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AEC HEAD TAKES OATH Dr. Glen T. sion Wednesday by W. B. McCoolj left, sec
Seaborg, right, was sworn in as chairman of retary of the AEC. Holing the Bible Is W. V.
the United States Atomic Energy Gommis- Vitale of the AEC. - (UPI Telephoto)
7Year-0ld Girl
At lacked on Way
To Local School
A 7-year-old Medford girl
was attacked while on her
way to school Wednesday, and
her 8-year-old sister was mo
. lested, by a junior high school
boy who told police he was
trying to "prove" himself.
Police said the girls were
taken to a doctor following
the incident, who said neither
girl was physically harmed.
The incident took place
about 9 o'clock yesterday
morning while the girls were
on their way to Jackson grade
school. The girls told police a
boy on a bicycle stopped and
threatened them and then
took them to the side yard of
a nearby house where he pro
ceeded to molest them.
Police said he attempted to
rape the 7-year-old girl.
From a description of their
attacker, given by the girls,
police apprehended a 16-year-old
youth as .he .was leaving
his classest , .at - Mc&oughlin
Junior1 'Mitt mMo' .Jesterday
afternoonMjiv'4-;'fesi; (' ; -Boy
Admits Act
Police said the boy admit
ted the act, and then broke
down and cried. Police said
he told them that the other
boys at ' school continually
kidded him about sex and
girls, and he was trying to
prove himself.
Police described the youth
as well - mannered, nice-looking
and of average intelli
gence. They said the youth
appeared to be sorry for what
he had done. He was confined
in the juvenile detention
home. He had no prior police
record.
Police said this morning
that the seriousness of this in
cident points up again the
need for parents to cai'
their children to avoid '
strangers, even older school
children.
They also pointed out that
when children are accosted or
bothered by an older person,
they should try to get an as
accurate description as pos
sible. It was only through the
description provided by the
two girls yesterday that police
were able to apprehend their
attacker, police said.
Information Sought
About McGahuey
Central Point Chief of Po
lice Wallace Bowen today
asked residents who might
have known LecRoy Sanford
McGahuey, confessed killer of
a Central Point woman and
her son, to contact his depart
ment. Bowen said statements have
been taken so far from nearly
40 persons who either knew
or had dealings with Mc
Gahuey. Persons may tele
phone the department at eith
er NOrnmndy 4-1201 or NOr
mandy 4 1202.
McGahuey is currently
being held without bail in the
county jail for the Jackson
county grand jury. He is
charged with the first degree
murder of Rod Cameron Holt,
23 months, in Central Point,
Feb. 13.
Hearing on Billboards
Scheduled for March 13
Salom-(UPD - A hearing on
two bills to regulate billboard
advertising along Oregon
highways has been set by the
Senate Highways Committee
for March 13 at 3:30 p.m.
Committee Chairman An
thony Yturri (R-Ontario), said
chances of passage for both
'bills looked good.
The measures represent
compromise between roadside
advertisers and groups seek
Jarring Explosions
Raze Ethyl Firm in
Baton Rouge, La.
Baton Rouge, La. - (UPD -
Three jarring explosions -ripped
the sprawling Ethyl Corp.
here today causing massive
fires and injuring at least
seven persons.
The injured were taken to
Our Lady of the Lake hos
pital, which issued an urgent
call for blood donors.
Four of the injured had
severe burns over most of
Contract Awarded
For Buildings
A contract for the construc
tion of two buildings for the
Jackson county extension
service was awarded this
morning by the county court
to Loren Ritchie, Medford. His
basic bid was $124,902.
Alternates in addition to
this amount submitted by Rit
chie were $4,074 for paving
the parking area and $2,800
.for sound proof folding doors
in the 250-seat auditorium.
' County Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt said the total bid of
$131,776 is approximately
$3,000 below the estimate for
the structure.
Two lower bids received by
the court last Friday were re
ported to contain irregulari
ties as to specifications.
