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TWISTER STRUCK HERE Arthur Hoff
man, left, jerks his thumb over his shoulder
and points to his house as he discusses with
his son, Ronald, the events that took place
TORNADO DAMAGE A tornado hit the Shown above are the remains of two homes
south side of KokonjQ Ind., today, killing levelled by the twister.
a woman and causing widespread damage. (UPI Telephoto)
Second TV
May Be Ready in Fall
Radio Medford's television
station may be on the air with
network color by late sum
mer, in time for the fall
shows, KMED General Man
ager Ray Johnson said today.
An initial decision from
Examiner Gifford Irion of the
Federal Communications com
mission is expected this week
or next, Johnson said. A con
struction permit to allow
building to begin on the new
station is expected 50 days
after the decision is written.
Studios and offices for
KMED-TV will be located on
Ross lane, present site of the
House Destroyed
In Saturday Blaze
Ashland - Fire destroyed
the home of an Ashland fam
ily early Saturday morning.
According to neighbors, noth
ing was saved from the one
story frame dwelling of the
Herman Evans family, 1307
Iowa st.
The Evanses were out of
town at the time of the fire,
having been called to eastern
Oregon by the illness of a
daughter.
Ashland firemen were alert
ed at 1:36 a.m. Saturday by
a neighbor. Mrs. J. E. Mer
uit. She said she had seen
light in the house earlier and
thought probably the Evanses
were home.
She checked the house a
short time later and saw
flames shooting from the win
dows with the walls ablaze.
Firemci staved on the scene
until about 3:30 a.m. Firemen
said most of the roof was
burned o f and what was left
of the inside was badly char
red. Cause of the blaze has not
been determined.
Fewer Oregon Holidays
Approved by
Salem - H'PD - There will be
two fewer legal holidays in
Oregon if the legislature goes
along with a recommendation
made today by the House
State and Federal Affairs com
mittee. '
The committee approved a
bill to drop Washington's and
Lincoln's birthdays as legal
holidays in February, b u t
turned down a companion pro
posal to moke Oregon State
hood dav a legal holiday Feb.
14 in S"-a aliLex
late Saturday when a tornado struck Chi
cago s South Side and left his house split
open and moved from its foundation, See
picture on page 2. (UPI Telephoto)
Station
KMED radio station. The
KMED television transmitter
will be on Blackwell hill at
the site of the existing tele
vision station transmitter.
"Two transmitters, located
at the same spot will elimi
nate need for antenna adjust
ments for television viewers,"
Johnson explained.
Radio KMED presently em
ploys 15 local people. This
will be increased to 34 when
the new television channel
goes on the air, the general
manager said.
Only Applicant
Radio Medford is now the
only applicant for Channel
10 in Medford as Chief Hear
ing Examiner James D. Cun
ningham, of the FCC recently
granted the petition, Johnson
said. Under the petition, Ra
dio Medford would re-imburse
two competing applications,
those of Medford Telecasting
corporation and TOT Indus
tries incorporated.
Radio Medford would pay
$9,300 to Medford Telecasting
corporation and S6.7U0 to TOT
in part of expense payments
incurred in applying for the
channel and for withdrawing
applications.
Yugoslav Envoy's
Nomination Clears
Washington -WPIl- The Sen
ate Foreign Relations commit
tee today approved the nomi
nation of veteran diplomat
George F. Kennan as ambas
sador to Yugoslavia after he
testified that "some progress
in disarmament" is necessary
before "anything can open
up" in the tense European
situation.
HEADS DENTAL GROUPS
Portland - (UPI) - Louis B.
School. Portland, is the new
president of the Oregon Slate
Dental Association.
Committee
Gov. Mark Hatfield had rec
ommended the two-for-one ex
change. The committee also
denied a proposal to eliminate
election days as legal holidays.
Chairman Norman Howard,
who voted against the change,
said he did not like to see
patriotism brushed aside by
dropping the two holidays.
The bill now goes to Ways
and Means. Spokesmen for
the governor earlier said drop
ping the legal holidays would
save the state several thou
sand doliii.
Local Man Killed
In One-Car Crash
Sunday Morning
Theron Whaiey Ellison, 27,
of 2133 West Main st., Med
ford, was killed early Sunday
morning when his car struck
a power pole in front of Mat
lack's store on the Jackson
ville highway at Lozicr lane,
state police reported today.
