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UNDERWATER "LOGGING" Skin diving is considered
by most people to be a sport, but diving into the inky
depths of a mill pond falls far short of being "fun," ac
cording to the three young men in the picture above. They
are currently at work salvaging "sinker" logs at the Ross
Lumber Company, White City. Over the last six or eight
years, hundreds of logs, large and small, have gone to
the bottom, and the only other way to get them is to
Durno To Offer
Alternate Dunes
Bill in Congress
Salem -IUPD- Rep. Edwin
Durno (R-Ore.) says he will
introduce an alternate Oregon
Dunes park bill in Congress.
He opposes Sen. Maurine Neu
berger's bill for a national
seashore park.
Durno unveiled the propos
al following a talk with Gov.
Mark Hatfield Wednesday.
Hatfield took it under advise
ment. Durno said he will soon in
troduce a "national shore
lands bill" for the Oregon
dunes and the dunes area
would become first of its kind
in the nation.
Durno's plan would put the
area under the National For
est service rather than the Na
tional Park service, as Mrs.
Neuberger proposes'--.-'; '..
The area involved would be
less than the Neuberger pro
posal, Durno said, and his bill
would provide cooperation be
tween state parks and present
private landowners in the area
in developing a recreation
area.
Durno's bid calls for $6 mil
lion over a 10-year period to
develop the recreation poten
tial of the dunes.
Durno said he doesn't think
the dunes offer the "scenic
grandeur" for national park
status, but that they do have
great value and worth for de
veloping for recreation.
The Durno plan . is expected
to come up at the next meet
ing of the governor's advisory
committee on natural resourc
es as well as a review of the
Neuberger proposal.
Easter Recess Set
At St. Mary's School
The annual Easter recess
for students at St. Mary's ele
mentary and high school will
be held Monday and Tuesday.
Classes for grade school stu
dents will resume Wednesday
morning. High school stu
dents will return Wednesday
to start their annual three-day
retreat, which will be con
ducted this year by the Rev.
William Stone. Madras.
Catechism classes for chil
dren attending public grade
schools will be dismissed Sat
urday, and will resume again
at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8
TRICHINOSIS
Portland -I1IPD- An outbreak
of trichinosis in Tillamook
county has been reported by
the State Board of Health.
Good Friday
Southern Oregon, Northern California
Good Friday services will
be held throughout Jackson
and Siskiyou counties tomor
row. The Good Friday services
sponsored by the Medford
Ministerial association will be
held from 2 to 3 p.m. at the
First Presbyterian church,
Eighth and Holly sts. It will
be for both adults and senior
high school students.
Two services will be
held from 1:25 to 2:10 p.m.
for junior high school stu
dents. McLoughlin J u n I or
High school students will at
tend services at the First
Church of the Nazarene, and
Hcdrick students will go to
Eastwood Baptist church.
Services will be held at
Sacred Heart Catholic church
at 2 p.m. for Roman Catholic
students attending public
schools.
St. Mark's Episcopal will
hold a Three Hour Vigil at
the Cross from noon to 3 p.m.
Work Program for County Jail
Prisoners Suggested to Court
Establishment of a work
program for Jackson county
jail prisoners has been sug
gested by Sheriff Joseph D.
Walsh, District Attorney Alan
B. Holmes and District Court
Judge L. L. Sawyer.
In a letter to the county
court, they outlined reasons
for establishing such a pro
gram, and ways in which it
could be instituted here. They
also seek to discuss the pro
posal in more detail with the
county court.
FCC Recommends
Construction of
Second TV Station
The federal communications
commission late yesterday
recommeneded granting Radio
Medford, Inc., permission to
construct a new television sta
tion on Channel 10 here.
Ray Johnson, general man
ager of the corporation which
operates radio station KMED,
said the recommendation will
be reviewed and a final per
mit for actual construction
probably will be issued with
in 50 days.
FCC requires a waiting pe
riod of between 30 to 50 days
between decisions to allow
objections or comment from
interested parties. Johnson
said he expects the final per
mit for construction to be is
sued no later than May 15.
He said "we are looking
forward to getting KMED-TV
on the air with network color
on Labor Day if possible, in
time for full fall program
ming." The network affilia
tion will be the National
Broadcasting Company.
Financially Able
FCC Examiner H. Gifford
Irion said that Radio Medford
is financially able to own and
operate the proposed tele
vision station, and that all
other issues are rendered
moot by dismissal of the two
other applications.
