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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1961
No. 293
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Lumumba Forces
jlake Luluabourg
En Big Advance
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; 1 1 Leopoldville, . The ' Congo
.', (UPD -r Pro - Lumumba troops
J buoyed by the bloodless cap
J ture of the capital of Kasa
J Province Saturday fanned out
I through the bush country in
Jan apparent attempt to cut
off the rival army of Joceph
a Mobutu from, its capital of
Leopoldville.
. The precision and speed
,3 with which the supporters of
slain cx-Perimer Patrice Lu
mumba moved out from their
Stanleyville stronghold in Ori
ental Province indicated out
side support. There was spec
ulation Communist Czech or
United Arab Republic officers
were helping them,
i The Lumumba troop com
mander technically is Gen.
Victor Lundula who was a
medical corps sergeant-major
before Lumumba elevated him
last summer. '
Reliable sources said a col
umn from Stanleyville seized
Ikela in Equator Province, the
home . territory of Gen. Mo
butu, who has concentrated
his forces at Buinba, 135 miles
north of Ikela.
- The advancing column split
Rogue Basin Study
unds Said
'' Funds for completion of the
study of the Rogue River Bas
in Development project ap
pear to be assured, It was re
ported here Friday.
V Congressman Edwin R. Dur-
no (R-Ore.)' told Ben Hilton,
Grants Pass, chairman of the
i Rogue River Flood Control
and Water Resources associa
tion, that the Corps. of Army
Old Wimer Bridge
Topic of Meeting
The county court and the
county engineer will meet
with residents of the Wimer
area at. the Wimer Grange
Tuesday, March 14, at 8 p.m.
to disuss the old Wimer cov
ered bridge.
The bridge, one of the first
built in the county and closed
to motor traffic several years
ago, is considered a hazard
by county officials and is ex
pected to be removed.
County Judge Earl Miller
said that the meeting has been
arranged through the coopera
tion of Grange Master Chester
Jensen , and Evans Valley
School Principal Earl L.
Covey.
- Judge Miller explained that
the county plans to construct
a temporary bridge across
Evans creek to accommodate
foot traffic. It was reported
that school children use the
bridge to reach school. 1
The meeting will serve to
Inform the residents on what
is being planned. Judge Miller
said that the move is being
made for the benefit and safe
ty of the area's residents.
World-Wide Non-Missil
at Ikela, according . to dis
patches and one fork headed
for Boende on the road to the
Equatorial Provincial capital
of Coquilhatville The other
branched out for the north
Kasai town, of Lomela.
Strength .of the columns
was not renown, but some 300
Lumumba men took the Kasai
capital of Luluaborg Friday
without firing a shot. The 80-
man garrison there surrended
to them.
New Congolese Premier
Joseph Ileo gave the U. N.
command until noon yester
day to get the Lumumbists
out of Luluabourg or else he
would send troops to do the
job. But the U. N. command
did not take the ultimatum
seriously.
No troops were sent. The
deadline passed unnoticed.
The Lumunibists under the
regime of Soviet-backed An-
toine Gizenga in Stanleyville
now control three of the six
provincial Congo capitals
Stanleyville, Luluabourg and
Bukavi, capital of Kivu Prov
ince. Assured
Engineers has transferred
$15,000 from other funds to
he Rogue, Basin study ac
count. This will ,: carry the
studies through the balance
of this fiscal year, ,
lso, iCongressman Durno
said, and additional $35,000 is
contained -lft-the budget for
fiscal year 1962 (beginning
July 1, 1961; for the purpose,
and will be adequate to com
plete the study. .
Public Hearings .
. It, is hoped the report can
be completed in time for pub
lic hearings to be held m sum
mer or fall, with a bill intro
duced, to authorize construc
tion early in 1962.
The Corps of Engineers has
been -working on the studies
for several years,, in coopera
tion with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and other ag
encies. " .
The tentative plans include
four dams on the Applegate
river near Cooper, on Elk
creek, at Lost Creek on the
Rogue and at the Meadows
site on Evans creek.
Preliminary cost estimates,
based on 1959 figures, indicate
the costs will be in excess of
$64 million.
The project Js designed to
create values and benefits for
irrigation, flood control, pow
er generation, water supply,
recreation and fish-life.
HARRIMAN DISPATCHED
Washington - HJPU - Presi
dent Kennedy Saturday dis
patched Ambassador-at-large
Averell Harnman to London,
Paris, Bonn and Rome to con
vey the chief executive's
personal greetings to western
leaders "and discuss matters
of broad mutual interest."
