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55th Year Price 10 Cents Recommended Subscribers Medford Tribune The lumber Industry contin ually sir y toward more corn plcte utllliatlon of Its lurtsl rrieryr.. A story about Timber Products company, Medford di vision, may ba found on pair. 6 A of today'! Mall Tribune. To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune In Medford and Ashland, phone SP 2-6U1 before 6:45 p.m. dally and 10:30 a .n. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call, plean notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. United Pre International Full Leased Wlrv United Preia International Full Leaied Wirt 60 PAGES Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1961 No. 299 Congolese Troops Drive U.N. forces From Naval Base Battle Rages All ... Day in Matadi Leopoldville, The Congo-UPll-Congolese trooDS drove United Nalions forces out of the strategic naval base of Banana Saturday and shelled a villa housing Canadian U.N. troops in the port of Matadia. A U.N; spokesman said a radio transmitter in the Can adian's villas was knocked out by fire from the Congolese adackers. The battle, raging all day in the Congo River Delta town of Matadia, involved Sudanese and Canadian troops against the Congolese. The 22-man Sudanese de tachment in Banana, a town at the mouth of the Congo river, was driven from the town by attacking Congolese. Simultaneously, Congolese seized two U.N. command hel icopters in the nearby town 'of Boma. Firing Dies Down ' A late message from Bana na said firing finally had died down there. But the fighting flared up again in Matadi, the main Atlantic port of the Con go, 80 miles east of Banana, and continued throughout the day, with one three-hour lull beginning in the early after noon. The U.N. troops in the area were ordered to return to Banana, using force if neces sary, on direct orders from Secretary General Dag Ham marskjold in New York. The two-day flareup started when Congolese at Banana tried to" seize a, civilian U.N. radio operator. ' Sudanese troops came to the rescue and arrested two Congolese. When they tried to . return the two Congolese to, a Congo Army camp, the firefight started. At one- point, Congolese soldiers tried an amphibious landing against 24 Sudanese soldiers holding a defense works on the river edge. Night-long pressure by the Congolese forced the Sudan ess finally to withdraw from the town. .... One Body Recovered From Santiam River Sweet Home - (UPD - The body of one of two Dallas loggers drowned Thursday in the Santiam river near here was recovered Saturday. The body was identified as W. H. Rowell, Jr., 38, the father of five children. Searchers failed to find the body of the second man, Glen Cooper, 26. A skin diver located Row ell's body in a 25-foot hole. The two, employed by the Shipler Lumber Co., were lost when their 12-foot boat capsized about 10 miles north cast of here. Second Man Nabbed For Bank Robbery Albany-(UPI)-The second su spect wanted in connection with the $20,800 Bank of Shedd robbery was arrested in Butte, Mont., Friday night. Sheriff's deputies appre hended Clyde Thomas Gouch er, 24, Albany, Ore. The ar rest came only hours after Marvin Vernon Clark, 23, Jef ferson, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his part in the Thursday robbery. Authorities said $19,691 of the loot taken was found be hind a woodshed at Clark's home, and a gun was dug up in the same area. DEADLY GAS BLAMED West Tcrre Haute, Ind. -ft'PH - A mystery pocket of deadly dmethane gas was blamed last night by federal slate mine inspectors for the explosion which killed 22 men at the Viking Coal Co Thursday. WEATHER snRr'r.ST: Clnudv and cool utlh inlfrmltlrnl lirM rain to day and Mnndav. A Utile noiv mwd llh rain t limes. inch today and tomorrow 44 to la. t on tonlcht near 15. Temp. IllchCil Yesterday .... To 5 p.m. yesterday Prettp. OS Our Skies Tonight attiwt roday " P m. (Iinn,r tomorrow :J!I a m. Won't" tnnljht .. 9:30 P.m. ,rl.r,M oi-rii' In serifs with a r,,ri.'(l of l '" "" l hriuren each erhpe of a ... r. lor erllpe of the Moon I . ... n and the one i ttiuMdav morntnr. were of i .am rrl- i erllpt "J lr, rrles mil He on March 1!, !: "You're A Big Boy Now You Can Help Push" ' Elizabeth Taylor Undergoes Surgery In London Hospital London - (UPB - Elizabeth Taylor, the hard luck Holly wood star, underwent surgery last night to open her wind pipe and ease congestion caus ed by a severe case of pneu monia. A medical bulletin said her condition after surgery "re mains grave." The bulletin was signed by Queen Eliza beth's own physician, Lord Evans. The incision was made in Burglaries Occur Here, Grants Pass Times are getting so tbush that some people would steal the gold fillings out of your teeth. That seemed to be the case in Grants Pass early Saturday morning when thieves stole a small 'amount of used gold from a dentist's office, accord ing to the Grants Pass police department. Three clinics were burglar ized, safes were damaged, and some money taken besides the gold filling material in