TOT Industries and Med
ford Telecasting, both of
whom submitted applications
for the Channel 10 station,
withdrew last January
through arrangements with
Radio Medford.
Studios and offices for
KMED-TV will be located on
Ross lane, the present site
of KMED studios and offices,
The building will be remodel-1
Services Are
with the Rev. George R. V.
Bolster, rector; the Rev. Theo
dore J. Ehrlich, the Rev. Eric
O. Robathan, and Canon Ed
win Moss leading meditations
on the Seven Last Words. The
service will be so arranged
that worshippers may come
and go at indicated intervals
during the afternoon.
Services that will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Friday include
those at Ascension Lutheran
church, 2501 Barnett rd.; East
wood Baptist church. North
Keeneway dr. at Ridgeway
ave.; First Baptist church,
Fifth st. and Central ave.;
Philadelphia church. 1851
Grandview ave.; St. Peter's
Lutheran church, 1020 East
Main St., and the Salvation
Army, Fourth and Bartlett
sts.
The Philadelphia church
service will include the ob
servance of the Lord's supper
followed by the foot-washing
service.
drain the pond, which would shut down operations. The
men are Norman Adkins, Medford; Dick Adkins, Central
Point, and Fletch Baker, Shady Cove. They are shown
on their specially-made pontoon float as they bring a
water-soaked log to the surface by means of a power winch.
The men built the equipment themselves . . . and hope
the idea will pay off. They get paid by the unit, according
to a Ross Lumber Company official.
The officials recommended
that 61 acres of county-owned
property be used for truck
farming purposes. They esti
mated that by developing a
truck farm for prisoners, food
costs could be reduced by 10
or 12 cents per meal.
Could Be Enlarged -
"The program could be en
larged to include production
for other county institutions,
such as the county farm home
and the juvenile detention
home," they said. Jail food
ed and an addition construct
ed to handle both radio and
television studios and offices.
The KMED-TV transmitter
will be on Blaekwell hill, site
of the transmitter for Channel
5, the California Oregon Tele
vision, Inc., station. Use of
Blaekwell hill is through a
lease arrangement with the
firm that operates KBES-TV.
KMED-TV will man and op
erate its own transmitting
equipment at the site, Radio
Medford officials said, just as
KBES-TV does its equipment.
Johnson said "the two trans
mitters at the local location
will eliminate the need for
antenna adjustments for tele
vision viewers."
Radio Medford now em
ploys 15 people, and this num
ber will be increased to 34
when the new television chan
nel goes on the air, Johnson
said.
Hail Not Enough
To Damage Fruit
Some hall fell last week
but not enough to damage
fruit trees, according to Jud
son (Jud) Parsons, Medford,
head of hail research here.
Hail which fell during last
week's rain storms covered
the valley. It was heavier on
the east side of the valley,
Parsons said. A few samples
of the shot-sized hail were
collected. '
Parsons asked residents who
see hail falling to put It In
small cartons and put it in
the deep freeze. It will be
picked up by calling SPring
3-4088.
Scheduled in
In Ashland a three -hour
service will be held starting
at noon at Trinity Episcopal
church. At 7:30 p.m. services
will be held at Grace Luther
an church, Frances lane.
A community Good FwJ-'iy
service will be held at 7:30
p.m. in Phoenix at the First
Presbyterian church. Services
in Talent will be at the Talent
Friends church from 10 to 11
a.m.
In Yreka the Methodist
Episcopal church will be open
for prayer and meditation
from 1 to 2:30 p.m. with Mrs.
James McAdams playing a
background of sacred music.
A brief service will be held
at the Nazarene church, Klam
ath St., Friday from noon to
1 p.m. The Last Words of
Christ on the Cross will be the
theme for the three-hour serv
ice at St. Mark's Episcopal
church, Fourth and Lane sts.,
starting at noon.
costs alone could be reduced
about $6,000 per year, they
added.
Also recommended was con
struction of a low cost, mini
mum security building to
house such workers, "there
by reducing the need to board
prisoners at Multnomah coun
ty, and circumvent the neces
sity of enlarging the existing
county jail to accommodate
its growth."
Such a building is neces
sary, they said, because pres
ent facilities are only capable
of housing 24 inmates, utiliz
ing a single toilet and shower.
