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Newspaper Page Texto Kenya Air Crash Kills Space Support leam Rogue Valley Edition Medford Four Sections Price 10 Cents II t r..4.: I 4.:.M Tracking Station Tribune W.V. WWlilll.lllVj - L.VIUIIVJII CrewReported Princes To Come to Terms 40 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1962 No. 49 Fourth District Candidates Make Last Appearances Duncan To Return To Medford Tonight The fourth district race for the Democratic nomination for Congress, one of the hot test campaigns on the Oregon political scene, wound up to day with the three major can didates in the Eugene area. Robert B. Duncan, speaker o the Oregon House, was campaigning in the Eugene Springfield area today. He has a television appearance sched uled in Eugene tonight, after which he will fly to his home in Medford to await the elec tion outcome. Charles O. Porter, also seek ing the Democratic congres sional nomination, said in Eu gene today that grass roots po litical action plus experienced congressional representa t i o n is the means to make medical care for the aged a reality. Porter, who served two terms in Congress, said medical care through the social security program is a life and death issue for which he worked during his congressional ca reer. Straub Lists Work Areas State Sen. Robert Straub said in Eugene that the three main areas in which he would work if elected as the fourth district Democratic congress man are medical care for the aged, development of payrolls and jobs, education and em ployment of youth and achievement of lasting peace. Patrick Flynn, Eugene fire man, also is in the muddled fourth district race. Meanwhile, Dr. Edwin R. Durno, Republican candidate for United States senator, has based his campaign on- the theme of a return of "good old fashioned economy" to the federal government. Durno and his wife will spend elec tion night in San Francisco visiting with their daughter, after which they will fly to Washington. Plane Missing in Southwest Oregon Salem - (UPD - The Oregon Board of Aeronautics said to day that a red and white Piper Comanche airplane piloted by a Longview, Wash., lumber man was reported missing on a flight from Ft. Bragg, Calif., to Kelso, Wash. A search was launched late this morning. Reported missing was James Rogers, about 42, Longview. He was on a business trip to California with the Aborigine Lumber Co., Kelso. He hasn't been heard from since 4:55 p.m. Saturday, the board said. Ralph McGinnis, assistant director of the board, said a number of search planes were ordered up early today in southwest Oregon but clouds hampered the effort and planes were beginning to take off at noon. McGinnis said the search stretched from the Medford area near the Oregon-California border northerly to Springfield, Ore. Public Hearings On Council Agenda Two public hearings on proposed street paving proj ects will be held wnen tne Medford city council meets at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The projects involve paving portions of Olwell Way and Velia st. The agenda also lists call ing for bids on the Bear creek improvement project under the freeway viaduct at Haw thorne park. HEWSCBRIEFS IIIMS FHOM RUSSIA TO RESUME NUCLEAR TESTS Tolbuchin, Bulgaria-lW-Sovlet Foreign Miniiltr Andrei Gromvko laid today the Soviet Union "will resume nuclear tests." RAILROADS BREAK OFF NEGOTIATIONS Chicago-tni-The nation's railroads today broke off nego tiations with five operating rail brotherhoods with a charge that the unions had reluied to negotiate on the issue of 'tealherbedding." SAMNGER SEES NO EXCHANGE PROSPECTS . Moscow-iUT-Whlte House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger aid today he sees no immediate prospect of an Increased ii.. of information and ideas between Russia and the United States. Voters to Select Candidates At Primary Friday Registered voters in Jack son county's two major politi cal parties will select candi dates for federal, state and county office in primary elec tions tomorrow. All voters also will have an opportunity to elect candi dates for nonpartisan judicial offices, and pass on three measures, one of thein the c o n t r o versial Home Rule Charter for Jackson county. Polls will be open between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the 123 precincts in Jackson county. (A list of polling places ap pears on page 4C of today's Mail Tribune.) Any registered voter may vote on the nonpartisan ju dicial offices and the meas ures, but only party members may vote in the Democratic and Republican primaries, in which party members select their candidates for the No vember general election. Annexation Election In addition, residents in an area proposed for annexation to Medford will vote on an nexation, and residents of Central Point and Butte Falls will vote on dog control measures. Political observers in this area expect one of the largest primary election voter turn outs for many years, princi pally because of the proposed County Home Rule Charter. Federal, state, county and city offices