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Dave Beck's Appeal To Supreme Court Turned Down on 4-3 Me Story Page 2A Regional Edition Two Sections 57th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORDfJllSiTRIBUNE 20 PAGES. MEDFORD, ouna ccident Kills Two Cables Lifting Form To Pour Concrete Break Five Others Taken to Redmond Hospital Madras, Ore. - (UPD A 20 ton steel construction form carrying eight workers crash ed 150 feet down a tunnel at Round Butte Dam early Sunday, killing two men and injuring six. I. E. Ochs, 36, Terrebonne, and Robert Clinton of Bend were carried to their deaths. Ollie Lewis of Sandy was crit ically hurt. The accident occurred when cables lifting the heavy form, used to pour concrete for the spillway walls, gave way. The State Industrial Acci dent Commission immediately dispatched investigators to the scene of the accident at the Portland General Electric Co. dam being built across the Deschutes river. Taken To Hospital Five workers were taken to Redmond hospital. In serious condition were Clyde E. El lenberg Sr. of Metolius, Bobby G. Cady of Madras, John East ling of Greenville, Ala., and Wayne Cornett of Madras. Howard E. Dimings of Bend wasjn good condition. The men 'were working in a 200-foot section of the spill way. The steeply inclined spillway descends through the face of the canyon to a 2,100 foot diversion tunnel carry ing water past the dam con struction. Shift Nearly Over . The men, their night shift nearly over, were riding the heavy form as cables lifted it to a new section of the wall where concrete was to be poured. A PGE spokesman said a cable connection at the top of the spillway suddenly broke. The heavy steel form, carrying the men, crashed 150 feet to the bottom of the spill way. Fellow construction workers dragged the injured men from the twisted steel. The men were employees of Peter Kiewit Sons, contractors for the work. The firm said work in the spillway will be halted until investigations are finished, the steel Is cleared out, and a new 24-foot form built. Agreement Reached Between Local Firms Owners of Medford Airport Limousine Service and Cour tesy- Yellow Cab Inc. have signed an agreement in which the limousine service prom ises it will no longer com pete with the taxicab firm. The agreement between John Hill, owner of Courtesy-Yellow Cab Inc., and Clar ence Jones, owner of Medford Airport Limousine Service, became effective at noon Fri day. No equipment was involv ed. Jones will retain posses sion cf the bus which he used in his operation. The agreement in essence stipulates the limousine serv ice will no longer provide car rier service within the city limits of Medford in competi tion with the cab firm. MSd)BRIEFS REJECTION IRRITATES PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ' Manila-OTI-Pretiderit Dioidado Macapagal, irritated at U.S. congrettional rejection oi the Philippine S73 million war damage claims, announced today- ht hat postponed indefinitely hit ichedultd ttatt visit to the United Staltt. ALGIERS POLICE BLAME Algiert. Algeria-4PH-Tht were found in their home today and polica blamtd tht maid, apparently angtrtd by Motltm women in Algiers, KHRUSHCHEV VISITING BULGARIA Sofia, Bulgaria-lPI'-Prtmitr Nikita Khruthcht flew Onto Bulgaria today on a "fritndthip vitii" which may product ntw ptact policy for tht traditionally troubltd Balkant. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY jsune 1 A-A NOT HARMED Indonesian President Sukarno, above, was the target of a would-be as sassin in Jakarta Sunday, ac cording to information receiv ed in a Jakarta radio broad cast, which said that "with God's protection, the presi dent was not harmed." (UP1) 40,296 Doses of Vaccine Given in Clinics in County A total of 40,296 doses of Sabin oral polio vaccine was administered during the clin ics Saturday and Sunday sponsored throughout the county by the Jackson' Coun ty Medical Society, according to Dr. William J. Miller, gen eral chairman... Makeup clinics for those unable to receive the vaccine during the week end will be held at the health department in the courthouse Tuesday, May 15, from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 17, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those who purchased cou pons but were unable to use them during the week end may present them at the health department for their vaccine, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health of ficer. Purchase Location Coupons, costing $1 for the three doses of vaccine, or a maximum of $5 for a family, may be purchased at the health department during the makeup clinics. Persons