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PLANES FLIPPED During high winds Friday afternoon
several private airplanes at Medford airport were forced
from their moorings and sent flying into the air . . .but
not the way they .were meant to. The picture above shows
two, one belonging to the Civil Air Patrol, and the other
owned by Bill Thorndyke and Doug Gardenier, that were
Valley Residents
Take Inventory
Of Wind Damage
Rogue Valley residents Sat
urday took inventory of -damage
from strong gusty winds
Friday which caused numer
ous, power outages, felled
trees, blew shingles off hun
dreds of buildings, and upset
four planes at the Medford
Municipal airport.
The dollar value of damage
resulting from gusts up to 63
miles an hour may never be
known since considerable
damage resulted to residential
area homes, but it probably
wilt reach into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
The California-Oregon Pow
er company said it received
more than 150 complaints Fri
day of power outages, the
majority -of -them small. Most
of them were caused by felled
trees or limbs.
Planes Upset
At the i Medford . airport,
planes owned by the Civil Air
Patrol and Bill Thorndyke
and. Doug Gardenier were up
set by a strong gust of wind
A Piper cub moored near an
airport building also broke
loose and fell across a Cessna
182 owned by Dr. C. H. Hall
of Happy Camp, Calif. ,
In Grants Pass, the wind
blew in a plate glass window.
and ripped part of the roof off
Grants Pass High school.
Classes ' were dismissed, and
will not be resumed until re;
pairs have been made.
.Highway 99 north of the
Rock Point'bridge was closed
for. a while Friday afternoon
when the wind blew trees and
parts of a barn across the high
way, according to state police,
Traffic was routed along the
old stage road between Gold
Hill and Rogue River.-
Weather bureau officials at
the Medford airport said
Winds sustained a velocity of
from 25 to 30 miles an hour
between 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m
Friday. Gusts ranged up to
63 miles per hour.
ine strongest gusts were
noted when the actual storm
front passed over the area, but
precipitation from the storm
amounted to only .25 of an
inch.
When the winds started Fri
day morning, the temperature
jumped from 39 degrees at 10
a.m. to-61-degrees at 11 a.m.,
most of rise noted within a
10-minute period. Followine
the front's passage, temper
atures dipped to 39 degrees by
10 p.m. Friday after reaching
a high of 63 degrees. -
Representative From
Pennsylvania Dies -,
Washington - (UPD -Rep.
Walter M. Mumma (R-Pa.),
died Saturday at the Bethesda
Naval Medical Center. He
was 70. 4
Mumma suffered a stroke
Thursday. His condition had
been critical since Thursday.
He had represented the J 6th
district since 1951. He was a
native of Stecltqn, Pa., but
had lived in Harrisbnrg.
NIMITZ TURNS 76 .
Berkeley. Calif. - (UPD-Flcet
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz,
commander of the U.S. Paci
fic Fleet in World War II, ob
served his 76th birthday Fri
day,
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HOUSE DAMAGED A large oak tree. up-.
rooted by. high winds Friday, came down
on the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oba Logan,
732 West 2nd St., Medford, while Logan
watched helplessly. The tree had already
began to fall but had become hung up in
Elements Wreak
Havoc in East
By United Press International
Floods, foot - deep snows,
rain, dust blizzards and the
threat of tornadoes mauled
the eastern two-thirds of the
nation late Saturday, and the
death toll blamed on the ele
ments rose to nine. -
Some of the worst flooding
in 42 years forced more than
7,000 persons from their
homes in the sodden south
east, which had nine straight
days of rain in some sections.
Nine persons drowned.
New flood threats rose In
New Jersey, where residents
along the Ramapoo, Prompton
and Passaic rivers were warn
ed of possible evacuation, and
at Rosendale, N.Y., where an
ice jam on the Roundout river
threatened to send water
sloshing through the streets.
Surprise Storm
A surprise snowstorm whip
ped across Indiana and Ohio
into Pennsylvania, accompa
nied by high winds. It left up
to a foot of snow, creating a
state of emergency in Indiana,
where whole counties were
paralyzed. Wind gusts up to
49 miles an hour tore off
roofs, knocked out windows
and shredded utilities wires.
Winter thunderstorms whip
ped Virginia, accompanied by
hail and strong winds. Warn-
ngs of possible isolated tor
nadoes were posted.
