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Hijacked Sails Mm Braz an uner mm ; Regional Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents Docking Area Said Scene of Great Confusion President Offers Political Asylum Recife. Brazil (UPD Rebel Medford Tribune . i i TOP CITIZENS Harry Wright, left, Mrs. Mamie Grubb and Dr. Elmo Stevenson are shown holding plaques they received after being named Ashland's citizens of the year at the annual awards banquet last night in the Mark Antony hotel. Wright was honored as outstanding junior citizen by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Grubb was named top senior citizen by the Kiwanis club and Dr. Stevenson received man of the year honors from the Chamber of Com merce. (Lowell Anderson photo) Three Outstanding Citizens Receive Awards in Ashland A Ashland - Dr. Elmo Steven son, Harry Wright and Mrs. Mamie (Larkin) Grubb were honored as Ashland's out Standing citizens at the annual awards banquet held last night in the Mark Antony hotel. 1 Stevenson was named man of the year by the Chamber of Commerce; -Wright was honored as Ashland's out standing junior citizen by the Junior Chamber of Com merce, and Mrs. Grubb re ceived recognition as the year's top senior citizen by the Kiwanis club. Identity of the winners was disclosed at the conclusion of the dinner spon sored by the Kiwanians, chamber and junior chamber. Nominations for recognition honors were made by Ashland clubs. Selection of finalists was made by three separate judging committees. -. ? Emmett W h i t h a m; last year's man of the year, pre sented the Kiwanis club senior citizen plaqmrto Mrs.' Grubb after reviewing her achieve ments in community affairs over a period of years, . Others Mentioned Whit ham concluded by naming two other senior citi zens, Frank Davis and Gerald Wenner "who though retired, continue to serve this .com munity and were given recog nition by the judges." ' . , "Not the man of the year "only but' the man of the last 15 years, "might well be his title," -declared Harry Skerry in announcing the choice of Dr. Stevenson. " A long list of accomplish ments were credited to the Southern Oregon college pres ident who has been able to combine the activities of rancher, author and educator. Dr. Stevenson serves on local boards, heads numerous youth organizations and civic groups, and represents the community as well as the col lege at state and national levels. Archie Fries Jr. and the Eev. B. J. Holland were other finalists in the man of the year selection. The Jaycee Distinguished Service award given to a young man between the ages of 21 and 35, was presented to Wright by Harold Hyland, second vice president of the junior chamber. -High School Teacher i Wright, an Ashland High school i teacher, is active in supervision and guidance of students. He is serving on the board of directors of the YMCA, is active in the Ki wanis club and the Congre gational church, has been a leader in local and state Jaycee affairs, and is recog nized for his scholastic ach ievements, i The Rev. Ed Wulfekuehler and Paul Antony were named by the judges as outstanding Minuteman Intercontinental Missile Blasted 4,200 Miles Down Atlantic Cape Canaveral, Fla. - IUPD -The Air Force today fired a Jl i n uteman intercontinental missile to a target 4,200 miles down the Atlantic range in a successful "go for broke" test of the new rocket. Third Success It was America's third ma or rock-and-space success in two days. Gen. Thomas White, Air Force chief of staff, called the test "one of the most sig nificant staps this nation has- ever taken toward gaining in tercontinental missile suprem acy in the critical years just ahead." The 60-foot rocket, probab junior citizens of the com munity. Dr. E. C. McGill", assistant president of SOC, was featur ed speaker at the banquet. Mc Gill discussed seven qualities which constitute greatness. "Courage to express one's convictions, honesty in hand ling matters of trust, sincerity, uniqueness, charity, influence and modesty are all combined in the person who can lead and inspire men," he declared. Group Concerned With Delinquents A committee on early de tection and' prevention of juvenile delinquency will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Jackson county juvenile detention home south of Med ford, Juvenile Supervisor Kay Crowell said today. The committee will operate with .five, other committees under