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Mmmi To i ins Twin Satellites Fail To Attain Desired Orbit Washington - IUP1) - Twin satellites launched from Cape Canaversal Tuesday night failed to separate or reach the desired orbit, scientists said today. But they described the experiment as a "qualified success." The satellites are not only still together but apparently are still joined to the last stage of the launching rocket. Failure to separate from the rocket would have prevented separation of the satellites. A single rocket sent up a 250-pound Transit IIIB satel lite topped by a 54-pound pig gyback sphere, named Lofti. Dr. Richard B. Kreshner, director of space research for Compensation Bill Hearing Lively Affair Salem-IUPD-Labor and man agement made a battlefield out of a Senate committee hearing Tuesday night on the so-called three-way workmen's compensation bill, SB334. About 200 persons attended. The public meeting was peppered with conflicting testimony, a loud exchange be tween a labor official and the chairman, and even some curs ing. . , ..." Four, witnesses testified be fore the Senate State and Fed eral Affairs committee. Attorneys Gerald Meindl of Portland and Keith Skelton, Eugene, spoke for the bill. Opposing it were James T. Marr of Portland, executive secretary of the Oregon AFL CIO, and Rep. Edward J. Whelan (D-Portland),-a Mult nomah county labor official. Three Choice! Offered The bill would give employ ers three ways to insure their employees against accidents through the State Industrial Accident commission, a priv ate carrier, or self-insurance. Meindl, counsel for Associ ated Oregon industries, said the commission now has a monopoly on workmen's com pensation and it is an "ex pensive, inefficient and out moded system of compensate " ing injured workers." He dismissed labor s claim that benefits to workers would be less under the three-way system, saying they would be "exactly the same." He said Oregon's industrial fatality rate is one of the worst in the nation and this is a product of having the program entirely administer ed by the state. This, Marr later declared, Is a "damnable lie." He said Oregon has one of the best fatality ratios in the nation. Oregon Benefits Cited Marr said that in 1958 nationally only 62 cents on every dollar spent tot work men's compensation insurance was returned, to the worker in benefits. But in Oregon with the state running it 93 cents on every dollar went back In the form of benefits. "Is it any wonder that workers are concerned about this bill?" Marr asked. Man- and Committe Chair man Walter J. Pearson (D Portland), clashed over wheth er private insurance compa nies now are allowed to write workmen's compensattion in Oregon. Pearson said no and Marr said yes. At one point Marr explod ed, saying "don't browbeat me!" Flusing with anger, Pear son declared that he wasn't, and ordered Marr to "stick to the facts." "Let's Move the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, said sig nals are being received from both of the joined satellites. He added that the Navy's program for achieving an op erational system of four navi gation satellites by 1962 had not been set back by this ex periment. Advanced Model Transit IIIB is the advanced test model of a system of artificial "radio stars" which next year should provide ocean-going vessels with a means for highly accurate navigation in all kinds of weather. Lofti was designed to study the transmission of very low frequency radio signals which could be used for reliable communications by submerg ed submarines. The two satellites were sent up by a two-stage Thor-Abel-Star booster. They were to have gone into comparatively tight orbits around the equa tor, but failed to do so. The Transit navigational satellite already has transmit ted messages in code which were fed into it before the launching, officials said at a news conference here. Lofti Signals Received . Kershner said he had been advised by the Naval Re search Laboratory that signals have also been received from the piggyback Lofti satellite. He added, however, that many objectives set out in the launching will not be realized. This is because of the mal function which prevented the two satellites from separating. As a result, an orbit was produced which varies from 617 to 104 miles above the earth instead of the 500 mile circular orbit that had been planned. Farmers File Damage Suits Two farmers in the Table Rock rd. area have filed two damage suits in Jackson coun ty circuit court as a result of an 1,100-acre fire last Aug. 9 in the Table Rock rd. area. Albert Straus and Frank Straus and the Grange Mu tual Insurance company are seeking $79,339.10 in one suit, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Straus . and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Straus and the insur ance, company are seeking $48,058 in the second suit. Both are filed against Er nest King and Louis Thelion through the state highway commission . which employs the two men. The suits arise from the fire which the state forest patrolmen attributed to a spark from a state highway department tractor. They said the equipment was crushing rock in a ditch along the high way. Burned on the Albert and Frank Straus ranch were a large machine shed, a hay and bedding barn for cattle, and several smaller - structures. Also destroyed were a hay