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60 PAGES Section A
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1961
No. 3
Rusk in Thailand
For SEATO Talks
On Laotian Crisis
Urgent Conference
To Start Tomorrow
' Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday
- OIPU - U.S. Secretary of State
Dean Rusk arrived here
aboard a special jet plane to
day for an urgent meeting of
SEATO foreign ministers on
the Laotian crisis beginning
tomorrow.
- Rusk declined to comment
on the situation in Laos. He
said he had been out of touch
with events during his long
flight from Washington, via
Honolulu and Manila.
But he expressed confi
dence that the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization (SEATO)
would fulfill its obligation to
restore peace to this area.
Solidarity Wanted
He indicated that he would
do whatever is necessary to
achieve SEATO's objective
of restoring peace in Laos and
called for complete-solidarity
on the part of the eight mem
ber nations in the defense al
liance. The United Slates, he" said,
supported the British propos
als submitted to Russia for
settlement of the Laotian war.
However, he would not make
any prediction as to the pos
sible Soviet reaction to these
proposals.
He said, he expected the
Soviet Union's answer to be
made public shortly.
As Rusk's Boeing 707 jet
panded at 9:52 a.m. (8:25 p.m.
EST Saturday at the airport
here, several U.S. Air Force
Globemaster and Hercules
transport planes could be seen
in the air. They are shuttling
In supplies for relay to Laos.
Judge Overrules
Bengtson Protests
' Circuit Judge Edward C.
Kelly last week overruled de
murrers filed in December
concerning eight indictments
pending against O. H. Bengt
son, Medford lawyer;- charg
ing him with embezzlement.
Bengtson pleaded innocent
to the eight charges and bail
was raised by Jude Kelly on
the separate charges from
$1,000 to $1,500 each.
Bengtson, was found guilty
o two other charges of em
bezzlement from the Medford
company by juries in October
and January. He was sentenc
ed to three years in the Ore
gon Correctional institute on
the first charge and for a
period not to exceed two years
in the Oregon state peniten
tiary on the second charge.
Appeals on both charges are
pending before the Oregon
supreme court.
He is currently free on a
total of $24,500 bail. Bail on
the first charge was set at
$2,500; on the second, $10,000;
and $1,500 each on the eight
other charges.
Bengtson, who was earlier
this year suspended from law
practice by the Oregon su
preme court, told the court
last week he is without funds
to pay an attorney. Judge
Kelly appointed Medtord At
torney James McGoodwin to
represent him. Richard Car
ney, Portland lawyer, and
Robert Boyer, Medford law
yer, have represented Bengt
son in court action so far. A
third attorney, Leo Levenson,
Portland, is currently pre
paring briefs for the two ap
peals before the supreme
court.
Court appointed prosecut
ing attorney in the case is
P;iul Haviland.
Judge Kelly said that trial
date on at least one of the
eight remaining indictments
will be set by the court on the
first Monday of the month
when the court docket is pre
pared up for the month.
Contract To Design
Building Awarded
The architectural firm of
Wilmsen. Kenney. Endicott.
and Unthank of Eugene has
been awarded the contract to
design the proposed Medford
federal building, Congressman
Edwin R. Durno notified the
Mail Tribune Friday.
Associated with the firm for
the contract is Robert Keeney,
Medford architect.
The proposed building, to
house the Medford post office
and local offices of other gov
ernment aBcncis, is estimated
to cost $2,365,000.
The contract for the build
ing design was itated to be
$73,850.
1
Tve Said All Along I
Eagle Point Mayor,
Oth ers Write Letter
To Medco
Eagle Point - The Eagle
Point mayor, the city council
and members of the planning
commission have signed a let
ter to officers and directors of
Medford Corporation express
ing their views about the pos
sible conversion of the Medco
railroad to a log-truck road.
In the letter, the city offi
cials refer to a letter the Jack.
son County Home Owners -
Protective association pre
sented to Medco officials last
week in which the association
members expressed opposi
tion to the proposed off-highway
truck road.
No Decision
Medcb officials said last
week that no decision has yet
been made on whether the
company will convert the
railroad from Vilas rd. to
Butte Falls to a log truck
highway. . They cited several
factors which would have a
bearing on ' such a decision,
which would be made by the
board of directors.