the Jackson county juvenile court's advisory coun cil. The committees will make their reports regularly to the council. Committee chairman will be Robert Lawrence, principal of Ashland's Lincoln school. Members are Gladys Van Dyke, - representative of. the local Classroom Teachers as sociation; Medford Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner; Wini fred Uridel, child welfare services; Public Health Nurse Cheri . McGalliard, Frances Klein, Ashland schools; Ed ward Knapp, Central Point schools; Robert Schmidt, Jack son county juvenile depart ment; the Rev. Robert Dow ery, Medford First Methodist church; and Edward Branch field, Jackson County Bar as sociation. Preliminary plans will be made to discuss the area and scope of problems and look into various methods of de tection and prevention of juvenile delinquency. Further meetings will be held as the committee s program de velops, Mrs. Crowell said. Liquor-By-Drink Outlets Opposed Salem - IUPD - Church- and anti-liquor groups Tuesday op posed before the Senate Alco hol Control Committee a bill which would allow licensing of rnore liquor-by-the-drink outlets in Oregon. The bill. SB67 introduced by Sen. Al Flegel (D-Roseburg) would permit licensing of up to 106 more premises. . SUSPECT CAUGHT Portland (UPI) Chester Raymond Hedrick, local "fat man rape suspect who es caped Dec. 26 from the State Hospital in Salem, was report ed i by authorities today to have been taken into custody in Los Angeles. ly the world's first compact modsl ICBM, roared from its launching pad loaded with 400 pounds of tost instruments in place of a warhead. Postponed From Monday ', This was a shot postponed from Monday when trouble developed in the down-range operations. The Monday blast was scrubbed Just four sec onds before it was to have been launched. "This is virtually an oper ational missile," said Cot. Samual C. Phillips, director of the Minuteman weapons system for the Air Force. Actually the rocket's ex 18 Pages Duncan Hatfield Welfare Salem - (UPO - House Speaker Robert B. Duncan (D Medford) today suggested Gov. Mark Hatfield had political aims in seeking the resignations of four members of the Public Welfare commission, and warned the governor's state ments might "materially affect" progress toward govern ment reorganization. Duncan said he will ask the House Welfare committee and the House committee on state and federal affairs to hold a hearing for further airing of charges and counter charges involving the commission. His statement came as a bill (government reorganization bill) was introduced in the House that would abolish the Public Welfare commission The bill would create a pub lic welfare division in a new cabinet department of social services - with a new com mission in an advisory capaci ty only. Duncan said "The attempt to secure resignations of Dem ocratic commissioners strikes at the very foundation of the boards and commissions sys tem which is still the law of the state." Hatfield last week called for the resignations of the four commission members ap pointed by former Gov. Rob ert Holmes. . At the same time, the gov ernor accused the commission of "administrative chaos." In view of the "seriousness" of the charges, Duncan said, another hearing appeared the best way to get accurate in formation before the .legisla ture. ! Charges Denied The Senate committee on state and federal affairs heard Monday from Welfare Admin istrator Jeanne Jewett of fort- land, and several commission members, who. .denied Hat field's charges. ; ,", - .i The State and Federal Af fairs committees in both houses are the same commit tees that are- considering the entire reorganization plan. The House Welfare committee is headed by Rep. Grace Peck, a firm opponent of Hatfield's plan to move the welfare com mission from Portland to Sa lem. Duncan said he felt reor ganization is needed, and an other hearing would help clear the air. : Former Communist Head in U.S. Dies New York - WD - Eugene Dennis, 56, former head of the U.S. Communist party who was downgraded a year ago, died Tuesday night of lung cancer. Dennis, who served several jail terms for his activities, had been ill ever since he lost party power and had returned last week to Mt. Sinai hospital for treatment, a party spokes man said. Grey - haired and tweedy looking, Dennis was a dogged follower of whatever line Moscow laid down no matter how ridiculous his self - re