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Newspaper Page TextIHH ATTrK HHHB MS Rogue Valley Edition Medford 16 PAGES AMA Terms Medical Care Plan 'A Cruel Hoax and Delusion' New York -IUPIW The Amer ican Medical association mounted an unprecedented as sault on President Kennedy's medical care program Mon day night, calling it a step toward nationalized medicine which still would not protect the neediest. Using a paid television forum, AMA speakers tagged the King-Anderson bill to fi nance hospital care for the aged through Social Security "a cruel hoax and a delusion." "It wastefully covers mil lions who do not need it," de clared Dr. Edward R. Annis of Miami. "It heartlessly ig Kennedy Defends Involvement in Private Lives Washington -tUPlJ- President Kennedy today defended his administration against charges that it was pushing too far into the lives of private indi viduals. But the President's message to 3,000 Democratic women gathered on the White House lawn had to share the spot light with a rare political ap pearance by his wife. Kennedy's answer to those who say proposals such as his program for medical care for the aged involve the govern ment too much in the private lives of Americans was that "the business of the people is the people's business." He drew the loudest cheer from the women, however, when he introduced the first lady. He also- introduced D e m o c r a tic congressional leaders who had met with him earlier at a weekly breakfast. Shook Hands After speaking, the Presi dent walked down to a re straining rope barrier and be gan shaking hands with as many of the delegates as he could reach. Mrs. Kennedy, chic in a slim green linen dress, remained out of the proceedings at first. But Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took her by the arm and escorted her firmly toward the mass of women Democratic workers who thrust out stretched hands and arms to wards the first lady. "God bless you, Jacque line," said one woman Demo crat, "You're doing a simply wonderful job." This became almost an echo as hundreds of the delegates clamored and shoved to get near the first lady. Oil Exploration Leases Granted Salem (UPll The Oregon Land Board today granted two more oil and gas leases for exploration under the state's new onshore oil regu lations approved earlier this month. The leases, both for 10 years and covering a total of 4.600 acres in western Oregon, went to Donald F. McDonald, Eu gene, a private developer, and Farnham Chemical Co. of Portland. They were the fifth and sixth leases granted by the board under the new oil code. Earlier leases were to Gulf, Humble and Superior Oil companies, all of California, and to Farnham. HRVSBRIEFS IUM$ FROM FIVE SOLDIERS DIE IN TANK MISHAP Fori Hood, Tex.-lPr-Five toldieri died Monday when their tank tumbled down t 30-foot embankment into I hallow creek, landed on iti top and bunt into flame. ROCKET SHIP TESTS AIRFLOW Edwards AFB, Calif.-1 PI Th X1S rocket ship icorched through the air at 3.300 milei an hour today in a test of air flow over its body. Air Force Mai. Bob Ruihworth hit an altitude peak of approximately ii muei in ine -leconai oi powerea mgni and following glide before retuning iuellesi to the deiert test base in lest than 10 minutes. O WEATHER ODDS FAVOR CARPENTER Cape Canaveral, FlaM PI Improving weather conditions now give American space scientists better than even odds In favor of hurling aalronaut within the next 48 hours, the MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1962 nores millions who do need I coverage. It is not true insur- ance. It will create an enor- mous and unpredictable bur-1 den on every working tax-1 payer. It offers sharply limit-; ed benefits. "It will undercut and de stroy the wholesome growth of private, voluntary insur ance and pre-payment health programs for the aged which offer flexible benefits in the full range of individual needs." Annis, a surgeon and chair man of the AMA speakers bureau, claimed the King-Anderson bill would increase Pageant Finalist Betsy Beck Betsy Beck, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Alfred M. Beck, 1830 Hanley rd., Medford, is anoth er of the finalists in the Miss Rogue Valley Pageant spon sored by the Medford Jay cees. She will sing in the tal ent division of the pageant. Miss Beck has dark brown hair and eyes, is 5 feet 6 ! inches, and weighs 125 pounds. Her favorite sport is swimming. Boardman Land Swaps Finalized Salem - HOT -Land cx-1 changes providing the Navy with an air corridor in the Boardman bombing range area were finalized today by the Oregon Land Board. When the Navy's bombing range is relocated to the east of the old range, there will be an air corridor one mile wide and about 10 miles long. Boeing Co., Seattle, is leas ing about 50,000 acres cover ing the present Navy practice bombing range, and this has been designated a space age industrial park. The land exchanged in volved these parties: Rosella Lindsay, Umatilla Seed Corp., Lawrence D. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Claude P. Troxclair. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tucker and Clark Kay, all of Morrow county. Talent Man Due for West Point Graduation West Point, N.Y.-il'PP-Seven Oregonians will graduate from the U.S. Military Acad - cmy next month. They include Harry W. 1 Nieuwboer, Jan T. Molvar, i Jon V. Lynn, and Michael A. Crabtree. all of Portland; Thomas P. Heuman, Nehalem; David R. Spangler. Talent, and James R. Beldman, Al bany. AROUND THI OlOil Scott Carpejryr, 37. into orbit space agency said today. payroll tax deductions by as I much as 17 per cent at the very start, "If our government wants to move now toward welfare state medicine - then let them tell us so honestly," Annis declared. "Why sneak it in piece by piece on the backs of old people first? "The King-Anderson crowd intends to take us all the way down the road to a new sys tem of medicine for every body - and don't mistake it. England's nationalized medi cal program is the kind of thing they have in mind for us eventually." Government Orders Grain Taken From Estes Elevators Washington- WPD -The Agri culture department today struck a multimillion dollar blow against the estate of Bil lie Sol Estes by announcing it will withdraw all government-owned grain stored in elevators once controlled by the indicted Texas financier. About 42 million bushels of grain -worth about $50 million-will be gradually moved out of the Estes' elevators. The Agriculture department said the move would be in the "interest of public policy." George Barnes, an assistant to Agriculture Secretary Or- I00F Convention Continues in City Emphasis in the Independ ent Order of Odd Fellows state convention here switch ed to women's activities to- c'av Activities started with a no host breakfast at the Medford Methodist church at 7 o'clock this morning. The business session started with seating of officers. Officers were scheduled to be elected late this morning, followed by the Grand Matriarch's luncheon j , Medrord; Another business meeting was scheduled this afternoon with a joint public installation of the Grand Encampment and Grand Ladies Encamp ment auxiliary officers, grand march and ball at 8 o'clock tonight. Central Point Hires Third Policeman Central Point - The Central Point police department has employed William Steve Rus sell. 1080 Stewart ave., Med ford, as the third member of the city's police force. Russell replaces Richard Hamilton, whose employment with the department was ter minated recently. Russell previously was em ployed by Kogap Lumber com- ! nam, r,f lnrn IS ,rno j He is now undergoing police ! training. He is married, has I two children and has been a i valley resident for 17 years. Hintz Services To Be Wednesday Salem -lUPH-Thc late Alfred E. Hintz. Oregon's adjutant general, will have full mili - tary rites in the armory - audi - iri,,m hr i ii m ipst v Wednesday. He succumbed to a heart attack at Camp Withy- combe Saturday at the age of . 56. 1 Juvenile Arrested tor gernatoWmmaXa,hernXlCong Bomb Tueof division, made up of National Central Point J a c k s S n Guard units of Oregon and county sheriff's deputies ar WasNngton state. ! rested a 13-year-old boy yes- Bunal services will be pri- terday afternoon who admit vatc, at Portland's Willamette 'ed telephoning a bomb National ccme'ery. threat to Crater High school Brig. (Sen. Paul L. Kliever yesterday morning The youth of Salem, assistant Oregon ad-as turned over to Juvenile iutanl acneral. is servinc as authorities. acting adjutant gcr-al u)'il Gov. Mark Hatfield names SUCcessor to Hintz. . TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS Salem -'l'Pl- Slate ElecWms Director Jack F. Thompson , said today the official results of Oregon's primary election probably will he announced XMonday. June 18 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 53 Annis' declaration brought a swift reply from Abraham ! ...