will be closed to morrow because of the elec tion. However, the elections department in the courthouse will be open, as will the court house switchboard, to answer inquiries from residents con cerning the election. Offices Closed Among state offices closed are the state department of motor vehicles, the public utility commission, and the liquor commission store. Jackson County Clerk Mar vin Madden reminaea resi dents that several precincts have been divided and polling places changed. He asked voters to check their precinct and proper polling place be fore going to the polls. Voters in doubt about their precinct or polling place may telephone the elections depart m e n t at the courthouse, SPring 3-6211. Tomorrow, the telephone will be 77d-bZii. Madden also reminded resi dents in the annexation area to the south and southwest of Medford that not all residents in the precincts involved may vote on the proposal. The boundary of the annexation area does not coincide wun Central Point Man Hurt in Jackson county sheriff's deputies today are investigat ing an incident shortly after midnight last night in which one man was injured. Medford police were noti fied today that a man who had been seriously cut in a fight was being treated at Sacred Heart hospital. Treated tor an axe cut on the nose was Don Edwards, route 2, box 668H, Central Point. After he was treated he was lodged in the city jail for being drunk in public. He re ceived a 10 - day suspended sentence on the charge in municipal court this morning. Although details of the in cident were not clear, Ed wards was involved in a fight with John Alexander De lorme, also of the Central Point address, according to police. AROUND THI OlOM precinct boundaries, so elec tions department person n e 1 have indicated on the poll books who is eligible to vote on the annexation and who is not. Write-In Procedure Because of one race in which there is an active write - in candidate, Marvin Madden pointed out that writing the name itself in con- situtes a vote, and it Is not really necessary to mark an X beside the written in name. The measures on which resi dents will vote are: Six per cent limitation amendment - Purpose: "Re vises constitutional provision governing 6 per cent limita tion. Prevents loss of tax base by taxing bodies. Permits first year levy without election. Fixes election dates." Salaries of state leaisla- lators - Purpose: "To amend Con stitution by providing that legislators' salaries shall be established and paid in the same manner as the salaries of other elected state officers." Proposed Jackson County Home Rule Charter - "A coun ty constitution for self gov ernment in local matters; pro vides for nonpartisan election of seven commissioners, ap pointment by them of five ad ministrative officers now elected." The nonpartisan judiciary ballot includes: For judge of the Supreme Court, position No. 6 (vote for one): Arno H. Denecke and Lyle R. Wolff. For judge of the Oregon tax court (vote for one): Peter Gunnar and Raymond L. Jones. Candidates seeking nomina tion in the Democratic party, are: For United States Senator; Charles E. Gilbert and Wayne Morse. For fourth congressional district representative: Pat rick M. Flynn, Charles O. Por ter, Robert W. Straub and Robert B. Duncan. For governor: Walter J. Pearson, Robert Y. Thornton, M. A. (Cap) Yegge, and Dan N. Cox. For commissioner of the bu reau of labor: Vic Davis and Norman O. Nilsen. For state senator from Jack son county: Henry F. Padg ham Jr. W. A. Morrison has announced he is seeking the nomination by write-in; his name does not appear on the ballot. For state representative from Jackson county: Charles W. Crary, James A. Redden and Alva N. (Al) Bradford. For county assessor: Thad W. Hatten. For county clerk: E; M. Madden. For county commissioner: Edward (Old Gunner) Kron and Larry Sheehan. For county judge: Ralph A. James, Evan E. Rasmussen, K. C. (Swede) Wernmark and John L. Gregory. For county sheriff: Harold Donald Ottosen and Berle E. (Steve) Stephens. Candidates seeking the Re publican nomination are: For U.S. senator: J. Baca loff, Glenn E. Brixey, R. F. Cook, Edward R. Durno, Har old M. Livingston, Sig Unan- der. For fourth congressional district representative: Carl Fisher. For governor: H. G. Altva- ter, Mark Hatfield. For commissioner of the bureau of labor: Alfred (Pat) Blair. For state senator from Jack- ion county: L. W. (Lynn) New- bry and Donald L. Stathos, For state representative from Jackson county: Edward Branchfield, John R. Dellen- back and Alexander A. Du mas. For county assessor: Herb Hunter. For county clerk: Bereth P. Hopkins. For county commissioner: David S. Blair, Donald E. (Don) Faber, Melvin J. Lat tie, Floyd R. McCabe and Fred L. Walker. For county judge: Homer A. Conger, Harry E. Hawk and Earl M. Miller. For county sheriff: Tim J. Horn, 'Dc' A. Leigh, William H. Manning. Artyr M. Sav ard and Jack Rcy Sides. I PUBLIC HEARINGS -Sen. John M c C 1 e 1 1 a n (D-Ark.), chairman of the Senate Inves tigations subcommittee has announced that his group will