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LI mm m back Ti m Regional Edition Medford 20 PAGES Two Sections Underwater Planned in Polaris Missile May be launched; From Submarine Atmospheric Blasts . Also on Agenda Washington - IIP!) - The United States plans to fire n Polaris missile with a live nuclear warhead from a sub marine during the atomic tests expected to start in the Pacific this week. Well-informed sources said that a new type anti-submarine weapon with an atomic warhead also would be test ed in an underwater shot as part of the contemplated tests. The new U.S. tests, includ ing atmospheric blasts, will go ahead unless Russia agrees to a test ban with ade quate inspection. The U.S. tests tentatively have been set to begin Wednesday. If the present plans are car ried nut, the Polaris war head and the antisubmarine device will be, the first mis sile - carried nuclear weapons (psted by this country. 1.200-MiU Range The Polaris missile has a warhead equal In destruction force to more than 500.000 tons of TNT. The missile has a rang of' 1,200 miles, but this will be greatly shortened in the Pacific tests by explod ing the warhead at a higher altitude. It was believed that the Polaris and underwater shots may be the only two in the series designed to proof-test actual weapons. The other tests in the at mospheric shots are expect- ; ed to be aimed at gathering j knowledge on effects of nu clear explosions, especially in ; the area of missile defense. There will be at least one , explosion under present J plans, several hundred miles ! high. Scientists want to know the heat, ionization, electro-j magnetic and otner ertects oi such explosions. They also want to study in particular the effects that ionized parti cles would have on defense radars. Penetration Aid Another purpose is to find nut whether a nuclear burst in space or high in the at mosphere could serve as a "penetration aid," blinding warning radar and paving the way for missile attack. The first new American test may be a hydrogen explosion over Johnson Is land, a dot of land about 800 statute miles from Honolulu. Or it could be staged over Christmas Island, a British possession about 1,300 miles south of Honolulu in the South Pacific. Portland Doctor Sent to Prison oPrtland-HIPD-Dr. Ross Hills Elliott, 76, was sentenced to five years in prison today and fined $500 on a charge per forming an abortion. Execution of the sentence was stayed pending an appeal. rriMt reo MOSLEM TROOPS MOVE ON TERRORISM Algiers-pfuThousands of blue uniformed Moslem security ! troops with shoot-to-kill orders moved Into Algiers and other j big cities for the first time today to curb terrorism by the outlawed Secret Army Organsiation. j KENNEDY ENJOYING FLORIDA VACATION Palm Beach, Flt.-tPI-President Kennedy, relaxing at an oceansid estate, pushed While House business Into the back ground today with plans to spend as much time as possible with hit family. OAS COMMANDER MAPPING STRATEGY Paris-CTt-Ex-Gen. Raoul Salan, captured commander of the Secret Army Organisation, today began mapaing strategy for his fight to escape the guillotine or the firing squad is i traitor to France. The former general, captured Friday in Algiers after a year-long hunt, scheduled a meeting in his cell at Santa Prison with four attorney he has named to defend him against four charges of treason. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, Two in Hospital After C,QSe Ca At Heceta Head FIorence-lUPIt-Two Corvallis residents were hospitalized here today after a narrow escape from the Pacific Ocean at Heceta Head about 13 miles north of here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Betty Churchman, 24. suffered shock, exposure and severe abrasions when she slipped into the tide-tossed surf. Dennis Lynch, 20, Corvallis, who tried to rescue her was stranded on a rock about two hours during high tide before rescuers brought him to safety. Mrs. Churchmen fell from the rock, about six feet off shore, into the surf. She was pulled to safety by Noah Silli- i man, 22, kugene, who leaped tion was applied and she was pital here. Lynch remained on the rock until shortly after 4 p.m., rescuers said. Pele Hall, Boatswains Mate 1-C, In charge of the Siuslaw Coast Guard station, and Robert Berry, En gineer 2-C of the Coast Guard, along with Silliman, fashioned a rope scat and brought him to safety. Hospital attendants said the woman probably would be hospitalized for a few days. Lynch was expected to be re leased from the hospital Tuesday. Area Recreationists Jam Lakes; Fishing Reported As Good Approximately 1,000 boats. Possibly due to