Also noted was the desire to
separate working prisoners
from prisoners not eligible for
such a work program.
Would Reduce Costs
"We can foresee the actual
construction labors being per
formed by Inmates assigned
under the program," they
said. Such labor would reduce
construction costs. .
They said that it is possible
that construction of such a fa
cility would eventually result
in the transfer of all jail facili
ties to an outside location,
leaving room for expansion of
county office space in the
courthouse.
The work program is being
proposed for several reasons,
they said. These include dimin
ishing housing facilities; in
creased cost of maintenance;
inmate inactivity and lack of
exercise, which lends nothing
constructive to the commu
nity, but creates imaginary
ills and problems which in
creases costs; and the fact that
idleness produces discontent
ment resulting in "outbursts
that have taken their toll in
repair costs."
'Accept Advantages'
They also noted that many
prisoners apparently appreci
ate "confinement that encour
ages their participation in
lack of initiative and industri-
ousness and accept the advan
tages of warm housing and be
ing well fed as a just reward
for their acts against society."
Jail records show that the
number of misdemeanor re
peaters prove the contention
that penalties meted have not
discouraged repeating similar
offenses, they noted.
These trends, they noted,
will continue unless construc
tive measures are undertaken
to correct it.
Bloodmobile Plans
Two-Day Visit
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will .be In Medford two days
ncxt'month, Mrs. J. W. Bur
ba, blood program chairman
announced today.
With the two-day visit on
April 10 and 11 those who
have been unable to donate
previously due to the hour
limitation may do so now,
either in the morning or eve
ning, Mrs. Burba explained.
On Monday, April 10. the
Bloodmobile will be at the
Red Cross chapter house from
3 to 7 p.m. and on Tuesday,
April 11, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Appointments may be made
bv telephoning SPring 3-3813.
The quota Is 150 pints for
each day, with 350 donors
needed to obtain the 300 pint
quota.
ALTITUDE RECORD
Edwards AFB, Calif.
-The X15 rocket plane zoom
ed today to a world altitude
record of 165.000 feet, in
which pilot Joseph A. Walker
flew the plane 31.26 miles
above the earth.
Rundown Section
Of Cleveland
Scene of Blaze
Several Jump
From Windows
Cleveland, Ohio-fflPD-Seven
persons were killed early to
day in a four-alarm fire that
ripped through a three-story
tenement building in a run
down section of the city's east
side.
Ten persons were injured
fleeing their apartments.
Firemen identified the
known victims as William
Merriweathcr, 58, who leaped
from the third floor; Linda
Joyce Carr, 5, Ollie and Gus
Arnold, building custodians;
Mrs. Naomi Simpson, her
daughter, Deborah, 2, and one
of her sons. The two boys,
Tommy, 3, and James, 4 were
among those missing, and one
still is unaccounted for.
In Fair Condition
Six of the injured were
listed in fair condition at Poly
clinic Hospital. The others
were treated and released.
Fire Lt. Thomas Mooney
said when he and other fire
men arrived "we could hear
the people scream inside as
we jumped off the truck.
Flames were shooting out of
all the windows.
"As we pulled up, we saw
two people jump from a sec
ond floor and land in an alley.
We broke down an iron gate
and carried them out. Neither
could walk."
Three persons suffered brok
en legs in leaping from win
dows.
Hearing Ordered
Coroner Samuel R. Gerber
ordered Sanford Malkin, own
er of the building, to appear
at a hearing this afternoon.
Gerber said he wanted Mai
kin's views on what caused
the fire in the tenement house
which had a long history of
violations of the city building
codes.
Damage ' to the structure
was estimated at $80,000.
Fourth Batallion Chief Bor-
nard W. Mulcahy said the fire
probably started oh the first
floor stairwell in the middle
of the building, or in an un
occupied first floor apartment.
Cause of the fire was unde
termined.
Shot Heard; Dead Bird
Falls From Tree
It may have been purely a
coincidence, or it may have
been that the marksman was
an exceptionally good shot.
Whatever it was, Benjamin
Lee Hunter heard an air rifle
shot yesterday afternoon
while working in his yard at
705 South Oakdale ave. The
next thing he knew a dead
bird had fallen from a tree
and hit him on top of the
head.
Medford police searched
the area, but were unable to
locate the marksman.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable clou ni
nes tonight and Friday.