The dead man's widow, Car
olyn Ruth Ellison, 26, was
thrown out of the car. She
is being treated for shock and
minor injuries at Sacred Heart
hospital. Her condition was
reported as good. Medford
Ambulance Service look her
to the hospital.
The Ellison car was travel
ing east on the Jacksonville
highway. Slate police said El
lison evidently lost control of
the car and it hit the power
pole, bending the car into a
U shape. State police estimate
the car was traveling at a
high rate of speed at the time.
It was also raining, officers
said.
Sunday's accident is the
sixth Jackson county traffic
fatality this year, the fifth in
which one vehicle was in
volved. Funeral services will be
held in Eugene at the First
Baptist church Friday at 1
p.m. with the Rev. Vance
Webster officiating. Siskiyou
Funeral service directors of
The Chapel in the Trees, Med
ford, is in charge of funeral
arrangements.
By United Press International
Four Oregon nersons died
in week end traffic accidents,
three of them killed out of
the state.
Mrs. J. D. Swenson, 55.
Portland, was killed in a two
car collision near Scrum. Nrv.
Sarnual Hoot, 18, Portland,
died when the car in which
he was riding plunged down
a 300-foot embankment near
Bingen, Wash., after going
through a guard rail.
Robert Aufmulch. 19. Port
land, was fatally injured in a
one-car accident near Ogdcn,
Utah.
Clifford A. Mice. 29. Coos
Bay. was killed in a head-on
collision about four miles
south of Coos Bay.
Jobless Benefits for
Rail Workers Voted
Washington-'UPIi-The House
today passed by voice vote
legislation to provide S24 mil
lion in extended jobless nay
benefits to 60.000 unemployed
railroad workers. The meas
ure now goej to the Senata.
Regional Edition
Medford
18 Pages
Killer Tornado
Strikes Indiana;
Heavy Snow Due
Twisters Damage
Missouri Buildings
By United Press International
A killer tornado ripped into
Indiana today and winter lock
ed the upper Midwest in an
icy grip of snow and freezing
rain.
Heavy snow warnings car
ried a threat of more than 4
inches of new snow from Wis
consin into Michigan's upper
peninsula. Southern Minneso
ta schools were closed and
the Twin Cities battled nearly
a foot of snow.
Gale warnings went up
along the Great Lakes. Winds
sliced south from the lakes
to meet a deepening storm
center' moving northeast from
Missouri. An Indiana tornado
smashed into a Kokomo home,
killing a 68-year-old woman
and injuring three other per
sons.
Twisters Sink Boats
Twisters damaged five
building and sank at least 15
boats alGravois Mills, Mo., on
the Lake of the Ozarks. Tor
nadoes were sighted but caus
ed no apparent damage at
Joplin, Mo., and Galena, Kan.
Severe hail, totaling two
inches, fell late Sunday night
near Rogerville, Mo. High
winds sailed a machine shed
about 40 feet and fences at a
nearby farm were torn down.
Another farm building was
reportedly destroyed.
Barns Blown Down
A violent storm with high
winds and squall-like rain hit
near Eminence, Ky., blowing
down several barns and roofs
off at least two houses. A fam
ily was in one house- at the
time, but no injuries were
reported.
Thunderstorms felled pow
er lines at Kansas City, Mo.
Power failures ranged from
20 minutes to an hour at eight
points in the city. Inch-thick
hail covered six miles of high
way between Hardin and Nor
borne, Mo.
A broad belt of freezing
rain stretched northeast from
Iowa and rain was reported
from southern Michigan across
Ohio and Pennsylvania into
southern New England.
In the South, authorities
awaited flood crests near Sa-
raland in southern Alabama.
The weather was blamed
for traffic accidents that killed
six persons in Wisconsin, four
in Minnesota, and two in Ne
braska during the week end.
Nebraska snows ranged up to
9 inches at North Platle.
Gail's Market
Entered Sunday
Thieves broke into Gail's
Market at Rogue River some
time Sunday night and took
$10 in small change, the Jack
son county sheriff's office said
today.
Entry was made by cutting
or prying the padlock off the
front door. One of the panes
in the door's window was bro
ken, too, a deputy said.
Some Canadian coins, two
rolls of pennies, some nickels,
half-dollars and some cigar
ettes were taken.
"Hey, Look We've Got An Escort"
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH
ale Force Winds
everal Parts of
Amendments to
Oregon Income
Tax Bill Slated
Proposals Would
Liberalize Act
Salem (UPI) Major amend
ing was in store today for a
bill designed to give an aver
age 10 per cent siasn in Ore
gon income taxes.
