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Regional Edition 55th Year Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1961 No. 314 Russians Offered Look at Inside cl- SEATO Delegates Study Military Crisis in Laos Bangkok, Thailand - (UPD -Military advisers of the eight nation SEATO alliance met in urgent, conference on the La otian crises here today. A high official said they began study of military planning to repel Red aggression "in the light of recent developments In the area." . . The conference chairman, Thailand s Gen. Surajit Cha rusreni, said he was confident that "if use of military power becomes inevitable, ' SEATO will be ready "to do whatever Is : necessary to assure our mutual security." Urgency of the three - day meeting that opened today was underscored by reports of Communist military gains in the fighting with Laotian gov ernment troops. Immediate Attention The Southeast Asia treaty military planners agreed to give the Laotian' problem their "immediate attention" in the meeting that is a prelude to next week's Bangkok con ference of SEATO foreign ministers. V Gen. Charusrent said the first session of what he called a "very timely" meeting ap proved conference agenda which included the Laos ques tion and a study of other dan ger spots In the treaty area. Attending the session were military advisers from the United States, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Thai land, Pakistan and the Philip pines. Wenner Resigns From Committee Gerald Wenner, Ashland, submitted a letter of resigna tion today to Mrs. Thomas Rutter, chairman of the Jack son county home rule com mittee. "Due to the wide differ ences of opinion among mem bers of the home rule com mittee, plus individuals inter viewed as to the type of char ter best suited to serve Jack son county, I am convinced that any charter drawn and submitted to the voters would not be approved by them," Wenner wrote. "If my conclusions are cor rect,, the time spent by the committee and the expense to the county in printing and presenting the charter to the voters could not be justified. "For the reasons mentioned and because I feel all mem bers of the committee should be enthusiastic about the char ter and confident of its suc cess, my resignation is ten dered with the hope some in dividual can be appointed so his efforts could be more val uable," Wenner concluded. Wenner was appointed to the committee through the county legislative delegation, and the state representatives and senator would have to make another appointment. Highway Maintenance Office Moved To Medford The southern Oregon dis trict maintenance headquar ters of the Oregon state high way department moved from Grants Pass to Medford this week. The department moved into the building on North Pacific highway, the former head quarters for the Oregon state police. In charge of Die local head quarters is R. L. Lammert, who was recently transferred to the district from Brookings. Also transferred here from Grants Pass Is John M. Isham. The third employee is Mrs. James Farrar who was for merly with the department's construction office here. The Grants Pass office will bt the headquarters lot ta ni ii - lin iin'nnn miiMnniiiMiii m AiiIumJ Jj DISCUSS DUTIES Otto M, Brown, left, superintedent of Crater Lake National park and Oregon Caves National Monu ment, discusses his duties with his successor, W. Ward Yeagcr, who will become superintendent April I. Yeager has been assistant superintendent of Grand Teton National park, Wyoming. New Superintendent Named for Crater Lake National Park W. Ward Yeager, assistant superintendent of Grand Te ton National park, Wyoming, has been appointed superin tendent of Crater Lake Na tional park and Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon, effective April 1, the depart ment of the interior an nounced today. Yeager succeeds Otto M. Brown, who is retiring March 31 after more than 33 years of federal service, and about a year and a half at Crater Lake. National Park Service Di rector Conrad L. Wirth said Yeager has been in park work almost continuously since 1928, when he was appointed a park ranger in Yellowstone Court Considers Bridge Petitions Rehabilitation of the o I d Wimer covered bridge as pro posed in petitions signed by 150 people was taken-under advisement today by the coun ty court. At a meeting last week, the county court told Wimer area residents the court would in vestigate the possibility of repairing the old bridge for foot traffic only. The covered bridge has been closed to motor traffic for several years. It is now considered by county officials to be unsafe for pedestrian traffic. The