Chance of showers Friday eve
ning. Low tonight 33. High
Friday 65.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 70
Lowest this Morning 33
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:35 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:56 a.m
Moonrlse today 5:t7
FULL Moon Friday
Slrlus, In the louth-
weist 9:18 p.m
VISIIILE PLANETS
Venus, sets 7:54 p.m
Mars, In the went ..10:30 p.m.
Jupiter and Saturn, In
the southeast 4:40 a.m
"Saddle Up. We Can Still Head 'Em Off At
The Gulch"
Regional Edition'
Medford
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Duncan
To Pace
Salem-IUPll-Mrs. Robert Duncan, wife of the Oregon speak
er of the House, was rushed
morning for delivery of her
Duncan, 40-year-old Medford attorney, took his wife to
the hospital at 7:15 a.m.
The speaker and his wife,
dren. They are Nancy Jane
Jamie 8, and Laurie Ann 6.
The speaker spent most
Tear-Gas Supply
Ordered by City
For Police Use
For the first time in Its
75-year-old history, Medford's
city police department will
have its own tear-gas equip
ment. Police Chief Charles P.
Champlin ordered the equip
ment Wednesday following a
demonstration at the depart
ment's White City shooting
range.
Included in the equipment
will be a gun to fire tear-gas
projectiles, numerous projec
tiles, some tear gas grenades
and two gas masks. The tear
gas kit cost the department
$289, and the masks cost $22
apiece. Funds for the equip
ment were provided in the
department's 1900-61 budget.
Although the department
has never before used tear-
gas except on the practice
range, Champlin said he has
felt for a long time that lt
was needed. As the city in
creases in size, the need be
comes more apparent, he said,
The primary purpose in ac
quiring tear - gas, Champlin
said, is to be able to drive
a barricaded crlrrtlnal or crim
inally insane person from his
barricade without shooting
him. "This is a much more
humane way than shooting,"
he added.
Tear-gas Is not physically
injurious. It affects the tear
ducts of the eyes, causing
them to water profusely, and
also causes a stinging sensa
tion in the eyes. These effects
are only temporary, however.
Situations have arisen in
the past in which tear-gas
would have been used here
had it been available, accord
ing to Champlin.
Yesterday, the department
watched a demonstration of
the tear-gas equipment at the
White City shooting range.
The demonstration was given
by a representative of the
George Cake company, Berke
ley, Calif., from whom the de
partment purchased the tear
gas equipment.
NO HEATING NECESSARY
With valley temperature
dipping to the low 30s this
morning, no heating was
necessary in valley orchards,
Clifford B. ' Cordy, county
horticulturist said. The tem
perature was well above the
danger point, he added.
PLANT DESTROYED
Eugenc-fllPU-Firo early to
day destroyed the Western
Patch Manufacturing Co. in
the Glenwood area between
Eugene and Springfield.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961
Deserts
Corridor in Hospital
to Salem General hospital this
sixth child.
also 40, have five other chil
16, Angus 14, David Bruce 9,
of the morning by his wife's
WVUiil...
RIGHT TO VOTE District of Columbia
residents have finally won the right to vote
for, President and Vice President. The 23rd
amendment to the United States Constitu
tion, extending the presidential voting priv-
D.C. Residents Finally Get
Privilege To Cast Ballots
Washington -(IPII- Residents
of the District of Columbia
will have to wait nearly four
years to exercise a privilege
they waited 161 years for, and
some said the battle still was
only half won.
The nation s capital won a
long fight Wednesday when
Kansas became the crucial
38th state to ratify the 23rd
Amendment to the Constitu
tion, giving District residents
the right to vote for president
and vice president.
But it won't do them any
good until 1964, when the
next national elections will
be held.
Macdoel Man Taken
Into Custody
Yreka The Siskiyou coun
ty sheriff's department took
Hansford Theodore Williams
90, of Macdoel, into custody
Wednesday on charges of
making a false report of a
felony.
A warrant for his arrest
was Issued from the Dorrls
justice court March 2. Wil
liams reported he was kid
naped and robbed Feb. 22. He
said two men and a woman
kidnaping him shortly after
he had arrived at the Mac
doel cafe. A car occupied by
the trio pulled alongside Wll
Hams' car, he claimed. He
said one of the men entered
his car and shoved a pistol in
his ribs, ordering him to
"drive south."