As the legislature opened
its ninth week Rep. Richard
Eymann (D-Mohawk) prepar
ed to yank the measure back
into his House Tax committee
from the floor for amend
ments that would liberalize it.
He personally favors it as it
stands but wants stronger pas
sage in the House. He also in
dicated an amended version
might have a better chance .in
the Senate.
The House had consented to
vole on the bill, HB1001,
Wednesday. Eymann says the
earliest possible time for ac
tion now is Thursday. The
bill would give Oregon a so-
called net receipts income tax
system.
Amendments Considered
At least three amendments
were to be considered this af
ternoon. Eymann, the chair
man, has indicated agreement
on two of them.. ,
They would:
allow any single person
who earns $600 or less a year
to pay no state income tax.
This would take care of all
age groups but especially the
young part-time workers such
as babysitters and newsboys.
Under the present bill, these
people would have to file a
tax return.
Put back the deduction,
comparable to the present
$600, if a son or daughter is
a college student. The origi
nal bill knocked out virtually
all deductions and exemp
tions. More Relief Sought
Committee member Bill
Bradly (D-Portland) said he
likes both of these but that he
wants a third amendment. It
would allow couples with an
annual income of $1,200 or
less to pay no state income
taxes an extension of the
$600 tax free status for sin
gle persons.
Bradley has strong objec
tions to the bill in its present
form and was one of two com
mittee members last week
who voted against sending the
bill to the floor.
The bill-while cutting in
come taxes in general-would
raise taxes in the lower in
come brackets. A number of
people who now pay no in
come tax would have to pay
some.
INN DESTROYED
Oregon City -IUPD- Damage
was estimated at $35,000 from
fire that destroyed the Har
mony Inn north of here early
Sunday.
VISITS UN ENVOY Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah.
right, chals with United Slates Ambassador to the United
Nations Adlai Stevenson in the hitter's Waldorf-Astoria hotel
suite in New York City. Nkrumah is in New York (or the
opening of the UN General Assembly Tuesday.
Week End
Reported
Week end rain was "spotty"
for the Medford area but the
agricultural and water supply
conditions for the Rogue riv
er valley continued to improve
for the coming growing sea
son when snow stuck in tne
hills, and mountains. "
Medford station of the U.S.
weather bureau reported .47
of an inch of rain at the city
airport Saturday and Sunday
and up to 10 a.m. today. Pre
cipitation, ho w e v e r, was
heavier in some parts of the
vicinity. One rain gauge in
the neighborhood of the West
Youths, Parents
Assaulted Near
Rogue River
Six youths assaulted two
teen-age boys for no apparent
reason, then later again as
saulted one of the boys and
his parents in Rogue River
Saturday night, according to
Jackson county sheriff's depu
ties. They said this morning
they are checking a list of
possible suspects.
Robert Fields, 18, Rogue
River, lost his front teeth and
received a bruised and badly
cut mouth, and his father,
Clifford Fields, suffered head
injuries, deputies said. Mrs.
Fields, the boy's mother, was
hit on the jaw, and Lawrence
McGarvie, 18, was hit in the
face, they added.
The first incident occurred
on Highway 99 across from
the Bridge tavern at Rogue
River when the six youths
flagged down the ca'r In which
the two 18-year-olds were rid
ing. As the two boys stopped
they were jumped on by the
group and badly beaten, a
sheriff's deputy said.
The sheriff's report added:
Following the fight, young
Fields telephoned his parents
from a nearby service station.
The parents and the boy were
driving home when they pass
ed the Homestead tavern and
spotted the six youths. The
father pulled his pickup truck
alongside to ask the reason
for the fight. The six youths
shouted an obscenity at the
trio and attacked the father
and son, One of the youths
held the father while another
hit him, it was stated.
After the senior Fields was
down, one of the gang kicked
him in the head, Mrs. Fields
told a deputy. The mother was
trying to pull one of tin boys
off her husband's back when
she was hit on the jaw and
knocked against a nearby
wall, she told deputies.
The parents and their son
finally escaped in their pickup
truck, they told deputies. The
trio were treated for their In
juries by a Rogue River physician.
55th
Tribune
6, 1961
(UPI Telephoto)
Rains
'Spotty'
Side school showed .75 of an
inch for the. 24 hours ending
at 8 a.m. today.