The buildings, consisting of
an office building for the ag
ricultural staff and an audi
torium, are to be located on
county fairgrounds property
across from Maple Grove
park. The auditorium will be
a multiple-use facility for ex
tension service demonstra
tions, large and small group
meetings and conferences and
will find use as a display
space during the 4-H FFA fair.
The project, designed by
Edson and Pappas, Medford
architects, is scheduled to be
completed July 1.
$6,000 in Penalties
Sought in Complaint
Salem - A complaint seek
ing $6,000 in penalties has
been filed against Ernest W.
Mingot, owner of the Foster
Logging company and the In
land Equipment company In
Grants Pass, Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
said Wednesday.
James E. Singleton, director
of transportation for the com
missioner, charged the truck
er with 60 counts of oper
ating as a carrier without the
necessary PUC authority. Sin
gleton is asking that a $100
penalty be assessed for each
of the 60 counts.
A date for a public hearing
on the case will be set soon,
Hill announced.
TO ADULT COURT
Salem - (UPD - Judge Joseph
B. Felton Wednesday put Mar
jorle Darlene Wood, 16, Dal
las, in custody of adult court.
She is charged in the Feb. 20
kidnaping of State Policeman
Thomas Hedgecoke.
ing to ban all advertising. The
latter group was defeated
when voters last year turned
down a ballot proposal to stop
Highway advertising.
The bills, SB 233 and 235.
would cut down advertising
along interstate highways in
order to qualify for a federal
bonus, and would create a
scenic area commission to reg
ulate signs along state highways.
their bodies. Their conditions
ranged from critical to ser
ious. Three others suffered
minor injuries and were to be
released after first aid treat
ment. '
Clothing Ablan
A witness to the blasts said
he saw one man running
across the street with his
clothing ablaze.
A workman at the petro
chemical plant, Alva Landry,
said he started running when
he heard the first explosion.
He was burned on the back
of the neck. He said debris
fell around him as he ran.
A spokesman at the plant
squelched first reports that
dangerous chlorine gas was
loosed by the blasts. How
ever, a grade school about a
half-mile from the plant was
evacuated.
Situation Controlled v
The plant, , located in the
maze of oil jefineries and
petro -xhemlcaW irrnis'.6iv'',the
Mississippi river north of the
city, reportedly had the situ
ation under control. But the
fires prevented investigation
into the cause.
The explosions sent a yel
low mushroom cloud of smoke
over the area, which perhaps
was the cause of th chlorine
gas scare.
Ethyl Corp. employs about
2,800 people. A spokesman
estimated about half were on
duty at the time of the ex
plosions. Officials Discuss
Recreation at Lake
Three valley men were In
Portland Wednesday to meet
with federal officials regard
ing recreation facilities of
Howard Prairie lake.
Attending the meeting from
here were County Judge Earl
Miller, City - County Recrea
tion Director Robert Haworth
and James Callan, construc
tion engineer for the bureau
of reclamation's Talent proj
ect. Judge Miller said today
that he considered the meet
ing "worthwhile," but declin
ed to comment until he could
discuss the meeting with the
county commissioners. He
said they would then formu
late recreational plans for the
Howard Prairie lake area
which will eventually include
Emigrant lake.
Others attending the meet
ing were Gordon Whltaker,
Boise, Idaho, burtau of recla
mation supervisor of opera
tions and maintenance; Dan
iel F. Burroughs, Portland,
regional director of the Co
lumbia Basin Recreation De
velopment area; Mark Pike,
his assistant; and Ed Arnold,
Portland, National park serv
ice designer and architect.
Board Approves
Variance Request
The board of adjustment of
the county planning commiS'
sion Wednesday afternoon
granted a variance request by
the Peter Kiewitt Sons' con
tractors for fill dirt and rock
crusher sites north of Central
Point.
The variance will last for
the length of the company's
contract with the itntu hiiih.
way from March 1 for
period of 290 days.
I The request was granted
on condition the company
comply with various restric
tions. Among these was that
any excavating be not closer
than 100 feet upstream from
the Central Point sewer line's
crossing of Bear Creek.
