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Newspaper Page TextTi o' o o o o o 0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNEoMEDFORD, ORE. Q WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1961 9 Local and Meetings Tonight The , Jackson County Democratic Central committee will meet ' at 8 o'clock tonight in the Labor Temple, 2414 South Grape st., Medford. Bill Dav- idson, chairman o the Grants Police Quell Riot In Texas With Clubs, Fire Hoses " San Antonio, Tex. - IUPII - A ' flying wedge of city and coun ty policemen smashed into the bullpen at the Bexar county . jail Tuesday night and with clubs and fire hoses quelled a, riot of about 80 prisoners. Police frankly admitted they had to beat several of the prisoners with the clubs. Bill Goodspeed, photographer for the San Antonio News-Ex press, was bodily thrown from the jail by detective Dave Alsbury who objected to the newsman taking pictures of police beating the rioters. The riot climaxed a day of tension at the jail. It began when prisoners began burning mattresses in their cells, and throwing burning bits of pa pers into the bullpen and along -the corridor between tiie cells. Had To Open Cells "When the fire started we had to open the cells," Adam Paz, San Antonio police dis patcher, said. "Once the cells were open, they jumped us. We used some clubs on them, and a little water. "They fought back, and wc i really wracked them up. We had to beat a couple of them. Maybe a couple of prisoners .were hurt, but I don't think anybody got hurt loo badly. "They were just a little 'wild and ornery. We had to Islap them around a little. But 'don't think they will want to do it again anytime soon. They get on a rampage every now and then." Paz said the sheriff had "ordered an investigation to day. But he said the riot ap peared to have started because the prisoners were switched in their cells after several of them had fought each other during the day. .FAO Summoned on Congo Famine '.' Rome -IUPII- Members of the Food and Agriculture Organi- zation (FAO) were summoned i to an emergency conference today on means of feeding 150,000 starving refugees of tribal and political warfare in : the Congo. FAO officials said 200 men, women and children are dying every day in the Baluba refu gee area between Luluabourg , and Bakwanga. The United Nations agency appealed to member nations for $3 million in aid to start a massive food flow to the strife - torn African republic which has been in turmoil since last summer. Officials at FAO headquar ters here said the appeal was to halt the famine during the next six months, but they added that a giant airlift of food would be, necessary to end the immediate emergency. BETHEL 69 JOB'S DAUGHTERS DANCE COUNTRY CLUB FRIDAY, JANUARY 13th Music Furnished By MUSICIANS LOCAL STARTS THURSDAY WALT . DISNEYS Technicolor :.fiw v BRUM KFITH IflHN BFAL JAMES DRURY N.UI TARZAN'S GREATEST ACTION THRILLER! METROCOLO mission Childif .50, M - - Personal Pass central committee, will speak. Meeting Thursday - The Griffin Creek Grange will meet Thursday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. at the Grange hall. New officers will preside for the first time. Permit Issued - The city building department Tuesday issued a permit to Armand Baselcr to erect a S10.000 residence at 2884 Howard ave. Commission Meets The Medford parks and recreation commission will hold its regu lar meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Medford city hall. Rummage Sale - The Demo cratic party of Jackson county will sponsor a rummage sale Friday, Jan. 13, at the Fehl building. Persons having rum mage may telephone SPring 3-3189 or NOrmandy 4-1676 for pick up service. Annual Training - Otto Ewaldsen of Swem's Gift shop left Saturday for Washington, D. C, where he is attending a two-week officers training school. Ewaldsen is a reserve officer in the Army Engineers. Wood Stolen - Donald Hig gins, 1001 Tolman Creek rd., Ashland, told