traditional were on Howard Prairie lake church attendance Easter Saturday as fishing season ' morning, water traffic on opened, according to Sheriff's j Emigrant lake Sunday was De-put yTStM Rice; who was on light- and fishermen and' boat boat patrol over the Easier1 ers were slow to arrive. Boat- week end. j I here was no water ski- ing. There were so many fish. ermen out in boat? that if there had been any water ski-!a ers we would have had to cite them for reckless navigation,' Rice said with a grin. Ambulance Is Scene Of Operation Here An operation in an ambu lance Sunday night saved the life of a baby girl, Donna Brakeman, of Areata, Calif. The girl and her parents were visiting relatives at Ker by when a bean became lodg ed in her windpipe. She was taken to Josephine General hospital. Grants Pass, and then an ambulance was called to transfer her to Rogue Val ley hospital here. Dr. D. J. Mackie of Grants Pass had the ambulance stop outside of Medford where he performed a traecheotomy. She was reported in fair con dition at the hospital today. WEATHER FORKCAST: Thlckrnlnis clouds tonight. Considerable cloudiness with a chance of a frw show ers Tuesday. Low totittht near 40. Cooler Tttesda.v with htjth 63-6R. Temp. Highest Yesterday ftl Lowest This Morning 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:02 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow ... 5:11 a.m. Moonrise tonight 10:51 p.m. Saturn, the ringed planet, rises tomorrow at 2.31 a.m. and Is now nearly stationary among the stars of the constel lation, Caprlcornus. .CHIEFS AROUND THI OlOII Tests Pacific into the water, Artifical respira brought to Western Lane Hos ers began arriving at 11:30 a.m. hunnay and the stream ;of rccreationi.sis was steady j up to 3:30 p.m. Rice reported maximum traffic at any one time of 100 boats. Fishing Good i Fishing was good at all lakes of area where trout season opened over the week end, according to a number of I sources. i Angling was described as terrific and tremendous at Howard Prairie lake where slate police figured bags av eraged six fish per angler. An estimated 15,000 to 16,000 persons went to Howard Prairie over the week end. There were reports of fish up to 19 and 21 inches caught and a good number around 15 inches. State police figured 50 per cent of the trout were over 12 inches long. A large number of small fish were caught. At Hyatt lake, where fisi. ran mostly around 10 inches, bag limit success was esti mated at 50 per cent. Many Eastern Brooks Good success was reported from Willow lake, where a lot of 10-inchers were caught, and Fish lake where catches were reportedly 50 per cent rainbow and 50 per cent east ern brook trout. Eastern brook catches were surprising. Large take of these fish was not anticipated until later in the season. Rainbow ran 10-12 inches and eastern brook were reported up to 14 inches. A lot of fish were caught Saturday at Squaw lakes. Sunday fishing was said fair with trout running 10 - 12 inches. It was pointed out today that Emigrant lake is open to trout angling along with the others mentioned. Men Honored as Outstanding Citizens Eagle Point Charles C. ! Hoover and Rick Wolgamott I were honored by the Eagle j Point Junior Chamber of Commerce Saturday night as outstanding citizens of the .year. I Hoover w.is selected from (three candidate? to rcceve the senior citizen award. Runners- up were W. E. Davics and Harry Hanscom. j Wolgamott received the dis tinguished service award. Ed Kimmel was the other candi date in the running for this honor. Ralph Humphrey prc- j scnted the awards to the two ' men. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1962 No. Soviet Premier Expected To Warn U. S. on Testing Supreme Soviet j Session Opens ! Moscow - ilfPIl - The newly j , elected Supreme Soviet, Rus- j sia s parliament, convened to day in a session expected to feature a speech by Premier Nikita Khrushchev warning the United States against re suming atmospheric nuclear tests. The Soviet Tass news ag ency said the two houses of the Supreme Soviet the So viet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities met in separate sessions in the Kremlin. Stormy Applause Khrushchev received stormy and prolonged ap- ( plause from the deputies when he showed up for the opening ceremonies, Tass reported.1 The official agency said I Khrushchev was accompanied ; i by other government officials j and sat in a special box. j The meeting lasted an hour 'and the Supreme Soviet ad Ijourned until Tuesday morn ing following completion of the opening ceremonies. Khrushchev was expected I to address the Supreme Soviet Tuesday