barn on the Charles Hutchin son place and a storage shed full of hay, and a former hog house on the C. Virgil Strang Duel ranch. The Strauses had hay stored in the Hutchinson barn. The Straus brothers and the insurance company charge that King and Thelien were careless, reckless and negli gent in allowing the tractor to be operated without equip ping it with spark arresters, in failing to extinguish or con trol the fire, failing to provide means of protection from or to prevent starting fires by friction. It, Buster" Regional Edition- Medford 16 Pages flC WRECK VICTIM ASSISTED One of the 43 passengers injured in the derailment of the Northern Pacific Main streeter passenger train near Buffalo, N.D., is assisted from Escaped Mental Patient Sought In Glide Area Roseburg - (UPD - Patrols were posted on roads in the Glide area east of here today in a search for an escaped mental patient , wanted for wounding a man Tuesday, i Object of the search was Steve Solovich, about 50, World War II Army guerrilla f ightcr-who has walked away from the Veterans hospital here three times in the past five years. , . ' , Watson Taclott of Glide, who had been deputized to help search for Solovich, was wounded in the shoulder Tuesday by a shot fired as a posse closed in on an area where Solovich' was believed to be. Talcott was in good condition. Has Been Congenial Solovich had not been re garded as dangerous until af ter his last escape in Decem ber of 1959. He was described as congenial and had talked at times to log truck drivers and other persons in the area. The case recalled that of George Baker Dunkin, 67, who was the object of a long search in Southern Oregon forest country for shooting state policeman Phil Lowd in 1952. Dunkin was arrested in September of that year by Russell E. Maw, who had tracked him through hills in northern Jackson county, into Josephine county and even into California. Dunkin was sent to state prison for life that Septem ber. He is still in prison. Wrong Address Noted In Mail Tribune Story Jack L. Moad, 1401 West Main st., Medford, was one of the two men fined in district court on charges of illegal gar bage dumping earlier this month. Yesterday's story in the Mail Tribune incorrectly printed Moad's address as Sterling Creek rd. The Mail Tribune regrets any embarrassment caused a resident of Sterling Creek rd. with a similar name. Herons Herald Spring for Hornbrook; A Kite Is Seen By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Hornbrook - Cspistrano - and Medford - may have their swallows to herald the return of spring, but Horn brook'i harbingers are of a much more spectacular va riety. They are the great blue herons. For many years now these ungainly, yet majestically beautiful, birds have re turned each spring to the very tops of the tall pines in the cemetery. Here a great colony of them nest and raise their families. Since the arrival of the foreruner, this year on Jan. 30, about 12 have returned to date: They are busy re lining their crude nests of twigs, built several genera tions ago by their ancestors. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1961 PS Students To Work With Government Officials in Area Students from seven area Point, Crater High, and Butte high schools will work with i Falls High schools will be Medford and Jackson county I Jworn m for county offices in officials tomorrow in the Med ford Elks sponsored Student Government Day. Students from Medford and St. Mary's High ' schools will be sworn in for city offices at 8:30 a.m., and students from Prospect, Phoenix, E a g l e Death Being Probed By Coos Authorities George G. Long, North Bend, died in hospital Tuesday.' 65, of a local He was admitted to the hospital last week after he was found injured at a par ticle board plant at Weyer haeuser mill in North Bend Feb. 12. A fellow workman found him bleeding badly about the head, according to reports from North Bond. Police and company officials said they found no indication of foul play, but police authorities in Coos county are continuing an investigation into the cause of Long's fatal injuries. Long was flown here from North Bend by a Mercy Flights, Inc., plane. Hatfield To Speak At Jaycee Banquet Gov. Mark O. Hatfield will speak at the Medford Junior. Chamber of Commerce dis tinguished citizens award ban quet to be held March 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel. Jaycee President Del Land ing said the purpose ot tne banquet will be to present the award for the outstanding young citizen of Medford. Nominations for this award are now being received, Land ing said, Wally. Williams is banquet chairman for the Jaycees. Correspondent and simply remodeled and rearranged each year to suit their fancy. Last year, the colony numbered 32 of the adult birds. Following soon after the herons, a flock of tiny yel low finches paused here temporarily on their way to - who knows where? And the sunny mornings last week brought out a flock of fat robins all singing like crazy and joining with the meadowlarks in an ode to spring. The freshly-plowed and newly-seeded fields are showing a faint shadow of green. i And last week a white kite flew In the blue, with a small boy on the other end. Ah, spring! 