sheriff's officers Tuesday that wood was stolen from a woodlot on the Dead Indian rd., just above the Ash land airport. Gas Stolen - Evan F. Wruck, 512 South Oakdale ave., told the sheriff's office Tuesday that gas was stolen from a storage tank on bureau of land management property on the West Evans creek rd. about 10 miles from Wimer. Smoke in House - Central Point rural firemen were summoned about 11:15 p.m. yesterday when the H. Skov residence, 475 Freeman rd., Central Point, filled with smoke. Firemen said that a broken damper adjustment was the cause. There was some smoke damage. Art Class - The general ex tension division of the Oregon state system of higher educa tion is offering a painting class in Grants Pass beginning tonight. The class, AA 290 with Jean Sutherland as in structor, is a continuation of the painting class offered for the fall term there. X-Ray Clinic - The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital, sponsored by the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health association, will be held Thursday, Jan. 12. from 2 to 5 p.m. The x-ray committee has asked persons wishing a chest x-ray to wear clothing with a minimum of buttons and ornamentation on the blouse or shirt. Benefit Auction - The Phoe nix Lions club will hold a benefit auction Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Community hall. Proceeds will be used for the maintenance of Phoenix cem etery. Donations of suitable items for the auction will be picked up by telephoning KEystone 5-1645 or KEystone 5-2090. No. 597 NOTE We Are Closed Tonite, Wed. Only For Equipment- Installation Thev Fousht the ) RAGING RIVER of DEATH! "S;.-,-riS5k a, 81 -JWY PC US, Tarzams GORDON SCOTT Student! .60, Adults .80 1:15 "tj i'Vi - ' 'Vi" XfcV FATAL CRASH This picture was made minutes after Marine Sgt. .Russell A. Price, who was stationed at Quantico Marine base, Va., drove his sports car off the road near Stafford, Va., Sunday and crashed into a Testimony Will Continue in Trial 01 Mrs. Garrett Portland, Ore.-IUPII - Testi mony in the first degree murder trial of Mrs. Con stance Garrett, 32, who is ac cused of setting an Oct. 6 fire that claimed the lives of three of her four children and a governess, will continue to day. Mrs. Garrett, a heiress to a Texas fruit jar fortune, is specifically charged in the asphyxiation death of Gaye Garrett, five months. The state began calling wit neses in the case Tuesday. Lt. Rodney Davis, a firefighter in the Portland fire department for more than 19 years, said the fire in the Garrtt home was so hot that it turned win dows to molten glass. Earlier deputy prosecutor Oscar Howlett told the 12 member jury the state would produce expert witnsses to Rrove the fire in the Garrett home was so hot that it had to be fed by flammable liq uids. Becomes Remorseful Earl F. Bernard, ah attorney for Mrs. Garrett, said that on the night of the fire, Mrs. Gar rett became remorseful fol lowing an alleged fight that drove her husband to a motel, and called police to report him missing. Bernard said Mrs. Garrett then "put a candle in the window" and went upstairs. Bernard implied the fire could have started from the candle or it could have been the work of an "experienced arsonist," who might have en tered the downstairs by way of the unlocked doors. The stale began a long pa rade of witnesses Tuesday that included first aid men, photo graphers and firefighters. Mrs. Garrett was in tears through most of the testimony Tuesday and appeared near collapse several times when the death of her children was mentioned. Charges Dismissed Against One Man Charges were dismissed against one Medford man and two others charged with the theft of gas from a Central Point church received one year suspended sentences in district court yesterday. On a motion of District At torney Alan Holmes, charges were dismissed against Cecil Jefferson Worlhington, 54, DcHague St., due to lack of sufficient evidence. Impost