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Newspaper Page TextPrice 10 Cents Weather Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford. phone SP 2-6141; Ash land call at 1!4 Imva at. or phone 483-3002; Moflacue and Yreka. phone Glohe 9-3171. he fore 6:44 p.m. daily and 10.30 a.m. Sunday. A If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call plense notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. FORECAST: Partly cloudy to day. Jair lonttht and Monday, ttarmrr daytime temperatret. Hljb Sunday 60 to Y Low fun day night near 32. High Mon day 6. to 70. TEMPERATURE Hfgheit Yetlerday sit Lowest Yesterday 39 Precip. to S p.tn9 yesurday .03 Tribune EDFORD United Press InternaUonal Full Leaded Wire United Prea International Full Leased Wire 56 Pages Section A MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1962 Six Sections No. 51 57th Year o M Kennedy Pledges 'Belter Break for Those at Bottom', President Chicles Program Opponents New York -(UPD- President Kennedy, on a torrid support seeking mission to predomi nantly Democratic New York, Saturday night dedicated his administration to gaining "a better break lor those at the bottom." The President said the prime goal of his administra tion was helping "the unem ployed, the hungry, the han dicapped, those who are on welfare, those who are illiter ate, those who are denied their full constitutional rights by reason of their race or color." Early Birthday In a speech prepared for delivery to more than 18,000 well-wishers at an early-day birthday party for him at Madison Square Garden, Ken nedy chided those who oppose his legislative programs. He quoted Grover Cleve land as saying: "What's the use of being elected or re elected unless you stand for something?" "Our opponents," Kennedy added, "prefer to be against everything against every new program, against every appropriation, against every attempt to help the individ ual citizen find a better life for himself and his family." Kennedy's birthday party speech topped off a busy day during which he dashed about in record heat seeking politi cal support for his programs especially medical care for the aged. Ailing Father Kennedy, who also is sched uled to give a major speech in Madison Square Garden to day in behalf of the contro versial King-Anderson bill, also visited his ailing father, former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, for a second time at a rehabilitation center. As for Madison Square Gar den, Kennedy said.: "Most politicians when they come to New York make their headquarters at the Waldorf mine is Madison Square Garden." Kennedy maintains a suite which takes up almost a full floor of the Carlyle hotel where he stays whenever he visits here. The Carlyle is one of the city's most luxurious hotels. Carpenter Space Shot Postponed Cape Canaveral - (UPD - A fresh outbreak of rocket troubles Saturday forced the United States to postpone the triple-orbit space flight of As tronaut M. Scott Carpenter until next Thursday - the fourth delay in less than two weeks. Federal space agency sci entists said they found "irreg ularities" in the flight control system of Carpenter's giant Atlas booster rocket, and that the new two-day postpone ment was necessary to make the needed repairs. The new difficulties crop ped up even as technicians worked overtime on an around-the-clock schedule to make the parachute landing system of Carpenter's "Auro- ra-7 space capsule more re liable. Carpenter, who had been scheduled to run through a "simulated mission" test to morrow, greeted the new de lay with official calm. "This gives me more time to bone up on the flight plan," a spokesman for the national aeronautics and space admin istration (NASA) quoted him as saying. NEV$(Cf)BRIEFS ITEMS PROM GEN. HARKINS INSPECTS Bangkok. Thailand - Gen. troop units newly arrived in men arrived baturaay ana this week to Bring me lorce and 5.000. RED CHINESE WARN AGAINST U.S. BRIDGEHEADS Tokyo - Communist China, in broadcasts monitored here. id it "absolutely cannot tolerate" any new U.S. bride- krf in iiale borderina "worse defeat" then Korea tJkOTIAN LEADERS MAY London - Prince SouvannaoPhouma. Laotian neutrslut leader and premier-deiignate left for Las for pwible talks with olh l?)cti. HELPED FROM WRECK - Rescue Workers help happy looking passenger off wrecked "Laurentian" after it spilled off the tracks near Waterford, N. Y., Friday. One man was killed and dozens of other persons were shaken up Jackson County Voters Reject Home Rule; Miller, James Vie for Judge A Home Rule Charter for Jackson county was snowed under in Friday's voting. The vote was almost 3 to 1 against the proposal. The to tal vote, complete but unoffi cial, was 15,002 against the charter, 5,064 in favor. The total number of votes cast, 20,066, was the largest total