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Unted Fagyre Teai Regional Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents rasn Medford Tribune of 16 Pages creaming We uards in Una BATTLE UN GUARDS Screaming, fist- York today in the midst of a debate on swinging Negroes, said to be pro-Lumumba the Congo crisis. The demonstration erupted supporters, battled United Nations guards as Adlai Stevenson, United States ainbas at the Security Council chamber in New sador to the UN, was speaking. (UPI Tclcphoto) Lumber Industry in Spotlight At Hatfield's Economic Parley Salem-IUPD - The sagging lumber industry came in for the lion's share of attention Tuesday at an economic con ference called by Gov. Mark Hatfield and attended by busi ness, labor and government leaders who agreed things should look better in six months. This is a time of "mingled concern and anticipation," Hatfield told the 55 persons at the outset of the three-hour meeting. Fourteen persons representing a cross section of the economy spoke. Another meeting, with suggestions for economy ill cures, was sched uled for Feb. 27. Loran Stewart, president of Bohemia Lumber Co. in Lane county, predicted a spurt of bankruptcies in the lumber industry in the next six months, but an eventual up turn this year. Ho predicted more consoli dations of companies and more direct sales, thus bypass ing wholesale costs. David H. Cameron, Oregon employment c o m m i ssioner, said employment in sawmills and logging has dropped 40 per cent since 1951 while ply- ASSUMES DUTIES Portland -1UP1I- Charles F. Luce, 43, a Walla Walla at torney has assumed his du ties as new Bonneville Power administrator. 8-Year-Old Girl Found Murdered Near Redding Redding, Calif. - 0IPII - A bloodhound led deputies today to the body of a girl who lay tied and murdered alongside her package of valentines. Shasta County Sheriff John Balma said that the slayer of Vicki Lee Morris, 8, was "def initely someone she thought was a friend." Balma said that the killer used a 25-pound rock to blud geon the girl's head. "We have no solid leads right now," he said. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1961 wood has gained more than 100 per cent. He noted Ore gon has some labor surplus cities but still no "distressed" areas as defined by the federal government. Heavy manufacturing also is hurting in Oregon, accord ing to Earl M. Jennctt of Wil lamette Iron and Steel. He urged aggressive action to get more defense contracts and military pojects. Other industries, expressed optimism, including transpor tation, tourists, fisheries, elec tronics and textiles. Electronics Booming Don E. Ellis of Tektronix Inc., said electronics was booming and that some firms expect to grow in the near future by as much as 400. per cent. A spokesman for Jantzen, Pendleton Woolen Mills and White Stag said if the state didn't repeal its personal prop erty tax on business inven tories, little or no further ex pansion in the textile field could be expected. Public Utility Commission er Jonel Hill said some of the current economic gloom may be psychological. Francis J. Murnane of the Longshore men's Union said "to a worker without a job, it's an economic problem." Tax Comimssioncr Charles Mack said collections indicate Oregon is in a recession but "not one to cause panic." A third grade student, Vicki disappeared Tuesday on a log ging road between her home at Anderson, 11 miles south east of here, and a point at which the school bus dropped her off. Her body lay 35 yards off the road, about one-half mile from her house. Balma reason ed that if a stranger had car ried the blonde, blue-eyed youngster to the bush-covered spot, there would have been signs of a struggle on the way. But there were none. groes Battle Hatfield asked that recom mendations for the Feb. 27 meeting be written so they can be made into a pamphlet and studied. County Budget Work To Start ' The Jackson county budget committee will start review ing the new fiscal yjear budget March 13, County Judge Earl Miller said today. Budget committee members are Arnold Bohnert, Central Point, Gordon Hudson, Med f o r d, and Archie Pierce, Medford. The committee's work is tentatively scheduled for com pletion May 1. Publication of the proposed budget and a public hearing are scheduled tentatively early in June. All county department heads are scheduled to return their budget proposals to the county bookkeeping depart ment by March 1 for tabula tion. Tabulation is to be com pleted by March 10 and cop ies of the budget proposals given the committee. The remainder of this n.onth and the first week in March the county engineer and county court are sched uled to study county roads and bridges for inclusion in the budget. County Treasurer Karl Ja- nouch is scheduled March 10 to turn in his estimates of county receipts for the coming fiscal year. Dellenback To Be in Medford This Week End State Rep. John R. Dellen back (R-Medford) will be in Medford Saturday, Feb. 18, and will hold office hours for constituents during the after noon, it was reported today. Those wishing to talk to Dellenback concerning legis lative matters may make an