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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.
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"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
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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.