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Mail Tribune. j - United Press International full Leased Wlr United Presa InternationalFull Leased Wire 52 PAGES Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1961 No. 15 MEDFORDjtttk .; AIRPORT ARRIVALS Los :Angeles News Commentator i morial building in Medford Saturday night.-The Homing 's Frank- Hemingway, second;. from .right, above; , and Mrs. ; ways are shown above as they. chatted with Pear Blossom ; Hemingway, were greeted at:Medford airport Friday even- ' Festival association president Arthur Wood, at ' lef t, arid Ing by a number of local persons. Hemingway was Grand : American Lelgon Commander Granvil Brittsan after the i Marshal: of the pear blossom '"-festival and the guest of '. couple got off the. plane ; - ! . :honor at -the .dedication of the new American Legion Me- i.:-, : -. : ; - -;.,- ;., I. FESTIVAL PARADE Thousands of persons lined Med-; ford streets yesterday afternoon to view the eighth annual - pear blossom parade; and though little gusts of wind fore-v told impending "weather" and the sky became overcast, J the whole shebang went off j tip if 5 HOLD EVERYTHING A person can't march in a parade with a "cinder" in his eye. Seven-year-old Doris Kenworthy holds real still while her mother removes a speck of dirt that was stirred up by the wind before the parade got under way.'.' . ............... .. ! . " .' without a hitch. Children . i ; ' - maw mm i a 6 llilil J HBVK IBM! W&WWW KSWlllftl participating (numbering at least a thousand themselves) seemed to be having the time of their lives and spectators could not help but be entertained by the colorful array of floats. The picture above was taken from the Medford hotel building, looking east LOVABLE PAIR Little Joan Gritseh, Medford, and her lamb, who rode on the St. Marys Cub Scout float in the pear blossom parade made a charming picture as they waited for the parade to start. The but not one got lost. to , , - ' - on Main si. mm float depicted Little Bo Peep, Medford Growth Believed Nearing Boom Proportions Others Call It 'Accelerating' " By GREG NOKES Mail Tribune Staff Writer Medford is growing-of this there can be little doubt. The problem is whether to classify the growth as a boom, or, more conservatively, a period oi increased expansion. There is disagreement on this point. The manager of the Medford Chamber of Com merce cautions against think ing there will be a boom, and says ; the pace of growth is merely "accelerating." Others, including the local director of the state employment agency, feel the city may be on the threshhold of a boom.'. Whatever it is-it is already here. ,.; -, . . , Industries Not Included ' Construction in Medford alone-now under way or soon to get started-totals approxi mately $7,200,000. And this figure does not include several new industries in the area, which have , chosen not to make public the cost of con struction. : ... ; Nor does it include- three Highway 99 freeway projects for which bids will be opened Tuesday in Salem by the state highway commission. The three projects, which will take the freeway to the north Ash land interchange from Jack son st. in Medford, have an estimated value of more than 53. million. The total valuation of build ing permits issued in Medford during the first three months of 1961 is $2,069,012. City Building Superintendent O. R. McNeel says that "from all in dications" he thinks the city will beat its record construc tion year set in 1959, when $10,248,720 worth of building permits were issued, s 1 ; ' Affects Wide-Felt ; M: Nearly all . aspects oi the valley's, economy seem' to be feeling the affects of the stim ulated growth. But this is par ticularly true with the tourist and plywood industries. Four new motel develop ments having a ! cumulative valuation of $2,200,000 are un der construction or soon will be. They are the Alpine Vil lage, the Thunderbird motel, the Imperial "400" motel and the Medford hotel addition. When completed they will in crease the total number of mo tel units in the city from 303 to 535. ; . 'v- Two new plywood mills are under construction-the Med ford Corporation mill and the Elk Lumber company mill. These will create an estimated 400 new jobs in the area. (Continued on page 3A) M-TWomen's Editor Honored Mrs. Bren H. Starcher, wo men's editor of the Mail Trib une, Won two first prizes for her women's page at the Ore gon Press - Women's confer ence in Salem Saturday night. Mrs. Starcher's column, Potpourri, won first place as the best column in a daily paper and she also was award ed first place for the best wo men's section in a Sunday edi tion of a daily paper. Faith McCoullough, Mail Tribune Ashland correspond ent, won first pace for the best column in a weekly pa per. , , - . Thousands View Festival Pa rade; Prizes Awarded , A tired and wind-blown, crowd estimated at between seven and nine thousand pa tiently awaited the judges' de cision