one office. A pipe wrench was used to twist the door knobs off office doors to gain en trance. Connection Possible A Jackson county sheriff's deputy indicated that the Grants Pass burglaries, a se ries of break-ins at Medford bulk oil storage depots and the theft of a pickup truck at the north Medford city limits may all be connected. Medford police reported Saturday that a yellow 1955 pickup truck was taken from Bateman's cafe early Saturday morning. It was registered to Arlyn K. Granger, 2 3 0 3 Spring si. Medford. In Medford, burglaries were reported at the Mobil Oil com pany, 936 South Central ave., the Texas company, 1024 South Riverside ave., and the Shell Oil plant, 1002 South Central ave. Only small amounts of money were taken in the three break-ins. Another burglary was re ported at Winnie's Style Sa loon, 528 East Main St., early Saturday morning. Approxi mately $25 in cash was taken. Chicago Hotel Fire Claims One Life Chicago -HW- A fire be lieved triggered by a lighted cigarette, swept through 10 rooms of the luxurious Pick Congress hotel, trapped a coed on a 10th floor ledge and was blamed for one death. Many guests were evacuat ed in orderly fashion, without panic, from the 10th and 11th floors of the lavish hotel. Oth er guests, smelling smoke or learning of the blaze, left the 14-story building on their own accord. Thousands of shoppers were attracted by the flames and smoke which billowed from windows of the lavishly-decorated hotel on Chicago's famed Michigan Boulevard, overlookini Lak Michigan. the trachea in the throat to open breathing passages. "Severe staphylococcus pneumonia" was the diagnos is. Two nurses going off duty late tonight at the London clinic where Miss Taylor was taken said she was "much better" following the opera tion. One said that "she is sleeping peacefully after be ing given sedation." Fisher at Bedside The 29-year-old actress' hus band, Eddie Fisher, is staying in a hospital room five doors away from Miss Taylor's, they said, and has been allowed to visit her bedside occasionally. She was rushed to London clinic in a stretcher by ambu lance after receiving oxygen tent treatment in her Dor chester hotel suite. The opera tion - e tracheotomy - quickly followed. Physicians reported as she entered the hospital that Miss Taylor, mother of three chil dren by two previous mar riages, had a staphylococcus infection and was running a fever of 103 degrees. Oscar Candidate The actress, a candidate for an Oscar for her performance in "Butterfield 8," has been in the hotel since Monday fight ing an attack of flu. ft was her second illness since filming started last fall on her newest extravaganza, "Cleopatra." Last fall, she suffered a painful virus infec tion finally traced to an in fected tooth. She recovered after it was extracted. Work has been stalled on the picture for months and a 20th Century-Fox spokesman said they had not planned to resume work on it until after April 4. JFK Names Shriver Washington (UPD President Kennedy Saturday appointed Sargent Shriver, his brother-in-law, to be the unpaid di rector of the fledgling peace corps.. Shriver immediately called for a nation-wide re cruitment program of "the best available talent." The 45 -year -old Chicago businessman and civic leader, who has been working for weeks to set up the pilot pro gram, has formed a large staff of aides, including former Iowa football coach Forest Evashevski. The White House said that Shriver's position corresponds to that of an assistant secre tary of state, which usually carries a salary of up to S19.500 a year. But Shriver said he would serve without pay. I Shortly after his appoint l ment, the White House made public a report Shriver had submitted to Kennedy giving his ideas for the experimental corps, first proposed by Ken nedy during the presidential campaign. Shriver said his studies leading to creation of l'-n corps had convinced him that it . will make millions of Americans "more directly in volved in the world than ever before." He said it can add "a long awaited 'new dimension' to America's world policy." The unique experiment in international tooptri tlon Governor Hatfield Leaves Hospital; Health Excellent Will Resume Full Schedule Tomorrow Portland-lUPl) - Gov. Mark Hatifeld was released from the University of Oregon Med ical School hospital Saturday after being confined for five days. Aides said he would return ulo a full schedule Monday alter relaxing at Ms balcm home during the week end. Hatfield was hospitalized Monday night after complain ing earlier in the day of feel ing dizzy. Doctors said he was suffering from fatigue and isolated vertigo. A medical report signed by Dr. David Baird, dean of the medical school, revealed the illness as toxic labyrinthitis, which is a disturbance of that part of th inner ear which controls the equilibrium. Common Condition The report said this was a common condition and can be caused by many different things such as a mild infec tion, fatigue, an allergy, an upset gastro - intestinal tract and other minor ailments. During his