-if,.., issued a statement calling the ! AMA presentation "just an other staging of 'let's fool the American people again.' " Ribicoff said the 17 per cent hike in payroll taxes cit ed by the AMA would amount to only about S2 a month. He denied AMA charges that the American system of medicine would be destroyed, saying the only difference would be that hospital bills would be paid through the Social Secu rity system. ville L. Freeman, said that it might take 18 months to get the grain moved out. He said the decision was made by Freeman. Prime Revenue Source Withdrawal of the grain will mean that the receiver ship for Estes will lose its prime source of revenue, since the government has been pay ing from $3 to $4 million a year for the storage. Grain storage payments to Estes have been frozen since March 1, and Barnes said the department now has about SI million in payments in es crow. Barnes said that none of the money will be released until the government has received what it has coming. Presum ably this means the govern ment .will subtract .the $554, 000 fine It levied on Estes for growing cotton in 1961 on land for which he had no al lotments. Bond Approved Barnes made the announce ment at the first of a series of news briefings the depart ment plans to hold on the Estes case. Barnes also said that a fed- eral court in Texas had ap proved a $10 million bond for Harry Moore, El Paso, who has been appointed receiver for Estes' affairs. Barnes said the bond provided by an in surance company, would pro tect the government's interest in the case. Barnes said withdrawal of i the grain from the Estes warc 1 houses would, in effect, slap a i black-list tag on the ware houses. He said the depart ment did not intend to store any more grain in the Estes' elevators. (See Story on Page 2) Navy Transport Airplane Crashes Munich - (I'PIi - A U.S. Navy transport plane with 26 per-1 to iron out difff,rcnccs rcRaTd. sons aboard crashed and burn- j ing the use of Mexican nation ed six miles cast of Munich j als by the Rogue valley pear today. The Air Force said 20 bodies were removed from the wreckage. There was no in dication any of those aboard survived. The Air Force said the Navy WV2 Super Constella tion carried five Navy offi cers, 17 Navy enlisted men and four Army enlisted men. It was to have returned to i Rhine-Main after completing its 'raining mission over the ,Munlcn arc,a- . , , ! , N Parachutes were sighted . f all ing from the plane as it went down, the Air Force i said- The high school received a call about 11 a m. yesterday warning that a bomb gvould 1 go off there about 1 p m. j TO MANAGE TREK Corvalhs - 'I'PI' - Gayle Mc-! Qimrv Irinif arlivp in Shrinp ! affairs, will manage the 17th annual Mary's Peak Shrine 'Trek on Sunday. Aug. 15. Massive Assault To Crush Foes Being Readied Invaders Killed, Wounded in Attack Holliindia, West New Guin-ca-illPI'-Dutch troops launched ; a counter attack that "shat ! tered" Indonesia forces and ! killed and wounded a number of the invaders in twin drives around Fak Fak on the Onin Peninsula. the Netherlands M.i",la.ry Command announc- ed today. The massive assault by com bined Dutch land, sea, and air forces to crush the Indonesi ans, estimated to number more than 400 paratroopers, is now being readied, Rear Adm. Leendert Reeser, com mander of Dutch forces in West New Guinea, said. Several Said Killed Reeser issued a communi que reporting that a drive against the Indonesians north of Fak Fak "shaiiored" their forces. "Several Indonesian para troopers were killed and number injured in the fight ing north of Fak Fak in the Onin Peninsula," Reeser said. A radio transmitter, food. rations and mortar shells were captured. Some of the enemy have even lost their uniforms and have thrown away their equipment." The Indocnsia Defense Council claimed the capture of the town of Terminabuan in a Radio Indonesia broad cast heard in Tokyo. The town was captured after two days of "fierce fighting," the broadcast said. In The Hague, the Dutch Defense Ministry said at least 10 Indonesians, including three officers, had been killed and 15 others wounded in the fighting. It said one Dutch marine had been wounded and his condition is "good." Plans Disclosed A second communique is sued by Reeser disclosed prep arations for a huge assault on the Indonesians. "My staff is preparing a combined air, sea and land at tack on these para (paratroop ers)," it said. "Air force, naval, and army units will be ordered to Kaimana, the Fak Fak area, and Terminabaun." Reeser said the Indonesi an paratroopers had been dropped in four areas of the Dutch New Guinea south coast. He said taking prison ers was difficult because the Indonesians were attempting to avoid open fighting. Growers Would Welcome Meeting The local fruit industry has not had a chance to consider possibility of a conference in Washington, D.C., with labor department officials, a spokes man for the Jackson County Fruit Growers League said to day. "The industry will welcome the opportunity to present its case to the highest possible echelon of the department of labor, but current meetings of the Oregon-Washington - Cali fornia Pear Bureau and the Winter Pear Control commit tee this week have delayed arrangements," the spokes man said. In Portland