Regional Edition
Medford
32 Pages
Two Major
Called for
Net Receipts Act,
Quarterly Reports
Will Be Considered
Salem-(UPD-The Oregon House voted today to make as a
special order of business next Wednesday two major tax
bills, including the one affording a 10 per cent cut in income
taxes.
Rep. Richard Eymann (D-Mohawk), asked that HB1001
and HB1002 be acted on at 10:30 a.m. that day.
Nixon Says He's
Not Retiring
From Public Life
Beverly Hills, Calif. - (UPD-
Former Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon said Wednesday
night he is "not retiring from
public life."
The returning native son
told a cheering "welcome
home Dick and Pat" audience
of 1,500 he presently has no
plans to run but extolled the
"full, exciting life in public
affairs."
Nixon made only a passing
reference to politics in his 20-
minute, enthusiastic speech at
the Beverly Hilton Hotel. He
prefaced his talk with the re
mark that he had learned dur
ing his H years in Washing
ton to speak briefly.
Larger Mortgage
After a short outline of his
political career-with an aside
that he returned home with
a larger family, a larger mort
gage, "a dog, three cats -and
two parakeets," Nixon spoke
of his future.
He admitted that private
life in California would be dif
ferent. His problems, Nixon
stated, included earning a liv
ing and seeing to the welfare
of his family.
His audience thundered ap
proval at one point as Nixon
said he had "a few thoughts
to share with you."
Likes Contests
"I have always been inter
ested in contests, I like them,"
he enthused. "I'm trying to
think what I would do."
This hint at the future ex
ploded in mirth when Nixon
explained that he was con
cerned with past endorsement
of the Washington baseball
club and now would root for
the new hometown team, the
Los Angeles Angels.
Nixon refused to be drawn
into a statement directly that
he would oppose Gov. Ed
mund G. Brown for Cali
fornia's leadership by stating j
inai li was too eariy 10 com
ment on the incumbent 4
ministration. 533 Dogs Licenses
Issued Yesterday
The county clerk's office
Issued 533 dog licenses Wed
nesday, March 1, the final
day that dog owners could
purchase them without paying
a penalty.
Although the clerk's office
closed at the' regular time of
5 p.m. yjstcrday, the door was
not locked, County Clerk
Marvin Madden said, and the
clerks were issuing the tags
until nearly 5:30 p.m.
Madden said two clerks
worked full time the last
three days issuing the licenses,
with part-time assistance from
a third clerk.
License fees collected for
the last three days totaled
$1,150 Monday, $1,301 Tues
day, and $1,137 Wednesday.
WEATHER
FOKKCAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday. Fog patches
In valltv Friday morning. Low
tonight 30. High Friday 3.
Temp.
Hlghfdt YeitMday 41
Lowest this Morning 35
I'rec. to 10 a.m. Today 29
Our Skies Tonight
Bnnset today u f:0I p.m.
flunrlie tomorrow 1:44 a.m.
Moonrlie tonlaht .... t:2? P.m.
t.ait Quarter March 9 E
PROMINENT STAR
Slrltis, In the south-
weU
VISIIU.E PLANETS
Venus, In the weit ..
Mars. In the west ..
Junlter and Saturn.
.11:01 p.m.
.. 7:411 pm.
.11:24 p.m.
rue 5:10 a.m.
Jupiter li the brighter of the
two)
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1961
Tax Bills
House Vote
HB1001 is the net receipts
income tax measure that
would replace Oregon's pres
ent income tax. The original
version abolished deductions
and exemptions but the House
Tax committee, which Ey
mann heads, put back deduc
tions for casualty losses In the
hope this would be more
agreeable to the Senate.
The bill is expected to have
rough going in the upper
chamber.
Quarterly Rpori
The other House tax bill up
for special consideration calls
for quarterly records of esti
mated Income in the next bi
ennium - a. "one-shot" means
of raising money faster in
1961-63. It would apply only
to those who are tilt-employed.