appointment by telephoning SP 2-5268. No. 284 Fight Breaks Out During Speech by Adlai Stevenson Two Photographers Suffer Injuries United Nations, N.Y. - IUPII -A screaming fist - swinging demonstration by pro-Lumumba Negroes that U.S. officials said was Communist inspired disrupted a meeting of the United Nations Security Coun cil today. The demonstration erupted as U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson was making a speech declaring Russia's de mand for the dismissal of Secretary-general Dag Ham marskjold and termination of the UN effort in the Congo "a declaration of war on the United Nations." Two photographers were in jured by the demonstrators. Photographer Knocked Out Stanley Hall of the New York Mirror was knocked un conscious and Joel Landau of United Press International, seeking to aid Hall, suffered a deep gash in his forehead when a demonstrator struck him with brass knuckles or a length of chain. Council President Sir Pat rick Dean of Britain recessed the council for five minutes and ordered that the public gallery be cleared. 1 The demonstration erupted without warning when Ne- groes leaped up in several parts of the packed public gallery, which scats about 400 persons, and began screaming. Demonstrators Wrestled UN guards rushed down the aisles to remove the demon strators, who refused to go quietly. Scuffles and fist- swinging occurred as the judo- tramed UN security men wrestled several demonstra tors up the sloping aisles to the public corridors. The uproar broke out when the U.S. ambassador was de claring that the world could not "cast aside the one and only instrument mankind has devised" to keep peace. "This issue even transcends the fate of a suffering 14 mil lion Congolese people," Ste venson said. "It involves all mankind. The issue is, shall the United Nations survive . ." Pandemonium broke loose at that point. WEATHER FORECAST: Clearinp toniftht. Partly cloudy Thursday. Cooler. Low tonight 30. High Thursday 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday fill Lowest this Morning 36 Prcc. to 10 a.m. Today 20 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:41 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 7:07 a.m. Moonsct tonight 6:33 p.m. First quarter . Feb. 22 MORNING PLANETS Jupiter and Saturn, rising In the southeast In the mornlrrg twilight, now appear very near each other. Actually Saturn is now more than 450 million miles beyond Jupiter. "I Never Had Anything ra ii ii JETLINER CRASHES The wreckage of a Sabena Boeing jetliner lies burning in a field near Brussels, Belgium, after it crashed while attempting to land early today, Jobless Benefit Proposal Seen Economy Booster Washington IUPII L a b o r Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg said today President Ken nedy's proposal to extend job less benefits would provide a $1 billion injection of buying power into the lagging econ omy. Goldberg told the House Ways and Means Committee that the emergency program to pay extra unemployment compensation to an estimated 3 million idle workers was a "very crucial part" of Ken nedy's antirecession plan. 'Goldberg also said he feared the latest unemployment fig ures "may indicate a rise" in the country's 5.4 million job less. ' ' The House was expected to act with unusual speed in re sponse to Kennedy s request for immediate legislation to aid jobless who already have used up their benefits. Informed sources said the committee probably would approve the measure with amendments early next week. This would send it to the Rules Committee which could clear the way for quick floor action. Worker Dies When Buried in Slide Cave Junction - A construc tion worker for Grafe-Calla-han died when he was buried under an earth slide at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday while working on the north approach to the Oregon Mountain tunnel near Cave Junction. The man was identified as George Loghry, 46, of Red- way, Calif. He was standing at the foot of the mountain when the slide started. He was buried under three feet of earth and suffocated before workers could uncover him. Loghry's death is the first since work started on the tun nel. Salem -IUPII- The Oregon Senate, faced with a heavy calendar, today scheduled its first afternoon meeting of the 1961 session. From There Before" Dr. Mayfield Named In Damage Lane County Court Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield Medford school superintend ent, has been named defend ant in a $52,000 damage suit filed in Lane county by Ray mond E. Pcttey, former em ployee for the state system of higher education and former Ashland resident. Petley had offices at South ern Oregon college when he was assistant professor with the state system of higher ed ucation's statewide general extension division. In the suit, Pettey claims that Dr. Mayfield wrote a let ter Jan, 28, I960, to Pettey's superior In Eugene which re- Steps To Control Cats Suggested Steps should be taken on a county level to adequately control stray cats, the Cat Care Society, Inc., recom mended today. Society spokesmen said a health hazard is being cre ated by abandonment of cats near schools and residential areas. The society is the only agency which has facilities for the pick-up, placement or dis posal of stray and unwanted cats, and is finding it increas ingly difficult to provide those facilities. 