55th Tribune the doorway of a wrecked car. Eleven of the 13 cars left the tracks and toppled into a ditch. Cause of the accident was not immediately known, (UPI Telcphoto) nigiiiigiiting the day s ac tivities will be a banquet at Hedrick Junior High school cafeteria at which Dr. Ken neth Baker, vice president of California-Oregon Television, will speak. " ; , This Is the 13th year the Medford Elks have sponsored the program in cooperation with the Medford city govern ment, and the eighth year with the county government. Schools participating are In the Elks club jurisdictional area. Study of Government Student Government Day Is scheduled to coincide with the study of government in the participating schools, and gives students practical ex perience in nominating, cam paigning and electing officers for county and city offices. General chairman of the program is Marvin Trautman of the Medford Elks lodge. Co ordinating the program, arc Medford Mayor John Snider, County Judge Earl Miller, County School Superintendent Alf B. Mckvold, and Elliott Becken, assistant superintend ent of Medford schools. Among the major student office holders are Dan Camp bell, Medford mayor; Dixie McConochie, county judge, Butte Falls; Gary Barber, county commissioner, Crater High; Bill Pleifer, county commissioner, Eagle Point High; and Mike Palm, Phoe nix, and Dennis Fisher, Cra ter High, circuit court judges. Student observers this year are Jill DuCroz and Hisayuki (Don) Kondo, foreign students attending Medford High school. Some Offices Closed For Holiday Today County, stale, and federal offices were closed today in observance of George Wash ington's birthday. Although city offices were open, it was a holiday for parking meters in the city. ' No mail delivery was made since the day is a legal holi day, but school students throughout the county attend ed classes as usual. The majority of Medford's stores observed the day by having special Washington Day sales. WEATHER Forcrast: Partly cloudy through Thursday. Co1nr tonight, Low tonight 32. ItlRh Thursday 50. TKMPKRATURE Ilfhcit Vestf-rdiy 51 Loweit this Morning 35 PRECIPITATION To 10 a.m. Today 12 Our Skies Tonight Runjfft today S:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:57 a.m. Moonsft tomorrow .... 2:09 a.m. Full mnon March 2 PROMINENT STAR Aldeharan, nr-ar the Moon. VISIHUK PLANETS Venus, low tn writ ... 8:11 p.m. Mar, hiffh In foitth 1:07 p.m. Jupiter and Saturn, rU S:3 a.m. Year Price 10 Cents No. 290 Bills Calling for Pay Increases Land in House Salem - (UPD - The Oregon House today received bills calling for $16 million in sal ary increases for state em ployees, and passed a resolu tion for repeal of the section of the slate constitution deal ing with the militia. The House agreed lo a change in the proposed con stitutional amendment to re tain safeguards for conscien tious objectors. Rep. Edward Fadeloy (D- Eugene) who protested the measure, in its earlier form, said he was satisfied the change would protect relig ious objectors from bearing arms during peacetime. The bills lo raise salaries o slate employees, higher educa tion faculty members, and law enforcement officers were In troduced in the House by the Joint Ways and Means Com mittees. Amounts Given The bills Include nearly $8 million for classified em ployees, $1.8 million for merit and benefit Increases, $5.8 million for higher education employees, and $829,000 for state police. The Ways and Means Com mittees also introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 for planning for slate buildings. GOING OUR WAY? This group of new stewardesses have Just graduated from American Airlines Stewardess College at Fort Worth, Tex. They have their new wings, have been assigned to their new bases and arc ready to start flying. But there li one problem, Due to the flight engineers' Men Working On Construction Victims of Fire Newsmen Shut Out Of Refinery Area Borger, Tex. - (UPI) - A vio lent explosion shook the Phil lips Petroleum Co. refinery today and the company an nounced that the fire which followed the blast killed nine workers and injured another worker. Phillips officials shut news men out of the refinery grounds, four miles from Bor ger. The company's headquar ters at Barllesville, Okla., finally Issued the following statement: "The Phillips Petroleum Co. verified today that at 9:10 a.m. an explosion and fire occur red at a fractionating unit in the company's Borger, Tex., refinery. Names Withheld "Nine construction e m -ployees working at the unit were fatally burned and one construction employee was in jured. No Phillips employees were injured. The names of those dead are being withheld by the construction company pending notification of the next of kin. "The fire was under control within minutes after its oc currence. The cause of the explosion at this time is un known. The extent of damage to the equipment has not yet been determined." The dead and the Injured man all worked for the Bow man-Chase Construction Co. of Eorger. Morgue in Hospital Sheriff Hugh Anderson set up a morgue in the basement of North Plains hospital. He called in dentists to help iden tify the victims because they were so badly burned. Borger is in the Texas Pan handle. 