or later. Observers predicted that he would threaten counter-measures if the American atmospheric tests, scheduled to begin in the Pacific later this week, are carried out. The principal business be fore the 1,443 members of the Supreme Soviet was to give 1 uuuci svaiii h wminiiouuii Khrushchev as the country s leader and to nominate a new government. No major chang es were anticipated. The meet ing was the first of the par liament" elected for' a four year term in last month's elections. Carelessness Blamed for Fire Carelessness, not arson, was blamed for the fire Wednes day afternoon at Table Rock and Antelope rds., which de stroyed a government surplus warehouse, Sheriff's Deputy Lee Rice said this morning. "One of the county jail trusties, who was working in the area, had burned some gra?s alongside the building and thought he had put the fire out," Rice said. Deputies interrogated t h e four county jail trusties who were working on the newly acquired county property af ter members of the county court said they suspected ar son. Jackson county had pur chased the 41 acres of govern ment surplus property in Feb ruary for a future location for the county shops' headquar ters. The fire had started about 4 p.m. Wednesday in the northwest corner of the build ing on Antelope rd., according to witnesses. The destroyed building, 76 by 240 feet, was empty and had been insured for $10,000, or 90 per cent coverage, County Commissioner Crester Wendl said. Plumbers' Strike In Second Week Salem -lUPIt- The plumbers strike affecting Albany, Cor vallis. Salem, Lebanon and Newport entered its second week today. Between 80 and 90 mem bers of the Salem local of the Plumbers and Steamfitter? Union are striking against the Willamette Association of Plumbing and Heating Con tractors over a new contract. Pat Blair of Salem, con tractors' spokesman, said the employers Sunday ajreed to submit the question of a wage increase to arbitration. The union local's executive board was meeting today to discuss that suggestion, made by Fed eral Mediator Leroy Smith, Portland. TO OPEN MEETINGS Portland -tUPR- Mayor Ter ry D. Schrunk opens a series of regional meetings in east ern Oregon for the League of Oregon Cities in Prineville tonight. i ' fir Tnri "H-a1-f" fcw&i ) Sf S 1 ;P si Wli 'tf ' ,j A W If '$Wlm . Jl ? , :i 1 1 If I'l? trl-ft iia.Jli A. - VlkUMMU. U U 1:1. U. U Ui.i STAR ATTRACTION Caroline Kennedys backyard was the star attraction for egg rollers attending the tradition al affair on the White House lawn in Washington, D.C., today. The play area was fenced off but the children got Ranger Rocket Poised To Hurl Capsule at Moon Cape Canaveral IUP1I A 10 story rocket was poised on the launching pad today ready to hurl a capsule into space for close-up pictures of the moon and to plop a smaller package : of instruments on the moons surface. Scientists apparently licked last-minute guidance problems in the silvery AUas-Agena-B rocket which will lob a 730-pound. Ranger-4 capsule on a fiO-hour journey to the moon. Two Others Planned The Ranger shot is the first nf three major missile shots planned here this week. Standing on nearby firing pads are a Saturn "super booster" possibly the most powerful in the world and a Delta launcher that will carry the world's first inter national satellite into orbit around the earth. If all goes as planned, the giant Saturn will be fired on a "sub-orbital" trip 88 miles into snaee and 225 miles over the Atlantic Ocean Wednes day in the second test of its mighty 1.3 million - pound- thrust engines. Scientists said the 95 tons of water to be carried in Sat turn's two dummy upper-stages may form the highest and largest ice cloud since the world began. If the weather is clear on launch day, the cloud may be visible for scores of miles. British Instruments The international satellite called "UK-1," was built by the United States and carries experiments developed b y Great Britain. It is scheduled to be launched Thursday to study the ionosphere a sort of reflective "radio mirror" of ionized gas above earth. A fourth U.S. space shot, the maiden flight of the pow erful new hydrogen-fueled Centaur rocket, probably will remain grounded for at least another week. Seattle Jet Crash Being Investigated Seattle - tl'Pfi - The Air '"-'"-."'-...'" "u,e n Force today was conducting;'. Pvement apparently an investigation in the crash I blowln8 8 t,,re ?nd c.aufn the of a jet fighter which plowed car ,0 u! oi controle, state into a cluster of houses Sat- i portehd T,he, car we"l ,.rHu aftm- nan iri n;.i in., in ! trough a fence into an irri- participating a fly-over during opening ceremonies for the World's Fair Raymond Shith. 