versals made him look. He devotedly backed Stalin after World War II, going so far as to say that criticism of the Russian dictator consti tuted slander. But after Nikita S. Khrushchev rose to power and made his "destalinization" speech in 1956, it took Dennis only two weeks to change his public position in a "Daily Worker" article. Radio Highlight President Kennedy's news conference will be heard over radio station KMED (1440 kc) at 6:05 tonight end over station KYJC (1230 kc) at 8:15 p.m. pected combat readiness date is still more than a year away. The goal set for Minuteman by the Air Force was to have an intercontinental-range wea pon that could be heavily shielded or kept constantly on the move 24 hours a day, loaded with nuclear warheads. No Recovery Attempt The slender rocket thun dered off its launching pad ahead of brilliant white smoke, characteristic of solid fuel missiles. No attempt was scheduled to recover the radio transmit ters and other test instru ments that rode in the nose cone. Says "a.y.ea Politics Eagle Point Area Residents See DA Regarding Road A group of 11 Eagle Point area residents were advised by District Attorney Alan B. Holmes this morning to see the county court first regard ing their objections to a pro posed Medford Corporation log truck road by and through their properties. "I told them they should take the matter either before the county court or the county planning commission first," Holmes explained. "Then, if we are asked for a legal opin ion on the problem, we can give one." The group was to meet with representatives of the Jackson county planning commission at 1 o'clock this afternoon. "We're n o t a committee, just a group of citizens who will be affected by this road," one of them said this morn ing. "We want to know if we can do anything about it or if we should just shut up," an Eagle Point resident said. None of the group would give their names, except Claud Hoover who said he was there "to just listen." "I know Eagle Point doesn t amount to much now, but it will grow. We don't want a log truck road cutting through an area we may annex in the future," a city councilman from Eagle Point said. He also declined to give his name. Object to Noise and Dust The group generally object ed to the noise and dust which the M e d c o logging trucks would raise and the possible danger to their children. One woman resident said their cows would cross the road and added that sections of ir rigation pipe would have to be carried across the road to irrigate distant fields. On Jan. 20, Medco officials met with more than 100 Eagle firm possibly converting its Point, White City and Butte Falls citizens to explain and answer questions about the present Butte Falls to Med ford logging railroad into a logging truck route. Friday, Public Utility Com missioner Jonel C. Hill an ounced approval of two appli cations involving the construc tion and conversion of cross ings required by the realign ment and conversion of the Medco railroad to a private log truck road. Some of the Eagle Point area residents this morning said they understood further public hearings will be con ducted by the public utilities commissioner on the proposed conversion of the railroad to a private log truck road. Samos Satellite Circling Globe Point Arguello, Calif. -UPD-A camera-carrying satellite circled the globe today as a forerunner of a U. S. system of "watchdog" satellites. The satellites some day will scan every part of the earth to warn of enemy troop move ments and missile firings. The two-ton Samos II (sat ellite and missile observation system) satellite was launched Tuesday from this West Coast missile base. It was the first in the program to successfully enter orbit, a previous try last Oct. 11 having failed. Samos II, 22 feet long and five feet In diameter, was boosted into a north-south or bit aboard a powerful Atlas D intercontinental ballistic mis sile. The satellite circled the earth once every 95 minutes in an orbit that carried it from 300 to 350 miles into space. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961 Special To Study Reapportionment Three From Each Congressional District Listed First Meeting Will Be Sunday Salem - IUPD - House Minor ity Leader F. F. Montgomery (R-Eugene) today named a 12 member special GOP commit tee to study legislative re apportionment. The group includes three persons from each of Oregon's four congressional districts. The first meeting will be here Sunday. The committee will be asked to come up with lay sugges tions for changing legislative representation. This report will be presented to a caucus of the 29 House Republicans. If the Republicans concur in it the plan will be passed on to the legislature, Montgomery said. Because of the 1960 census and many shifts in population, the legislature is required to remap the districts. Members Named Appointed to the committee were Robert G. Davis, Grants Pass; Russell Tripp, Albany; Eugene Marsh, McMinnville; Clay Myers, Poftland; Earl Bolliger, Portland; Robert E. Jones, Portland; Edward Ben nett, Springfield; Paul Lindy, Milwaukie; Alan W. Christen sen, Summerville; Bill Bra doen, Burns; Mrs. Colan Mc- Kinnon, Corvallis, and wyatt Padgett; Klamath Falls. Two bills that would vir tually -ban billboards along interstate highways in Oregon and set up a scenic area com mission to regulate outdoor advertising along state high ways were read in the Senate. Cabinet Bills Offered; l:Four . more reorganization bills were introduced in the two houses, relating to cabi net departments of labor, natural resources, transporta tion and utilities, and making the superintendent of public instruction appointed instead of elected. Another bill, by Rep. Win ton Hunt (R - Woodburn), would have the legislature meet every year. Mercy Flights Plane Lands on Highway A Mercy Flights Inc., plane piloted by Gene Powers, Med ford, made a safe emergency landing on Pacific highway south of Roseburg Monday af ternoon. Powers said he used the wide smooth stretch to land the plane as an emergency measure after high headwinds and turbulence caused the plane to use more gasoline than had been anticipated. Powers said a panel red light indicating less than a 20 minutes gas supply kept blink ing in the turbulent air. Addi tional gas was sent from the clouded-in Roseburg airport while state police blocked trafff ic on the highway. Powers discovered he had enough gas for 45 minutes aft er landing. He took off again at 5:25 p.m., about one hour and 15 minutes after making the emergency landing. The plane was returning to Med ford after carrying a patient from the Veterans Adminis tration domiciliary, White City, to Portland. Turner Youth Killed By 69,000 Volt Wire Stayton-flJPll-An 18-year-old youth who said he "knew all about electricity" was electro cuted Tuesday night when he climbed a tower and grabbed a 69,000-volt wire to recharge the bat'.ery in his stalled car. Two friends did not even try to stop him because they "thought he was kidding. It took several hours to re cover the body of Johnny Ruggles, 18, Turner, from the top of a 60-foot power tower at the Consumers Power Co substation near here. Salem - (UPD - A bill to in crease bonding limits for high er education buildings by $10 million passed the Oregon House unanimously today. GOP Committee CHIMP REWARDED Ham, the space after his 420-mile rocket trip Tuesday to chimp, receives his reward for a job well help scientists find out if space is safe for done, as a big red apple is passed to him. people. See story on page 2. 1 Ham returned to the United States today (UPI Telephoto) Boeing Said Negotiating for BoardmanSite Salem - (UPI) - Gov. Mark Hatfield announced today ' that Boeing Airplane Co. of Seattle has asked for an 80 year lease on the 100,000 acre Boardman bombing Seattle (UPD William Al len, president of Boeing Air plane Co., said today his firm is negotiating with the State of Oregon for a multi-million dollar contract for the 100,- 000-acre space age industrial park in Northeast Oregon. Gov. Mark Hatfield of Ore gon announced Tuesday that signing of a lease for the old Boardman Bombing Range to private industry was immi nent, but he did not name the firm involved. He Said discus sions have been held with about six firms. One of these is known to be Aero-Jet General Corp., Sac ramento, Calif. Two other manufacturers of rocket pro pellents, Hercules Powder Co. and Thiokol, also have been mentioned. , Hatfield Silent "We have been discussing a lease," Allen said. "But I'm not sure how far this thing is along." Hatfield said, "no com ment." The Boardman project in volves moving the Navy's bombing range from Morrow county to a tract of the same size in Lake county in south east Oregon. Lake county cattlemen have been grumbling about the method being used in the trade. They object to the state trading