period in the hospital, the report said the governor had undergone rou tine labratory examinations, x-rays, and an electc-cardio-gram in order to give him a complete medical check. The tests and examinations were found to be perlectly normal except for the evi dence of admission of a toxic, the report said. The report concluded that at the time of his discharge, he was well rested and in excellent physical condition. Dr. Ralph Purvine, Salem, Hatfield's personal physician, attended him in Portland. Eisenhower, Nixon Hold First Reunion Palm Springs, Calif. - (UPD - Former President Eisenhower and ex-Vice President Rich ard M. -Nixon1 held their1 first reunion since leaving office Saturday, and joined with former Secretary of Stale Christian Herler for a "social" chat late in the day. Nixon and his wife, Pat, drove here yesterday from Los Angeles to lunch with Eisenhower and his wife Mamie at the former chief executive's cottage on the 11th fairway at Eldorado Country club. Hcrter and his wife arrived at the cottage in midafternoon and the three former leaders of the Republican administra tion had an informal gab ses sion that pushed politics to the background, according to a spokesman. PACIFISTS DEMONSTRATE Dunoon, Scotland - (UPD -Angry anti-Polaris demonstra tors screaming "Yankees, go home!" menaced sailors on the waterfront, here Saturday dur ing a mass demonstration of 1,500 Britons demanding nu clear disarmament. should be a project of the whole American people, he said. The corps, he added, vis SARGENT SHRIVER Peact Corps Chief not a diplomatic or propa ganda venture, but a genuine experiment in international partnership." Announcing some details of the program, he said most of the workers will be young college graduates, although "there should be no rigid age limit" for those serving the two-to-three year term over seas. Th volunteers in th first f " "Ilrjpyi ft ! ' ' f 1 f5M S I J rs J f :-j LIPMi Jw Mfe'STiiJR.' ' - -. LVf DELIVERS MESSAGE U.S. Roving Ambassador W. Av er,cll Harriman (left) poses with French President Charles de Gaulle Saturday after a conference climaxing a three day stay in Paris by Harriman. The ambassador delivered Castro DenouncesjCo-operative Builds U.S. Following Shooting Incident Havana (UPU- Prime Minis ter Fidel Castro angrily de nounced the United States last night after rebel terrorists in a speeding taxi cab opened fire on a dockside crowd wait ing for him to appear. Police said five persons were wound ed.. ..,"- The driver of the cab was killed by pursuing police and militia units. Another terrorist was wounded. Two others were captured. The bold gun attack set the stage for an angry emotional speech by Castro who arrived on the scene after order was restored. He bitterly denounced "the imperialists government of the United Slates," charged it was responsible for the explo sion of the French munitions ship La Coubre in Havana harbor a year ago and reite rated previous accusations that the U.S. counter intelli gence agency (CIA) is supply ing rebel bands in the interi or. He also dramatically an nounced that a twin engine "pirate plane" had been shot down earlier yesterday over the easternmost coast of Ori- ente province by a Cuban air force jet fighter. The intruding aircraft was dropping propaganda material for rebel groups, he said, but did not otherwise identify it. However, he implied it came from the United States. Peace Corps Director years should be spread through several countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia, he said. Their work should include leaching English, working in world-wide programs to eradi cate disease, helping to dom onlrale agricultural tech niques, and providing skilled know-now on large-scale con struction and industrial proj ects. But he warned that life would iid bt easy for the young men and women who will have to live on the stand ard of the country in which they are working. He said they should live in modest cir cumstances, "avoiding all con spicuous consumption." I n addition, requirements will be rigid. Once overseas, he said, vol unteers must be subject to "adequate supervision by the peace corps staff so that those who do not adjust to the new challenges can be promptly separated before their failure unduly damages them and the program." He suggested Uiat once the corps is a going concern, training for it should be In cluded in the four-year college curriculum for Ihose who want to go overseas. Shriver also cautioned that reception of the corps over teas might not be unanimous ly approved. Although every newly -de The Western Farmers' as-1 sociation, a co-operative, an-1 nounced plans Saturday to erect a $70,000 bulk feed warehouse on a 3-acre site in the Mason-Ehrman tract just north of Medford. 