Arctic air from Canada
sifted into the northwest
quarter of the nation, bring-
ng strong, gusty winds which
whipped up clouds of dust
from the unprotected plains.
OSC SELECTED
Salem - tUPI) - Oregon Stale
college (university) at Corval
lis is one of eight institutions
in the country selected to
train architects and engineers
in fallout shelter design. The
announcement was made by
Gov, Mark Hatfield.
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extensively damaged. A Piper cub moored near the Avia
tion Services building at the airport, also broke loose and
landed on top of a 182 Cessna owned by Dr. C. H. Hall of
Happy Camp, Calif. Minor damage to wind and tail sur
faces on other planes was also reported.
Castro Seeks Better
Relations With U.S.
Havana - (UPD - The Fidel
Castro government last night
informed Latin American na
tions with whom it has diplo
matic ties that Cuba is willing
to accept their good offices to
GB Favors U.N. Seat
For Mainland China
London -(UPD- Britain, after
a review of policy toward Red
China, now can be expected to
favor openly a seat for Pci
ping in the United Nations
despite. American opposition,
diplomatic sources said Satur
day. ' ' 1
There was speculation Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan
might visit Red China next
fall during a scheduled Far
East visit. ' "
The sources said Macmillan
would be certain to discuss
the British position on Red
China with President Ken
nedy when they meet in Wash
ington In April.
Sports Bulletins
Medford High school's
basketball leam clinched a
berth in the Oregon Class
A-I basketball tournament
last night by lacing Grants
Pais here 75 to 44. Jim
Barry and Bob Ouinney
each scored 22 points for
Medford with Barry can-'
ning IS free throws without
i mill. t
Klamslh Falls Klamath
Union High school took sole
possession of the Southern
Oregon conference basket
ball diadem by downing
Ashland 87 to 54 her last
night. Bruce Brickner scor
ed 21 points for Klamath
and Jerry Hauck was high
for Ashland with 17.
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telephone wires and Logan was outside try
ing to get help. As he watched, the support
ing, limb broke and the tree toppled onto
the house, breaking the fireplace chimney
and a window.
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improve relations' with the
United Slates.
But at the same time the
Cuban regime placed the
blame for continuing hostility
between Washington and Ha
vana on the Kennedy admin
istration, according to authori
tative sources.
An announcement said For
eign Minister Raul Roa sent
formal notes to the ; Latin
American embassies. While
the contents wore not made
public, authoritative sources
said the documents totaled 25
pages and made three main
points.
The notes were delivered as
Brazil lodged a formal com
plaint with Roa over the halt
ing of an embassy official at
gun point by military intelli
gence agents outside that
country's embassy residence
in suburban Havana.
' The complaint, which drew
an immediate apology from
Roa, said embassy secretary
Marcos De Salvo Coinbra was
halted by agents with drawn
guns when he failed to stop
his car upon entering the resi
dence driveway.
Authoritative sources said
tne wordy notes to "friendlv1
Latin governments. Including
Brazil, contained these do nts
-Cuba, previously violently
hostile to Lalin efforts to ne
gotiate a conciliation with the
U.S.. is now agreeable to such
overtures.
-The Castro aovernmont
despite the prime minister's
statement that Cuba will ex
port Its revolution to the rest
of Latin America in defiance
of the U.S., really does not
intend to do so.
-The Kennedy administra
tion has failed to "rectify the
mistakes" of the Eisenhower
government toward Cuba and
Is, in fact, continuing the same
Hostile policies aimed at
Castro's overthrow.
Stevenson Says
Russia Wants End
To Congo Efforts
U.N. Said Blocking
Red Penetration
Washington - (UPD - U.S.
Ambassador Adlal E. Steven
son accused Russia Saturday
of trying to "destroy" United
Nations peace efforts in The
Congo as an opening wedge
for "Soviet penetration of
Central Africa."
He gave his views after a
conference of the powderkeg
Congo situation with Secre
tary of Stale Dean Rusk.
Stevenson, who heads the
United States U.N. delegation,
said the effectiveness of the
U.N. is an "obstacle" to a Red
drive lo win domination in the
turbulent Central African
area.
Rusk also conferred on The
Congo and other African mat
ters with Ambassador Telli
Boubacar Diallo of Guinea,
who was paying his first form
al call on the new secretary.
Concrete Steps
Diallo said he expressed to
Rusk his country's hopes that
the new U.S. administration
would "take very concrete
steps to bring about a just
solution in The Congo." The
ambassador said Rusk ex
plained the U.S. position on
.The Congo.