who cannot afford the coupons will be given them without charge, Dr. Merkel said. Dr. Miller said those work ing on the program were "ex tremely gratified" at the turn out, and couriers kept the vaccine moving to the various clinics "right on schedule" except for a short period of time when one of the clinics ran out of vaccine. Following is a breakdown of the number of doses ad ministered at the various clin ics on Sunday, with Satur day's figures in parenthesis: Ashland 3,523 (2.170); Phoenix 1.801 (1,196); Hod rick Junior High school in Medford 5,260 (3.714); Mc Loughlin Junior High school in Medford 6.334 (5.551); Shady Cove 1.813 (1,074); Central Point 3,710 (2.812) and Rogue River 711 (620). A telephone answering service by the Medford Jayce ettes on the vaccine program will continue through Tues day. Persons having questions may call SPring 3-5407 or SPring 3-5408 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. MOSLEM MAID bodies of two little Jewish boyi hart with their throalt tlaihtd murder on the (amlly'i Motltm t ratn oi ttrroritt killings oi A fl 14, 1962 mm Vancouver Milk Said Displacing Portland Sales Dealers Request Cut in Prices Salem - (UPD - Milk and ice cream dealers from Portland told the Oregon Agriculture Department today that milk from Longview, Wash., is pouring into Vancouver, Wash,, and displacing Port land sales. The Portland Milk and Ice Cream Dealers Association and 13 individual milk deal ers asked the department to cut the price they have to pay to producers by 12 cents per 100 pounds of milk to help alleviate the situation. More Competitive The requested cut - from $5.92 per hundredweight to $5.80 - would allow Portland milk dealers to be more com petitive with Washington dealers, but Oregon produc ers are fighting the proposal. Dealers in Portland paid $5.80 until April 1, when the price to producers went up to $5.92. William F. Lubersky, coun sel for the Portland dealers, said that in January and Feb ruary of this year three Port land dealers lost a combined total of $117,000 under the $5.80 price -'which the state controls - and if the price had been $5.92 during those two months, the same three deal ers would have lost $143,000. Leadoff Witness Ho was the leadoff witness at the department's hearing on whether the dealers' peti tion for a return to $5.80 should be granted. Several hundred persons - most of them milk dealers and producers - attended the hear ing, with dealer testimony taken first. The dealers are asking for three things: Withdrawal Urged 1. Withdrawal of the Port- land-Salem area, Central Ore gon and Corvallis, Eugene and Roseburg from the one huge Oregon milk market area created by the department April 1. The market area cov ers nearly the whole state. 2. A cut in the $5.92 price to $5.80 in the Portland Salem market area, plus the same cut in Central Oregon. 3. A cutback from the $5.96 price in Corvallis r Eugene Roseburg, also to $5.80. The $5.96 has been in effect in these three sections since Oct. 16. Ashland Woman Dies Of Accident injuries Ashland Mrs. Mary Leah Van Lindt, 67. of 287 Morton st., Ashland, died Saturday at Vancouver, Wash., a result of injuries received in an auto mobile accident May 8 near Vancouver, in which her hus band, Elmer L. Van Lindt, 72, was killed. Funeral arrangements are pending at Litwiller Funeral home, where funeral services are being held today for Mr. Van Lindt. Burial services for Mr. Van Lindt have been post poned to coincide with those for his wife. ' Fire Damages Two j Rooms in Valley Home j Shady Cove Two rooms at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam H. Harper of Shady Cove were damaged by fire this morning. Mrs. Harper called the Shady Cove-Trail Fire de partment about 8:30 o'clock this morning, and firemen, with the aid of neighbors, saved the rest of the house. Cause of the fire was un known. The two rooms in volved were a bathroom and a bedroom being used for stor age. GETS PRISON TERM I Belgrade lUPb Milovan ! Djilas, former Yugoslav vice president and one-time close friend of President Tito, was sentenced today to four years in prison on charges of giving away information received in his capacity as a government official. Discussion of Apportionment Question Delayed Matter on Agenda For June 1 Meeting Salem - (UPD - The Consti tutional Revision Commission Saturday delayed discussion of the controversial legisla tive apportionment question until its June 1-2 meeting. Several members said they had not had time to study the matter. They added they were too weary from two all-day sessions to debate it. A sub committee had