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Newspaper Page Textt mm PARAD Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune 32 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1962 TWO No. 25 i fi Baby Whooping Crane Dies After Operation New Orleans - IUPD - Death of a baby whooping crane today constituted the second big setback of the week for the almost extinct species, whose world population is estimated at from 36 to 48 birds. Josephine, held in the Audubon Park Zoo with her mate Crip, hatched the little brown chick from one of two eggs she laid this year. Bird lovers hailed the birth as a population explosion for the once numerous birds. But the crippled, unnamed chick died yesterday in St. Louis, Mo., after an oper ation to correct a slipped tendon in its leg. The bad news followed discovery Monday that the other egg was infertile and could not hatch. Josephine and Crip have managed to bring only four offspring safely to maturity of 17 eggs Josephine has laid since they became males at Audubon Park. They are the only mated pair of whoop;rs in cap tivity. The four offspring are at Audubon Park too. The only other captive whooping crane is in the zoo at San Antonio, Tex. All others make up a single wild flock, closely watched as they migrate between the Aransas game refuge near Corpus Christi, Tex., and nesting grounds in northern Canada. Veterinarians in St. Louis said the chick that died presumably was injured while hatching. The baby whooper was flown to St. Louis last Wednesday. if 1 BLAZING WAREHOUSE The remaining walls of a sur plus government warehouse on 41 acres of recently ac quired Jackson county property toppled in a mass of flames yesterday afternoon near the intersection of Table Hock and Antelope rds. The Central Point Rural Fire depart ment prevented flames from spreading to any of the remaining 12 warehouse buildings. The building was in sured by the county for $10,000, or 90 per cent coverage. Cooley Elected Mayor of Yreka By City Council Yreka -Charles Cooley, member of the Yreka city council for several years, was elected mayor at a special meeting of the council Tues day. He replaces M. D. (Matt) McNeil, who resigned. Cooley is vice president of the Crocker-Anglo bank in Yreka. McNeil, a grocery store owner, has been a member of the city council for 16 years. The special meeting was called earlier this' week so the new mayor could preside at tonight's regular session of the council. In accepting office. Cooley asked Alton Taylor, city man ager, and Joe Correia, city at torney, to begin work on pro posed amendments to the ex isting dog laws. In Favor of Law Last week during the city election, residents voted 3 to 1 in favor of a dog leash law. Cooley said that since the vote was "so positive" immediate action should be taken to get it into effect. Two new councilmen will attend their first council meet County To Conduct Investigation Into Warehouse Blaze An investigation into a fire which yesterday afternoon destroyed a county-owned government surplus ware house in the Table Rock-Antelope rds. area is being con ducted by the Jackson county sheriff's office. "Circumstances of the fire look suspicious so we have asked the sheriff's office to investigate," County Judge Earl Miller said today. Jack son county purchased the 41 acres of surplus federal gov ernment property in Febru ary. The fire started in the northwest corner of the build ing on Antelope rd. about 4 p.m. yesterday, according to witnesses. The Central Point Rural Fire department sent 18 men and five pumpers and two pickup trucks, and Burrill Lumber company on nearby Agate rd. sent a pumper truck. A Mass of Flames In minutes the large 76 by ing at 7:30 o'clock tonight. 1 240-foot warehouse was a They are Mrs. James W. Sulli van and Thomas Bigelow. Re elected at last week's election for a four-year term was Harry Friedman. In other action Tuesday, Correia briefed councilmen on city government saying "city management form of govern ment is purely a manner of statutes, and is not operated on what particular expres sions dictate. Since you won't often get the majority of the councilmen to go along with you, you won't be able to make promises," he said. acquired the property for fu ture road shops, little mate rial or equipment was stored there. The destroyed building was empty. County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen said. Debris Cleared Away Miller noted that dried grass and weeds had been cleared from near the build ing and the concrete founda tion was at least two feet off the ground. A pile of dried grass and debris was a few yards away from the building. County Engineer Carsten sen said four county prisoners were working at the site un der the supervision o a mem ber of the county roads de partment. County Commis sioner Chester Wendt noted, however, they had been brought back to the county jail or were on their way back by the time the fire started. "Either somebody got care less with a cigarette, or a prisoner set fire to the debris to get rid of it and it burned out of control,1' the county engineer said. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable cloudi ness tonight and Friday.! Chance of showers late Friday. . Cooler temperatures. Low to nifilil near is. High Friday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday 81 Lowest This Morning 41 l'rec, to 10 a.m. Today 15 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:5? p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:24 a.m. Moonrise today 6:47 p.m. Full Moon today .... 4:34 p.m. BRIGHTEST STAR Slrlus, sets 9:40 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 8:13 p.m. Jupiter, rises 3:48 a.m. Saturn, In the south east 4:09 a.m. Mars, rises 4;4T a.m. Parks Commission Endorses Freeway Parking Facility The Medford parks and rec reation commission last night voted unanimously to endorse a plan to construct parking! facilities on land under the freeway structure adjacent to Hawthorne park. The matter will be consid ered at tonight's city council meeting in the city manager's report. A request to construct such facilities had been requested by a committee representing downtown businessmen. The parking would be on land between Main st. and Fourth st. bridges which is state highway right-of-way property. It would contain parking spaces lor 130 cars. Pari of Purchase Dr. Durno To Wage 'Poor ManV Fight In Senate Contest By United Press International Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn mass of flames, sending up a column of smoke which could be seen for miles. Firemen managed to keep the fire from spreading to any of the other 12 buildings nearby. Members of the county court praised the Central Point Rural Fire department. Since the county recently MEETS WITH OFFICIALS Salem-JOT-Gov. Mark Hat f if Id met here today with about a dozen industrial and lnbor leaders to get their fr nk opinion on the status of Oregon's economy, how it contrasts with 1961, and what the outlook is for the future. Court Throws Out Ballot Title Salem - H'PP - The Oregon Supreme Court threw out Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn ton's ballot title for an in itiative petition on steelhead today, marking a victory for the Columbia River Salmon and Tuna Packers Association. The court substituted a new ballot title, making revisions in the one written by Thorn ton and attacked by the asso ciation as misleading. Missing Diplomats Fail to Appear London-TOi-Scotland Yard detectives reported that Guy Burgess, the British diplomat who defected to Russia nearly 11 years ago with Donald Maclean, was not aboard the Soviet passenger ship Bnltika which arrived here today. ' British authorities had spec ulated that Burgess might have been one of six unidenti fied passengers on the Rus sian ship. But detectives who boarded the Baltika along with customs men left a few minutes later, apparently con vinced that none of the pas sengers was Burgess. Scotland Yard said Wednes day that it had received re ports that the two turncoat diplomats may have left the Soviet Union. Ex-Oregonian Stirs Mexican Politics Salem -(DPI)- A would - be Mexican revolutionary with an American police record has caused a stir in Oregon politics. A man known as Marcan- tonio Diaz-Infante started it all Tuesday when he signed a letter to the United Nations threatening an armed upris ing in Mexico unless the U.N. intervenes in the conduct of the present Mexican regime. U.N. officials refused to intervene. Police in Mexico City said he had a police record in the United States. A man going by the name of Dr. Mark M. Infante, and , thought to be the same man, I worked as a field represcnta itivc for the Oregon Bureau of Labor from September, 1057, to April, 1060. Kis job was investigating migrant labor conditions. HEWSiBREFS ITEMS FROM AROUND THI OLOtl POLICE STAGE DAWN RAIDS Buenoi Aires-4PI-Poliee staged surprise dawn raids on headquarters of radical groups throughout Argentina today in an apparent prelude to a military campaign to cut short their growing political influence. TSHOMBE PRAISES U.N. TROOPS Elisabethville, Katanga - IPI - Katanga President Moise Tshombe today arrived home full of praiie for the United Natiom' "impeccable" behavior in guarding him and gelling him away from Leopoldville in defiance of Congolese orders grounding his plane. NEHRU TELLS OF CHINESE PENETRATIONS New Delhi-lPI-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru today told Parliament the Chinese Communists have made new penetrations into northern Ladhak on the Sino-Indian border. SOVIET COMMANDER RECALLED Moscow - IPI - The Soviet Union recalled Marihal Ivan Koniev from command of Soviet troops in East Germany ai.d auigned him to new Moscow command today in possible Kremlin effort to diminish tensions over Berlin. Moves Made to End Shipping Logjam San Francisco - HTP - Moves j were made here and in Wash-1 ington Wednesday in an effort 1 to break the logjam of ships I in Pacific ports because of the West Coast maritime strike. Judge George B. Harris.! who ordered the Taft-Hartley '80-dav cooling off period last week, issued orders Wednes-1 day clearing the way for de-1 parture of the numerous ves- i sels still tied up in the dis- pute. The Taft-Hartley injunction! failed to get operations going ; again because seamen refused to sign on for more than the 90 day period. i Judge Harris Wednesday or dered the seamen to sign ar-i tides for voyages regardless , of length. The order provides that when a ship returns to a US port after June 29. sea men will remain aboard until all cargo has been removed. 1,000 Students to Take Part in Sing More than 1.000 Jackson county elementary school children will participate in a "Spring Sing" in the Medford National Guard armory at 1 p.m.. May 1, according lo Dealous Cox, of the Jackson county school superintend ent's office. Mrs. Virginia Cecil, Ash land music director, will be guest conductor for grades 4 through 8. This does not in clude Medford and Ashland schools, it was explained. Special numbers will be given by various school music groups, Cox added. The property was part of the 4.4 acres that the highway department purchased of Hawthorne park for the free way. An agreement In the sale of the property reserved the city the right to develop the property for parking at its expense. The only .condi tion is that the plan for park ing be submitted to the state highway department for ap proval. The general plan for the parking facility will be con sidered by the city council, it was stated. Estimates between $32,500 and $35,000 have been given for the develop ment of the area. A two-thirds vole of the city council will be required tonight before the matter may be considered by the council, and three-quarters of the council must approve the pro posal. This is required of all non-listed item? on the coun cil's agenda for it lo pass, ac cording to City Manager Rob ert A. Duff. Since construction started on the freeway viadr.et, only 32 parking spaces are avail able for park parking. Half of the park area is being used by the contractor for parking equipment. Rep. Edwin Durno (R-Ore.) says his campaign for the U.S. Senate will be financed . from the grass roots of Oregon." It will be a "poor man's campaign," he added. Durno said Sig Unandcr, one of his five rivals f:r the nomination lo oppose Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) was in Washington, D.C. "trying to raise money from big busi ness. They couldn't raise any money in Portland so they had to come hire," he said. Durno planned to send an appeal for small campaign contributions to some 9,000 Oregon citizens to finance his primary campaign. On the gubernatorial front where the Democrats have the big primary battle. State Sen. Walter Pearson left today lor Washington, D.C, to attend a meeting of the board of Pan ama Canal Co. "e is a direc tor of the company by appoint ment of President Kennedy. Pearson, who is opposed by ton, said he would return to Portland Sunday and leave for a swing through Eastern Ore gon. Multnomah County Demo cratic Chairman Frr-nk Rob erts criticized an initiative re apportionment measure pro posed for the November bal lot. He said it was an attempt to turn back the clock. "A man living in the middle of 10,000 acres of wheat in East ern Oregon could have four limes as much voice in the Oregon House of Representa tives as a man living on a 50- by-100 foot lot in Portland.' Roberts said. LOUIS JOXE To Crush OAS Joxe Ordered to Algeria to Speed Independence Algiers, Algeria - IUPD -France's Algerian Affairs Minister Louis Joxe tours Al geria today with President Charles de Gaulle's orders to crush the outlawed Secret Army Organization (OAS) and speed Algeria to independ ence. European terrorists greeted his arrival by raking Algeria with murderous gunfire and setting off a huge bomb In Algeriers' new City Hall. Soldiers Being Display to Show U.S. Intervention Two Other Gl's Said Murdered Saigon, South Viet Nam-lUPP-Two U.S. Army enlisted men captured by Viet Cong guerrillas are alive and are being paraded through South Vietnamese villages in an at tempt to show that the