The House passed and sent
to the governor a bill allowing
counties under reappraisal to
forego shifting to a 25 per
cent true cash value ratio
until the" have completed re
appraisal. About half a dozen
counties are affected.
The House passed and sent
to the Senate a bill that would
allow Dammasch State Mental
hospital, opening Friday, to
receive patients from Clacka.
mas count);: along with those
from Multnomah and Wash
ington counties. The new in
stitution Is located in Clacka
mas county, near Wilsonville.
Wilderness Bill ,
Eleven bills were intro
duced in the House - the big
gest number this week. One
of them, sponsored by Rep.
Kessler Cannon (R - Bend)
urges Congress to decline pas
sage of any legislation en
couraging extension of exist
ing wilderness, wild or primi
tlve areas. It also discourages
Congress from authorizing the
ear-marking of land for a
limited and restrictive use."
Cannon said he did not have
the proposed Oregon Dunes
National Park in mind.
Bly Woman Killed
As Car Leaves Road
Bly - (OPD - A 66-year-old
Bly woman was killed in a
one-car accident near here
Wednesday.
The victim, Ilene Tisinger,
wr.a a passenger in a vehicle
which skidded off State High
way 66, sheared off a tele
phone pole, turned over sev
eral times and burned.
SCHOOL ADDITION
The city building depart
ment Wednesday issued a $33,
940 building permit to the
Medford school district for
construction of nn addition
to Wilson school.
"To See Or Not To
Question
Bill Favored To
Change Majority
On School Votes
Salem-OJPD-The House Edu
cation committee heard strong
testimony Wednesday favor
ing a bill that would allow
school districts to reject a
district reorganization plan by
a simple majority.
Chairman Tom Monaghan,
(D-Milwaukie), said he likes
HB1460, submitted by the
Marion county delegation, and
the committee will probably
vote it out "do pass" this after
noon or Friday.
Other committee members
seemed to share his feeling as
they tabled two conflicting
bills, HB1325 and HB1216.
HB1460 includes all provi
sions of these two.
At present, a school district
must reject reorganization by
at least a 60 per cent vote.
Rep. Douglas Helder (R
Salem), explained that this is
hard to do. Three actions are
Involved in order for a dis
trict to successfully stay out
of a new administrative dis
trict. Under HB1460 only one
rejection and that at 51 per
cent would do it.
ine Marlon county group
offered an amendment where
by Union high school districts
would be on a par with ad
mlnistrative districts as far as
a budget tax base is concern
ed. This would be more of a
nome rule aspect. The com
mittee took no action.
Among those endorsing the
bill was Serve Our State.
strongest critic of the M6V
reorganization act. Mrs. Mary
Hlntz ' ' of SSTem, legislative
chairman, said she liked the
amendment offered by Held
er. Other highlights:.
Power Sen. Robert Straub
introduced a bill creating a
State Power Commission to
market power in Oregon. He
said it differs from a con
troversial plan In 1959 In that
it doesn't include power gen
eration as a function of the
proposed agency.
Utilities The Senate Com
merce and Utilities committee
suggested a compromise on
legislation to prevent unneces
sary duplication of public util
ities. It would allow the PUC
to ratify boundaries between
utilities in given area after
the utilities had reached vol
tary agreement.
Higher Educatlon-The Sen
ate State and Federal Affairs
committee voted out, with no
recommendation, a bill to
move headquarters of the
state system of higher educa
tion from Eugene to Salem.
Morse Urges U. S. To
Change World Image
Boise - (OPII - Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) told a Demo
cratic Jefferson Jackson din
ner crowd Wednesday night
that America must change its
Image with the uncommitted
peoples of the world if it is
going to win its battle with
the Communist bloc.
See, That It The
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Tribune
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GOLDEN GIRL' CRITICAL
for three years Purdue University's famous "Golden Girl"
on the football field, is listed in
Ind., suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage. Officials said
Miss Darling, who gave up performing for Purdue and thous
ands of gridiron fans last November when she became Mrs
Veil Avery III, was striken in her apartment Tuesday and
rushed to a hospital. She attracted nationwide attention in
1958 when she performed a
Dame football game.