county has pro posed to construct a foot bridge nearby and raze the covered bridge. At a meeting March 14 in Wimer, residents offered the county court and County Engi neer Robert J. Carstensen labor and materials for restor ing thebridge. Mrs. Elizabeth Sheffield, Rogue River, who presented the petition, wrote the county court that 90 signatures were obtained in two hours. Two people approached said they do not like covered bridges, five persons said they believe only Wimer residents should have anything to say about the bridge, but three of the persons said they hoped the bridge would remain. A Cen tral Point man asked to sign the petition since he said county funds would be used if the bridge is rehabilitated. UN To Cut Off Congo Debate in Four Weeks United Nations, N.Y. - (UPD - The General Assembly's Steering committee decided today to cut off debate on the Congo and other pending is sues in four weeks. The committee, which sets the schedule and agenda of the 99 nation assembly, agreed unanimously to end the 15th session of the assem bly April 21. engineer and construction crew, it was explained. The maintenance headquar ters were first established in Grants Pass in 1919 but moved to Medford in 1928 for four years. The district includes all of Jackson and Josephine counties and parts of Klamath and Douglas counties. The Medford location is consider ed to be more centrally lo- cated for the district's work. Parking for the headquar ters will be In rear of the building, residents arc re minded, where parking is also available for the Oregon state police and public utilities commissioner's area office. The parking area in front of the building Is reserved for trucks. National park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho. He has also had tours of duty as park ranger in Lassen Volcanic National park, California; chief park ranger at Kings Canyon Na tional park, California; and Mount Rainier National park, Washington; assistant forester and assistant superintendent in Mesa Verde National park, Colorado; assistant superinten dent of Lake Mead National Recreation area, Arizona -Nevada; and associate forester in the region three office of the National park service in Santa Fe, N.M. He has been assistant su perintendent of Grand Teton National park, Wyoming, since early in 1956. - - Yeager is a native of Mem phis, Scotland county, Mis souri, and has a BS degree in forestry from Colorado State university at Ft. Collins. Yeager and his wife, Betty, arrived in Medford March 20 for a period of familiarization with his new responsibilities. They will reside at the super intendent's Medford resi dence, 1317 Queen Anne ave., iviemorct aunng the winter months and at Crater Lake National park during the sum mer. ; . .. Brown and his- wife will leave April 2, for Montana, where they own a mountain ranch. He indicated he plans to return to this area from time to time, and also to re main active in regard to Na tional Parks, though not in a governmental capacity. Brown, an ardent outdoors- man, plans to keep horses on his ranch and make frequent trips into the wilderness back country of that area. He has served at Yellowstone Nation al park, and thus is familiar with the Montana mountain region.. Brown has been superinten dent of Crater Lake National park since Oct. 4, 1959. Association, Medco Discuss Log Road Representatives of the Jack son County Home Owners Protective association were scheduled to meet Medford Corporation officials this afternoon to discuss the pos sible conversion of the com pany's logging railroad to an off-highway truck road. The association was formed In February to protect prop erty rights along Medco's rail road from Butte Falls to Med ford. Members of the association presented Medco officials with a letter signed by more than 100 residents along the route. The letter reviews objec tions voiced to a log truck road, pointing out that the group feels "that a continuous ly operated truck road would create entirely different prob lems which would have a serious effect on all future developments for a consider able distance on both sides of the right of way." Lithia Park Pine Trees Destroyed Ashland - Western pine beetles have been responsible for destruction of 102 pine trees In Llthla park In the last two months, according to C, E. Corry, park superintendent. Corry said the principal rea son for the infestation was that the Ashland burn area weakened perimeter trees, en couraging growth of the beet les which are normally killed In the larva stage by a strong tree. Warm winters and dry sum mers are also contributing fac tors, Corry said. Any tree In fested must be cut and burned knmediately, ha indicated. 