late Saturday afternoon to see who had won the prizes in the eighth annual Pear Blossom Festival parade. Grand sweepstakes award for the best theme portrayal was presented to Mrs. Lor raine L, Johnson and Mrs. Gennicl Spurril, $50; for the best float design, to Brownie Troop 13, $25; and for the best comic entry, to Krista Hord, Jason Hord, Victor Haas, and Kristen Casey, $25. First and second place win ners in the individual cate gories include the following: Individual-Mike and Mark Lament and Tony Norris, first, $10; and Terry McLean, sec ond, $5. ' nimals and pets-Christine Hayse, Mike Bailey and Shel ley Hayse, first, $10; Greg WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloud iness this morning. Partly cloudy this afternoon and eve. nine High today 64 to 66. Low tonight 32 to 35. High Monday 66 to 68. Temp. Highest Yesterday 69 Preclp. To S p.m. Yesterday 0 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today .6:48 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:33 a.m. Moonrlse tomorrow .,.-3:08 a.m. New Moon ....April 14 PROMINENT STARS Betelgeuse, low in west 10:17 p.m The Twins, high above Betel geuse. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, below the Twins. Jupiter and Saturn In the southeast -.4:05 a.m. Draft of County ildinq Code To Be Presented ; After three years of work, the Jackson county planning commission has completed what they believe is a satis factory draft of a proposed county building code, , Com-' mission Chairman C. O. Love-: joy said Saturday. . ,. ' In drafting it, the commis sion consulted with .engineers, architects, building contrac tors, and many interested citi zens, Lovejoy said. He believ es that the half-dozen revi sions made , over the years have eliminated most if not all previous objections; "We have tried to draft a workable code which will be of benefit to all residents of the county," Lovejoy stated. "It will furnish protection and assistance to all, - includ ing those enterprising people who build thoir-own homes," ne added. . ; :, The ' commission , will pre sent the code at a public dis cussion meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesdaj, April, 19, in. the courthouse auditorium, Love joy announced. A f t er this hearing, any desirable revi sions suggested then still can be made before the, code is recommended to the - county court for enactment, he point ed out.; -t': The building code is design ed to provide a relatively ,smv pie, basic set of rules for safe construction,; thS commission chairman reported,. and actu ally, will be a Help, rather than a hindrance; to builders, Including do-it-yourself home owners: ' ' ". . A limited number of copies of the proposed code are avail able at the planning commis sion office in the courthouse for those wishing to inspect It prior to the public discussion and hearing, Lovejoy said, Guidance Clinic Meeting Planned The main speaker at Mon day nisht's annual dinner meeting of the Family and Child Guidance clinic dinner has a full schedule planned for him while he is here Mon day and ,: Tuesday, a clinic spokesman said. The speaker, Dr. Ell ' M. Bower, director of liaison and prevention services, California State Department of Mental Hygiene, will lunch with the clinic staff and board repre sentatives Monday. At 1:15 p.m. school administrators and special education personnel will talk informally with Dr. Bower in the courthouse au ditorium on educating the emotionally handicapped child. At 4:15 p.m., Monday, Dr. Bower will appear on tele vision with Dr. Thomas Rut ter, local physician, and pub licity and education chairman of the clinic's board. Graff, second, $5. ' Vehicle Decoration - Cub Pack 48, first, $10; Brownie Troop 12, second, $5. Costumed Walking Groups -Jon Thurman, first, $10, and Carol Huntley, second, $5. -Organizational Floats - Cub Scout Pack 1, first, $20, and St. Mary's t h i r d grade Brownie Troop 176, second, $10. ' i Presentation or awards was made following the parade during special ceremonies at Hawthorne park. Grand mar shal of the parade, news com mentator Frank Hemingway, was guest speaker, , . Parade officials noted that this was one of the largest pa rades of its kind to be present ed In Medford with scores of children participating. A complete listing of win ners in all categories will be announced in the Mail Trib une Monday. , Kennedy, British Prime Minister Summarize Talks Call Issued for 'Many Sacrifices' Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy and 1 British Prime Minister Harold Mac milian joined Saturday in a call for "many sacrifices" to revitalize free world efforts In the global struggle with communism,- In a joint statement' sum marizing three days of inten sive talk on wide - ranging problems, they declared agree ment on : "the gravity and depth of the dangers In the present world situation." They also repledged on behalf of the United, States and Britain 'our common commitment