recommended that the legislature be appor tioned on the basis of popu lation, with no legislative dis trict containing more than twice as many people as any other district. The subcommittee had turned down the so-called An nala Plan by which represen tatives of less populous por tions of the state are seeking to place on the ballot this fall. Asked for Delay It would entitle areas as well as people to representa tion in the House of Repre sentatives. Commission proponents of this plan asked for Saturday's postponement. Commission Chairman George Layman, Newberg, said the apportionment ques tion would be placed high on the agenda for the June 1 ses sion here. The commission is writing new state constitution to recommend to the next legis lature. If the legislature fa vors it, it will be passed on to the people for their vote in 1964. Actions Listed Among actions the commission taken by Saturday were: An effort by former Gov. Charles A. Sprague to extend state representatives' terms to four years was defeated. Terms will remain at two years. All judges of courts ex ercising judicial functions will be selected by the gov ernor and must be licensed to practice law, although the question of municipal courts may be considered later The state may be assessed for "damages " it does to pri vate property. At present the state must "take" property before it has to pay for it. Transferred To Statutes The liquor by the drink section of the Oregon bill of rights will be transferred to statutes. Provisions banning titles of nobility and banning slav ery were dropped as being superfluous. Defendants charged with civil violations in municipal courts will have all the rights they would have if charged with a crime in a state court. Defendants in criminal actions may waive jury trial if they wish. At present the judge may deny efforts by defendants to be tried by the courts without a jury. 1 Jacksonville Houses Being Torn Down Two houses near the old Lyden House, an early day Jacksonville hotel, started to be torn down today in Jack sonville. Jim Tucker, who purchased the property including the Lyden house from Chris Ken ny, Jacksonville, said wreck ers may not get to the Lyden House for a month. - Room is being made for a 20 unit rustic type motel which Tucker plans to con struct in the near future. Tucker hopes to. develop a commercial center at the loca tion which would also follow the rustic motif. Tucker plans to restore the old Rogue Valley railroad depot to its original condition as a tourist attraction. It, too, was included in the property purchase. FREE SPACE URGED Geneva -IUPII- The United States called on the 17-nation Disarmament Conference to day to keep outer space free of nuclear weapons. Duncan Flies Badly Needed Cancer Dressing From Albany Eugene-IUPD-An American representative here and a doctor's wife in Roseburg today complimented Oregon House Speaker Robert B. Duncan (D-Medford) for personally flying a rush shipment of cancer dressings from Albany to Roseburg Sunday. Mrs. Alvin Parker of Eugene, director et vounteers for the Lane county unit of the American Cancer society, said that she got a phone call Saturday from Mrs. Hall Scely, wife of a Roseburg doctor. A cancer patient at Myrtle Creek needed a dressing that is prepared specially for certain cancer vic tims, and there were none in Douglas county. United States Continues- Southeast Asia Buildups i j I i FLEET SAILS President Kennedy has alerted sea, land and airborne forces to prepare for possible U.S. interven tion in Laos if the situation there gets worse. A task force of the Seventh Fleet, with a battle group of 1,000 Marines, Carpenter Will Attempt Various Feats in Space Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPD - Astronaut Scott Carpenter, 37, will take a supply of con fetti, a beach ball-sized bal loon and a flask of green wa ter into space this month to perform new experiments for American scientists. He also will temporarily shut down his control system, let his capsule drift and then regain control, and perform several turn-arounds of the capsule to help refine tech niques for future space flights. The Navy lieutenant com mander relaxed this week end while ' technicians repaired the control system in his spacecraft. He is due to be rocketed into orbit next Sat urday morning if there are no further technical snags or weather problems. Flight Plant Told During the week end, the civilian space agency released flight plans for Carpenter's mission. The list of new ex periments showed it would be more than a carbon-copy of astronaut John Glenn's ad venture into orbit last Feb. 