hold public hearings on the Billie Sol Estes case to "get at the root" of any corruption or malfeasance. (UPI) Committee Plans Public Hearings In Estes Case Washington (UPD The Sen ate investigation subcommit tee voted unanimously today to hold public hearings on Billie Sol Estes multimillion dollar farm empire to "get to the root" of any corruption or malfaesance. Chairman John L. McClel- lan (D-Ark.), announced the subcommittee's action after a 90-minute meeting in his of fice. He said hearings will be gin as soon as - the greatly augmented subcommittee staff can prepare for them. The subcommittee also agreed unanimously to ques tion certain witnesses behind closed doors in preparation for the public sessions. The action came as Presi dent Kennedy held a 20-min-ute meeting with Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman, presumably to discuss the Estes case which already has involved several of Freeman's subordinates. The White House gave no details but there was specu lation Freeman and the chief executive reviewed develop ments to date in anticipation of Kennedy's news conference later in the afternoon. McClellan said he envis ioned an investigation of "the entire situation" in the Agri culture Department and else where. He said the hearings could run "for months." WEATHER FORECAST: Increasing cloudi ness tonight. Considerable cloudiness and a chance of a few scattered showers Friday. Low tonight 38. High Friday 70. Temp. Highest Yesterday 71 Lowest This Morning 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:28 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:48 a.m. Moon rise today 5:38 p.m. Full Moon May 19 PRO MINK NT STARR Antares, low In south east 9:29 p.m. Reguliis, In the weit..ll:39 p.m. Arctiirus, high In south 10:41 p.m. Allalr, low in east. 10:52 p.m. Two Candidates Express Charter Opinions Two candidates this morn ing expressed their beliefs concerning the proposed Jack son County Home Rule Char ter. L." W. (Lynn Newbry, Re publican candidate for state senator, said he would neither endorse nor oppose the Char ter, and John R. Dellenback, Republican candidate for state representative, said he person ally favors the proposal. Newbry raid: ' As an official of the state of Oregon, I do not believe it ia proper for me to either endorse or oppose lf! Charter as it is presented to the vot ers. This is a decision that Kennedy Hopes To Avoid War In Asian Jungles Length of Troop Service Undecided Washington (UPD President Kennedy said today the United States is counting on the three princes of Laos to reach political agree m e n t which would avoid a "shoot ing war in the jungles of Asia." Asked at a news conference if he could say how long U.S. troops would remain in Thai land, Kennedy replied that he could not do so at this time and pointed out that the American service men have been there only a short time. He added that the withdrawal would depend to a great ex tent on conditions in Thailand and the neighboring coun tries. The President said, "We continue to hope" that a gov ernment of national union will be created in Laos. He said today's intelligence reports included no word of further Communist fighting in Laos and there are "indi cations" the three rival Lao tian leaders will meet soon. 'I hope they will produce a government," Kennedy said. He said the "great hazards of a shooting war in the jungles of Asia" make a political solu tion urgent. During the conference the President also: -Said that the question of a united European political fed eration is one for the people of Europe to decide. The in terest of this country, he said, is that the freedom and de fense of Europe involves the freedom and defense of the United States. He said that any federal employees found to be in volved in improprieties con nected with the Billie Sol Estes case would be "disci plined immediately." Dutch Shoot Down Indonesian Plane Hollandia, West New Guin ea -(UPI)- An Indonesian air force transport carrying para troopers was shot down this morning during a new at tack on West New Guinea, the local Dutch government announced. The plane, a Dakota DC3, was downed In the sea south of Fak Fak, where Indones ian paratroopers have been dropped this week. "The plane was shot by air defense units during a new Indonesian infiltration at tempt," the announcement said. At the Hague, the defense ministry said the plane was knocked down "before it had dropped the paratroopers It was carrying to the main land." Transportation To Polls Is Offered Transportation to the polls tomorrow has been offered by two organizations the Democratic party and the Stathos for State Senator committee. Voters needing transporta tion to the polls may telephone Jean Mills or "Tex" Phillips at 773-3949. The service is sponsored by the Democratic party, but any registered voter, regardless of party affiliation, may utilize It, they said. The Stathos for State Sena tor committee will offer trans portation by telephoning 773 2900, headquarters for the Stathos campaign. should be made by the people of Jackson county