tion of sentence was suspend ed for one year for Joseph William McKee, 423'j Berry dale ave.. and William Ray Goodson. Central Point. Judge L. L. Sawyer ordered the two men to refrain from drinking liquor and to work a total of 24 hours for the Community Bible church. The judge is to receive a state ment from church authorities when the work is completed. They were ordered also to pay S5 each in court costs. The two men had pleaded guilty to taking five gallons of gas from the Central Point church on Jan. 8. Specific charge was petty larceny. Investment Funds Noon quotation! on funds' Fund Bullock Chem I- und Colonial Encr Hid Atkrd fi 13 '18 .uii 12 0) . 1 3 Oti 14 27 13 30 16 74 0 77 13 64 11 II 9 91 1021 10 40 10 13 Eaton Howard Stk 12 44, Ktrfr litv 15 4R (;rotip Sec Pvvia-Elec Group Sec Com Stk ... Group Sec Prtr Croup Sec Strel Group Sec Tobac .-q Krvf""ie B-3 . . Z. Kvmc B-4 8 U2 12.46 10.14 9.04 9 32 15 11 0 2S K-2 15 34 !i 74 Krnne S-l . Pi . 20 'H 2i 2 Kevitont S-1 ... 11 "9 VI B'i Kf .lone S-3 Kl 1 M H Kpvstnm- S- .12 8 iQII 12 M.. Inv Crlh Stk II-'W W H TV-Elec 7JU ..14 Vnluf Lln ; S 28 S.77 Wellington 14 A 15 27 o Quotes From the News By United Press International San Francisco SPCA Superintendent James N. Brown on the dead whale wedged under Pier 50 in San Francisco harbor: "It will be fragrant by morning." Athens, Ga. Susan Belsky of Miami Beach, Fla., after Negro Charlayne Hunter was assigned a room at Myers Hall at the previously all-white University of Georgia: "We should all try to make her welcome." Northern Laos Laotian Army Lt. Ratttimikone when asked if the United States was sending any new weapons: "Yes, we are gettting many new weapons now, and we need them badly, too." Palm Beach, Fla. Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash.. on when President-elect John F. Kennedy will have completed organization of his administration: "We won't get all the jobs filled by Jan. 20, but we expect to have the essential ones filled." Over-the-Counter Western Stocks The following bid and ask ed quotations, rrom the Na tional Association of Sueur; tics Dealers, Inc., do not rep resent actual transactions. They are a guide to the range within which these securities could have been sold (indi cated by the "bid") or bought (indicated by the "asked") at the time of compilation. v Common Stoirks Bank of America Cilil.-Pacifii- Utilities Cascades Plywood Cons. Freiglitways . Copco Cyprus Mines Corp. .... First National Hank .... Morrison-Knuriscn Bid Asked 511 5a? 22 23 i 9',. 44 22 2A 25 10 ",4 47 23 '.i 115 'j 33' 2 Northwest Nat. Gas Pacific Pwr. & Lt Pcrmanente Cent. Co. ., Portland Gen. Elec U. S. National Bank .... United Utilities West Coast Tel Weyerhaeuser 4i 2B' 35'. Weather fori; CASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness tonight and Thursday with chance of occasional light rain and gusty wind. Patchy valley me ihursday inorniiiB. uow to night 38. High Thursday 50. Western Oregon: Scattered show ers and partial clearing tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday morning hecoming mostly cloudy during afternoon with showers likely on coast and over north interior. Low tonight 35-45. Cooler Thursday with high 45-53. Northern California: Occasional rain Eureka northward tonight. Morning fog in valieyB. otherwise fair through Thursdny. Little tem perature change. I.OCAI, DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean 41: above normal 5. Record high tins dale 55 in 1022. Record low this date -3 in IP30, PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight none. Midnight to 10 a m. none. Total this month .15 in., .(ifi in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 7.12 in.. 2.07 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 77 per cent, highest this a.m. 100 per ceni. Mich 4:(ll) !M CITY Yesler- a.m. nr. d a v Low l'rec. Brookings (if) 45 Crater Lake 42 Xi Grants Pa.ts 4'i 35 Klamath Kalis 4'i 2H MEDFORD 4fl 31 Portland 52 41 Seattle 57 45 .12 Spokane 42 32 Ya k i ma . . 