Eagle Point city officials
said: '
- "The logical expansion of
the City of Eagle Point is
toward the west, on the oppo
site side of the Medco right-of-way
from most of the pres
ent homes. While the twice-a-day'
Medco train did not pre
sent much of a problem, a
busy, heavy-duty, truck road
through a small town like
Eagle Point would definitely
bar future expansion of the
town."
The officials reviewed the
city's progress in trying to
improve the community as a
place to live, and wrote that
Yforri Says Appling
Could Be Candidate
Salem-IUPD - Sen. Anthony
Yturri, (R-Ontario),- says Sec
retary of State Howell Ap
pling Jr. would be the next
best contender for the U. S.
Senate against Sen. Wayne
Morse if Gov. Mark Hatfield
refuses to run.
In an interview over state
radio station KOAC, Yturri
said "it is a possiblity" he
himself might be the GOP
candidate against Morse in
1982.
The Senate minority leader
said, however, his primary
concern was to see his party
pick the man who can rack
up the most votes" to beat
Morse.
Belgian Voters Go
To Polls Today
Brussels - (UPD - Belgian
voters will decide today
whether 62-year-old Socialist
Paul-Henri Spaak's dream of
a political comeback comes
true or whether Premier Gas
ton Eyskens' embattled gov
ernment stays in power.
About six million register
ed voters of Belgium s nine
million citizens were expect
ed to vote in a parliamentary
general election.
Final results are not expect
ed until near dawn tomorrow
The Eyskens cabinet will
meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow to
decide whether to resign or
carry on on the basis of the
election results.
Salem - H?r - State GOP
Chairman Robert G. Davis of
Grants Pass announced a
"definite decision" Friday
that state GOP headquarters
will remain In Salem.
Was Against Cold War"
Officials
"The heavy-duty truck road
will quite effectively nullify
our efforts to make Eagle
Point a better place to live."
"Considering the total cost
of conversion to a truck road,
plus the rather considerable
cost of constant maintenance,
plus possible cost of lawsuits,
and the ill feelings which can
not be measured in dollars
and cents, we wonder if the
comparatively small addition
al profit which the Medford
Corporation might hope' to
make is really worth it, es
pecially when much of such
a profit would be taken from
property values along the
route, ' the letter read.
"We hope that you will give
your earnest consideration to
the attached letter and " the
above points In making your
decision at ywur next board
meeting," the city officials
said.
The letter was mailed to
Medco officers and directors
in Chicago, 111., and Medford
U. S. Living Costs
Rise in February
Washington - fUPI) - Labor
Department economists said
Saturday they expect living
costs, now at a record high, to
dip slightly this month before
climbing to new peaks in mid
summer. They doubled that high un
employment would have
enough impact on consumer
demand to pull down prices
by sizable amount.
The department announced
Friday that its consumer price
index rose slightly in Febru
ary to the all-time peak first
reached last Deeember-127.5
per cent of average 1947-49
prices. The increase erased a
January decline - first in 12
months - of one-tenth of one
per cent.
Ten Speakers Oppose
Tennis Club Site
Ten - not 20 - persons
spoke at last week's Medford
city planning commission
meeting in opposition to a re
quest to allow a private ten
nis club to be operated in the
South Modoc avc. area.
The Mail Tribune Friday
reported that 20 persons
spoke in opposition. But,
while only 10 persons actually
spoke against the proposal,
about an equal number of
others indicated by other
means that they too opposed
the operation of the club in
the South Modoc ave. area.
The commission unanimously
turned down the request.
HP Lake
Bob Johnston, of Johnston
Stores, Medford. concession
aire at Howard Prairie lake,
said Friday he has expanded
equipment facilities and serv
ices there for the coming sea
son. "We will have 25 complete
ly equipped new 14-foot fish
ing boats for rent with or
without three horsepower mo
tors," Johnston announced.
Reservations are being accept
ed. Reservations have been re
reived already for the four
15-foot camping trailers which
are available for overnight ac
commodations at the lake. No
further reservations can be re
ceived for these for fishing
season opening, he explained.
If the demand for these ac
JFK
U.S., Russia Each
Score Space Feat
Cape Canaveral - (UPD - The
United States, aiming for a
spot 120,000 miles deep in
space, hurled a satellite into
a precarious "yo-yo" orbit
around the earth Saturday to
chart safe paths for space
travel.