United States has intervened in the Communist "war of libera tion," it was reported today. The reports, brought here by travelers from Da N.mg, were not confirmed by U.S. military authorities or South Vietnamese government of ficials. Being Led The travelers said the two soldiers are being led from village to village by the Com. munlst Viet Cong guerrillas who are trying to convince the villagers that the American captives are evidence of U.S. intervention in South Viet Nam. Da Nang, on the South China seacoast, is about 350 miles northeast of Saigon and about 100 miles south of the 17th Parallel, which divides North and South Viet Nam. The reports conflicted with a South Vietnimese govern ment statement which said the Viet Cong were taking the Americans through the dense jungles of South Viet Nam s central highlands to wards the sanctuary of the Laotian border. Two Others The two missing soldiers are Sgt. I.e. Francis Quinn of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Sgt. George E. Groom of Ste wartsville, Mo. Quinn and Groom, along with two other U.S. Army enlisted men, were training a group of South Alefeor Burns Trail Through West Skies Eureka, Utah -IUPH- A fiery meteorite burned a trail through Western skies Wed nesday night before explod ing near here with a brilli ance that turned it as "bright as day" 70 miles away. Observers from Kansas to California saw the fireball streak througli the atmosphere until it exploded about 10 miles south of this small cen tral Utah community. Stolen Safe Found West of Medford A safe which was stolen sometime early Wednesday morning from the Tabu Din ner House, 305 South River side ave., was found about 2:30 p.m. yesterday, approxi mately eight miles west of Medford. The safe had been ripped open at the back, and about $326 was missing. Several checks, papers, keys and 60 cents in coins were left at the scene. Police said they were noti fied shortly after 3 p.m. that two women gathering wood near the old Fick logging road on Johns peak had found the safe in the brush. Police said that the safe had been opened there as pieces of its fire wall were strewn over a wide area. The small safe, weighing between 150 and 200 pounds, had been rolled from the Tabu Dinner House and loaded onto a vehicle, police said. Police added that whoever dumped the safe was familiar with the Jones peak area since there are several old logging roads in the vicinity. 18 Killed Terrorist across the country Vietnamese soldiers when Wednesday killed 18 persons! they were ambushed near th and wounded 18, bringing the 1 town of An Chau, west of Da (year's casualty toll to 3,759 1 Nang, April 8. I killed and 8,060 wounded. I All four were captured, but A charge estimated at about two of the men. Staff Sgt. 1 22 pounds of dynamite ser-l Wayne E. Marchand of Platts- lousiy Damaged me city hall 1 mouth, Neb., Spec. James Ga- y.uuui:auay, iuui. i briel of nonolutu. were mur- The blast touched off a fire I dered latar bv the Viet Conn mat destroyed tnousanda ol kco,,. ,ra t hnrtw . . - 1 I.U - r ii i "J " u The Hnwnrrt Pruir p lake "jiueia oi vuunn records, recreation area is now open I electronic tabulating machines to receive campers, trailers, ana olner OIIlee equlp,nem- boats and the public. Conces- .lne funding was deserted slonnire Bnh Johnston. MM. " Qomo went oil, fnrrt xnfd thin mnrnini shortly beore 9 p.m. Only a portico was Injured. BOmB BIBSII Th. p.j r-rnee Rlnnrfmnh.'la IMC l-AIM.Mll Ul Cliy Hill mill mok- o tn i.l.lf ir. V . Jackson county before' Howard Prairie Area Nov, Open Tlie roads are cleared to the lake and in the area, he said. The water level is up to the launching ramp and be yond the high water mark of last year. Johnston noted. "The new Howard Prairie recreation building will be open Friday night and will be stocked with groceries and refreshments and will provide restaurant service," he said. "Extra personnel will be available Friday night and throughout the week en dto help those visiting the area." Johnston said concession aire's personnel will facilitate boat launching and parking. The dock store on the water is equipped with fishing li censes, bait, tackle, fuel, boat and motor rentals and will serve early morning coffee, Johnston said. "We still have boats avail able for Sunday rentals, but reservations should he made at the Medford store," he said. wounded and apparently wer slowing the rebels' escape.; Bioodmobiie Visit In Shadv Cove Set GUILTY PLEA Portland - UPB - Francis R. Lcnaburg, 45, Shcdd, has en tered a guilty plea to 11 counts of a 13-count indict ment charging embezzlement of union funds. Good Friday Services Scheduled in Several Valley Churches Tomorrow nine plastic bomb blasts in Algiers, all