6The warehouse is already ujider construction and is scheduled to be completed in nbout 45 days. Jack Hankins, branch manager of the associ ation in this area, said the warehouse wjll employ about 10 persons. The structure will have ap proximately 1,600 square feel of floor area and will contain eight 25-ton bins and an 80 foot high bulk storage bin. Hankins said the company plans to erect an additional $75,000 warehouse on the same tract in about a year. Medford Hotel Gets Government Loan Washington - IUPII - Loans totaling SB94,500 for seven Oregon firms have been ap proved, the Small Business administration announced Thursday. The Medford hotel at Mod- ford received the biggest loan, $350,000. Smith Frozen Foods of Oregon, Pendleton, was given $200,000. FATAL INJURY Coos Bay-UIPIl - Clifford A. Rice, 29, Coos Bay, was fatal ly injured in a two-car, head- on collision on U.S. Highway 101 about four miles south of here Saturday. veloping nation needs outside trained manpower, he said, "a certain skepticism about the coming of Americans is to be expected in many quarters." "Unfriendly political groups will no doubt do everything in their power to promote hostile activity," he said. "But there are Indications that many developing nations will welcome peace corps volun teers, and if the volunteers are well chosen they will soon demonstrate their value and make many friends." He said .that in the first year of the corps' existence there should he considerable emphasis on teaching projects, although medical, agricultural and engineering skills also will be needed. In addition to government financing of the project, he proposed that Congress "con sider authorizing the peace corps to receive contributions from American businesses, unions, civic organizations and the public at large." He said there should be no draft exemption for the volun teers but that "in most cases service in the corps will prob ably be considered a ground for temporary deferment." If preparation for the corps begins In college, he said, there should be training in language, history, economics, politics, and the culture of the area to which the student would like to be sent. Strike a message to de Gaulle expressing President Kennedy's wish for the "closest" relations between the U.S. and France. (UPI Radir.telephoto) arc Western Farmers came into the Medford area about a year ago and has been selling sack feed and farm supplies from a building at 17 West Fourth st. Hankins said the company will continue to use the Fourth si. building tn con junction with the warehouse now under construction, until the second new warehouse is built a year from now. The new warehouse will have a capacity of 400 tons of bulk feed. Hankins said the feed will be brought by rail from Portland and dis tributed by truck to members of the association ' in the southern Oregon area. Five hundred feet of railroad track is being laid along side the new warehouse. , 260 Members Western Farmers, with headquarters in Seattle, has been operating in the Oregon Washington area since 1917. Last year they had a business volume of $72 million, of which $4,600,000 in profits was turned back to associa tion members. - Hankins said that although the company has been in the Medford area for only a year, it already has 260 members here. Hankins said the association decided to locale here "be cause there is definitely a bright outlook," for the future growth of the area's economy. The T. J. Hight agency handled arrangements for the association locally. Sports Bulletins Corvallis - Wayne Fields, 141, and Chuck Shaw, 191, won individual champion ships for Medford high which took fourth place in the Oregon A-l High school wrestling tourney last night with 33 points, David Doug las was team winner with 55 points. Klamath scored 53, Lebanon 35 and Grants Pass 32. Shaw kept Klam ath Falls from winning the crown when he pinned Gary Hancock of the Pelicans In the 191 final. Al Funston 178, Medford, took a fourth. Central Point - Crater's Comets streaked 67 to 61 over Grants Pais high her last night for a biasing linish in Southern Oregon conference basketball. The Comet, were on top 36 to 33 at the hall. Mikt Glines put In 17 .points for Crater and Clyde Murray 16 for Grants Pais, Klamath Falli-The Med ford Black Tornado struck with lury here last night and flattened Klamath Union High school 72 to 56 In th final Southern Ore gon conference basketball game for both schools, Bob Ouinney and Jim Barry led the Medford aisauli with 22 and 19 points, respectively. Wally Palmberg had 22 for Klamath Falls. Th Tor nado had leadi of 11 to 9, 30 te 2B and 45 to 38 in spilling th ilale'i top ral.d team. Oregon 78, Wash. 81. 