. He
said as a community service
project, the chamber initiated
sponsorship of a man of the
year award for men between
the ages of 36 and 59. Emmett
Whitham won the award.
The chamber also sponsored
the annual Shakespearean
scholarship luncheon in June.
Twenty -four new members
were added during 1960
Vogel said.
The publishing committee
issued a six-page vacation
guide and work was done on
a three - color folder to be
printed in 1961, he said.
Other accomplishments in
cluded getting city approval
for courtesy parking tickets
issued to out of town cars.
Also, three retail promotional
events were held.
Vclma Jones, chamber sec
retary, reported 12.000 bro
chures about Ashland were
issued during 1960 and about
1,000 mail inquiries were re
ceived. About one - third of
these were from potential
residents, she said.
She said the chamber oper
ating budget was $4,225,
which didn't include a promo
tional budget.
Other statistics included 25
people coining into the cham
her office daily and 15 phone
calls received each day. the
secretary said. Fries sched
uled a meeting of the board of
directors for tonight at 7:30
o'clock in the chamber office.
SF Has A
San Francisco - fUPIi - A vol
ley of bullets has ended the
problems of the wayward
whale of Pier 50 - but 11 left
the city of San Francisco with
a problem of Its own today.
The 20 foot grey whale
made a valiant show of
strength during its 14-hour
battle to escape from a maze
of pilings below the pier into
which it had strayed and of
ficials warned that the whale
will be even "stronger" in
death unless the carcass is re
moved. "We are not going to let il
stay there, that's for sure,"
James N. Brown, superinten
dent of the Society for Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals
iSPCA), said. "It will be frag
Objections To
Ways, Means Rule
Noted by Corbett
Full Committee
Meets First Time
Salem - (UPB - Sen. Alfred
Corbett (D-Portland) took is
sue today with a proposed
joint ways and means com
mittee ruling providing that
minutes be kept of subcom
mittee hearings and that these
minutes help in establishing
legislative intent.
The full committee, which
held its first meeting today,
agreed to take another look
at the rule.
Corbett said this would be
"dangerous" and the commit
tee, which decides how the
state spends its money,
"shouldn't attempt to control
an agency by the use of our
minutes."
Co-Chairman Clarence Bar
ton (D-Coquille) said idea of
the rule was that in past ses
sions, some have questioned
legislative intent of ways and
means.
He cited welfare last ses
sion, when it claimed ways
and means intended for the
department to have a new
data processing machine. This
was not in the minutes, Bar
ton said, and no members
could recall such an "under
standing." Up until now, minutes have
not been kept of subcommittee
hearings. They will be kept
this year.
The proposed rule stales
that legislative intent is estab
lished only by bills and resolu
tions and their minutes and
reports.
Sen. Francis Ziegler (R-Cor-
vallis) said the minutes should
be very helpful, especially
where intent of the legislature
is questioned. v
Ways and means subcom
mittees and their chairmen
were announced. They are
general government, Rep. Bon
Evick (D-Madras); protection
to persons and property, Cor
bett; highways and natural re
sources, Ziegler; education
Rep. Stafford Hansell (R
Athena); . and public health
and welfare, Rep. George An
nala (D-Hood River).
Beverly Allan
Said Strangled
Portland-tUPD-Beverly Ann
Allan was strangled, possibly
with a rope or piece of cord,
before her body was dumped
from a car on the Sunset
Highway last November, au
thorities said today.
Preliminary findings by
Dr. William Lehman, patholo
gist, indicated the 19-year-old
Washington State university
coed was slain soon after she
was abducted from a lover's
lane where her boy friend,
Larry Ralph Peyton, also 19,
was slabbed to death.
No evidence of gunshot or
knife wounds was found on
the girl's body. Authorities
said it was possible she had
been sexually assaulted.
The body, found Monday
about 40 miles west of here
down an embankment, was re
turned to Port Townsend, the
girl's home, for burial.
Dr. Lehman said hemor
rhaging in the voice box indi
cated strangulation and exter
nal bruises and burns on the
neck suggested use of rope. He
said death probably occurred
six to 10 hours after the girl
had last eaten,
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
A Polaris missile launched
from a nuclear submarine
cruising submerged off the
coast of Florida was destroyed
today when it veered off
course.
Whale Of
bloody carcass may attract
sharks.
"They come in the bay
every night - and If they get
a whiff of blood, they'll be
down there," he said.
The 4,000 -pound mammal
died slowly, and a decision
about what to do with the re
mains didn't appear to be
coming up any faster. Every
one agreed that the carcass
had to be removed - but they
couldn't agree on who was
going to remove It.
It's a whale of a problem,
and it all began Monday night
when the mammal entered a
large opening at the front of
the nier and swain deep into
the maze of pilings.