He claims he drove about
eight miles and was ordered
to stop. His clothing was
transferred from his car to
the kidnap vehicle, Williams
told sheriff's deputies. After
returning to Macdoel, he was
taken to a house some dis
tance away. He said he was
robbed of $1,200 and was re
leased Feb. 24.
Williams has been In Red
mond, Ore., since reporting
the Incident. The sheriff's de
partment has conducted an
intensive investigation.
SATELLITE LAUNCHED
Vandenbcrg AFB, Calif.-fllPD
-A Discoverer satellite shot
skyward today with a recov
erable capsule containing liv
ing tissue samples to check
cosmic radiation the first U.S.
astronaut might face.
Tribune
Speaker Role
side but returned to the capitol at 11 a.m. to preside during
action on bills In which he was especially Interested.
Mrs. Duncan was expected to deliver the child later in
the day.
Rep. William Holmstrom (D-Clatsop) presided over tha
House while Duncan was pacing the hosiptal corridors.
The expectant blessed event Is not the only thing on
Duncan's mind today. His favorite horse, Goldy, was ex
pected to foal soon. '
K
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N.H. and fcansMP
1 - ."ri-!i.f..-u3tr-
nd tfans. ompiere
of 23d AMBl
Action
President Kennedy led a
group of District residents
who refused to be totally sat
isfied by permission to vote
for the first time In American
history. Kennedy called ap
proval of the amendment "a
major step In the right direc
tion." But he urged Congress to
let Washington residents have
home rule, too, "It is equally
Important that residents of
the District of Columbia have
Senate Asked
To Investigate
Birch Society
Washington - 01PD - Sen
ate Republican Whip Thom
as H. Kuchel (Calif.) and
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd ID
Conn.) today denounced tht
anti-Cammuniit John Birch
Society at "outrageous."
Kuchel called for a Senat
investigation of its activi
ties. Dodd, vice chairman of
the Senate internal security
subcommittee, and Kuchel
arose In the Senate in suc
cession to attack the leml
ecret society, headed by
Robert Welch. They partic
ularly cited Welch's attacks
on former President Dwight
D. Eisenhower and other of
ficials. The second in a series of
lhr articles on the John
Birch Society appears on
page 4C of today's Mail
Tribune.
House Defeats Bill To
Extend Political. Powers
Salem fUPP - The House to
day defeated by a close vote
a bill to extend political party
powers by letting state party
conventions select national
convention delegates and na
tional committee officers.
Changes Vote
Rep. Bculah Hand (D-Mil-waukie)
changed her vote
from yes to no in order to be
able to move for reconsidera
tion of the bill.
Final vote was 33-27, In a
roll call that completely
crossed party lines. The bill
itself was drawn up by a bi
56th Year Price 10 Cents
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GETS MOTE,
Ucge to Washingtonians for the first time '
in history, was ratified Wednesday. Mrs.
Lena F. Fisher, 84, above, a native of Wash-.
ington, will finally get to vote in 1964.
. ; (UPI Telephoto) ;
the right to select the officials
who govern the district,'' he
said. " . . '
: The Democrats Immediately1
predicted they would win the
three electoral votes alloterl
the District. Republicans hail,
ed the move but made no po
litical predictions. The Dis
trict estimates it has 500,000
persons of voting age, about
100,000 whom have been ab
sentee voters in other states.
Many of these probably will
begin voting in the District. ;
Klamath Forest
Snow Depth Rises
Yreka - Snow depth along
the Marble valley snow course
in Klamath National forest is
more than the past 10-year
average, but water content is
less than average, according
to James Mello and Henry
Eiscnman of the Ft. Jones for
est service station. . .
Average depth measured
Wednesday was 120.6 Inches
with a water content of 46.8
inches. During the past 10
years, the snow depth has av
eraged 118 inches with a wa
ter content of 53 inches.
District Ranger Lue Haan
said the snow depth at this
time last year 91.5 inches with
a water content of 42.6 inches.
The course is located In the
head of Oregon Canyon creek
near the Marble valley guard
station in the Marble Moun
tain Wilderness area of north?
ern California.
partisan committee of state
party members.
National committee officers
and convention delegates now
are elected during May pri
maries. The bill would have
let a challenger, via a petition,
carry any state convention se
lection to the polls.
Rep. Ken. Maher (R-Port-land)
said the bill would have
Infused purpose into party
work, since the state conven
tions would be drawn from
precinct committee levels. '
Maher said It would give
"grass roots" participation In
party work.