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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1961
No. 314
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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).
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