01 Nuclear Bombs Proposal Designed To Meet Objections Geneva-IUPD - The United States today offered Russian scientists a look at the inside of American nuclear bombs. but the Soviets shrugged off the proposal as meaningless. Chief Soviet delegate Se- myon Tsarapkin retreated be hind his best poker face for the formal 275th session of the three-nation nuclear test ban conference. At the end of the 23-minute meeting at which the Amer ican offer was made, Tsarap kin told reporters: I see little movement in the (United States) position. It Is almost the same as the old position." To Meet Objections In announcing the Ameri can offer, however, chief U.S. delegate Arthur H. Dean ex plained it was designed to meet the four objections the Soviets had raised in the past over the use of nuclear de vices for research purposes. The Russians had demanded a look at the inside of all such devices, insisted they must be present when the devices were assembled and exploded, and must be given all infor mation resulting from such ex plosions. Dean said that if other as pects of a nuclear weapons test ban treaty could be ar ranged satisfactorily, Presi dent Kennedy would formally ask Congress to let him grant Soviet scientists these rights. Earlier Condition Dropped He dropped entirely the earlier condition that the Rus sians should show one of their nuclear bombs to American scientists for each American bomb the Soviets were per mitted to inspect. Despite this dramatic change in the American position Tsarapkin sat impassively at the table during the entire session. He nodded once, to assent to a formal com munique that the delegations bad met and agreed .to do -so again Thursday. - , . , , Minor Disaster Plan Is Adopted The Jackson County Inter- Agency council adopted a minor disaster plan and elect. ed officers at its meeting Tues: day. Dr. Alvin Fellers, Southern Oregon college, was elected president. Other officers are Jerry Brog of the county ex tension service, vice presi dent; and Miss Frances Clink of the Jackson county health department, secretary. Purpose of the new plan is to prevent overlapping of so cial services in the county, it was explained. Under the plan, relief to individuals or groups suffering from a minor disaster, such as a house fire, would be coordinated through the Red Cross. Experience has shown that agencies without coordination and working on their own. sometimes duplicate services, while other needs are over looked. Participating agencies which are aware of a minor disaster will report the inci dent by special telephone number to the Red Cross co ordinator, who will in turn see that a representative is sent immediately to determine the extent of need and start id. The council, a coordinating agency for social services in the county, met at the Red Crtiis building. "Well, New Frontier, Here We Are!" Stiff Prison Sentences . i Alleged Head Of Ring Given Term of 25 Years Two Americans Among Convicted London - (UPD - Five persons including two Americans with tics to a master Soviet spy in the United States, were con victed today of stealing vital naval secrets for Russia. They promptly got stiff prison sen tences from the lord chief justice of Britain, Lord Par ker, who handed the worst punishment to a man describ ed as a member of the Rus sian intelligence service. The two Americans were known in Old Bailey court room as Peter John Kroger and his wife, Helen. Actually they are Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cohen, formerly of New York and one-time friends of Col. Rudolf Abel, convlctcc! in the United States of boing a So viet agent. They got 20 years each, and the judge called them "professional spies." Called Soviet Agent Others convicted: -.Gordon Arnold Lonsdale, 37. He got the longest sen tence of all 25 years in pris on. The judge called him the master mind of the spy ring, and Scotland Yard said It was firmly convinced Lonsdale was a member of the Russian intelligence service. -Henry F. Houghton, 55, a former employee at the big Portland Naval Base . where NATO plans how to counter Russia's 450 , submarines.Iie got is, years. . , -Miss' Ethel Elizabeth'Gee, 46, Houghton's fiancee - and also a former Portland - em ployee.