Stevenson said he and Rusk
during their meeting gave
"top billing" to consideration
of Soviet Nikita Khrushchev's
renewed demand for elimina
tion, of. the United Nations
from The Congo and recogni
tion of the pro - Communist
regime of Premier Antoine
Gizenza in Stanleyville.
He said that in his view "It
seems a pity that the Russians
won't give the Afro - Asian
U.N. resoluUon a chance for
implementation before renew
ing their attack on the Secre
tary General (Dag Hammar-
skjold) and the U.N. itself."
Refers To Resolution . ,
Stevenson referred to the
resolution sponsored by the
United Arab Republic, Ceylon
and Liberia, adopted by the
Security Council last Tuesday,
wnicn gave Hammarskiold in
creased authority to use force
if necessary to pacify The
Congo. ..
American officials said
key element in the success of
the new plan would be India's
decision whether to supply the
additional troops necessary to
enable the U.N. to exercise its
increased efforts.
Khrushchev renewed de
mands for an end of the U.N,
operation in The Congo was
addressed particularly to In
dian Prime Minister Jawahar
lal Nehru, although copies
went to other government
leaders in Europe, Asia, and
Latin America.
Eight Drunk Driving
Trials Scheduled
An unusually high number
of trials for driving while un
der the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor are pending in dis
trict court, according to Dis
trict Judge L. L. Sawyer.
Eight persons charged with
the offense have entered in
nocent pleas, he said, and
trials have been scheduled
Judge Sawyer reminded
drivers that a person convict
ed for the first time of driv
ing under the influence may
receive a maximum, sentence
of one year in the county jail
andor $1,000 fine. Accord
ing to state statute the guilty
person's operator's license is
suspended for 90 days.
The usual fine for first of.
fense has been $300, although
recently 10 days In the county
jail has been added to this.
Josephine County
First in Program
Grants Pass - (UPD - Jose
phine county is the first coun
ty In the state to set up a sur
plus food program.
County Judge Raymond A.
Lathrop, a member of the
State Public Welfare commis
sion, estimated April 1 as the
date distribution will start.
Plans call for certification
by the welfare department
for those on welfare and also
certain low-income families
who will be eligible for sur
plus food,
an Shoots
And Chokes
By PEG HUTCHINSON
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
LeeRoy Sanford McGahuey,
43, Central Point,- admitted
Saturday afternoon in a sign
ed confession the brutal mur
ders of Mrs. Loris Mac Holt
and her 21-month-old
Rod.
The bodies of Mrs. Holt
and her son were found
Wednesday afternoon at the
Bishop apartments, 415 South
Front St., Central Point. Mc
Gahuey, who was wanted by
Medford city police on a
check charge, was known to
be a friend of Mrs. Holt, He
was arrested Thursday morn
ing in Medford and question
ed about the murders. .
According to the confes
sion Mrs. Holt was killed
about 7:20 a.m. Monday, Feb.
13. Her son was killed later
that morning. No motives
were given for the crimes.
Extreme Brutality .
District Attorney Alan B.
Holmes reported that with
the confessions, the extreme
brutality of Mrs. Holt's death
became known. He said that
she had been beaten with a
hammer, , strangled, . stabbed
in both the chest and back
and shot once In the head
with a small caliber hand
weapon.
Both the hammer and knife
were found In the closet with
the bodies. Holmes said that
McGahuey has told officers
where he put the gun.
District Attorney Holmes
said that a. formal charge of
first degree murder will be
filed against McGahuey Mon
day. In the confession, according
to Holmes, McGahuey stated
that he returned to the Holt
apartment at least once
not twice after,Feb. 13.
Cuts Sceen
if
He admitted cutting the
window screen to give the ap
pearance mat someone had
broken into the apartment
from the room. He also stated
in the confession that he had
telephoned the Central Point
cleaning establishment Feb
13 where Mrs. Holt was em
ployed saying she was ill and
would not be to work
' According to Holmes,( Mc
Gahuey admitted g o 1 n g to
California and had only re
turned to the valley shortly
before his arrest.
Jackson County Jailer Paul
H a n 1 i n was credited ,'by
Holmes with i obtaining the
confession from McGahuey.