68. and his wife 63. resident in one of the homes struck by the plane, were killed. The pilot, Capt. Joseph W. : Wildt, 33, Cincinnati, sta- tioncd a Paine Ari Force base about 25 miles north of here, bailed out into Lake Washing to and was rescued. An Air Force spokesman said an engine failure caused the crash which occurred in I the suburban community of , Mountlake Terrace, about 10 j mile north of here. I Many Disappointed At White House Easter Egg Washington -iUPII- Caroline Kennedy's backyard was ov errun today with thousands of youngsters attending the White House Easter egg roll. Some dressed up like bunnies. Although the President's daughter was conspicuously absent from the festivities. her playhouse, swings and a slide which runs down from her tree house were the star attractions for the children. Search Started For Man's Body Happy Camp - An intensi fied search got under way at noon today on the Klamath river for the body of George McLane, 55, of Happy Camp, who drowned April 8 in Hap py canyon. I Sheriff Al Cottar was or- ganizing the search today since the minimum flow al I lowed on the river started reaching the area at noon. Both Copco Number 1 and Iron Gate dams started slow ing down the flow during the week end. The majority of the flow is being held in the Iron Gate reservoir, it was re ported. The scene of the ac cident is about 100 miles downstream from the reser voir. Pacific Power and Light of ficials said today that the min imum flow of 1300 feet per second was reached at the dam at midnight Sunday. Cot tar told power company offi cials that in the Happy can yon area Sunday before a substantial reduction was noted in the river, that flow into the river from side streams was down. This re duction will add considerably to the possibility of finding the body, Cottar noted. Road Improvement Asked Alter Crash James Corson, Applegate rancher, this morning re quested the county court see ; that the Upper Applegate rd near the Star Ranger station is improved as soon as pos- sible to avoid serious accident, j Sunday a car driven by I Chester Marion Zachary, 70, ! gation ditch. i The passengers received minor injuries and were taken to Rogue Valley hospital by ; a private party, state police said. Injured were Roger Lynn Hatch, 16, Janell Hatch, I 12, and Russell Hatch, 9, all of Rogue River. The driver I was apparently uninjured. TALKS RESUME San Francisco - OJPIi - Ne gotiations aimed at averting a Greyhound bus strike in the 1 1 western states resumed to day with the union setting midnight ai the deadline for a settlement. a closeup view of Caroline s which goes down from her bag. (UPI) Roll One child pointed out to her mother, "She even has a punching bag." And the child s mother re plied, "Caroline's got to keep in shape." New Addition The black and white punch ing bag appeared to be a new addition to Caroline's play area, which was lenced off for the Easter Monday Jam boree. The egg rollers headed straight for the area and look ed longingly through the fence. Some even thought that Caroline had a miniature golf course wnen tney spotted former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's putting green. The children attending the so-called traditional egg roll, which dates back to the time of President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878, seemed lost for things to do. They were given the run of the beautiful green rolling lawn. But trees, the fountain. President Kennedy s rose garden and the tennis court were shielded from the onslaught with green tempor ary wooden fences. Many Disappointed Hundreds of children came with empty baskets. Most of them were under the impres sion that the White House pro vided the eggs that were to be hunted on the lawn. Many were deeply disappointed when they found out they were supposed to bring their own. One little boy shouted, "We came here for nothin'." One lady asked Maj. Ralph Stover, head of the White House police, "Where are the eggs?" When he explained that they were not provided, she replied: "With all our sur pluses." But all was not lost for those who came prepared. Some boys even tossed their eggs in the air to see if they would "bounce." At 11 a.m., 5,350 children and adults had shown up. Jury Awards Owners $65,000 lor land A Jackson county circuit court jury awarded a group of property owners $60,500 Fri day for 13.65 acres along Bear creek extending to El lendale rd. for the right-of-way for the Seven Oaks Neil Creek section of the new freeway. The jury deliberated for ap proximately two hours late Friday afternoon. The