yesterday Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) had re- growers and shippers. Morse said that as soon as he reached Washington, DC, he will ask Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg to make his officials available to meet with a delegation of growers from Medford. pear Mean Temperature in Area Below Normal May has been a cold month for the Rogue valley, the Medford weather bureau re- norteri thin mnrninu. Of tho 21 H.H,. thi. mrmlh Jthe mean temperature was Mumidi ir aoove normal only five days. Coldest day of the month was May 14, when the mean temperature was 12 dnrwi emperature was 12 degrees below normal, the weather bureau said. WEATHER , fOHKCAST: Cloudy l!h 1 trw ' I llfhl ihnweri tnnlcht anil i Urrinily. A lltilr rmilrr WnlntMliy. Low tonight 40 to ! 4i. null Wrdnrariny fin to .. I Jlilhut VMtrrrtay w.oweat Thla Morning ... 4 , Our SkieS Tonight Sunt today 7:11 p m. ; Kiinrir tomorrow a m. 10:19 p m. Saturday inrla tonight 0 ijuartrr lW planrl, Vf fnua, arta 1 p m. tonight and la now at that point in Ma orhlt nrarral to thf tun i tiua takra nearly 21 daya ; to rirrlf lh Sun. WHIRLY BIRD ARRIVES Natives of Oudorn, Thailand, stare at a U.S. Marine helicopter, which arrived recently as part of the newly designated Third Marine Expedition Rachel Carter Is On Probation in Conspiring Case Mrs. Rachacl Carter, form erly of Medford, was placed on probation this morning in Jackson county circuit court ing troops to Thailand for the on charges to conspiring, to , defense of Southeast Asia embezzle funds. Imposition of . against communism, sentence was suspended forj Informed sources in Can five vears. berra said the Australian gov- Mrs. Carter had pleaded guilty Feb. 19 to the conspir- acy charge, and was released on her own recognizance. The former secretary of Medford Escrow company was charged with conspiring with former Medford Lawyer O. H. Benguson to embezzle $1,700 from the escrow company. Testimony in circuit court had brought out that there was no indication Mrs. Carter had received any of the em bezzled funds. Testimony also brought out that all funds embezzled were for the bene fit of Bengtson. Cover Payment The $1,700 embezzled was to cover an insurance pay ment for Bengtson, according to the testimony. Attorneys and accountants involved in the escrow com pany case told the court that Mrs. Carter had been coop erative. Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly had delayed sentenc ing Mrs. Carter pending a study of a pre-sentence re port. Bengtson is now serving a three-year term in the Ore gon Correctional Institution for embezzlement. He recent ly was disbarred by the Ore gon Supreme Court. Organized Search For Plane Over The organized air search for the missing airplane of a Longview, Wash., man has been abandoned, but leads on reported sightings are all be ing checked out, according to Byron Douglas of Rogue Val ley Aviation. The single motor aircraft, believed to have been piloted by James Roger, has been missing since May 12 while en route from Marysville, Calif., to Kelso, Wash. A report that an airplane wing had been spotted near Happy Camp Sunday was in vestigated and nroved un founded. Douglas said the organized search was given up only af ter local units had flown over I about 10,000 square miles ; ""'Kl"g "r the missing plane u i i p n ! Holdover Fire Burns I Along Star Gulch Rd. : A that appBrentb ,j j j '' j u i i i ii S ,.,:., .jrj ij.. j buitied about a tenth of an acre near Star Gulch rd. on the way to Tallowbox Look out. I Slate department ,f for fire ; e.sry officials said the ; was discovered about 1 p m. It was in the same area as some right-of-way burning that took place last fall and I was believed to be a holdover from that fire. MEETING PLANNED Salem - CPh - The Orrgon Livestock Advisory commit tee will meet here Thusday evening. New Zealand Ready To Join Australia In Thailand Defense By United Pren International New Zealand and Australia were reported ready today to ioin the United States in send- , ernment told Thailand it would prefer to send a fighter squaaron dui wouia cuiuriD- utc ground forces if needed The sources said an announce ment would be made Wednes day Newspaper reports in Auck land said New Zealand was wailing for a formal request from Bangkok expected to day and probably would have a token force of airmen I Few Nighfs Cold Enough for Heating Only five or six nights cold enough to require orchard heating have occurred so far this season, compared to the normal 10 nights, according to Bill Rogers, meteorologist with the fruit frost warning service. He noted it has been a relatively warm season with clouds covering the valley many nights. Delayed develop ment of the fruit in March also cased the