in any contest, and represent ed 54.8- per cent of Jackson county's 36,485 registered voters. Some 500 absentee bal lots bring the total voter turn out to about 56.2 per cent. Residents in the large area south and southwest of Med ford decisively rejected a pro posal to be annexed to the city. The vote was 702 against, 201 for annexation. The campaign for and against the charter proposal was the most hotly contested of any in the county. It was supported by a citizens' com mittee; opposed by another cit izens' committee and by a number of groups and organ izations including the Jack son County Democratic Cen tral committee. New Proposal Many of the opponents said they support the princi ple of home rule, but oppose this particular charier. It would be possible for another charter committee to be ap pointed to draw up a new proposal for a vote two years from now, although it would be up to the county court to decide whether to do so. Proposed charters were also rejected in two other counties. Voters In Benton county, defeated a charter with 2,831 for, 5,872 against. It was somewhat similar to the Jack son charter proposal, but dif fered in several respects. The other county voting on a charter Sherman voted it down 272 for, 496 agains. Jackson county voters fol lowed the statewide trend, and voted against the 6 per cent limitation change, 11 312 to 6,773, and for the leg- lslative salary measure 11, - 919 to 6,782. County Judge Earl Miller will face Ralph James in the race for county judge in the November election. AROUND THI OlOtl NEW TROOPS Paul D. Harkins toured U.S Thailand. Five hundred new !n.ri.H . an equal numoer art expeciea :o somewnere o.iween e.uuu its lerritorr. It warned of a for the Amerejani. MEET lor the coa lition government, er Leoiian faction Both men won their nomi nations in closely contested races, Miller's margin of vic tory was only about 500 votes; James's a little over 300 votes. James, a Democrat, is a former county commissioner; Miller, a Republican, a for mer mayor of Medford. Won Easily In the race for county com missioner, to. succeed retir ing Republican Chester Wendt, Larry Shechan, may or of Rogue River won the Democratic nomination easi ly, and Don Faber, former mayor of Central Point, won the Republican nomination. De A. Leigh, a former dep uty sheriff, won the G.O.P nomination for sheriff, and will contest for the position in the fall with Berle Steph ens, the Democratic nominee, a former Medford police offi cer. County election side lights: Largest number of votes cast in any contest; 20,066 in the Home Rule Charter election. Total number of Repub lican votes cast: 10.561. or about 60.8 per cent of the total GOP registration. Total number of Demo cratic votes cast: 9.371. or about 51.1 per cent of the total Democratic registra tion. Total number of regis tered voters: 36.485; Re publicans 17.333: Demo crats 18,245; miscellaneous 907. House Speaker Robert Dun can, a Medford lawyer, can didate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the fourth district, received overwhelming support in his home county in Friday's pri mary election He also carried Josephine and Douglas counties, but lost the other four counties in the district to either former Con gressman Charles O. Porter or State senator KODeri straub, the other two leading ; candidates. His margin in Jackson and Josephine counties, however, was just enough to give him , ? PP"; h'n $ "d h; publican uarl risner, r,ugene . .. . . . Hoffa Annoyed By Federal Indictment Newark. N- J. - 1TB - Team sters Union President James R Hnffa Saturday told news- men a federal indictment ac-000 IOOF members are ex cusing him of accepting more 1 pected to attend. Six hundred ikm million Hollars from i registrations have been made i a transport firm was "just an ollnmnl in ImrraiiQ mf " ,ial.rass mc. - He id he had no commcnt I on an assault suit filed against him by James Baron, 59, a ,am,'rc f,iH riiririnr. "ex c t (0 ,ay in, nllri that when we go '. ....,.. nnr nun ., .;! he told " Hoffa spoke at the Essex! House here to 1.200 members of the ladies auxiliary of tncoranon oi cnivairy : New Jersey teamsters drive for Drmocr.it - Republican in- ii pcnd'g; Pitrr ducalion. or treated and released from area hospitals. The train went off the tracks on a curve, but the cause of the derail ment was not determined. The train was enroute from Montreal to New York City. (UP1) radio and TV man, in the fall election for a successor to Rep. Edwin R. Durno. Duncan's county total was 6,178 votes, compared to 2,- 268 for Porter, 700 for Straub, and 225 for Patrick Flynn, the Eugene fireman. Massive Vote Durno, who declined to run for reelection in favor of seek ing the Republican nomina tion for U. S. Senate, also was given a massive vote in his home county. He received 6,344 