20. Among other things, Amer ica's next spaceman will fling brightly colored confetti into the heavens to see if space plays tricks on the human eye and to gather clues on the luminous "firefly" particles which Glenn saw in space. The aluminum beach ball -colored orange, white, silver, yellow and phosphorescent blue-green - will be towed along behind his spacecraft to let Carpenter report on which colors show up best in space and to observe the drag effect of space on the balloon. He will watch the water in the flask to see how it be haves to help engineers learn how to construct fuel tanks for future spacecraft. PROBE PUSHED Washington -IUPII- A Senate subcommittee today pushed ahead with its investigation Into the dealings of Billie Sol Estes, apparently with help from some unidentified gov ernment employees. Cancer society Mrs. Hall Eagle Point Couple Killed in Accident On Lake Highway An Eagle Point couple was fatally injured in an automo bile accident on Crater Lake highway near the Agate rd. intersection Sunday morning. Jake Delroy Brown, 77, of route 1, box 256, Eagle Point, died in the accident. His wife, Winnie Amy Brown, 69, died yesterday afternoon in a local hospital. The Browns were riding in a car driven by Lester McFall, 45, of 324 South B st., Eagle Point, according to' slate po lice. McFall is being treated in Rogue Valley hospital for facial, chest, leg and internal injuries. Laura A. McFall, 40, Eagle Point city councilwoman and wife of the driver, is being treated at Sacred Heart hos pital for facial, leg and other injuries. Treated at Hotpital The driver of the other car involved, June Marie Coburn Ryland, 28, of 2511 Crater Lake highway, is being treat ed at Sacred Heart hospital for a dislocated hip., Her pas senger, Sharolyn Lee Bennett, 20, of route 1, box 396, Gold Hill, lis being treated for se vere nead injuries. All accident victims were reported in fair condition by hospital attendants this morn ing. The Ryland car was making a left turn onto Agate rd. and the McFall car was south bound on Crater Lake high way when the two collided, state police said. WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloud iness wnifni wim scaiirrea showers over mountains. Partly cloudy Tuesday. Low tonlfht 35. Hl(h Tuesday ti. Temp. Hlcheit Yesterday 80 Loweit Thli Morning .-. 35 Our Skies Tonight Sunifl today 7:25 p.m. Hunrlie tomorrow 4:50 a m. Moonset tomorrow 3:16 a m. Full .Moon May 19 VIK1HI.K PLANETS Mercury, sets . 1:47 p.m. Venus, follows Mercury. Saturn, low In southeast 2:3 a m, Mara, riifs 3:55 a.m, Jupiter, between Saturn and Mars. To Roseburg called Eugene and while Eu gene had a supply, Mrs. Parker said there was no way to get the shipment to Rose burg quickly, except by costly air charter. Checking private planet, Mrs. Parker de termined that Duncan, a World War II pilot who is flying in his campaign for Congress in the fourth district, was in Albany. Mrs. Parker took the shipment to Albany by car and Duncan agreed to fly it to Rose burg. which he did. From Roteburg airport a colleague, Slate Rep. W. O. Kclsay, (D-RoM-burg) de livered the dressings as Duncan (lew home to Medford. was ordered into Southeast Asian waters. The newsmap above indicates the route of the task force from the Philip pines and locates Saigon and Laos. (UPD The Browns were en route to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Ray M. (Betty) Huson, 2333 Willamette ave., Med ford, to spend Mother's day when the accident occurred, They had lived in Eagle Point for about 17 years and had moved there from the Griffin Creek area where they had lived for many years. Mr. Brown was a retired orchardist and farmer. Both were active in Grange work and had held offices. Mr. Brown was a past master of both the Griffin Creek and Eagle Point Granges. They were members of the Med ford First Methodist church. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Mor ris Funeral home. Arts, Crafts Display Open at High School An all high school arts and crafts display is open for the public this week in the new boy's gymnasium at the corner of Melrose and Jasper sis., Medford. Doors are open during school hours, and up until about 4 p.m. each afternoon. It will be open between 7:30 and 10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in addition to the day-time hours. . On display are works by students in the art depart ment, including drawings, paintings and sculpture, and in the shops, including metal, auto, wood, machine, and crafts, and mechanical architcctual drawing. and Fliers Escape in Siskiyou Crash Yreka, Calif. - (UPD - The Siskiyou county sheriff's