Weaverville Mail
Truck Robbed of
S12f000 by Gunmen
WeavervUle.Calif. - (UPII -
I'lf- Wouldn't have been unlike
ly It mail truck driver Bruce
Johns had been thinking, of
the old days as he drove along
a lonely former stage coach
road with "pay-dirt" in his
load.
But he probably didn't ex
pect when he . started from
here Wednesday on his daily
run to the mountain town of
Hayfork that his "stage"
would be robbed by a team of
gunmen.
Today the Trinity county
sheriff's office reported one
possible lead on the two gun
men who took $12,000 In un
employment money for Hay
fork's residents. -Deputies said
they may have escaped in a
1956 turquoise and cream
Packard Sedan which was
seen in the area.
Johns said he stopped on
Highway 35 south of Douglas
City when he was flagged
down by a man standing be
side a county maintenance
truck, which, it turned out,
had been stolen Wednesday
from Tehama county.
As soon as he stopped,
Johns said, another man ap
peared. Both pulled wool caps
over their heads and faces,
and drew guns. Johns said he
tried to stait away but his
gears jammed and one of the
men told him, "If you try that
again you might get yourself
killed."
That was enough for me,"
Johns said.
He said the men got In the
mall truck and drove It a
short way to Deer Lick
Springs road and up that road
One of them secured his hands
and feet and blindfolded him
with adhesive tape.
After hiding the .truck in
brush they entered the rear
Safeway Robber
Gets 15-Year Term
Thomas Ernest Smoot, 57-
ycar-old transient, was sen
tenced to 15 years In the Ore
gon state penitentiary late
Wednesday by Judge James
M. Main.
Smoot was charged with the
armed robbery of the Safeway
store at 130 North Bartlett
st. on Dec. 2. He had pleaded
guilty In circuit court Jan. 12
and the case was continued
pending receipt of an FBI re
port. Smoot was apprehended by
Medford police near the store
shortly after the crime. He
had a revolver and sack stuff-
dwlth $390 currency when
arrested,
Asloria-iUPD - Tuna cannery
operations at the Columbia
River Packers Association's
Elmore cannery here are ex
pected to resume In mid-March
or early April.
55th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 297
t
Adelaide (Addle) Darling, 20,
critical condition at Lafyette,
hula dance at the Purdue-Notre
(UPI Telephoto)
through unlocked doors and
took the money, In 15 re
tered envelopes, leaving ' the
other mail untouched.
Johns said they told hlmi
I'Just behave yourself and you
won't get hurt. This money Is
insured and there s no use
your getting killed for it."
Then they disappeared into
the hills.
Walked To Farmhouse
Johns said he worked the
tape from his eyes and feet
nd walked to 3 farmhouse
where a housewife cut the
tape from his hands. He call
ed the postmaster to report
the robbery.
The money was to be paid
to unemployed persons in the
area, one of those hard-hit by
the current recession. It was
handed out each week at Hay
fork's Frontier Hotel.
Sheriff Harold Wilson said
road blocks set up soon after
the robbery had been taken
down after producing no re
sults. This was definitely a pro
fessional job," Wilson said.
"Those guys are long gone."
Inspection of Area
Roads Under Way
At least two more days of
Inspection will be required be
fore the new county road im
provement schedule will be
completed, County Engineer
Robert Carstenscn said yes
terday.
Following the Inspection
the proposed road and bridge
projects will be announced so
the public can examine them,
he said.
So far, members of the coun
ty court and the county engi
neer have inspected roads and
bridges In the areas of Ash
land, Rogue River, Applegate,
Prospect and Butte Falls. In
spections to be completed are
in areas around Howard Prai
rie, Hyatt, Dead Indian, Ea
gle Point, Shady Cove, Sams
Valley and Camp White.