orchard heat ing situation, he explained. "The orchardists had more nights of worry than actual firing than they have had for quite a few years," Rogers said. More damage occurred from hail than from the frost, he noted, although there may be a few frost-marked pears. Following Saturday's hail storms, an orchardisl said the fruit finish has been hurt on pears in the White City, Sams Valley and Coleman creek areas. This will probably put the pears in lower grades, and bring the growers less profit, he said. Assault Charge May Be Dismissed District Attorney Alan Holmes said this morning he would seek dismissal of charges of assault and battery against Richard Raymond Crawford, 531 Bcrrydalc ave., Medford. "I'm making a motion in district court to have the charges dismissed because I feel they cannot be sustained - that Deputy Buford Johnson was assaulted." The sheriff's deputy claim ed he was assaulted on River side ave. near the Timber nm oariv Mnriv mnrnmu hv Crawford. Johnson was off duty and not in uniform at the lime.; - 1 According to Johnson's report ; he was parked in his private ; car on Riverside ave. at the time of the Incident. mam AMERICAN LEAGUE Kaniai City 5 11 0 Boston .. ISO Wickeriham, Segui (9) and Aicuei Cisco, Nichols (6), Kolitad (9) and Tillman. ary Force rushed to the border community to thwart pos sible invasion by pro-Communist Pathet Lao rebels from neighboring Laos. (UPI) and cargo planes there by the week end. Army commandos are expected to follow. Thai Foreign Minister Tha na Khoman said in Bangkok this morning that other mem- bers ot the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) suun wuuiu jum u.a. miiuary units in Thailand, but he did not name them. Khoman warmly praised Lang Hargrove, 48, San Ma the United States for its rapid tco. ' reaction when pro-Communist Investigators could not im rebels in neighboring Laos mediately explain the shoot drove to the That border. ing. which took nlaro t 4h- He roundly rebuked Soviet Hyatt House, near San Fran Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev Uueo International Airport, for saying Khoman had sign- shortly after 5 30 am ed a March 6 agreement with flut severai empio;ees -t the United States against the the restaurant said ihoy had will of the Thai people. , heard Hamrove. a rL,.lr "If the Tha People change my signature that is all right with me, but it is not going to be changed by the chief of another stale," Khoman de clared. The key to the Southeast Asia crisis appeared to lie wiui me min iivi piiiiKj ui Lttiua unu wutii win iiupfjuii when they get together again after months of long-distance feuding. Prince Souvanna Phouma, the neutralist who has been designated by King Savanag Vathana to try to form a coali tion government, delayed his departure for home Monday and remained over in Burma. City Budget Group To Consider Items The Medford citizen's budg et committee will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in council chambers in city hall to con tinue its review and study of the city's 1062-63 fiscal bud- et. This will be the committee's third meeting since the mem bers were presented copies of the budget about two weeks ago. A number of special funds are among the items which the committee is expected to review tonight. "I'm Eight. I Wa The Supreme California State Policeman Killed; Assailant Slain Burlingame, Calif. - HJPP-A wounded California highway patrolman shot and killed his attacker in a gun battle in the coffpp shnn nt r,!..u hotel today and then died two hours later. The dead men were Patrol- man Dale Krinns 32 Red- wood City, the father of two young children and Frt,.,n patron, say once or twice "I hate cods" . ... Slopped at Restaurant Krings and his partner, Vin cent Bianchlni, had stoDDed at the restaurant toward the end of their overnight shift. Bianchini said he noticed Har- i(rove silting about 30 feet away. "We saw this man glare at us as he paid his bill, but we didn't pay much attention. Lots of people do that," Bian chlni said. Hargrove left the shop and returned a few minutes later with a .270 rifle. He stood about 15 feet away from the patrolmen and said "Okay, gentlemen," and then opened fire, shooting from the hip. The first shots missed Bian chini, who fell to the floor. Then a bullet struck Krings, who fired two shots at Har grove. The first bullet missed and the second struck Har grove in the forehead, killing him instantly, investigators said. SHIPMENTS SET MARK Salem ItlPlI Shipments ot fresh fruits and vegetables in Oregon reached an all-time new high for the first 10 months of this fiscal year. They totaled 27,812 carloads in the period that ended April 30 nearly 4,000 car loads over last year. Born On The Day Of Court Decision"