Designated "Explorer X,"
the baby satellite's chief job
will be to find out more about
space - borne magnetic fields
and electric currents.
The satellite, made up of
78 pounds of complex mag-
Kennedy To Seek
$2 Billion Budget
Hike for Defense
Washington, March 25-UIPD-
President Kennedy plans to
ask Congress for an addtional
$2 billion for defense during
the fisacl year starting July
1, it was learned Saturday.
Details of the request were
submitted to Republican and
Demorcatic congressional mil
itary leaders at a secret Pen
tagon briefing this afternoon.
The increased appropria
tions, if approved, would not
necessarily mean a $2 billion
increase in defense spending
during the next fiscal year.
There normally is a consider
able time lag beneath con
gressional appropriations and
Pentagon spending..
The additional funds would
be added to the record peace
time high defense department
budget of $42.9 billion re
quested by former President
Eisenhower last January.
Kennedy had planned to
submit his revised budget to
Congress Monday. But the
White House without explana
tion ordered a 24-hour delay,
giving rise to speculation that
the briefing of the 10 congres
sional leaders may have
prompted lltli hour revisions.
One participant at the brief
ing, however, said none of the
lawmakers present comment
ed on the budget. He said he
was certain there was no con
nection between the meeting
and the postponement.
Defense Secretary Robert Li.
McNamara motored to the
capitol this morning to dis
cuss the revisions with Speak
er Sam Rayburn. The two
men conferred privately In
Rayburn's office.
McNamara then returned to
the Pentagon and met with
the group of senior members
of Senate and House Armed
Services committees and De
fense Appropriations subcom
mittees. NY Police Official
Found Dead in Bay
Gilgo Beach, N. Y. (UPD A
fisherman Saturday recovered
from the waters of Gilgo bay
the body of John Beckmann,
63, Nassau county police com
missioner who disappeared un
der mysterious circumstances
las' Jan. 6.
The area of the discovery
was about 10 miles from
Mcadowbrook causeway on
the Atlantic coast of Long
Island where Beckmann's of
ficial auto was left abandoned,
his service revolver and wal
let inside.
Positive Identification was
made by Detective Lieutenant
Thomas De Bcchcs, of Nassau
county. An autopsy was or
dered to determine the cause
of death.
Facilities
commodations continue more
trailers will be added this
year, but since Johnston's con
tract does not cover the next
summer season, additions will
be limited, it was pointed out.
(The Jackson county court
recently signed an amended
contract to cover minimum
fee charges to be made at
Howard Prairie this season.)
The temporary concession
store will stock staple groce
ries, fishing tackle and re
freshments. Johnston advised
campers to bring most or all
of their grocery needs as his
stock will be for emergency
needs only. The store will
carry ample slocks of tackle
am' bait, soft drinks and can
dy, he added.
The concessionaire has hir-
I
To Meet With
netometers and sensors, rode
a 92-foot Thor-Delta rocket
into the sky to start a scien
tific journey expected to take
4Vi days roundtrip.
Halfway Point
The satellite reached the
halfway point on its journey
into space last night with all
instruments "working well,"
according to the National
Aeronautics and Space admin
istration in Washington. It
reached the 60,000-mile mark
at 6:30 p.m. (e.s.t.), NASA
said, and its speed was 4,800
miles an hour.
The satellite was "sending
strong signals," and early esti
mates indicated it was travel
ing very near to its program
ed course, NASA said.
The shot was dimmed by
Russia's feat in orbiting and
safely returning to earth a
10,352-pound spaceship carry
ing a dog and other "biologi
cal objects" yesterday. Ameri
can scientists taking part in
the shot here declined com
ment immediately on the So
viet launching.
Moscow -(UPD- Moscow Sat
urday orbited another dog in
a spaceship and brought in
safely back to earth in what
was believed to be the final
experiment before a manned
space flight.
The flight of the dog "Star
let" aboard a five-ton space
ship big enough for a man
was televised for scientists
and they reported the dog
"normal" on landing.
The Russians, buoyed by
the latest success in bringing
a dog back alive on command
from earth and landing the
ship on a specified target, pre
dicted they would be first to
send up a man. .;
This was their second re
turn of a dog-bearing space
rocket this month.
Spaceship V carrying the
dog Zvesdochka (Starlet)
weighed 10,352 pounds and
was in orbit 88.42 minutes,
Presumably, the "spaceship
satellite" made on circle of
the earth before being
brought back.