4 1 3 1 Eureka fi-2 41 .01 Red Bluff dH 3't Sacramento 53 3B San Francisco f3 4fi Los Angeles 7fl 58 Phoenix 71 41 Denver 43 2H Chicago 42 30 Miami Beach 70 fill .04 New York 34 20 Washington, DC. ... 3!) 24 FIVR-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan. 16): Western Orrgnn-U'oiprn Wmh Ington Recurring rnin totaling more than normal ;inri generally one-half to one Inch except two to three inch? alone; Washlnglon coast. Temperatures averaging above normal with highs in 40s or low 50s and lows in 30a or low 40s. Northern California Orraslnnnl precipitation m rxtrrnip north cc tion. None likely rUnwhere. Tern peratures near normal. STEAK HOUSE Bob Anderson al the Grand Piano And Organ Eary Nile, Monday, Saturday FOR YOUR DANCING AND LISTENING PLUS O 'THE TOWER TRIO' WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY NITE STEAKS PRIME RIB CHICKEN SEAFOOD IN THE All NEW tit JQ MELODY ROOM pole. The gas tank burst into flames, setting fire to the car and the pole. The sergeant was trapped in the car and died several hours later at the Quantico hospital. (UP1 Telephoto) Patrolman Takes Plane; Kills Self Sonora, Calif.-(UI'1I-A Cali fornia highway patrolman, on sick leave as the result of a mental breakdown, stole a converted bomber and crash ed it into the Sierra Nevada foothills early today, killing himself and touching off a minor forest frie. The victim was identified as Verne Vasser, 36, Sonora, who served as a Marine pilot during World War II. He had been with the Highway Patrol for 10 years. Authorities said Vasser suf fered a breakdown two years ago, but returned to his job i on a part-time basis. Recent ly he was again placed on sick leave. Wednesday night, Vasser went to the nearby Columbia Airport and asked the night watchman if he could go into the main hanger. The hanger contained a converted TBM Navy bomber which Vasser had occasionally flown on fire fighting missions for the Sonora Flying Service. The watchman said he heard the roar of an engine about 12:40 a.m. and saw the plane speed down the runway. A few moments later, it buzzed the courthouse at Sonora. About 20 minutes later, the plane cut through a grove of i trees eight miles east of town and cracked in flames. Vas ser's burned body was found 50 feet from the wreckage. Vasser was survived by his widow and three sons, ages 3, 3, and 8. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Dairv mar kct Eggs To retailers: Crude AA extra large. 55-58c; AA larce 33 5.")C; A large. 52-53c; AA medium. 4!)-.50c; A A small. 30-42c; cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints. 70c lb; cartons 1c higher; B prints, fiflc. Cheese, medium cured To re tailers: A grade cheddar single daisies, 40-5 lc; processed Ameri can cheese. S-lb. loaf. 4fi-48 Portland f UPI I) re shed chickens No. I grade dressed to retailers: Fryers whole drawn, 35-' 37c lb.: cut-up. 4D-43c lb ; hens, heavy-type whole drawn. 33 - 3,1c lbs.; light-type hens, cut-up. 3f)-43c lb.; whole, 28-30c lb. Portland Livestock Portland (UPIi USUA Livestock - Cattle 330: few Hoist rtn steers standard 20-22; cutter-utility 15 19: few utility few cows 17; can-ner-cutter 12-13 50. Cnlvcti 7."; good-choice vpalen 2.5-30. Rtandard 20-24; eull-utll)ty 12-Ht Hogs 400; I and 2 butchers mostly 20; 2 and 3 lots 18-,'iO-l!) .10, mixed grade sows 13 VI-1 0 50 Sheep 3ixi; choice wooled Inmhs 18 VP - 18 7 ." ; goofl - choice feeders 14.30-18; cull-ewes 3-.V SUPPER CLUB . OBITUARIES LAURA DUNN Ashland - Funeral services for Mrs. Laura B. Dunn, 87, of 65 Granite St., Ashland, who died Jan. 9 in Medford, will be held Thursday, Jan. 12, at 1:30 p.m. at Lilwiller s Mountain View chapel, Ash land, with the Rev. James Sinclair of the First Church of Christ officiating. Inter ment will be in Ashland ceme tery. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Edna Iwine. Independ ence, Ore., six crandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren. She was a member of Jack sonville chapter, Order of Eastern Star, for more than 50 years and a member of the First Church of Christ. ELLA S. MERRILL Ashland - Funeral services for Mrs. Ella S. Merrill, 04. of Ashland, who died Jan. 10 in Sacramento, Calif., will be held Thursday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m. in Litwiller's Mountain View chapel. The Rev. Duane Alvord of Trinity Episcopal church will officiate. Inter ment will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Merrill was born Oct. fi, 186G, in Eastmondville. Mich. She lived in the Ash land vicinity since 1010. Among the survivors are Edward Merrill, Portland; Mrs. Helen Padan, Ashland; six grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandson. RAYMOND E. WYATT Raymond E. Wyatt, 52. of Gold Hill, died this morning a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced by Conger-Morris, fu neral directors. M. C. YARNELL Marion Clyde Yarnell, 54, died last night at his home, 2348 Camp Baker rd. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced by Conger-Morris, fu neral directors. J. WILLARD ROSCOE J. Willard Roscoe, 69, of 819 North Central ave., died last night in a local hospital. Fu neral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, luneral directors. mmstpm. jaMBHr II - - JIM BOND THE GREATEST JIM BOND SHOW EVER! "ALASKA-YUKON WILDLIFE SPECTACULAR" In the vast north country, under the spell of the Aurora, Jim Bond found the most fabulous big game country on the continent. Giant 2000 pound bull moose, unsuspecting of danger, come looking for a 'finish fight'; huge and dangerous grizzlies roam at will; captivating caribou with racks of antlers you will never, never forget, parade before the color camera while snowy white mountain sheep play about in the rugged skyline world. "Trapping and Transplanting Mountain Goats" Beauty, drama and suspense are all in this color ful sequence of the ever-dangerous mountain goat. Filmed on the very "roof-tops" of the Mon tana Rockies at 10,000 and 11,000 feet eleva tions, this picture is as revealing as it is interest ing. "The Sun River Elk" Two and one-half years in the making, this color camera spectacle takes the audience right into the heart of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area; a monumental production filmed on the north and west forks of the Sun River, under the Chi nese Wall, along the Continental Divide, in the Lush green alpine meadows and in the yellow and gold aspen. Jim Bond found the handsome elk and photographed them in all their glory. You'll get that wi.lderness feeling when you hear those noble bulls bugling, bugling, bugling. McLoughlin Jr. High Gym SATURDAY ONLY . Doors Open 7:00 P.M.; Show ,p 8:00 P.M. Admission: Adults only $1.00; Children 50c (no tap) TICKETS AT THE DOOR Sponiored by Oregon Minionary Volunteers for Youth Work Big Screen, Fine Projection Ecn'pment BETTER COME EARLY RUSSELL M. WHEELER Russell McCullough Wheel er, 56. of 153 North Oakdale ave.. died yesterday at a local motel. Funeral services will be held at llillcrest Mortuary chapel, on the North Phoenix rd., Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. D. E. Millard of the New Age church will officiate. Committal will be in llillcrest Memorial park, with Conger Morris, funeral directors, in charge of arrangements. Mr. Wheeler was born July 21. 