to those who care for. freedom.". As the keynote of their fu ture .efforts, they , declared: 'We a a v e considered what measures It might be advis able , to, take, , together with our allies,; to insure the co ll e s 1 oh,,' effectiveness '.and adaptability of the Atlantic community . In ..a changing world."' . '! ' . ' '". '. " Cold War. Issues ' On specific cold war issues, the Kenriedy-Macmlllan com munique: . : t , 'Underscored the Import ance of Southeast Asia and particularly "the critical prob lems of Laos and Viet Nam" where the Communists threat en a military take-over', ,;, Reaffirmed "vigorous support, of the United Nations and our idetermination to op pose the attempts currently being made to. undermine its authorlty.as an instrument for peace and security in the world.',' This was - a pointed response .to Soviet attacks on UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's Congo oper ation, i . . ,. v.- ., . ..... -'Agreed on "both the Im portance and the difficulty of working towards satisfactory relations with the Soviet Un ion."; :.r;",'?r Nuclear Test Ban v .-i-Asserted , British, and U.S determination to do the ut most to reach agreement with the. Russians v within a reason able period . of time bn workable ' ban ' on nuclear weapon 'testing. Resumed ne gotiations which have, been go- Ing on with the Soviet. Union in Geneva since Marcn zi have been unfruitful. 'J On problems which concern essentially the free world al lies themselves, Kennedy and Macmlllan underscored the need for better economic co operation. . J . The joint statement cited: The problems of, imbal ance and short-term' capital movements ;. such as those which created , the U.S. gold and dollar gap. The, need for coordina tion to meet these problems "by increased utilization of existing international machin ery. ; ' .) Aid to Underdeveloped ? ..' ',' The need for more effec tive assistance to the under developed nations. , , . , . The urgency and import ance of taking further steps toward economic and political unity in Europe , itself. . , The need for maintain ing world trade at the highest possible level. . - Firm determination to resist any renewed Soviet pressure against Berlin , and West Germany, which they agreed might' come 'later this year. , ' Withdrawal of allied concessions previously made to Russia in an effort to ease earlier crises on Berlin. The proposals were never accepted by the Communists. News of PASSENGERS RESCUED Bahrein, Persian Gulf-IUPtt-An international armada res cued, more .than 500 persons Saturday from the storm swept Persian Gulf Into which they had plunged when fire swept the 5,030-ton British ship Dara and destroyed the lifeboats. , - CALL TO ARMS , New York - (UPII - Jose Mlro Cardona, president of Anti Castro Cuban Revolutionary council, called anti-Castro Cu bans to arms Saturday "to ex pel the tyrant from our soil." The call to arms underscored reports that an uprising in Cuba Is imminent. BATISTA AIDE HELD MlamMUPO-Ex-Cuban Sena tor Rolando Masferrer Rojas, head of the hated "Tiger" po lice of ousted dictator Fulgen- At Least Three Dead on Plane Hit by Grants, N. M.-OIPD-At least three ot the eight men "who were on board a B52 bomber shot down by a deadly side winder missile ' went : down with the plane , and A were wiled. , A UPI reporter , brought down by helicopter late Sat urday from the top of the 9,000-foot mesa, where the huge bomber crashed, saw the bodies. Three others managed to bail out and save them selves and two others are still missing. ;' .;' . ... ';':.,' ... The pilot of the F100 jet fighter plane that fired .the $2,300 sidewinder into the $8 million bomber said today that the missile was launched by a mechanical failure. ; "Look outl One of my mis siles has fired!" : First' Lt. James W.: Van Syoc said he yelled into his radio Friday the moment he saw the side winder streak toward its tar get 8,000-4,000 feet away. ' Bodies In 'Sad Shape' - v A helicopter .brought UPI reporter Gerard .T. Brown down from the mesa "late to day during a break In the weather. He said he saw the bodies and they are in "pretty: cad snape. , . . . ,,. Two helicopters managed to maice a trip to tne top of the mesa Just before dark , and bring down seven newsmen, ine neucopiers naa to teave 6t men on the cold tableland out mey naa iirewooa and mannets and had found a hut. -I"e' "ere m "W danger. ; Diuwnsaid me WreCKaee 0 tne oig nomoer.was scattered over , a wide ; area . and the wreckage burned until past m , u u i ( H t c iiuMjr,. uvaime .,.v, Ol.ow m.u IUBU wind! u .ij u ZZZ? 1U" ,, ,1. j . . v wrewf jooMt ',). ,Her nude body was found Van Scyoc said that-wlmn 1 1, . ......if r i t a. he shouted a warnJne. that his missile had, launched, Jt was aueaay too taie. ne estimated that it took only a second or a second-and-a-half for the su personic missile to hit an en gine pod' on the left wins: of tne rso3. ' , .. i '. There was an explosion, fire