'Health authorities agree that stray animals can spread infectious diseases such as ringworm, scabies, feline dis temper, and aggravates the present danger of rabies to pets and children," a society spokesman said. "One of the basic requirements of a mo dern health community is ade quate facilities for the control of unwanted animals. This should include the cat," the society noted. "The Cat Care Society hopes that citizens with community pride are also interested in its health and will support the improvement of present con ditions by signing a petition that is being circulated throughout the county," so ciety spokesmen said. Europeans Watch Eclipse of Moon London (UPII Millions Europeans on both sides the Iron Curtain today watched the skies as the moon passed betwecn the sun and earth, causing a total eclipse in a wide area of southern Europe. Hundreds ot scientists ob served the phenomenon from observatories, mountain tops and high-flying planes. Air Pollution Samples Taken at Courthouse Two air pollution samples will be taken at the air sampling station at the court house this week, according to T. M. (Ted) Gcrow, district sanitary engineer, Oregon state sanitary authority. The first will be taken to day and a second tomorrow. The courthouse station is one of several in the national ail sampling network sponsored by the U.S. public health service, Gerow said. killing 73 persons, including figure skating team, Suit in suited in Pettey's being missed from his duties. Pettey was dismissed Feb. 29, 1960, from the ?7,080-a-year position. He claims the superintend ent's letter constituted an "unwarranted and malicious interference with the plain tiff's position and is a trespass and injury to the plaintiff's property rights and right of contract. General Punitive Damages Pettey - asked' 'siT.OOO gen eral damages and $15,000 punitive damages. Tha case reportedly stems from an incident in which Pettey gave information about Medford's adult education program to the Mail Tribune The story, written by Bob Walters, then a member of the staff of the Mail Tribune (now reporter for the Portland Oregonian), detailed the num ber of people taking advan tage of adult education oppor tunities through the exten sion division in various parts of southern Oregon. The article concluded that, on a per capita basis, Medford had less participation in these classes than other communi ties. Pettey is now a field repre sentative for a school equip ment firm. Before coming to southern Oregon with the state system of higher educa tion, he was an employee of the state department of vet erans affairs. Dr. Mayfield said today he has no comment on the suit at this time. School Principals Reelected by Board Seven Medford school prin cipals were reelected by the school board last night. All other principals in the district are on tenure, and reelection by the board is not necessary. Reelected for the third year were Herb Wing, West Side, and Berl M. Cox, McLoughlin Junior High school. Reelected on tenure were Mrs. Myrna Frink, Griffin Creek; Harold Boner, Howard; Francis Guid ry, Jacksonville; Lee Mcrri man, Lone Pine; and Boyd Gibson, Ruch. Previously, the board had extended for one year the contracts for Superintendent Leonard B. Mayfield, and As sistant Superintendents Elliott Becken and Russell Acheson. Construction Chamber Emigrant Dam Ashland - J. A. Callan, con struction engineer for the Tal ent Irrigation project, assured the Ashland Chamber of Com merce Tuesday that the Emi grant lake dam is as safe as it can be made. Callan went over construc tion factors in detail. The latr est techniques In construction design and methods have been used, he said. The base of the dam Is 1.100 feet thick, Callan said. Mini mum thickness at the top is 35 feet. The new dam has been built around an old con crete dam, which will raise the dam's height to 190 feet, enabling a reservoir capacity of 40,000 acrc-teet of water. A clay core has been blend , W ' i I. .1 j members of the United States (UPI Radiotelcphoto) Ashland Company Is Low Bidder on School Addition Wiley Company, Ashland submitted a low bid of $33,- 940 for a three-classroom addi tion to Wilson clainentary school last night. Wiley's was the lowest of 11 bids received. The addition will be completed by Aug. 1. Other bidders were Batzer Construction company, $35,- 299; Cummings Construction company, $36,950; H. C. Gold smith, $35,528; Holiday Pool and Construction company $35,372; Don Jacobs, $36,226; Myers Jones, $42,400; Loren Ritchie, $36,708; Rogue Valley Construction company, $34, 775: Harold Salter, $35,205; and Dwight L.Seely, $34,721. . Payne and Struble, 1005 East Main st;, Medford, architects. Funds to finance the addi tion will come from a $750,- 000 bond issue approved by district patrons March 31, 1960. It is among the last projects in the two-year build ing program. Projects remaining Include two more classrooms and renovation work in