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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.
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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"