- She got 15 years. . Grave View of Case The grave. view which Lord Parker took of the spies ac tivities can be measured by the iact 'that all of them got longer sentences than did sci entist Klaus Fychs who was convicted in 1950 ' of giving secrets of the atom bomb to Russia. He received 14 years, the maximum sentence under the British Official Secrets Act unless there Is a con spiracy as there was in to days case. Kennedy Requests Foreign Aid Funds Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy today asked Congress for a five-year, fresh approach" foreign aid program, with emphasis on helping countries which help themselves. He called for major chang es in mcthod-a new central aid agency, authority to com mit funds years ahead, a shift from military to econom ic aid, new terms of repay ment, and emphasis on social progress. But for the first year of the program-the fiscal year beginning July 1-he asked for the same $4 billion which the Eisenhower a d m I nlstratlon proposed just before It went out of office. WORK PROGRESSING Work Is progressing on a diver sion dam on Bear creek for the Rogue River Valley Irriga tion district shown above.. The diversion dam is being relocated upstream from the present dam because of Diplomats Laud Stevenson Speech In UN Assembly United Nations, N.Y. - lUPn -United Nations diplomats said today that U.S. Ambassador Adlal Stevenson had scored heavily against Russia in the opening round of the General Assembly's Congo-debate; It was generally conceded that Soviet Ambassador An drei Gromyko had hurt his own cause Tuesday by launch ing a new attack on Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and demanding an end to the U.N, operation in the Congo within a month. There was some hope among the neutralists that Gromyko now would soften his line and let the assembly get down to serious study bf the recom mendations of a conciliation commission report on the Con go. The 99-membcr world par liament resumes debate this afternoon with Ethiopia, Mall and Albania listed as speak ers. . Stevenson's strong denunci ation of Gromyko's opening attacks Tuesday showed clear ly the new U.S. delegate Is prepared to meet the Soviets on any terms. He reminded the delegates he had sought to avoid cold war recriminations so that some constructive solutions could be found to the Congo situation. Gromyko's speech, he said, showed that "the Soviet Union does not regard our organization as a means of in ternational cooperation but simply an Instrument of inter national discord." Brown Asks Report On Birch Society Sacramento (UPD Gov. Ed mund G. Brown said Tuesday he has asked California Atty. Gen. Stanley Mosk to make a report on the John Birch so ciety, an ultra right wing group. Brown told his news confer ence that "unless they violate law they have a right to speak. "I Intend to ask Mosk lo look into It to see if they have violated any law al though I can't imagine what It would be," he said. Fascism, Brown added, la just as dangerous to this coun try as Communism. WEATHER FORECAST: Mntllv rlourtv with nrranlonal itmwrm to ntht. Clfrln pTlndt with a lw thnvrtr mainly o cr rnnuntjilnt ThiiMtlxv. Low in flight li-lt. Mich Thursday 52. Tf mp. HIlhMt YMtrTilar J Lowest (hit Morn In t 4H Tree, to 4:30 a.m. Today 49 Our Skies Tonight Runt today :2ff p.m. Htm r In tomorrow .... 6:10 a m Monnid tomorrow .. 12:54 a.m. Pfrtt Oiiartcr . , March 23 PKOMINKNT RTARK Thf Bin mppfr, In th north rait at mmn, will he high In north at mldnlfhl, MMl(ruip. hl(h in loiilh at iinnti, will be low In w :2 p t f A -SK. run. v.vjMi.. I A 7 -r HEADS CHAPTER Eugene L. Garner, 39, of 1600 Crown ave., Medford, above, was elected chairman of the Jack son county chapter of the Na tional Foundation at a meet ing last night. Clarence Gos- sage, Medford, was elected vice chairman and Jack Moad, Medford, was reelected chap ter treasurer. The National Foundation deals in polio, rheumatoid arthritis and birth defects. Boy, 12, Rescued From Side of Cliff Ashland - A 12-year-old Ashland boy was rescued from a cliff near Glenvlew dr. in Ashland early Tuesday after noon. Firemen said Tommy Pal mer, 12, of 71 Gresham St., was taking a short-cut near the cliff when he lost his foot ing and started sliding down the cliff side. When he was 22 feet from the ground, he grabbed a small tree and hung on the cliff side until firemen could arrive with a ladder. Jimmy Bowlin, of 91 Gresh am St., was accompanying Palmer when the incident oc curred. GETS EUGENE JOB Eugene (UPll Tom Bcaly, Nowberg, has been named new city recorder-treasurer. Eighteen Shares of Stock Crater Lake National Park Have some old shares of stock around your house? Hang on to them-they may be worth something. A number of persons in the Medford area have found re cently that It pays to keep track of seemingly worthless stock. These persons were holders o stock Issued in 1921 by the Crater Lake National Park company. liie Crater Lake Lodge company, successor to the original company, recently announced that It would re deem these