grazing lands to the Bureau of Land Management in exchange for a huge BLM tract near Wagontire. This large tract is the one where the bombing range would be relocated. Rep. Durno's Vote Rapped by Straub Salem - IUPD - Oregon Dem ocratic Chairman Robert Straub today attacked Con gressman Edwin Durno's neg ative vote in congress Tuesday on the U. S- House Rules Com mittee change. Straub, state senator from Eugene, said the Republican congressman's no vote was "against the otst interests not only of he nation but partic ularly the lumber and ply wood interests in the fourth district." "I am shocked," he added, "that Rep. Durno vould join heads with the reactionary Southern Democrats in an at tempt to thwart President Kennedy's dynamic legislative program to resore vitality and strength to the fourth dis trict's economy." Phoenix Livestock Yard Sold Of Local Cattlemen Southern Oregon Livestock yard, in Phoenix, the oldest livestock auction yard in Southern Oregon, has been sold to a corporation of local cattlemen, it was announced this morning. Armin Richter, a spokes man for the recently formed corporation, said N. A. (Nute) Mead, Central Point, is secre tary-treasurer of ' the Rogue Valley Livestock Auction, Inc., and will oversee its oper ation. Milan H. (Bob) Bever will continue as auctioneer and manager. Articles of in corporation were filed today ih Salem. The yard was founded in the early 1900's by Col. A. H. Dudley, who operated it until his death last year. His widow, Hearing Held On Variance Request A request for a variance by the Peter Kiewit Sons' con tractors for fill dirt and rock crusher sites north of Central Point, was continued Tuesday evening following a public hearing by the board of ad justment of the county plan ning commission. Commission members re quested that the contractors discuss their plans with the City 'of Central Point, the Rogue River Irrigation dis trict, and the county health department, prior to the com mission making a decision on the request. The main sewer line from Central Point crosses the pro posed rock crusher site, it was pointed out: The county water master asked for information regarding protection of under ground water rights and coun ty sanitarians questioned if the sites would prove to be breeding areas for mosquitoes after the dirt was removed. After the contractors and the various agencies have reached an agreement they will meet with the board of adjustment, it was explained. Approximately 40 persons attended the public hearing held at the county courthouse. No opposition was voiced to the variance request. The property concerned is located between Gebhard and Scenic rds. on a site east of the pro posed freeway route and a site north of Eric ave. about three miles northwest of the other property. SMALL SLIDE State Highway department employees cleared a small rock slide from Highway 99 1V4 miles south of Siskiyou summit about 7 p.m. Tuesday. Traffic continued to move normally over the road, ac cording to report from the summit. No. 272 Named to Group Mrs. A. H. Dudley, Phoenix, continued to run it, then sold it this week to . the newly formed corporation. The last sale under the Dudley owner ship was conducted Saturday, Increased Sue "We will continue to hold regular Saturday sales," Mead said. "We may hold as many as six feeder sales during the year for the area cattlemen. Included with the sale of the yard were several adjoining acres. This means we can more than double our present sale capacity from 800 cattle to 1,800." New corporation officers and directors were elected last night. They are: Evan E. Rassmussen, Fern Valley rd., Phoenix, president; Ralph Cook, Medford, vice presi dent; and Mead, secretary treasurer; Merton Bradshaw, Lake Creek, Arthur (Pinky) Atkinson, Fern Valley rd., Phoenix; Delbert Johnson, Talent, and Richter, Apple gate, all directors. Spearheaded by Association The idea for the new cor poration and purchase of the Phoenix yard was conceived about two weeks ago and spearheaded by the Jackson County Livestock association which sponsors feeder sales in the county. Richter said no name has been given the recently pur chased yard. A representative of the Phoenix yard is already contacting livestock people In the area and Saturday's sale may be one of the largest yet. The yard will handle sales for Jackson, Josephine and Klamath county livestockmen, Richter added. Bengfson Draws Court