Crater Lake National Park
reported 123 inches of snow at
park headquarters, compared
to 105 inches at this time Inst
year. Twenty-four inches of
how snow fell in the park dur
ing the week end. Snow was
still falling this morning.
Chains were required for auto
travel in the park. The road
from headquarters to the rim
was closed.
Decreasing Shower Activity
Decreasing shower activity
was anticipated here this after
noon and evening with rainy
and windy weather predicted
for Tuesday, The five - day
fore-cast for western Oregon
calls for heavier than normal
precipitation, occurring most
ly after Wednesday.
Oregon slate police at noon
today reported that traffic
was moving on Highway 00
over the Siskiyous. They ad
vised thai motorists carry
chains as it was reported to be
snowing hard. Six inches of
new snow was reported with
nine Inches on the roadside.
Snow flurries wore report
ed on Highway 66 (Green
Springs) with chains required
and snow plows operating.
Seven inches of new snow was
reported on the highway with
nine inches on roadside.
Earlier today chains were
required on Oregon Mountain
(Highway 109) and two inches
of slush was reported on Sex
ton mountain (Highway 09)
north of Grants Pass.
Local Man Cleared
Of Assault Charge
Jack Maurice Shoemaker,
18, of 2070 Ridge Way, will be
cleared in municipal court
Wednesday of a charge of as
sault and battery, City At
torney Joel Reedcr said today.
Reeder said the charge will
be dismissed at the rqucst of
Doris Marie Bcnasco, who
signed the original complaint
against Shoemaker. Mrs.
Bcnasco, a waitress at a local
cafe, had signed the complaint
following an Incident at the
cafe two weeks ago.
Shoemaker had entered a
plea of innocent,
Court Refuses To
Hear Sit-in Arguments
Washington -JUPD- The Su
preme Court refused today lo
hear arguments in a Tallahas
see, Fla., sit-in case in which
Negroes and whites were
givcri jail sentences and fines
for disorderly conduct.
The court order declining lo
accept the case was issued
without comment. Had It been
accepted for appeal, it might
have established legal guide
lines In such incidents which
have occurred throughout the
South.
Year Price 10 Cents
No. 300
Trees Fall on
Homes; Power
Poles Toppled
Snow Blocks Road
To Timberline Lodge
By United Press International
Gale force winds buffeted
several parts of Oregon Sun
day with heavy damage cen
tered between Portland and
Salem.
The winds toppled poles,
signs, trees and caused wide
spread power failures.
A blizzard carried new
snow to Mt. Hood and blocked
the road to Timberline Lodge
Sunday evening. About 50
persons were taken from the
lodge by Sno-Cat tractors to
Government C a m p. Heavy
snow also was reported in the
Cascade Range and the Coast
Range.
Many Calls Received
Portland police answered si.
least 30 calls early Sunday
afternoon because of fallen
lines, signs, broken glass and
other objects which fell.
Trees fell on three homes In
the Raleigh Hills aoca. Twen
ty-eight telephone poles were
knocked down between Greslv
am and Orient.
The wind knocked down
the screen of a drive-in thea
ter between Oregon City and
Miwaukie.
PGE called about 200 men
to duty to restore power serv.
ice which had been impaired
from Salem north.
Two Men Trapped
Transmission lines also wore
reported down from the Fara
day and Mill projects. Two
men were trapped in the Ore-
gon City municipal elevator
for two hours because of a
power outage.
Power was rerouted Sunday
when a 69,000 volt line was
knocked out between Albany
and Salem by a fallen tree.
Winds reached gusts up to
85 miles an hour at Newport
on the Oregon coast Sunday
morning and winds were re
ported up to 50 miles an hour
in the Baker-La Grande area.
Traffic Lanes Blocked
Two lanes of traffic were
blocked on Highway 26 in
Clackamas county when a tree
fell on a car.
Winds of 35-40 mph earlier
Sunday struck the Medford
Grants Pass area.
Snow fell at higher eleva
tions. TUESDAY SPEAKER
Ashland-Steps being taken
to control pear decline in the
Rogue valley will be outlined
by Clifford B. Cordy, Jackson
county horticultural agent, at
the Tuesday noon luncheon of
the Ashland Chamber of Com
merce in the Mark Antony
hotel.
WEATHER
FORKCAST: Partial clearing and
a few showers tonight. natny
anrl windy Tuesday. Snow level
2.0(10 In 3.000 feel. Low lonilht
32. Illr.li Tuesday SO.
lemp.