broke out on the plane, the wing folded and the stricken bomber plunged into the mountains below, -' ' i ' . Van Scyoc, 27, safety offi cer of the Air Guard's 188th Fighter-Interceptor, squadron, held a seven-minute news con ference at Kirtland Air Force base, in Albuquerque. N. M.. while the searching party waited for the storm to abate above Grants. '. (; . i Van Scyoc first read a pre pared statement about t!;. crash. Then he answered ques tions. ' . ' : '.. One question was what his immediate ' personal reaction was-when ' he saw' the Side winder hit. ; ; ' , ; ' It i was: v, "count, para chutes,' " Van Scyoc said. He said he saw none, -be cause ,10,000 ,feet below the 36,000-foot level at'which the Sidewinder was launched, there was a heavy cloud cov- $r..;....'..-.K!'1';;.? v. :?.,iV:!-:..i".' Clouds Blocked Vision He saw none, but a cloud ceiling f 10,000 feet, below him blocked, his vision. Three men are known to have parachuted.- , , ; iUa' -e.c.-.-.f-.l His wlngman, Capt. Dale Dodd, saw no parachutes ei ther. ;".'?l i i.f j;--;.,;-'., The F100 Interceptor pilot tried to dive below the clouds and locate survivors. ' . . the World cio Batista, was arrested by immigration officials here Sat urday at the request of the State Department. SHOWDOWN ADVISED Washington - (UPD - Sen. Al bert Gore, congressional ad viser to U.S. negotiators, dis closed Saturday that he has suggested President Kennedy press for a showdown on So viet' veto demands before pro longing the marathon talks on nuclear testing. BILL TABLED Salem-HJPI)-The House Tax Committee late Friday tabled a bill that would have Im posed a tax on railroad "pig gybacks," merchandise carried on rail flat cars. , :. . ' ; JOHNSON CONVINCED Nashville, Tenn. - IUPU - Vice President Lyndon ' Johnson Missile "This was Impossible due to the clouds going down to ,000 feet in the mountainous terrain," Van Scyoc said in his prepared statement. He appeared with Dodd and their Air National Guard group commander, Maj. Fran cis Williams. : Kirtland AFB Information Officer Maj. Harold Susskind called Van Scyoc "a fine ex ample of an Air Force and Air Guard officer". In intro ducing him to reporters. Susskind said the pilot has. several . times, shown a high, . degree of skill and knowledge of the aircraft which he flew regularly in the Air Force.be- fore he joined the Air Guard in August, 1958. : - In contrast to his appear ance before a formal inquiry board earlier today, Van Scy oc did not appear nervous. California Man Being Held Here Admits Killing .TamM Edward . RlnHtwpll. 28. who was arrested bv stato police near Rock Point Thurs- day; admitted to state police and Los Ajigeles county, Cali. fornia. sheriff's deputies Frl- dav that he killed a wnmnn In southerrt California Mnn- day. ,v . stati MnlW :an1d thnv and Solo -TnVin fi T.mutnn nnH H. Walter Thornton, both of tha T.n Anoi . rnimw hr!fr office,- questioned BlackweU - 1 1 riday. ThB nllW, WlnpH tan. which he admitted he strangl- Mrs. Helen Margaret John- I son,?2B, of Los. Angeles, Calif. . . .,., showed that she" had hot been raned. Police said Blaekwell toid them, he strangled Mrs. Johnson in his car in the city limits of Los Angeles. He tore her clothes off, and bound her wrists with strips of cloth from her blouse. ' He then drove about seven miles outside the city, and left her body in a vacant lot. he told police. BlackweU rob bed Mrs. Johnson of about $35, police said. Dinner To Start Rotary Conclave A buffet .'dinner for about 400 Rotarlans, representing the 26 Rotary clubs in District 511, , will open , a three-day Rotarian conference here this evening.'-,"-, Fred R. Brennan, local club president, said the dinner to- night for members and wives will be held at the Rogue Val ley Country club, conference headquarters. The affair will be followed by fireside visits to homes of Medford Rotar lans. ;j:.,v .: , Sessions will be held at tha country club, and special ac tivities have been planned for women coming for the event. A1 governor's banquet is slat ed for Monday night. : Rotarlans will conduct busi ness sessions Monday from 9 to 12 a.m., followed by lun cheon and an afternoon ses sion, A total of 1,674 mem bers belong to Oregon Rotary clubs in the district from Sal em south, ; , in Brief said Saturday his 13,000-mile overseas trip this week con vinced him "the: tide is run ning for the United States not against it-ln the hearts of the peoples of the world." GUNFIRE -EXCHANGED - Elisabethville, Katanga, The Congo - IUPU - United Nations , spokesmen said Saturday that U.N. soldiers had exchanged gunfire with Katanga troops in a struggle to preserve U.N. control over the key airport and rail station at Kabalo in north Katanga. - Army closes in .,'! Vientiane, Laos - (UPD - The . royal Laotian army closed in Saturday on a village believed to be a communist paratroop command post in an effort to clear the vital Vientiane-Luang Prabang main highway. o o