68 Gasoline Dealers Here Seek Halt To Price War Members of the Gasoline Dealers association here will attempt to work out differ ences in a gasoline price war to prevent it from becoming an economic burden on the in dustry and related industries The dealers association dis cussed the problem, and its possible affects on the econ omy, at a meeting in the Med ford hotel Friday night. Gasoline prices In many re tail outlets in the immediate Medford area have dropped from 38.9 cents per gallon to 27.9 cents. Medford and Port land are the only two areas in Oregon now involved in gasoline price wars, accord ing to local dealers. A gasoline price war in the Willamette valley - Salem, Eugene and the Corvallis areas - has been resolved by the dealers, and prices have been stabilized. Unemployment Ponibl Local dealers Friday noted that if the price war in this area Is not resolved soon, it could lead to considerable un employment in the Industry. There are between 600 and 750 employees in the 115 gas oline stations in this area who receive a monthly payroll of about $192,000. . Some service station per sonnel may have been laid off already, dealers noted, and unless prices are stabiliz ed at near the regular price, additional lay offs can be expected. A service station, dealers noted, can not operate effi ciently if the margin of profit is greatly reduced or elimin ated and the volume of bus iness is reduced. Dealers pay 31 cents per gallon for gaso line from the tanker. If the association itself can not solve the problem, other means of stabilizing the gaso line price will be considered, dealers said. Sears Strike Ends; Settlement Reached San Franclsco-!UPD-A labor dispute Involving two clerks' unions and Scars Roebuck and Co, has been settled, It was disclosed Friday In U.S. District court. Attorney Roland Davis, representing the department store employees Local 1100 and the Shoe and Textile Local 411, said his clients were satisfied there will be full compliance by Sears with the terms of an arbitrator's decision. The dispute grew out of last year's machinist union strike when employees who honored the machinists' picket lines were discharged. The workers were subse ouently rehired under the ar riblcr's decision. Davis said Sears has agreed to pay $125, 000 In back pay to employees who were discharged and re hired. t One Dead, Scores Injured; Some Areas Devastated . Twister Cuts 17-Mile Path Across City Chicago - HOT - A tornado played a grim game of hop scotch along a 17-mile path through Chicago's south sida last night, killing one man and injuring scores. . The dead man was identi fied as Willie Arnold, 59, who died of a broken pelvis and internal injuries shortly after admission to Provident hospi tal. At least 95 persons were treated for injuries at nine hospitals. An actual count of those hurt was all but impos sible because the less serious ly afflicted treated themselves or sought aid from their own physicians. Devastation of some small areas was so complete that witnesses said they were re minded of "bomb-pocked bat tlefields." Mayor Shocked Mayor Richard J. Daley toured the scenes of destruc tion and was shocked by tha tragedy. Several emergencies were declared shortly after tha twister skipped through tha south side, mainly because o gas fumes or live, electrio wires. Several hundred per sons were ordered evacuated from one two-square blocle area when a gas line ruptur- But hours later, most emergencies were being lifted. The Red Cross toured tha debris-littered streets, advis ing all needing shelter, food or clothing to report to sever al high school gyms being used as emergency housing centers. Misery and tears were) widespread over the sprawl ing residential-industrial com plex on the south side. A six mile square region was inter mittently without electrical power, and almost no tele phone service. Witnesses de scribed the darkened region as almost "like a jungle." Day Into Night The twister slammed through the region while a cloudburst drenched the city, turning day Into night for about 20 minutes. Touching down near suburban Home wood, the twister veered northeastward toward Lake Michigan. The storm appar ently hopped the lake, and a tornado slammed into tha . southwest Michigan communi ty of Three Oats, where It caused only slight damage. Another twister struck about five miles southeast of Cham paign, 111., damaging several farms. The storm struck only 24, days before the 41st anniver sary of 1920 Palm Sunday i i .v.n, ,h. r , . cagoland area, killing 28 per sons, injuring 3uu and caus ing properly damage of mora than $3 million. There was no immediata estimate of damage from tha 1961 twister, but it was ex pected to run well above tha 1920 figure. Mayor Daley or dered all city equipment, in cluding scoop snoveis ana bulldozers, In action with or ders that all buildings 'be yond repair" should be de molished. Streets Ltlterad Streets were littered with debris, class, and fallen trees. Electric power lines lay twisted on streets, snapping and sparking on the still rain- wet streets. The curious also presented a problem in rescue opera tions, clogging streets and sidewalks so badly on occa sion that emergency vehicles were unable to move. Gasoline triuklcd from tanks of overturned, smashed autos, and the heavy odor of gas hung over the ruins. The winds toppled walls, chimneys, roofs, cornices and structures Into masses ot wreckage. A new apartment building near 87th and Racine ave. lost Its roof. Clothing was sucked from top floor apartments and draped like washday throughout trees of the area. Looi.n on Prowl Police reported looters were on the prowl, and Indicated they would deal harshly with them. Several shots were re ported fired at some looters, police laid.