Highest Yesterday 30
Lowest this Mornlnj 37
I'reclp. to 10 a.m. Today 29
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow fi:38a.m.
Moonrlse tonight 10:33 p.m.
Lasl iiiisrtpr March 9
I'ltOSIINI T STAIt
Alpharri, In southeast S :01 p.m.
VIMIII.K I'LANLTS
Mars, high In smith ... 7:32 p.m.
Venn. In the west . . 7:33 p.m.
Saturn and Jupiter, rise 4:S8 a.m.
Robin Reed,
Named in Big
Portland-IUPP - The federal
government Is seeking more
than $2 million in back taxes
from Robin Reed, Delake real
estate man and former Olym
pic wrestling gold medal win
ner while a student at Ore
gon State College. He also was
a professional wrestler.
The government claims that
Reed, about 63, owes a total
of $2,153,617.
Tax Hens were filed against
Reed In six Oregon counties
where he owns property, ac
cording to Arthur G. Erick
son, district director for the
Internal Revenu Service, Th
Item, which were filed last
Batter
Oregon
Vessels Ordered
To Stand By for
Possible UN Use
'No Significance,'
Spokesman Says
Leopoldville, The Congo-
(UPD-The United States switch
ed a small Navy task force
from a goodwill visit to South
Africa to the Congo today
and ordered the ships to stand
by for possible use by the
United Nations.
State Deparament spokes
man Lincoln White said in,
Washington that the action
had "no unilateral signific
ance whatsoever." He said tho
United States had no thought
of intervening directly In the
fighting which broke out over
the week end between Con
golese and UN forces.
Ts Be Available
He said the ships were di
verted "only to be available
in the event the UN may need
them for further assistance."
The vessels involved ara
the destroyer Gearing, the
LST Graham County, the LSD
Hermitage and the oiler
Nespclin. The destroyer Vo
gelgesang, which also was in
volved in the recent saga o(
the luxury liner Santa Maria
which was stolen by Portu
guese political exiles in South
America, will continue to
Capetown, South Africa, to
refuel and be ready to join
the others if necessary.
Visiting African Ports
The small Navy task force
hps been making goodwill
visits to African ports.
The Navy moves came as a
battered United Nations Su
danese force returned to Leo
poldville by train today after
surrendering the vital supply
port of Matadi to prevent the
spread of warfare in the Con
go crisis.
A UN spokesman said the
124-man Sudanese force and
a nine-man Canadian signal
detachment gave up Matadi
after a short battle Sunday
with- a 1,000-man Congolese
garrison led by Belgian offi
cers at the military base of
Thysville near Matadi threat
ened to intervene.
"In this wav we avoided a
larger conflhgration," the
spokesman said.
Crisis Continues
Bui the crisis was far from
ended. It seemed evident that
UN forces were determined
to talk or fight their way back
into the Congo's only major
port, a key to the entire UN
supply operation here.
Reliable sources at UN
headquarters in New York
said Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold had ordered
"resolute action" to return the
port to UN control. His first
step was to order Lt. Gen.
Sean McKeown, Irish com
mander of the UN force in the
Congo, to restore UN author
ity over Matadi by negotia
tion. Items Listed by
Ashland Council
' Ashland Ashland City
council street and finance)
committees will report on ex
tension of center street park
ing on Highway 99 at its meet
ing Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
the council chambers.
The proposed extension
would run from the intersec
tion of Highways 99 and 63
to Normal ave. The city would
have to furnish about $20,000
for the project.
The council will hold an
8 p.m. hearing for rezoning a
40-acre area along Bear creek:
between Mountain ave. and
Oak st. from residential to in
dustrial. The zoning request
has been made by Earl Lin
ingcr. If rezoned, it will allow
Lininger Sand and Gravel
company to take rock from
the creek.
The cemetery committee)
will report on a request made
by Henry Anders for the city
to take over and maintain a
mausoleum at the Mountain
View cemetery.
Ex - Wrestler,
Tax Lien
year, were brought In Lincoln,
Douglas, Lane, Tillamook,
Marion and Yamhill counties.
An appeal against the gov
ernment's claims was sent to
Washington last week. The)
government's claims ara
against Reed, his wife, Vivian,
the Reeds jointly, and Reed
Inc., which has varied busi
ness Interests. The corporation
formerly included the Reeds
port Courier.
Reed's attorney said In Port
land lt wat expected that any
claim of tax deficiency would
be eliminated and that lt
woeld be thown Reed owed
nothing.