It was unable to turn
around because of its size, so
11 nrgan smasntng oainsi inw
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WING STARTED A sign, "hospilal zone,
quiet," would seem out of place at Rogue
Valley hospital this week as giant earth
moving equipment roared and snorted to
rush completion on the excavation for the
new wing of the building. Above, a big
tractor gives assistance to a power shovel
unit as it is brought out of the "hole" to
Three Persons
Injured in Two
Tuesday Accidents
Three people are in Ashland
General hospital today as a
result of two separate acci
dents in the Siskiyous Tues
day. Frank Wallace Kamp, 63,
temporary address 502 West
Fourth St., Medford, was re
ported in serious condition
with head and chest injuries
suffered last night when his
car, pulling a two-wheel trail
er, went onto tne roaa snoui
der and hit a bank where the
car tipped.
His wife, Alma Marie
Kemp, 62, same address, is in
fair condition Willi a Broken
upper arm and severely cut
forehead, hospital officials
said.
Stale police said prior to
hilling the bank the Kamp
car struck the rear of a house-
Irailer being pulled by a pick
up truck driven by Theodore
Richard Oaks, route 1, box J,
Warren, Ore.
In another accident, Wil
liam James Wilson, 28, Yreka,
was driver of a panel truck
which slid on the pavement
and plunged over a 100 foot
bank off Highway 99 about 10
miles south of Ashland. Hos
pital officials said Wilson is
still unconseious and In "fair"
condition from injuries suf
fered. Power Outage In
Gold Hill Vicinity
Gold Hill area residents
were without electrical power
for between six and seven
hours early today when an In
sulator faulted nn each side
of the Gold Hill power sub
station, California Oregon
Power company officials re
port. Copco received tne nrsi can
renorling that power was cut
off at 3:55 a.m. Repairs to the
power circuit for the rural
area were completed at 9:53
a.m., olficials said. The cir
cuit into the city was operat
ing again at 11:05 a.m.
Salem-IUPII-Gov. Mark Hat
field announced Tuesday he
will attend the Inauguration
of President-elect John F.
Kennedy in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 20.
A Problem
Hayes, which was tied at the
pier.
When the ship was removed
early Tuesday, the SPCA de
cided the whale would have
to be destroyed.
"We saw his eyes were
closed and he was bleeding
from crashing against the ship
and the barnacle -crusted
pilings." Brown said.
But efforts to put the whale
out of his misery weren't too
successful. Fifteen rounds of
soft-nosed and armor piercing
ammunition were fired into
the thick skull of the whale
in an effort to hit the brain,
about the size of a baseball.
,0 Four hours after the firiniO
! began. Hie wnaie inrasnecl mo
j bloody water for the last time,
nThe wfttlc's I tic over
nui cuyiaj ijig use
finish the job from ground level. The new
wing will be constructed as a separate build
ing and when finished the buildings will be
joined by simply knocking out partitions on
each of the floors. Completion date is set
for February, 1962. Graff and James, Med
ford, are contractors for the job.
Bengtson Is First
Defense Witness
Grants Pass O. II. Bengt-. prosecuting attorney, present
son, Medford lawyer on trial cd the state's final evidence
in Josephine county circuit
court charged with embezzling
$1,700 from the Medford Es
crow company, testified in his
own behalf this morning.
I be stale rested its case
Tuesday-, at 2:30 p.m. after
five witnesses had. testified.
In testimony this morning,
Bengtson denied having in
structcd Mrs. Rachel P. Car
ter, former president of the
Medford Escrow company, to
write a $1,700 check on Es
crow funds and depositing it
in his personal account.
In reply to the question by
Richard Carney, Portland, one
of the defense attorneys,
Bengston dramatically raised
his right hand and said "so
help mc, no." '
He also denied having ask
ed Mrs. Carter for a loan.
Oilier testimony this morn
ing concerned Bengtson's per
sonal background and his as
sociation with the Escrow
company.
Immediately after Paul
Haviland, stale appointed
Motel, Government
Want Same Property
The federal government,
which last week announced
that it is considering locating
the now $2,365,000 Medford
federal building between Cen
tral and Riverside aves. on
Tenth st., may have to vie
with a motel chain for the
property.
As nearly as can be ascer
tained locally, the proposed
federal building would be
erected south of Tenth st.
This same properly has also
been proposed as the site of a
new 33-unit motel, owned by
the Imperial '400' Motel chain
of Los Angeles.
Vandagrift, Leever and
Whalln Really company con
firmed today that the motel
chain is "inlercstcd" In at
least part of the property.
They declined comment on
whether the motel chain has
actually taken an option or
purchased the properly.
Ashland Hotel Is
Being Demolished
Ashland - Demolition work
on the historic Ashland hotel
has been under way for sev
eral days, according to hotel
officials.