of fice reported today that two fliers reported missing in a plane on a flight from Klam- th Falls. Ore., to unco, Calif., had been found this morning and suffered only minor injuries. The two men were identi fied as pilot Joseph Caluter, of Chlco, and his passenger, Her man Stein. The sheriff's office said the two men walked to the ranger station at Callahan from the scene of the crash Sunday night on little Jackson moun tain. The plane was totally wrecked, according to the pilot. The crash occurred between 8:21 p.m. and 7 p.m. (PST) Sundnv. Caluler reported to the sheriff s office that the plane "had lost its ability to fly." Air Force and civil air pa trol planes searched the area thla morning before the miss ing men reported to the rang er stntlon. Lease of Beekman House Approved; Repairs Planned The lease of the Beekman house in Jacksonville has been approved by the Univer sity of Oregon, it .was re ported this morning. This will allow the Siski you Pioneer Sites Foundation tu enter the house to make re- pairs and clean it for a pub- lie opening scheduled some time early this summer. The Sites Foundation hopes to have the home of the pi oneer banker as one of a num ber of historic buildings and homes open to the public in Jacksonville this , summer. Women of the Sites Founda tion would act as hostesses in pioneer dress. Agree io Least Earlier this year, the coun ty court agreed to lease the Beekman house from the uni versity for one year on a trial basis. Lease cost is $400. The home will be adminis tered by the Sites Foundation as an agency of the county. County Judge Earl Miller said the year would allow the county time to examine main tenance costs of the home. The university has set certain lease conditions, including all income from admission to the house, other than that needed for expenses, would go to the university; the property must be insured, its taxes, mainte nance and upkeep must be provided; and no alterations or improvements can be made without the university's con sent. "Where Did Thi. Darn American Troops Heading Toward Thailand Border Decision To Enter Laos Still Pending Washington -(UPD- The Unit ed States continued its mili tary buildup in Southeast Asia today in the absence of any "clear - cut indication" where Russia stands on a cease fire in Laos. State Department spokes man Lincoln White said the United States believes the Soviet Union could use its influence on Laotian Com munis ts to restore a cease fire if it so desired. No Reports of Advance For the moment at least. there was no fighting. Offi cials said there were no re ports today of any new Com munist thrusts in the north of Laos, where last week's action took place. As a precautionary move. U.S. forces were on the move.. American troops in Thailand were reported heading toward the border with Laos as part of President Kennedy's de cision to draw a firm line against further Communist advances in Southeast Asia. White declined to say whether more Marines - now part of a 7th Fleet task force would be sent into Thailand. He said only that "we are working very closely with the government of Thailand . . . and they are in agreement with the precautionary meas ures that we are taking. U.S. officials said the ques tion of whether the troops actually cross the Mekong river and enter Laos depends on whether the Communist Pathct Lao rebels continue their advance, or enter diplo matic negotiations for some kind of a settlement. Not Planning To Enter Laos Other sources said, how ever, that the United States had no intention "as of now" of moving combat troops Into Laos. But these sources said that if the Communists sought to cross into Thailand, it could be assumed U.S. forces would act to throw them back. There was some confusion here, possibly part of a de liberate "keep 'em guessing" policy, as to the precise line at which this country would join the fighting. As a prac tical matter, it appeared to be the Mekong river. Asked whether Laos had been written off militarily. these sources said no. They said U.S. military advisers still were working with Lao tian troops while Washington tries through diplomacy to get the warring Laotians fac tions together in a neutral government. Kennedy Planning Major Policy Address ' Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy plans to make a ma jor policy address Thursday before the Conference on Trade Policy. More than 1.200 representa tives from business, labor, farm and consumer groups arc scheduled to attend the meet ing designed to mobilize pub lic and political support for the administration's trade bill. Stone Come From?" c