Holmes said McGahuey talk
ed with. H a n 1 1 n when he
would not talk to officers. It
was to Hanlin, Holmes indi
cated, that McGahuey gave
the first oral confession of the
murders. I
Discrepancies Noted
Holmes explained that
there were discrepancies in
McGahuey's statement' and
medical reports. Preliminary
autopsy reports show that
Mrs. Holt died from strangu
lation. .- .
' The lie detector test, which
McGahuey had voluntarily
undergone Friday proved to
be inconclusive, Holmes said.
The sheriff and. undershcr
iff of Lewis county, Wash.,
are in Medford this week end
to question McGahuey about
a 1957 murder in Lewis coun
ty. The physical -characteristics
of the-two murders , are
said to be similar. McGahuey
was wanted in .Washington
for violation of probation for
a January, 1960, conviction
of taking indecent liberties
with a minor child. . , ...
Joint Efforts
Holmes stressed that the
murder investigation was
made through the Joint ef
forts of the, Jackson , county
sheriff's office, Oregon state
police, and Central Point po
lice. Friday afternoon McGa
huey was arraigned in dis-
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair today with In
rrras)nt cloudlntsi tonight and
Monday, Chance of fthowers
Monday, High today 52, Low
tonlfht 30. High Monday .in.
Tmp.
Hilhfit Yiiterday .X ....48
Preclp.
To 5 p.m. Yciterday ... ....25
Our Skies Tonight
Sunsft today .5:.17 p.m.
Sunrls tomorrow ft:M a.m.
The Moon sat i .....5:13 a.m.
tomorrow and 1b In Apogee,
that point on Hi orbit furthcut
from the Earth.
The plantt, Venus,
"ft 9:J p.m.
tonlfht and fs In Perihelion,
that point on iti orbit nearest
the Sun.
Note: The Moon orbits around
tha Earth; Venui orblti around
tha Sua.
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LEEROY SANFORD
i McGAHUEY
Admits Murder
trict court on a charge of uk
tering and publishing a
forged check. He was bound
over to the grand jury and
held on $1,500 bail. Holmes
indicated that McGahuey had
passed more than $600 worth
of forged checks in the Med
ford area.
Also questioned regarding
the murders was Mrs. Holt's
estranged husband, Charles
Theodore Holt, who returned
voluntarily from Nevada. He
voluntarily underwent the
polygraph tests Friday after
noon. .... v ,
ANG Jet Crashes
Near Portland v
'Portland -(UPD- An Air Na
tlonal Guard F-89J jet fighter
crashed in an isolated area
about two miles north of here
Saturday. .
One of two men aboard tha
plane was found. He was iden
tified as. Lewis E. Hamilton,
Ihe-rador observer, from Mon
mouth,- Ore. He was taken to
the Air Base hospital here
where his condition is report
ed as fair! f
Multnomah county sheriffs
officers were looking for tha
second man.
Parachutes Found r
Two parachutes were found
in.the area, one dangling from
tree. No. one was found in
the wreckage. .
Thei P o r t be nd Air base
would not' identify the two
men but said both were from
Portland, Ore. ;
The control tower at tha
Portland International airport
said the plane was in-bound
fora-landing.
A woman, who said she was
looking out of her window at
her house near the crash
scene, said' she saw the plana
burst into flames. ,
County Opens Bids
For Two Buildings
The contract for the con
struction of two buildings for
the Jackson county extension
service is expected: to ba
awarded Tuesday, according
to County Judge Earl Miller.
Bids were opened Friday af
ternoon with the apparent low
bidder Don Jacobs construc
tion company, Medford. Tha
bid was SI 16,231. i
Six other bids were receiv
ed. They were Ausland Con
struction ' company, Grants
Pass, $119,300; Loren Ritchie,
Medford, $124,902; Myer
Jqnes, Medford, $125,900;
Harold Salter, Rogue River,
$127,883; Wiley company,
Ashland, $132,200; and Strand
Inc., Seattle, Wash.. $136,150.
The buildings, which will
be an auditorium and an ad
ministration building, will be
constructed adjacent to tha
Jackson county fairgrounds.
Prosecution Seeks
Death for Menderes
Yassiada, Turkey - (UPD -The
prosecution Saturday de
manded the death-penalty for
ousted former Premier Adnan,
Menderes and 17 ex-government
officials being tried. on
Yassiada Islnnd. ;-
I!, was the fourth time in
the mass treason trials of
more than 400 former gov
ernment officials that tha
death penalty had been aiked
for Menderes, who is accused
on a' number of wide-ranging
counts.
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