votes, more than twice as many as the 3,194 cast for the state wide winner, former state treasurer Sig Unander. Jackson county voters in other races were in line with the statewide returns, giving substantial majorities to Mark Hatfield for the Republican Hail Storms May Have Hurt Fruit Hail fell over much of the valley Saturday following up a light hail storm Friday night, according to observers. Some fruit damage may have occurred. Late Saturday afternoon, hail in a variety of sizes ap peared to fall over much of the valley and particularly in the north, northeast and northwest sectors. None fell in the Wagner Creek area an orchardist reported. This sector was hard hit a week ago and hail did considerable damage to the pears and peaches in that area. Ordinarily hail docs less damage after the trees have leafed out and protected the fruit. However, Saturday aft- tcrnoon a wind seemed to blow the hail into the fruit, an orchardist observed. Some hail fell in the Coleman creek area late Saturday afternoon. 106th Annual Session of Lodge of IOOF to Open A flag-raising ceremony in r..nni nr tv. D,.uiin t n....,..., r """) . . , , mcuiui u anu udtiuun luuiliy today will start the 106th an nual session of the Grand Lodge of Oregon of the In ternational Order of Odd Fel lows. As the convention gets un derway for its four-day set- sion here, approximately 1,- I already in the various motels and hotels around Medford. j and hotels around Medford The association president's dinner will be held at 5 o ciocx inis aiternoon al the - ; Medford IOOF hall. At 7:31. , p.m. delegates will attcne church. ' Decoration of Chivalry Highlight of the four-day i convention will be the Dec TIi inc i Medford N-4ional Guard Ar mory at 8 W p.m, Monday. Othrr Monday events in nomination for governor, to Robert Y. Thornton for the Democratic nomination for governor, and to Wayne L. Morse for the Democratic nomination for senator. In the non-partisan judici ary races, Jackson county vot ers supported the winners. Judge Arno Deneke for the supreme court; and Judge Pe ter Cunnar for the state tax court. ' ' State Senator Lynn New- bry. Talent, serving under ap pointment, Friday received the Republican nomination for that position, and will face Henry Padgham, the Democratic nominee, in the November election. Newbry decisively defeated Don Stathos, Medford insur- anceman, for the nomination, receiving 7,587 votes to 2,974 for Stathos. Padgham was unopposed on the Democratic ballot, but during the last weeks of the campaign, W. E. Morrison staged a write-in campaign for the nomination. The re sults of this, because the set up for tabulating returns puts emphasis on the candidates on the ballot, were not yet available Saturday. However, Padgham's total vote of 6.474 was sufficient to assure him of the nomination. Three House Seals There were no contests on either ticket for the house of representatives, and each par ty nominated three candidates for the three house scats to which Jackson county is en titled this year for the first time. The Republican slate is Rep. John Dellcnback, running for his second term, who led the field; Edwin Branchficld and Al Dumas. The Democratic nominees are Medford City Councilman Al Bradford, who led; Charles Crary and James Redden. Details of these contests ap pear on Page 6A. elude the association past president's breakfast at Stan ley's restaurant in Medford, at 7 a.m., a meeting of offi cers and committee members at the K. P. Hall at 8:15 a.m.; officers and committee in spection at 8:30 a.m., and an opening ceremony at 9 a.m. Officers will be elected at 11 a.m., followed by commit tee reports on proposed legis lation, a floral march, and a nurses' luncheon at the Girls' Community club. Will Reconvene The business session will reconvene at 1:30 p.m. Install ation of officers is scheduled ! at 4:30 p.m I Inc jacKson Mouse in mca ! the convention. The Lodge hall on West Sixth St., the ! K. P. Hall and the Armory - ! will be used for all meetings . oi various groups ana various - restaurants will hold Ihe ban- quels. - Originally, it was planned Ouncan Defeats Porter Tight Earthquake Jars Southern Mexico Mexico City - (DPI) - A se vere earthquake - the second in eight days - jolted this city and most of southern Mexico Saturday, cracking walls and sidewalks, breaking windows and sending thousands of panic - stricken persons flee ing from swaying buildings and homes. Weather Halts Air Hunt for Downed Aircraft in Area The air search in this area for a light plane piloted by a Longvicw, Wash., lumberman has been temporarily called off only due to weather con ditions, according to Ralph McGinnis, assistant director for the state board of aero nautics. The lumberman, James P. Rogers,. left Ft. Bragg, Calif., last Saturday for Kelso, Wash., but was not