Suspension Salem - IUPD - The Oregon Supreme Court today sus pended the right of O. H. Bengston, Medford, to prac tice law in Oregon pending final action on dscipllnary proceedings against him. The attorney was recently convicted of two embezzle ment counts in Josephine County and Jackson County (-lacuit uourt. Pro-Westerners Seize Major Junction in Laos Vientiane, Laos - (LTD - Pro- Western government troops backed by rocket-firing fight er planes captured the impor tant road junction of S a 1 a Phou Khoun today, hurtling Communist rebel forces into retreat and clearing the way for. an assault on the vital Plaine des Jarres. Information Minister Boua van Norasing said two royal Loatian army units driving in leader Henrique Galvao sailed the captured cruise ship San ta Maria into Recife Harbor today to discharge the 620 captive passengers, touching off street demonstrations for and against the Portuguese government. Asylum Offered Galvao halted at the en trance to the harbor until President Janio Quadras of fered political asylum to him and his band of 70 rebels who seized the ship 11 days. ago. But new hitches developed and the docking was delayed. Galvao was reported de manding new guarantees from the Portuguese navy that the hip would not be seized. Mes- sages sailed back and forth from Galvao to Adm. Dias Fernandes, Commander of the 3rd Naval District here. Gal vao also was talking with Cmdr. Pedro Diez, port cap tain here who boarded the Santa Maria. Destroyer Docks The U.S. destroyer Damato docked in expectation the San ta Maria would tie up soon, U.S. Rear Adm. Allen Smith Jr. was still at sea aboard the destroyer Gearing with the destroyers Vogelgesang and Wilson. All planned to dock when the negotiations end. Heavy police patrols were placed around Dock 4 where Galvao was to tie up to dis charge the passengers, some of whom have wandered the high seas in the Portuguese luxury liner since they sailed from Lisbon last Jan. 9. UPI correspondent Almeida Edson reported from the port area that the Santa Maria was in front of Dock 4 by early afternoon. The docking pro cess was expected to take some time, and it was not certain when the first passen gers would come ashore. Scene of Confusion The harbor area was a scene of great confusion with crowds milling through the area1 demonstrating for Gal vao, who seized the ship in an effort to overthrow the gover norment of Premier Antonio de Oliveiro Salazar. Counter demonstrations started imme diately. ' ; , Though President QuadrOs offered political asylum to the Galvao rebels the fate of the $16.6 million ship remained in doubt. Portugal demanded that Brazil seize it and return it to its owners. Galvao has said he would never give it back. Committee Clears Teacher Pay Bill Salem-Oiril-The Senate Edu cation Committee Tuesday ap proved a bill SB60, that would up minimum pay scales for certain Oregon teachers by $600-$700 a year. Teachers holding a bache lor's degree would have a minimum annual salary of $4,300 instead of $3,700. Those having a master's de gree would get minimum pay of $4,700 instead of $4,000. The committee defeated a proposed increase for teachers without bachelor's degrees. The increase sought was from $3,400 to $4,000. The committee also voted down a proposed higher mini mum for substitute teachers. Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy conferred with his top economic, diplomatic and military advisers today on the nation's problems at home and abroad. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudiness with a few showers tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 32 34. High Thursday 50. Temp. IH Eh est Yesterday SU Lowest This Morning 34 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:25 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:25 a.m. The Moon rises 6'.38 p.m. tonight near the star, Itnculnn. Last Quarter Feb. 8 Highlight of the phenomena In the skies above this month will be the conjunction of Itu planets, Jupiter and Saturn, bp the Iftth. They are now rising Just before sunrise. from north and south had linked up at the road Junction about 45 miles south of the royal capilai oi Luang Pra bang. One Loatian army column had moved down from Luang Prabang, the other moved up from Vang Vieng. Closing of the pincers had been delayed until now while the airfield runway at Vang Vieng was lengthened to permit aerial re- supply of the royal forces. ,