Several windows in the rear
of the building have been re
moved and a small roof in
the rear has been torn off.
The hotel is being torn down
to make way for a new First
National Bank of Oregon
Building.
Hotel officials said the third
floor was vacated last week.
Part of the second floor is
still being used. The office
and store buildings on the
new bank site will be occu
pied until Ja. 31.
Salem - H'Pli - Gov. Mark
Hatfield aid Tuesday he
-v
hoped cfiorts to "accelerate
the thinking" of reluctant
islntors woiQd lead to pass-
gic of most of htt government
Tuesday afternoon. Carnev
moved for a judgment of ac-
quittal.
The defense charged that!
evidence presented by thel
state was insufficient to sup-1
port charges as set forth in
iiiv iiiuiukiuuiiv, r-unus stresses,
were the lack of evidence in
connecting Bengtson with the
crime charged, failure to
prove that funds paid
Bengtson were not due him
failure to show that the money
was paid with .the intent to
defraud the company.
Arguments on the motion
continued for more than one
hour. Judge Orville Millard
ruled that testimony present
ed constituted a case.
Witnesses Called
Witnesses called Friday af
ternoon by the state Included
Pete Ruef, Medford, an em
ployee of the First National
Bank of Oregon, Medford
branch; Lcland Knox, Med
ford, a certified public ac
countant, and Hugh Collins,
Medford lawyer.
The entire testimony given
by Knox regarding business
contacts he had had with
Bengtson was ruled "irrele
vant and immaterial" by the
court. .
Collins testified regarding a
deposition taken at hts law
office June 7, 1960, from
Bengtson. The deposition was
regarding a suit against Med
ford Escrow company brought
by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rogers,
Medford. '
Collins quoted Bengtson as
saying that during the first
two or three years that he
had the Medford Escrow com
pany he received some In
come, but since that time had
not been entitled to any sal
ary as the company's Income
did not pay overhead costs.
The trial started Thursday
In Grants Pass on a change of
venue.
The defense Is expected to
conclude its testimony Thurs
day.
"Sir, Several More
Defected To
3-Cenf-Per-Pack
Cigarette Tax Is
Among Proposals
Basic School Bill
Also Filed Today
Salem-IUPD - Controversial
tax bills including a 3-cenl a
pack cigarette tax were intro
duced in the House today ai
the 1961 Oregon legislating
buckled down to its heavy
workload.
Only one bill and one reso
lution were introduced in tho
Senate's morning session.
The bill, sponsored by Sen.
Francis Ziegler, RCorvallis,
would increase basic school
support by about $25 million
or to $130 per census child.
This is more than Gov. ,
Mark Hatfield and the interim
committee on education ree
ommends. Ziegler indicated
the hike he proposes would
be used only for off-selling
local property taxes.
Bill In House
Rep. C. R. Hoyt, R-Corval-
lis, will sponsor the bill In tha
House.
The tobacco ta. is one oj
11 House bills recommended
by the legislative interim tax
committee. All 11 were refer
red to the House tax commit
tee headed by Rep. Richard
Eymann, D-Mohawk, who as
secretary of the interim com
mittee helped write them.
Another is repeal of tha
personal property tax on busi
ness inventories, to be replac
ed by a 1.5 per cent net in
come tax. Legislative tax ex
perls say Ihis would mako
Oregon stronger than many
states in attracting new in
dustry.
Third Proposal
A third proposal is a new
1 personal' income tax plan fea-
t vunng eiimtnaiion-oi personal
I deductions and calling for an,
I average tax cut of 10 per cent,
Lost revenue would be mado
up through the cigarette tax.
'Others include new ways to
zone and tax farm land. Dron-
erty tax exemption for senior
citizens and bringing domestic1
insurance' companies undef
the corporate excise tax.
The Interim commutes
'package" also includes two
bills and four resolutions to
be introduced in the Senate.
Both houses were adjourn
ed Tuesday as legislators were
busy taking part in a one-day
orientation conference on pro
cedures, first of its kind.
Expemss Favored
Gov. Mark Hatfield and
Secretary of Stale Howell Ap
pling Jr. gave their blessing
a Senate-House resolution
giving legislators year-around
expense money out Appling
said he would pay the expense
money only if he was sure it
was constitutional. Legislators
now get no expenses.
House Speaker Robert Dun
can, D-Mcdford, commented
that "if there was anything
illegal about it, we wouldn't
be supporting it."
Sen. Jean Lewis, D-Port-land,
who helped draft tha
proposal, said there should be
a court test as soon as pos
sible to settle It once and for
all.
Kennedy Works on
Inaugural Address
Palm Beach, Fla.-(l'PI)-Presl-dent-elect
John F. Kennedy
completed organization of tha
top command of his State De
partment today and settled
down for intensive work on
his Inaugural address.
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