the girls and boys' gyms at Medford High school for more class room space. The school board last night accepted two school building additions - Hedrick Junior High school and Ruch school. Previously, it had accepted projects at West Side and Hoover school. ( Projects re maining to be accepted in clude additions at McLough lin Junior High school, Oak Grove school, and Medford High school. Edward Branchficld, board chairman, said the board was pleased with bids received for the Wilson addition. Oregon Coast Feels 30-Mile-an-Hour Winds By United Press International The Oregon coast was bat tered by heavy winds Tuesday as Western Oregon was still recovering from the impact of severe week end rainstorm that claimed three lives and caused extensive damage and flooding. Winds reached up to .30 miles an hour Tuesday at the mouth of the Columbia but ships continued to leave the river. Salem - IUPII - The Oregon Senate has approved 20-9 a bill providing that a drunken hunter or fisherman could have his license revoked. Engineer Assures Ashland ed with harder materials and packed around the old dam, Callan said. The clay core is 470 feet thick at the base, he indicated, and extending on each side of the core is anoth er 300 feet of sand, gravel and rock. When the reservoir is full, the water level will be 12 feet below the top of the dam, Callan said. A 150-foot wide concrete spillway has been constructed a quarter mile from the dam to insure that the water will not rise above the 12-foot level, he said. The spillway has a capacity of 11, 300 feet of water per second. An eight-foot thick concrete tunnel has been bored into the side of a mountain at one 73 Persons Killed As Craft Falls In Belgian Field Laurence Owen Among Victims Brussels, Belgium - fljPB -All 18 members of the United States figure skating team fly. ing to Prague for an interna tional meet were killed today when a Belgian jet airliner crashed out of a bright blua sky near Brussels Airport. Tha crash killed 73 persons, includ ing 52 Americans. Among the dead was Amer. ica's "queen of the ice," Laur ence Owen, 16, who won tha North American figure skat ing championship only four days ago in Philadelphia. Burst Into Flames Relatives and friends of tha victims watched in horror from the Zaventcm Airport Terminal as the Boeing 707 faltered and fell into an en dive field nearby. It exploded and burst into flames so in tense there was no hope ot rescue. This was the first major air disaster of 1961, the first crash of a Boeing 707 jet in commercial service, and a great tragedy to American athletics. A number of Ameri can families perished with th3 skaters The cause of the accident only a mile from the end of an airport runway after a non stop tlight from New York was a mystery. i-ost rladio Contact The sky was clear and tha sun was shining brightly when uie aanona plane dived to the ground while circling for a landing- Airport officials said they lost radio contact with me pilot as the plane ap proached the field. I 'Sabena Airlines officials '; said there Were "no survivors" ' among1 the 61 passengers and ' 11 crewmen. One man work ing in-the field was killed" and another was seajwusly in- 1 jured. -' ' i Miss Owen. Winchester . arelMass., and the other skaters., (were members of the U.S. team en route to Prague for the International Skating Championships which were cancelled because of the crash. Mother Equally Famous Also killed in the crash was Miss Owen's equally famous mother, Mrs. Maribel Vinson Owen, a nine - times figure skating champion herself, and Laurence's 20-year-old sister, also named Maribel, who is a skating star In her own right. The disaster wiped out U.S. hopes for skating victories In the 1964 Olympics. U.S. sen ior men's champion Gregory Kelley, Colorado Springs. Colo., also was killed. The man- killed on the ground was another sports figure, Theo Dc Later, 21, a . well-known cyclist who was released from military service just two months ago. Child Hurt When Struck by Pickup Gary Madison Mark, 6, of 128 Chestnut St., was taken to Sacred Heart hospital Tues day afternoon after he was struck by a pickup truck op erated by Donald Gus Stuart, route 4, box 349B, Medford, according to city police. According to reports, the pickup was caslbound on West Main st. at Jcanctte St., when the boy darted across the street into the side of the truck. Witnesses told police that the pickup veered in an attempt to miss the boy and hit a fire plug. The boy was treated at the hospital and released, it was reported. Is Made Safe side of the dam to insure ad- ditional flood control, Callan said. The tunnel will have a capacity of 700 feet per sec ond. Callan said there is a sand stone area behind the dam which could fall into the res- . ervoir. No damage will result if this happens, he said. Other, fissures have been sealed with concrete, he told the chamber. Completion date of the ir rigation project should be In April of 1962, Callan said. Some work on the Emigrant , project. Bear creek and lat erals has not been completed, Bids for a 20-mile lateral ex tending from near Ashland to Griffin creek will be received March 7, he said.