1004. in Big Timber. Mont. Survivors include his moth er. Mrs. llildrelh Wheeler, Medford; a son, Russell Wheel er. San Jose. Calif.; a daugh ter, Mrs. Phyllis Williams, Kiniberly, Ore.; a brother, Donald Wheeler. Central Point; one granddaughter and two nieces. GARNER ADAMS Ashland Funeral services for Garner Ishniael Adams, 49, of 4250 Highway 99 south. Ashland, who died Jan. 9 will be held Saturday, Jan. 14, at 11 a.m. at the Lilwillers Mountain View chapel, Ash land. The Rev. Cecil Coins of First Baptist church will officiate. The Ashland Elks lodge will conduct graveside services at Mountain View cemetery. JOHN T. KELLY Word has been received here of the death late last month in Long Beach, Calif., of John T. Kelly, 66, chief of special services at the White City Veterans Administration domiciliary in 1949 and 1950. Mr. Kelly was born in Mon tana Oct. 10, 1894. Douglass and Zook Mortu ary was in charge of funeral services with inlcnnent at Ft. Rosecrans National cemetery, San Diego, Calif. UN Sends Troops To New Congo State Leopoldville, The Congo llil'llThe nUited Nations rush ed reinforcements today to Manona, capital of the new "independent state of Lual aba," in an effort to head oft more civil war in the Congo. IN PERSON New York Strike Threatens To Tie Up All Shipments New York - iUPIi - The strike by 660 ferry and tug boat crewmen threatened today to paralyze nearly all freight shipments to the nation's larg est city. Sympathy tie-ups by truck ers and rail workers imperil ed delivery of fresh and pre served foodstuffs, fuel and other essential goods. Every thing from meat to automo biles faced the cut off. Negotiations with federal mediators between representa tives of the tug and ferry crews and 11 railroads which operate the vessels in New York were scheduled to re sume today after breaking up Tuesday night when the un ions rejected a company pro posal on the key issue of tug crew size. Strike Starts Tuesday The strike started Tuesday and led to an immediate tie up of 51 lugs, which power hundreds of freight-carrying barges, and nine ferries which carry 30.000 commuters to work daily from New Jersey across the Hudson river to Manhattan. The commuters found alter nate but jammed routes to work on buses, trains and ears. The effects on freight ship ments, however, became more serious almost immediately. The Teamsters joint coun cil, representing all the city's truck drivers, voted unani mously Tuesday night not to cross picket lines established by the striking crews. Drivers were to receive formal in structions today telling them not to move trucks past strike lines. BARNARD Engagement Ring .... t . $ 75.00 Wedding Ring 45.00 EASY TERMS East Main 231 IF YOU LIKE THRILLING ACTION HERE IT IS! STARTING TONIGHT TWO SHOWS 7 00 AND 9:10 THE YOUNG HELLIONS- ready to stand up to a ring of guns. ..or drag a woman's name through the mlret 1 6 ML iMmmM 'V J0HN DOLORES KJ 9 mi tu.;' Vr 1 MARSHA 1 MT c HffWK jms msitftriuB oit nuioac - rour An Ali.riJ A,tsH RHr.lst PLUS SHORT SUBJECTS COLOR CARTOON WQ WORLD NEWS Wall Street Chatter New York - 'I'PH - Not even the Eskimos were more pleas ed with December's chilly blast than the oil industry. This, says Kidder, Pea body & Co., is because we are in the season when heating oil is the industry's major prod uct and cold weather means higher prices, volume and profits. Therefore, in view of con tinued icy January tempera tures, the brokerage firm finds "the stage is set for rec ord eaiT.ings in the first quar ter of 1881." It said daily demand for heating oil is in excess of 100 million gallons, indicating a total industry potential of more than $500,000 of in creased earnings each day in the fir.it quarter as a result of the latest round of price increases. Within the group, Kidder, Pcahody continues to favor Gulf, Texaco, Soeony Mobil, Standard Oil (Ind.) and Ohio Oil. Amott, Baker & Co.'s ABC investment letter says the an ticipated satisfactory business background in the second half of 1961 could be the basis for the stock market to move for ward with determination in the second quarter. With this in mind, the firm recommends that interim pe riods of market weakness be used to accumulate good qual ity common stocks and re duce cash reserves. STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM HOTEL Open Ojify 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundayi 4 P.M. Till 1 1 P.M. THEATER INFORMATION SERVICE CALL ,SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATERS ut stenam ioorey . A 'I Medford v it r 4rf Air 0 pV