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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
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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. ,