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32 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1962
TWO
No. 25
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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.
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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.