50 miles northeast of Amarillo. People in town heard the, explosion," Borger Police Tlrlf Sat Mnv r.nllin,- aaM "Thev thoueht at first It was a sonic boom.' Portland Firm Low Bidder on Building James S. Hlckey company of Portland submitted an ap parent low bid of $117,959 Tuesday for construction of a new addition to the Medford offices of the Pacific Tele phone Northwest company. Jack Crcager, local mana ger of the company, said con struction is planned to start In mid-March, and should be completed later this year, Included will be a base ment, first floor and second floor addition to the compa ny's existing -. building on North Central ave.. The new addition will match the exist ing structure in appearance, Creagcr said. Other bidders on the proj ect were the Ausland Con struction company of Grants Pass, $123,890; the Vic Con struction company of Eugene, $128,478; and the H. Barn hart Construction company of Medford, $133,425. ty VAV-'.b'-.r;-'-, More Political;':-;. Prisoners Said Slain in Congo United Nations, N.Y.-lDI'lSecretary General Dag Ham marskjold summoned his advisory committee on the Congo back tor another meeting today to decide how to use the broad new powers voted him by the Security Council. Highly placed sources outside the committee said they doubted Hammarskjold would move too rapidly on his authoriiiaion to use force if necessary to restore Congo peace. Elisabethville, Katanga The Congo-IUPB - The United Na tions command said today it had reports that 16 political prisoners were shot in Stan leyville Monday in reprisal for the slayings of former Premier Patrice Lumumba and several followers. Report Unconfirmed But a UN spokesman said that while he was "fearful for the fate" of the prisoners, he could not confirm the reports that they had been killed by Lumumblsts at Stanleyville's Camp Kctele. The reporls said the vic tims included 10 parliamen tarians and six army officers, allegedly liquidated in re prisal for the execution of seven Lumumba supporters on Ashland Hospital Construction About One-Third Complete Ashland - Construction of the new Ashland Community hospital is about one -third completed, according to Rob ert Flynn, hospital administra tor. Flynn spoke at the Tues day noon luncheon of the Ash land Chamber of Commerce. Total cost of the ' hospital will be $514,124 when com pleted, Flynn said. This in cludes a $375,898 bid for con struction and Installation of some equipment. New equip ment will cost $61,796, Flynn said. "We are fortunate - In bem8 ame to lake over some oasic equipment trom me present hospital," Flynn Indl- land and miscellaneous items was $76,000, he said. Money for the hospital u coming from a $350,000 city bond issue, $137,153 from th federal ' government and $10,000 gift from a private estate, Flynn said. There will be a $3,000 increment, he commented. The hospital will have 125 rooms and 20,845 square feet of floor space, Flynn said, Flynn said the hospital will operate with about 34 or 35 beds. "We could operate at 100 beds If we needed to," he pointed out, i A shortage of funds has made changes necessary, Flynn said, Originally two surgery rooms were planned with one recovery room. This has been cut down to one sur gery room and no recovery room, he commented. The planned additional surgery room has been turned into a storeroom, as has the recovery room, according to Flynn. "We just don't have the money to equip the rooms at the present time," he said. It will be possible to convert the strike, the girls have no transportation lo their new jobs. They will have to stay at the college on a no paycheck basis until the strike is settled and they can start their new careers. .- (UPI Telephoto) the order of South Kasal tribal chiefs. Katangesc President Moise Tshombe said meanwhile that his troops will not attack UN forces, but he warned people in his "independent" province to be "prepared for all even tualities." No Special Action The UN spokesman said the organization had not taken any special action following Tshombe's proclamation of a general mobilization Tuesday. Tshombe appeared to hava moderated his position consid erably since Tuesday, when ha denounced the Security Coun cil's latest Congo resolution as a "declaration of war" on Katanga and ordered "general mobilization." rooms at a later date, he In dicated. ; ; Flynn said cost of equip ment has Increased between 3 and 4 per cent In the last 30 days, and construction costs have Increased 13 per cent in the last two years. Flynn was asked If he thought the hospital could operate Without a deficit. Ha said any hospital could oper ate without a deficit if patient care was sacrificed. Most hos pitals have 1.9 employees for each patient, he said. This could be cut to 1.3, but quality of patient care would be sac rificed, he said. Based on experience ol nospitais wnicn are tne same 1 size- as the Ashland hospital, H will be' difficult to operate without - a 1 deficit, Flynn statedi ' i .. , ....... . .. "If we're going to have tha hospital accredited we will have to spend money for mora facilities," according to Flynn, Major Canal Work in TID Nearly Completed Talent - Three of the four major canals In the Talent Irrigation District distribution system should be finished by April 15, according to Walter Hoffbuhr. TlD secretary-man- agcr..-- v.- :;...''.' Bids for the. fourth canal in the system will be opened . March 7, Hoffbuhr said. This west canal will be enlarged and extended, bringing irriga tion to about 800 additional acres of land in the Dark Hol low -Griffin Creek area, ha id. .... Portland - IUPII - Jack B. Lively, Springfield, Tuesday was reelected president of Oregon United Appeal.