In addition to the dog it
contained other "biological
specimens," otherwise uniden
tified. In tha past this has
meant rodents and plant life.
Eagle Point Girl
Wins Scholarship
Miss Aedene Jensen, senior
at Eagle Point High school
placed second in the state
Elks lodge scholarship compe
tition Saturday and will re
ceive a $1,150 scholarship
She had earlier won a $250
scholarship In district compe
tition.
Miss Jensen, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. Burton C. Jen
sen, Nick Young rd., will now
be eligible to compete in the
national contest where $100,-
000 will be awarded in 65
scholarships. Results of the
contest were announced last
night in Ontario, Ore., accord
ing to Joe Hosick, exalted
ruler of the Medford Elks
lodge.
The boys' division entry
from this district, Jerry
Burns, Ashland High school,
failed to place among the top
three winners, but he did re
ceive a $75 scholarship in ad
dition to the $250 won earlier
in district competition, accord
ing to Hosick.
WORKER KILLED
Glcndale (UPD James Kim-
brough, 37, Glcndale, was kill
ed in an Industrial accident at
a plywood plant hers Satur
day. Expanded
ed pxtra personnel to assist In
traffic control to keep the
area properly policed and
clean during the crowded fish
in,( season opening. Personnel
will be on the grounds 24
hours. First aid service also
will be available.
A new service will allow a
sportsman to leave his boat
under a watchmans protection
for SI. 25 a week. The same
service will be extended to
house-trailers for $1.50, John
stnn said.
Ample fire-wood has been
ci.. by welfare work crews.
Outdoor fireplaces and picnic
tables, shower and rcstroom
facilities were installed last
season by order of the county
court.
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BLOCKS TRACKS An upended tank car
blocks the Rock Island to Momphis-to-Llttle
Rock main line following derailment of 25
cars of a 56-car freight train Saturday, Two
Salem Man On
Missing Military
Plane in Laos
Washington -(UPD- A plane
assigned to the U. S. military
attache in Laos with eight
Americans aboard has been
mysteriously missing since
Thursday, the state depart
ment announced Saturday.
The spokesman was unable
to say whether the C47 might
have been the victim of hos
tile action by Soviet support
ed rebels In the tension-ridden
area.
"Nothing has been heard"
from the plane since it de
parted from the Laotian ad
ministrallve capital of Vien
tiane Thursday morning, av
cording to department press
officer Bon Thirkield.
Thirkield reported that
neither U. S. Ambassador to
Laos Winthrop Brown nor the
air attache at the embassy in
Vientiane was aboard the
plane, ultimate destination of
which was Saigon in neigh
boring South Vietnam.
Announcement that the
plane's "final destination" was
Saigon, indicated it might
have planned stops enroute.
However, Thirkield said he
had been given no more infor
mation than was contained In
the bare announcement that it
was missing.
Asked whether there was
an official "gag" on this, he
replied that he did not know.
Nor was he able to say
whether the disappearance of
the plane was connected with
the civil war in Laos between
forces of tho central govern
ment and Soviet-backed reb
els. One of the men aboard the
plane was Air Force Staff Sgt.
Frederick Thomas Garside,
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Gar-
side of Salem, Ore., according
to the state department.
Texas Auto Crash
Claims Six Lives
Odessa, Tex.-(UPD-A mother
and two of her small children
and three young women were
killed and a baby critically
injured Saturday when two
cars crashed together violent'
ly near Odessa in West Texas.
The three young women
killed were Mrs. R. T. Ross,
17; Mrs. Johnnie Miles, 29,
and Mrs. J. O. Self, 20, all
Crane, Tex,, housewives.
The other three victims
were Mrs. Eunice Derrick, 34,
of Odessa, and two of her
children, Cccile Ann Derrick,
7, and Ernest James Derrick, 1.
Durno To Spend
Week in Medford
Congressman Edwin R. Dur
no is scheduled to arrive in
Medford from Washington,
D.C., where he plans to spend
10 days during the Easter re
cess of Congress. Mrs. Durno
arrived In the valley last
week.
Among the events sched
uled during the time tho con
gressman will be in southern
Oregon is an Informal recep
tion scheduled Friday, March
31, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the
Red Cross building for Con
gressman and Mrs. Durno. The
event is sponsored by the
Medford unit, Oregon Federa
tion of Republican Women's
clubs.