based on their sound judgment." Dellenback noted three rea sons for favoring the Charter, and said "without taking the long, initial step of adopting such a Charter, we will never be able to bring about the major advantages to local gov ernment available under such a system." Dellenback pointed out, however, that the decision on the Charter "will be made and should be made by each of us individually, but It should be made after a care ful consideration of the basic fundamental issues." He reviewed three phases of the matter which seemed JIT ' t44 W i i' 8 tT-Ss, f "1 YANKS IN THAILAND U.S. Air Force jet fighter-bombers flew into Thailand Wednesday to spearhead American mili tary reinforcements of Thai defenses against the threat of communist military units in neighboring Laos. Meanwhile, 1,800 combat-ready Marines prepared to come ashore in the Gulf of Siam. Above is one of the American servicemen in Thailand. (UPI) . . Budget Committee Urged to Increase Officers' Salary Medford Police Chief Charles P. Champlin urged the citizen's budget committee last night to consider raising the salaries of the senior pa trolmen on the police force.. Champlin strongly recom mended a salary of $490 a month for top patrolmen. The proposed city budget calls for $450 a month. "I'm not urging this salary increase because of pressure from, the officers," Champlin said, "I m asking for it be cause I believe in it myself." The chief revealed that be cause of the salary situation he is having some difficulty Morse, Neuberger Seek Project Funds Washington - (UPI) - Sens. Wayne Morse and Maurine B. Neuberger, both Oregon Dem ocrats, Wednesday asked Con gress to appropriate about $93 million for public works proj ects in Oregon. The senators appeared be fore the Senate Public Works Appropriations subcommittee to ask that funds budgeted for the Corps of Engineers for work in Oregon be increased. Among construction proj ects already under way for which the Orcgonians asked for increased funds are Fall Creek Reservoir, $4 million; Green Peter Reservoir, $11 million; Lower Columbia Riv er Bank Protection, $800,000; and Willamette River Bank protection, $8,000; They asked that $1 million be appropriated for the Blue River Reservoir, for which no money has been budgeted. Also included was a request for $60,000 for planning of a 40-foot channel in the Colum bia river from the mouth to the Portland and Vancouver area. of particular Importance. They arc: 1. ". . . Adoption of the Charter would make It possi ble for us to settle on a local level certain special problems rather than to seek solution of these problems In Salem, where I know . . . people of other sections of the state may not be particularly under standing of these local prob lems. 2. ". . . Adoption of the Charter would make possible a better coordination of the work of our county govern ment. It will . . . bring ap pointment rather than flec tion of certain officials, but . . . the number of many good persons who are seeking to mm mm- ) 4 4 maintaining the department's 1 high standard when attempt ing to fill vacancies on the force. Three officers, one of whom had been with the department for five years, resigned dur ing the last year, Champlin said, and two of those men left "in hopes of making more money elsewhere. 1 Vacancy Left nno r,F fl fhroo vnplo n. iT " sill Kno rtnt koan f (llnf) Phnm. " The beginning salary of $350 a month for a patrolman is adequate, : Champlin told the committee, but he felt a higher maximum salary for patrolmen was necessary in order to provide incentive for officers - to remain on the force, i In support of his request, Champlin pointed out that as of July 1 this year a senior patrolman on the Eugene, Ore., police department will receive $480 a month, and that an Oregon state police officer currently receives $540 a month. In its budget for the com ing year, the, police depart ment has proposed several per sonnel changes.. . . In order to have an officer with the rank of lieutenant in command of each of the de partment's three platoons, it is proposed that one position of sergeant be deleted, and that one position of lieutenant be added. It also is proposed that the force be increased by five patrolmen, four of whom would constitute a new beat in the event the annexation to southwest Medford is passed by the voters tomorrow. The budget also calls for the ' addition of one clerk stenographer. The proposed grant total for the department's fiscal budget for 1962-63 is $343, 814. fulfill these offices will not be lessened In the event these offices become appointive. 