causing property damage, and the Moslem kid naping of a European student as he was about to get on his motor scooter. Joxe's visit here followed the French cabinet's an nouncement of the replace ment of Gen. Charles Ailleret by Gen. Michel Fourquet as supreme commander of French military forces in Algeria. A number of Good Friday services are scheduled throughout the valley tomor row. Several are community sponsored, others by indivdual churches. In Medford. the Ministerial association will hold a three hour service from noon until 3 p.m. at the First Methodist church. It will be divided into 25-minute segments so per sons may attend during dif ferent periods. F.ach period will include a scripture read ing, speaker and music. The Rev. Melvin II. Dixon, president of the association. will appear from noon are Dr. D. Kirkland West; the Rev. II. C. Coovert, the Rev. Lorklin Gregory, Clynton Crisman, the Rev. Bernard Andrews, and Dr. George G. Roseberry. Services for Medford High school students will be held at First Christian church with the Rev. King K. Jones Jr., ! Jacksonville, as speaker, i Junior high school services ; will be held for MrLoughlin students at First Church of j the Nazarenc with John O. Hrbrrling speaker, and for Hedrick, at Eastwood Baptist will be moderator for the first j church with Senior Capt. Wil- hum Rirken as the speaker. In Ashland the Ministerial four secments. The Rev. W. E. Martin, vice president, will moderate the remainder of ! the service. Ministers who will speak in the order in which they association will hold its serv ice at the Church of the Na.a rene at 8 pm. The program will be presented by the unit ed choirs of Ashland's churches. Other Good Friday services scheduled in Medford include services at 11 a m. at Unity Church of Medford, Haven and Holly sts.; St. Mark's Episcopal church, from noon to 3 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. their Calvary Evensong. St. Peter's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main St., will hold its service at 7:30 p m. At 8 p.m. Apostolic Faith church will hold its program of music as will Westminster Presbyterian church. Oak wood dr. Scheduled at 7:30 p.m. are services at Ashland Grace Lutheran church, Frances lane: Jacksonville First Pres. byterian church; and Phoenix Crash Destroys University Plane Dallas - IUPD - A trim blue and white two-engine DC3 owned by Purdue University and being outfitted to fly Big Ten Conference football and basketball teams to games, crashed, exploded and burned late Wednesday Two men were killed and a third was critically injured. It happened just seconds after the plane had taken off of runway No. 13 at Dallas Love Field for a check flight. The plane's tanks held 900 gallons of gasoline. The fuel engulfed the wreckage in flames less than 300 yards from a freeway clogged with motorists on their way home, and from a number of homes with children playing in the yards. Carpenter Strike Talks Continue Portland - UIPI) - Negotiators trying to settle a four-day old carpenters strike that has crippled construction in Ore gon went at it again today. A 12-hour session broke up at 2 a.m. and it was i nounced that the Carpenters Union and contractors would hold separate meetings at 10 a.m. and then meet jointly at 11 a.m. for another round of talks. No progress report was given. turning to Portland after its regular visit to this area. The Bioodmobiie will be in Shady Cove between 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Quota for the visit is 100 pints of blood, and Red Cross officials have expressed hope for a larger turnout than during Bioodmobiie vis its in Medford and Ashland. During the Medford visit, 168 pints of blood were col lected, and at Ashland yester day, 105 pints were donated. Quota for the two visits was 350 in Medford and 150 in Ashland. The Bioodmobiie is in Grants Pass today. ASKS APPROVAL Salem - IUPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield revealed today that he asked the Navy in Wash ington, D.C. to give Interim approval to its phase of Ore gon's 150,000 acre space age Industrial park in Eastern Oregon so Boeing Co., Seattle, can move ahead with prelim inary work at the Boardman site. The Hopeful Season State Laws Govern Budgets, Boards Salem l'PI'- State laws cov ering local budgets and boards of equalization would con tinue to govern these matters even after a county adopted a home rule charter. Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton ad vised today. This question was one of several asked by Hood River County Dist. Atty. John F. Cushmnn In connection with First Presbyterian c h u r c h, Hood Rivtr county s recently Second and Church its. drafted home rule charter.