Estimated expenditure for
the new program will be about
the same as for the current
one, Curstensen said.
SB A Procedures To Be
Eased, Neuberger Told
Washington -(UPD-The White
House told Sen. Maurlne Neu
berger (D - Ore.) Wednesday
that it plans to liberalize
Small Bust. ?ss Administra
tion procedures for handling
the so-called "set-a-side" saki
of federal timber.
Under the new regulations,
SBA will permit bidders in
the sales limited to smaller
lumber operators to sell up to
30 per cent of the timber they
have obtained to non-eligible
large firms.
Envoy Appeals
o Kremlin To
Stay Ambitions'
Power Struggles of
Early 1900s Cited
New York - (UPD - Adlai E.
Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to
the United Nations, warned
Russia today that a Soviet
attempt to take over the Con
go will lead to war.
He appealed to the Kremlin
to "stay your ambitions" In
Africa and to call off its at
tempt to hamstring the U.N.
nd thus sabotage the only
insitution which offers an al
ternative to imperialism."
Power Struggle Cited
Speaking at a lunch given
by Mayor Robert. F. Wagner
at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel,
Stevenson warned the African
countries that an Invitation to
Soviet Intervention would
mean that "Russian control
will remain-as it does, today,
all over Eastern Europe."
Stevenson cited the power
struggle which raged through
the Balkans in the early 1900s
and led finally to World War
I. He said Africa represents
the Balkans of today and ask
ed whether Soviet Premier
Nlkita Khrushchev wanted it
to become the "cockpit ... of
spreading, consuming, hor
rifying general conflict."
States U.S. Position
When we in America give
our support to the ending of
11 outside intervention, we
mean something definite and
practical," he said.
We believe that Belgium
should complete its with
drawal. We believe that no
other foreign African power
should come thrusting in, es
pecially the new imperialism
of the Soviet Union."
Referring to Congo groups
attempting to seek Communist
help to reinforce their local
aspirations, Stevenson said:
Happened Before
To them we say: Remem
ber the past. All this has hap
pened before. Small states in
Asia tried to play off Britain
ana France and Holland
against- each other in inter
national struggles for power.
In $16 -outcome, the local fac
tions! Vanished. The Western
powers remained.
"Today, we do not think
you can manipulate the Rus
sians In your local power
game. Do not believe that the
color wash of communism
covers the brute facts of rela
tive force. You will fade. Rus
sian control will remain - as
It does, today, all over East
ern Europe.''
Hearing on Petitions
To Be Set by Court
A dale for a hearing on pe
titions submitted to the Jack
son county court yesterday
concerning the stray cat prob
lem In the county will be set
by the court after It meets
Friday, according to Cat Care
Society officials.
The petitions, which wero
clrc'" 'd by the Society, con-
talr 00 signatures, and re
ques - I a public hearing so
information on stray cats
could be presented. The peti
tions also ask that a fact-finding
committee be established.
The Society said control of
stray and unwanted cats In
Jackson county is necessary
for three reasons. They are
(1) to prevent the spread of in
fectious diseases by strays to
house pets, (2) to help pre
serve game birds which are
prey of stray cats and (3) for
the welfare of the cat itself.
The Society noted that thero
are about 20 million dogs and
cats abandoned annuall in the
United States. In view of this,
the Society feels that steps
should be initiated on a coun
ty level to handle the local
situation.
COMPLAINT FILED
A complaint has been filed
In circuit court by the state
highway commission to obtain
.08 acres of land owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Bert B. Lowry
for construction of the Seven
Oaks-Nell Creek section of the
Highway 99 freeway. The
true value of the property is
listed as $100.
SBA also will eliminate a
proposed restriction prohibit
ing small firms participating
In "set-a-slde" sales from re
ceiving financing from a large
firm, Mrs. Neuberger was
told.
The Oregon senator had
asked for reconsideration of
regulations after several oper
ators expressed the view that
limitations on marketing of
timber purchased would cur
tall their ability to bid.