3. ". . . Adoption of a Char ter will bring a chance with out expense to us as taxpayers to bring Into local govern ment many people who have real ability and who are able to serve on a part-time basis but would not be able to scive on a full-time basis. This will lead to a strengthening of the caliber and quality of our local government." Dellenback said the Char ter has sufficient flexibility to permit amendmenfennd "we will be able r&o make the changes that experience might well prove to be necessary or desirable. Carpenter Given 50-50 Chance To Orbit Saturday Waves in Atlantic Threaten Launch Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD Bad weather at sea and a plane crash that apparently wiped out a small emergency recovery force today left as tronaut Scott Carpenter with only a 50-50 chance of mak ing his scheduled orbital space flight Saturday. The weather shaped up as the chief stumbling block. Waves seven to ten feet high were reported in the Atlantic between Bermuda and the Azores, where Carpenter would land if anything went wrong with his spacecraft during the early minutes of his flight. All Aboard Killed Officials said the plane that crushed was en route to a tracking station at Zanzibar with support personnel for a small emergency recovery team for' Carpenter s flight. All 14 persons aboard the plane, a C130, were believed killed. Sources at the cape stres sed that the team that ap parently was wiped out was not one of the three main re covery forces all of which are stationed in the Atlantic. Forces Around Glob During manned orbital flights the United St: tes posts small emergency forces around the globe just in case the capsule comes down in other than the pre-arranged landing areas. It apparently was such a force that was in volved In today's crash. Space agency spokesmen I said that a substitute team was being flown to Zanzibar 1 to replace the one killed in I today's crash. They Indicated that the loss of the team would not Impede technical preparations for the flight 500 Receive Sabin Vaccine at Clinic Some BOO persons had "" ceived Sabin oral polio vac- lu" .... r np jti inp niimiD ueuiui uuiLt: . ... I - l " .,n' TT:'S,',hJar OUII tWUV partment officials said This is the last day during which the vaccine will be ad ministered. The public health office will be open until 5 o'clock this afternoon. A line started forming on the first floor of the court house about 7:40 a.m., health officials said, and during the first hour 230 persons receiv ed the vaccine. No Hazards Found In 837 Dwellings No hazards were noted in 837 dwellings by Medford firemen who completed their annual home Inspection pro gram yesterday. . ( The firemen,' who began the program April 23, in spected 1,277 residences on east and west-running streets. They made 696 recommenda tions for correction of haz ards. Firemen stopped at 2,871 dwellings. No one was found home at 1,307. Occupants of 287 residences turned down the offer of inspection. "AH I Asked For Was An Increase In My Allowance!" Aboard Craft Rescuers Find No Survivors Washington - (UPD - Fourteen persons apparently were killed today when an Amer ican C130 transport crashed near Nairobi, Kenya, while flying a support mission for this country's man-in-space program, the Air Torce an nounced. The report i,aid rescue at tempts "indicate no surviv ors." Two helicopters were sent to the scene. It was presumed that 10 of the persons aboard ere pas sengers. The plane normally carries a crew of four. Burns on Impact None of the astronauts were scheduled to be at any of the tracking stations in the area of Africa during this week end's planned attempt to put another man in orbit. The Air Force said the plane crashed in mountains near Nairobi and burned on impact. The plane was out of Ev ereux, France. There was no immediate description of the nature of its support mission, but Project Mercury has tracking and rescue prepara tions under way around the world. En Route to Kenya The plane apparently was carrying Project Mercury per sonnel to a tracking station in Kenya in preparation for astronaut Scott Carpenter's space ride. Carpenter is to be launched toward orbit soon from Cape Canaveral, Fla. A spokesman for Patrick Air Force base, headquarters of the missile range used in Carpenters flight, said the plane was definitely carrying support personnel and. equip ment for the recovery team. The plane crashed as it was making an approach for a landing at the Nairobi Air field. Stocker Discusses Center lor Blind Clifford Stocker, Portland, administrator for the state commission for the blind, and Robert Whipple, Salem, direc tor of the state division of re- Wednesday 'to discuss the es tablishment of a district office ana renaDimanon cemer lor . ,.u .. .. .... I Such a center was approved I hf th ataf. onrnm oolnn J March. Stocker said plans are now under way to organize a coordinating committee here to represent various agencies interested in such a project. He said the commission hopes to have an office setup here on a permanent basis by September. The anticipated facility will not only serve as an employ men t-vocational evaluation center for the blind, but will also be a rehabilitation facil ity for other seriously dis abled persons and senior citizens. ' Persons who are interested In serving on the coordinat ing committee may contact County Judge Earl Miller or James Pullman, administrator for the county welfare de partment. AMERICAN New York 2 5 0 Boston 13 1 Turley, Bridget (8) and Howard; Conley and Pag-liaroni.