state had offered $22, 380 for the three pieces of property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Spatz. Mrs. Clarice Spatz, Martha Spatz, George W. and Marjory Field and the Rogue Valley Land com pany. The property owners had claimed that the actual prop erty taken and the damage caused their holdings by tak ing the separated pieces of land was worth $147,505 new playhouse, swings, a slide tree house, and a punching Durno Steps Up Campaign Tempo; Slates Speeches By United Press International Rep. Edwin Durno stepped into his U.S. Senate slumping campaign today with speeches in two Oregon cities, after named state co-chairmen over the week end. Jes Gard and Gordon Or put, both of . Portland, were chosen to head the Medford doctor's effort to win the Re publican Senate nomination. Both have been active in GOP work. Durno, who has been in Washington most of" th time since he announced for the Senate, opened a two - week Western Oregon campaign swing today at Corvallis and Albany. , Open Headquarters He planned several speeches In Portland, Salem and Mll- waukie Wednesday and In Portland and McMinnville Thursday, He also opened campaign headquarters in Portland, with Mrs. Faye Wengert in charge. Dr. Harold Livingston of Corvallis, also running for the GOP Senate nomination, said today he Is battling the re luctance of some of my party leaders to take a chance of a new blood transfusion for Re publicanism in Oregon." People Said 'Hungry The Oregon State Univer sity speech professor, address ing a rally at the Benson Ho tel, said the people of Oregon "are hungry for new dynamic leadership In the U.S. Senate, regardless of party." State Sen. Walter J. Pear son has mailed a special ap peal to Oregon insurance agents for financial contribu tions to his Democratic cam paign for governor. Pearson, a Portland insur anceman, based the appeal on three-way workmen's com- pensation, which Insurance men support, and compulsory car Insurance, which they op pose. "A I Was Saying, We ti Construction Industry Goes Into Full Swing Contract Approval Seen Automatic Portland-lUPIt-Oregon's con struction industry started back toward full swing today as striking carpenters return ed to their jobs. Much of the major construc tion in the state was idled since the carpenters launch ed their strike last Monday. The week-long dispute cam to an end early Sunday when representatives of the Car penters Union of Oregon and southwest Washington at ne gotiations in Portland agreed to accept a three-year con tract offered by the Associat ed General Contractors. Must Be Approved The contract still must bo approved in a referendum vote by the entire 12,000 meinber union membership but this is considered aulo natic. The agreement was, accept ed after four days of hectic negotiating between the union and the contractors. Federal Mediators George Walker and Leroy Smith took part in the negotiations. The contract, which is ret roactive through April 15, provides for an increase of 20 cents per hour in wages and benefits every year for three years. Other Changes It also includes changes in travel reimbursement and oth er improvement. Union representatives said a referendum vote on the con tract will be taken as soon as one can be arranged. The union s previous con tract ran out April 1. At the final bargaining ses sion, a union spokesman said pickets would be removed In Oregon In the morning. There was no strike in Washington. Hatfield Appreciative In Salem, a spokesman for Gov. Mark Hatfield said the - governor conferred with bom parties and the federal medi ators by telephone on Friday and Saturday. The spokesman said Hat field appreciated that both parties stayed at the bargain ing table until a settlement was reached. Last summer a strike by the Hoisting and Portable Engi neers Union halted construc tion for 54 days. Highway 199 Tunnel Nears Breakthrough O'Brien - Only about 200 feet remains between north nd south portal crews exca vating the Randolph Collier tunnel through Oregon Moun tain just south of here. A crawl hole was drilled through last Friday and for a brief time the crews on op posite ends were in contact. The hole was then blocked off as topheading excavation continued. Cementing work may be started In June by crews of GrI'e-Calhihun. Installation of ventilation and lighting sys tems is scheduled for some time this summer. PLANT SHATTERED Kansas City, Kan. - (UPD-A. noon-hour explosion ripped through an insulation manu facturing plan today, shatter ing two brick walls and col lapsing the roof. One person was killed and a least 11 per sons injured. Must Hasten Slowly" t