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carys carrying
tho track, but
Gresham Girl Dead
In Murder-Suicide
Gresham-IUPD-A 17-year-old
Gresham higli school girl and
a 50-year-old man were found
shot to death in a remote
area north of here Friday
night.
Multnomah county sheriff's
deputies said It was apaprent
ly a "murder-suicide."
The victims were identified
as Jean Murrell and Joseph
Gerald : Baranet, also Gres
ham. ' 1
The girl's body was found
slumped against the steering
wheel of t late model sports
car.
Baranet's body was found
beside the car
The car, which belonged to
Baranet, was parked in the
middle of a wooden bridge,
Police said the girl had been
shot several times. Baranet
had been shot once. A .32
caliber revolver was found be
neath Baranet's body.
The man was described as
long time friend of the
girl's family.
The bodies were discovered
by two men who heard shots
and investigated.
Miss Murrell was described
as one of the brightest stu
dents at her school. She had
Castro Denounces
Exile Government
Havana - (UPD - Primo Min
ister Fidel Castro last night
denounced the unified exile
government set up by Cuban
refugees In the United States
as "a government of garbage."
He warned the exiles and
the United States, particular
ly the U.S. Marines, that they
will be hit by "torrents of
shrapnel" if they come within
the three mile territorial lim
its of Cuba's coast.
He also blasted his former
close associate and top radio
commentator Jose Pardo Lla
da as "a shameless Judas
bought by Yankee silver" for
defecting from his govern
ment after arriving In Mexl
co last week.
Castro spoke at a banquet
honoring the semi-official
newspaper Revolution for
winning a journalism award
given by Communist Czecho
slovakia. Braakt SiUnce
Breaking a three-day silence
on the formation of Cuban
"Revolutionary Council" In
New York last Wednesdny un
der the presidency of Jose
Miro Cardona, Castro said the
council's announced plan of
soon converting Itself Into
"government in arms" against
Castro on Cuban soil was "Im
possible."
He said any attempt by
Cuban exile groups in the
United Stales - now welded
into a single unit under the
council - to Invade Cuba with
"mercenary" forces was doom
ed to failure.
Castro said his forces have
more arms than the people of
Laos, the Congo, or Korea
where he said the Uited States
was either going to, or had al
ready, launched "wars of ag
gression." "They (the exiles) are not
going to Invade us, those who
were afraid to fire single
shot against (former Presi
dent Fulgenclo) Batista," the
Cuban leader said.
M
explosive moterlals ran off
did not overturn.
(UPI Telephoto)
recently won a national merit
scholarship and was editor of
the school's paper. She was
considered a talented musi
cian and had left home Fri
day evening to give a music
recital in nearby Parkrose.
Police said that Baranet
and Mrs. Baranet were di
vorced and Mrs. Baranet lives
in Seattle with an U year old
son.
A photograph of the dead
girl was found in Baranet's
apartment,
Baranet and Mrs. Murrell
had been former business asr.
sociates In a music store in
Portland
Rebel Forces
Advance in Laos
Vientiane -(UPD- Communist-
led rebel troops were reported
Saturday to have captured
central Laotian town of Kham
Kuet from government forces
in a drive that threatened to
split this jungle kingdom In
two.
There was no formal con
firmation that the town, a pro
vincial capital some 145 miles
east of Vientiane, had fallen.
But official Laotian sources
said the town probably was
lost and U.S. military observ-.
ers said the royal garrison
had withdrawn from Kham
Kuet three days ago.
Confirmation of the fall of
Kham Kuet would tend to
lend support to Vientiane gov
ernment charges that new bat
talions of Communist troops
from North Viet Nam had In
vaded central Laos.
The Vientiane government
officially charged Friday that
nine new battalions of Com
munist North Vlentnamcsc
forces had invaded Laos and
that six of the Red units were
stationed In the strategic plain
of Jars. -
Tho other three battalions,
according to an official com
munique, marched across the
border from North Vict Nam
and were advancing on Kham
Keut, the capital of Khamou
anc province.
(In a radio Hanoi broadcast
yesterday, Communist North
Viet Nam officially denied
that its troops had Intervened
In Laos. It denounced the re
ports as "fabrications" and
sliuidurs . , . designed to de
ceive public opinion,")
U.S. mllilnry observers said
a local Laotian constabulary
unit still was holding hills
around tho Kham Keut, but
that the loyal forces there
lacked arms- particularly
mortars or artillery - to use
from the heights.