reported missing until Thursday. He last reported his position near Medford. Good Search Most of the higher ground in this area was covered by clouds and rain showers Sat urday. McGinnis exnlaineri The search has been conduct ed out of North Bend, Rose burg and Springfield, he add ed. He said a good search has been conducted between here and Canyonville, but not per fect due to the weather. The search was probably ground ed in Roscburg, also, due to the weather, McGinnis said. During the third day of the search McGinnis noted that it had been snowing above 3,000 feet and giving the hills a new coat of snow. Habit Pattern We are not sure where to search. All we can do is to make a general area search," the assistant aeronautics di rector said. "We are working on his general habit pattern. He usually flew this route." Up to Saturday Medford aerial searchers had flown about 30 hours, he said. Another plane that had been reported missing, on a flight between Elko, Nev , and Med ford Saturday, was found late in the day. The single engine craft, piloted by O. R. Crea gcr of Bartlesville, Okla., was reported to have been located near Dcnio, Nev. Woodworkers Reject Operators' Proposal Portland -(UPD- The Intcr n a 1 1 o n al Woodworkers of America rejected a recom mendation by the Timber Op erators Council, Inc., that no wage Increase be given until at least June, 1963. Karl F. Glos, executive vice president of the TOC, had asked union negotiators to join with it in recommending to union members and em ployers that wages be frozen until next year. the Grand Here Today that Jacksonville Lodge No. 10 would be the host lodge for this year's Grand Lodge session since the lodge is now 102 years old, a lodge spokes man 8aid- Too Small iv nas Dcen ine ireno ior me uraiiu Longc meeting lo be held in cities having lodges al least 100 years old. How ever, Jacksonville was consid ered too small for housing of the delegates and for holding convention sessions. Tours will be made through his toric points In Jacksonville. Grand Master Ellsworth nooison, oi me .iiinsaicunn oi vetoed it by only 16 votes. Oregon, has lived in Central : Thc pan wouid have con Point most of his life and Is , solirltori Coos Bay, North a member of Central Point j Bcnd, Empire, Eastsidc and Lodge He has been an Odd an unincorporated section. Fello since he was 18. Cleonna Appelgatc, prcsi- J dent of the Rehekah assem- oiy, is aiso a i-cniraj i-oini resident and a member nl Olive Rcbckah lodge of Mfd- ford. w 4th District Three persons were report ed dead in Mexico City, They included Roy Albert, about 50, a Canadian businessman who collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack, after running from a downtown building. At least 15 persons were injured here and 10 in out lying areas. A railroad train was pull ing into the railway station here when the quake hit causing pascngers to panic. Women at the railway station dropped to their knees pray ing with arms outstretched. Persons in other areas also began praying in public when the violent earth shocks drove them into the streets. Became Hysterical Eighty - five telephone op erators in a downtown ex change became hysterical and had to be calmed by emer gency first aid. Seven states, besides the Mexico City federal district, reported feeling the sharp quake which struck here about 9 a.m. CST (11 a.m. EDT). The scismographlc station at the National university here said its instruments re corded shocks for a minute and 20 seconds with varying intensity but ranging up to six on the Mcrcalli scale of 12. i (In Pasadena, Calif., the California Institute of Tech- nology said the quake had a m.niii,j. .m iu.m.u u....uu. i , ni: tor scale of 8 compared to 7.1 for last week's quake. It said . ... . .... Dotn could ne classlf ert "major. ) Heightened Alarm The fact the now quake came only eight days after the one in which four per sons were killed and wide spread damage caused over the same general area height ened alarm. A milder quake was fell last Saturday around the Pacific resort area of Acapulco. It was again affected by Sat urday's shocks and nine per sons were reported slightly Injured there. Of the three reported dead here only Blay, president of an aluminum products firm, was identified. The others were a 17-ycar- old girl, killed in a fall from a building, and a pedestrian fatally injured by a taxi that went out of control. Estes Warned Not To Leave Country Washington - (UPD - The Justice department has warn ed cotton and fertilizer mag nate Billie Sol Estes not to leave the country it was an nounced Saturday. A department spokesman said Estes was served with a "departure control order" by the immigration service last night at his home in Pecos Tex. The order notified Estes that any plans he may have to leave "were not In the best