outstanding shares at 0 cents on the dollnr. Some 400 shares of the stock were Issued In 1921, and nil but 18 have now been recovered. The company is searching for these 18. Among, Uiom wtu shared In T : the Highway 99 freeway construction. Tne dam is just north of the Jackson st. bridge. Clearing for the freeway and the start of an elevated fill section are visible in the background. (Knackstedt Photo) Oregon Senate Passes Three-Way Compensation Bill Salem-IUPIl-Thc Oregon Sen ate, voting 16-14, today ap proved the controversial three-way workmen's compen sation bill. ,.11 went tq the Jlouse where It also faces rough going. Sen. Walter J. Pearson (D Portland) said SB334 would give Oregon the "best work men's compensation law in the United States." At present the Slate Indus trial Accident commission has a virtual monopoly In this type of insurance. Three-way would allow an employer to choose between the state, priv ate insurance or self-insurance. Pearson said competition is healthy and Oregon's present law written In 1913 is "out moded." Labor Opposed Industry favors SB334 and organized labor Is opposed. Ihose voting no were Sens. Chapman, Cook, Alfred Cor bett, Alice Corbett, Flegel, Francis, Grenfell, Groener, Hopkins, Lewis, Mahoney, Potts, Straub and Sweotlnnd. Pearson, an Insurance man, denied that he has a "special nterest" In the bill. He said his firm, the Walter J. Pear son Co., is not Interested In this type of business. Pearson snld the state com mission has a "terrific loss ratio" and if something isn't done, the state fund will go broke. This would mean "bali ng out" the commission from general fund revenues. Sen. Alfred Corbett describ ed it as a "big company bill" and said it would not mean more benefits, better safety and other Improvements claimed by supporters. He said it would also raise costs of Insurance to employ ers. Labor says this means the worker will get fewer bene fits. Boardman Appoval Expected The House opened debale on the bills allowing Oregon this unexpected wealth was the Medford Mail Tribune which turned over a $100 share for a $50 check. The 1921 slock Issue was done as a promotional scheme to develop the Crater Lake National park nreni The com pany then ran the lodge and other park facilities. Most of the shares of stock were purchnscd by business men In the Medford area. No dividends were ever paid on the stock, since no profit was ever made. No reason for redeeming the old slock has been given, but It is presumed that the Crater Lake Lodge company merely wants to clear the old corporation off the books. Of the 18 unaccounted-for shares, many ot tlio original 1 it . i T to establish an industrial park at Boardman and lease tha 100,000 acre site to Boeing Air plane Co. Approval is expect ed. Rep. Clarence Barton (D Coqullle, said the Boardman legislation will have' "tha most profound Influence on the future of Oregon" of any action before the 1961 ses sion. The House passed, 48-12, a controversial bill to let coun ties opcralo work relief, pro jects for welfare recipients. Rep. Grace Peck (D-Port-land) called the projects good for morale. But Rep. Ed Bene dict (D-Portland) protested they would permit counties to "deny general assistance to some people because of work rules." It would be an expansion of a program already begun by some counties. Bids Called for Medford Hotel Motel , Bids for the construction of a 44-unit motel adjacent to the Medford hotql are tenta tively scheduled to be opened April 4. The Medford Motel will be four stories high and include parking for 50 vehicles, ban quet room facilities for 400, a patio and a swimming pool. It wilr be adiacont to the hotel and extend west along Main St. Architects are Dougan and Helms, Portland. DONATION MADE Ashland - Dr. Arthur Krels man, chairman of the Ashland hospital board, said yesterday the Jackson county chapter ot the American Heart asso ciation had donated $100 to the Community hospital for purchase of heart equipment. Issued by Firm Sought purchasers are now deceased or moved Iroin tins area. Heirs of these persons, or someone knowing of their whereabouts are advised to contact Joe P. Price, assistant secretary of the Crater Lako Lodge company, 308 Pacific building, Portland 4. The names to which tha missing 18 shares of stock were issued are: Hutchison and Lumsdcn, Medford Furniture and Hard ware company, L. B. Haskins, W. F. Isaacs, E. Blnns, W. A. Folger, F. L. Heath, L. A. Carpenter, S. T. Richardson, II. E. Marsh, Medford Service station, A. C. Fichtner, Rogue Valley Milling company, T. W. Miles, Vernon H. Vawter and Gates and Lydlard (foun ders of the Groceteria supermarket). i A