WEATHER
FOHKCAST: Cloudy with riln
Sunday morning. Partial clear
Inn an rt frrqiitnt showm ttun
day before noon. Decrraitnn
showers Sunday afttrnmon and
partially cloudy Hunday night.
lnrrenalnK cloudlnrs .Monday
with k hlfth today of 51. Low
Monday 55.
Temp.
Highest YMtMday 55
Lowest Yesterday Morning 9
Prclp.
To I p.m. Yesterday OS
Our Skies Tonight
flilntrt today 30 p m.
ftiinrt.e tomorrow ,.., 0 u rn.
The Moon sets 3:49 am.
Venus, the bright planet seen
tn the west soon after sunset. Is
now leva than 30 million miles
away, the nearest It hai baen
slnct 1959.
Leaders Confer
In Key West
On Laos Crisis
Kennedy, Gromyko
To Meet Tomorrow
West Palm Beach, Fla.-VPD-President
Kennedy, bound for
a Key West meeting today
with British Prime Minister
Harold MacMillan, arrived
here last night after an air
borne conference with one of
America's top paratroop com
manders back only hours from
a survey of tho Laos crisis.
Kennedy, making his first
presidential flight aboard the
big jet 707 "Air Force One,"
arrived here for an overnight
stop at his family home be
fore continuing to Key West '
today for an 11 a.m. meeting
with MacMillan to discuss
"the serious situation in
Laos."
After the MacMillan meet
meeting, Kennedy will return
to Washington in time for a
noon meeting at the Whito
House tomorrow with Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko who asked for the con
ference to deliver a message
from Russian Premier Nikita
Khrushchev.'
Returns' From Asia
En route from Andrews Air
Force Base, Md., to Palm
Beach, Kennedy talked at
length with Lt. Gen. Thomas
Trapncll, commander of tha
18lh Airborne Corps at Fort
Bragg, N.C. Tiapnell had just
returned from a survey trip
to the critical areas of South
east Asia when he was rushed
to Washington.
British Ambassador Sir
Harold Caccla tlew to Miami
this evening and planned to
go on to Key West today
to be with MacMillan for tho
meeting with Kennedy, at
which the two leaders will
seek to further coordinate)
strategy if Russia refuses to
heed their appeal for a truce
in Laos.
The White House statement
announcing the meetings also
said the President had serit a
personal message, to Laos to
French President Charles de
Gaulle.
No Overt Move
High U.S. officials Insisted
there was no overt Commu
nist move that prompted the
Kennedy - MacMillan confer
ence. But they said the "ex
tremely rapidly moving situ
ation" in Laos made it impor
tant for the Allied Big Two
to meet "at the earliest pos
sible moment."
The Khrushchev message
will climax a rapid series of
Laotian developments which
flamed into world crisis this
past week.
The Soviet Premier was
responding to the formal
British appeal to bring about
a cease-fire in the Laos jungle
fighting and Kennedy j firm
warning that the free world
would act to prevent the neu
tral southeast Asian kingdom
from falling to Communist ag
gression from Red North Viet
Nam.
Hurried Reply
(In Moscow, reliable sources
said Khrushchev had drafted
his message at a hurriedly-
summoned meeting with his
aides, i ',
Three Students Die
In Auto Collision
Weed, Calif. - (UPD - Four
persons, including three stu
dents, were killed in a two
car head-on crash eight miles
north of here on U.S. High
way 99 early Saturday. A
small boy was seriously in
jured., The victims were Identified
by the Siskiyou county coro
ner's office as Rudolph Ron
ald Chemlka, 22, and Tony
Lee Stacey, 20, both of Van
couver, Wash., and Franle
Bates, age and address un
known; and Herbert Benja
min Hcdrlck, 35, Richland,
Wash.
The boy, who was extricat
ed from the Hcdrick car's
crumpled front seat, was be
lieved to be his son.
The three students were
described as wearing athletic
department sweat shirts, pos
sibly from Clark college in
Vancouver, when their small
foreign car collided head-on
with the Hcdrlck car, also a
foreign made vehicle..
The boys were north-bound
and the Hedrlck car south
bound when they crashed, .