interests" of the United States. Estes has been indicted for fraud and four government officials have lost their jobs in the investigation of his dealings with the govern ment. Under the departure con trol order, the spokesman said, all international traffic - , carriers and Immioratinn nf. I ficers would be alerted to j n,e Diin against foreign travel by Estes. Consolidation Fails In Coos Say Voting Coos Bay -IUPD- A hot, five way consolidation proposal heee failed in Friday's pri mary election with four of the areas Involved approving the mrmer. hut North Bend GIRLOC1LLED Days Creek, Ore. - V -A 16-year-old girl was killed and two boys were injured when their tar plunged Into a creek near here Friday gjghl. yx ! ORDER INVESTIGATION-A Texas district judge has or dered a special grand jury to investigate the shooting death of a department of agricul ture official, Henry M. Mar- shall, above. Marshall, who was found shot to death with five bullets from a 22-caliber bolt action rifle on June 3, 1961, is the person credited with discovering something wrong in the Billie Sol Estes agriculture empire. (UPI) Russian Premier Accuses JFK of War Competition Sofia, Bulgaria - (UPI) - Pre mlcr Nikita S. Khrushchev! counting, piled up his victory said Saturday it sometimes seems as u rreaiaenv R.en- i , .. , ,, ,. . . , . uru'v """""Bing mm " -" "" "i u f hn firut 1n "nticVi lha Ki.tlrtn' as . - r- - of a nuclear war. . Khrushchev said in a broad cast speech at a giant ComW The closest other race camn munist party rally, "we are against such competition,". The Soviet premier,' wind ing up a five-day official vis it to Bulgaria with a lengthy address in a main Sofia square, said Kennedy once de clared that the forces of East and West were equal. Khrushchev said the Amer ican president later was quoted as saying that under certain circumstances the United States would start, a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. To follow such a course, Khrushchev said, is "unwise and inhuman." We cannot Ignore the statement ' because perhaps this is a new moment In the relations of our two coun tries," he said. "Docs It mean that President Kennedy wants us to enter a race who will push the button first? We are against such competition." Khrushchev said anyone who pressed the button to start a nuclear conflict with the Soviet union "would com mit suicide." Sports Bulletin BASEBALL National League: St. Louis 8 Los Angeles 1 Pacific Coast League: Portland 7 Seattle 0 "Now Are You Ready i Hatfield to Meet Thornton; Morse Has Easy Victory Unander Hands Bad Beating to Durno Portland (UPI) Oregon House Speaker Robert Dun can defeated ex-Congressman Charles O. Porter for the fourth district congressional nomination in a down-to-the-wlre battle to highlight Ore gon's primary election. Porter conceded shortly be fore noon and said "we fourth district Democrats will now unite behind Bob Duncan to assure his election on Nov. 6." With all 736 precincts re porting Duncan had 18,768 and Porter 17,649. Convincing Margins The Porter-Duncan battle, in which State Sen. Robert W. Straub ran a respectable third, was in contrast to most of the races which were de cided by convincing margins. Sen'. Wayne Morse and Gov. Mark Hatfield won thumping victories, as expected. Ex State Treasurer Sig Unander won'-the GOP right to meet Morse and Atty. Gen. Robert Y. - Thornton,1 promising a strong general election bat tle, took the Democratic gu- Dernatonal nod. Slim Margin ' - Duncan,, who led bv a slim - 1 margin through most of the in his home. Jackson county. There he had 6,178 votes to vo 2,268 for Porter and only 700 for Straub. By contrast, Dun can trailed badly in Porter i land Straub's home Lane coun- - ty. in Multnomah county's third 1 I district where druggist Stan- ley Hartman, was leading truck' driver Wint Blackwell for the GOP nomination to meet Rep. Edith Green. Mrs. Green won with ease. Mors Easy Winner Morse had little trouble in defeating Portland labor un ion member Charles Gilbert, and Hatfield easily outdis tanced Portland engineer George Altvatcr. Rep. Edwin R. Durno, who gave up the congressional scat he won from Porter to enter the six-man GOP Senate race, was beaten soundly by Unan der. Durno wired Unander his congratulations today and said he wanted to "thank my opponents for a clean, high- level campaign. Oregon State speech professor Harold Liv ingston ran a distant third. Blaine Whipple, the 32-ycar- old former Democratic party executive secretary, won the right to oppose Rep. Walter Norblad, while Bend Publish er Robert Chandler was nom inated to meet Rep. Al Ull- man, a Democrat. Chandler .said of his vic tory, "Unlike Senator Morse. I won't say I'm amused, but I am gratified." See other primary election results and stories on page 6A. to Repair the Henhouse?"