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41 McG 1 ol LfU In ui Ul Supreme Court Rules No Basis Seen lor Appeal judge Main To Set Execution Date Salem-OJPIt-Oregon Supreme Court today affirmed the first degree murder conviction and death sentence of Leeroy San fqrd McGahuey. He will be returned to Jack- son county where Circuit Judge James M. Main will set an execution date. The high court's decision was unanimous. It was writ ten by Chief Justice William McAllister. McGahuey was convicted of slaying a 23-month-old boy in Central Point last year. The infant's mother also was slain. No Basil for Appeal McAllister wrote that Mc ' Gahuey had a fair trial and there was no basis for his appeal which contended pre- meauation was. not a factor in the child's death. The jury in Jackson county failed to recommend life im- prisonment, making the death penalty mandatory. McGahu ey insisted there was insuf ficient evidence of deliberate and premeditated malice. ' The boy was Rod Cameron Holt.'who was killed Feb. 13, 1961, with a hammer. The boy's mother was Lorls-Mae Holt, who died, from .wounds inflicted by a hammer, butch er knife and a shot from a pistol. McGahuey was not tried for the slaying of the mother. Only Recourse McGahuey's only recourse now is an appeal for clemency to Gov. Mark Hatfield. McGahuey is one of three persons who face the death sentence in the Oregon Peni tentiary. ll-h'. ' The other two cases, involv ing Jeannace June Freeman and' Larry AVest Shipley, are expected to be settled by the high court this summer.. ' Appeal of death sentence Is automatic in Oregon. Esfes Invokes Fifth Amendment El Paso, Tex.-TOPD-Billie Sol Estcs faced many of his 564 creditors today for the first time since he became the cen ter of a scandal. For once, he refused to talk. Estes, until recently, was noted as a lay preacher, after dinner speaker and salesman never at a loss for words. He took refuge in the Fifth Amendment today to almost every question asked him at a meeting with his creditors in U.S. District Judge R. E. Thomason's courtroom.. The questions he refused to answer included one about his occupation. His refusal to talk brought a quick conclu sion to the meeting. He was allowed to leave the witness land after 21 minutes and his creditors started forming a committee to help the court appointed receiver now run ning Estes' affairs. (See Story on Page 2A) WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly clonilywilh a few light showers. Some sun shine Thursday-afternoon. Low tonlf&t 19. HUh Thursday CS. Temp. HIcbest Yesterday 65 Lowest This Mornlnr 42 Free, to 10 a.m. Today II Our Skies Tonight Sunday today J:14 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:41 a.m. Moonrlse tonight 11:39 p.m. Last Quarter May 2( PROMINENT STAR CapeUa, seta tn north west .... 10:41 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, seta 0:27 p.m. Mars, rises 1:11 a.m. Jupiter, in the south- e.t 4:17 a.m. Saturn, tn the south at sunrise. teS($BRIEFS (TIMS tlOM fc iaV AtOUNO THI OlOII DUTCH EVACUATE WOMEN, CHILDREN dcpartment Hollandii, Wait New Guinu-a'PI-Thi Dutch government ; Biggest is the Jackson coun ihipptd 800 women and children tiitly out ol ba.Hl. areilty pavi(,g and signing job, in West Naw Guinea today and ordered a news blackout 9M mil ,ong of tne ,2tn preparatory lo launching a major attack on Indonesian in-lj( and Kortn Ashland inter vsders. ! change unit of the Pacific . (highway south of Medford. TAX REPEAL BILL APPROVED Wiihinaton-tPt'-Tht House tentatively approved a bill today that would repeal the 10 etr cent tax on railroad and but travtl and lower the tax On airline uckvm, sh."w would be halved from 10 to PROSECUTION DEMANDS Perit-'lPI'-The proteeulion for former Gen. neoui sum tivirfti of the terroritt Secret ahyey's Conviction Regional Edition Medford 24 PAGES Two Sections . GRANDSTAND BURNED The old wooden grandstand on the west side of the Medford school stadium has been torn down, and this morning firemen stood by while debris was burnec. A new grandstand will be built in its place Pageant Finalist Janice Campbell Miss Janice Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell, 3252 Bursell rd., Central Point, will offer a piano solo during the talent judging portion of the Miss Rogue Valley pageant June 2 at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival theater. She is 5 feet 6Vi inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. Her favorite sport is swimming and her chief hobby is sewing. She plans to attend the University of Oregon this fall. Winnemucca Highway Closed Salem-UP&-A washout today again closed the Adel to Ne vada' line section of the "Win-nemucca-to-the-Sea" highway through southern Oregon, the state highway department an nounced The closure came only hours after the route was re opened following a closure Saturday due to mud and snow. The department said the washout will keep the route closed for about two days. The washout Is about eight miles east of Adel, in Lake county. Ways and Meant Committee ai. s. in airum lax S per cent. Q DEATH PENALTY demanded the death penally ioay lor nit port in the ec - Army Organisation. ' lit U i V- Eleven Residents Become Citizens Of United Eleven United States citi-, zen candidates went through naturalization ceremonies in Circuit .Judge Edward C. Kelly's court this morning. The youngest, was Bonnie Roche Ue Jones, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Leslie Jones. Ashland. The Korean girl will be three in August. The oldest was Maria Met, 70, originally from Italy. She is living with one of her four children. in Med ford. Others naturalized were Evelyn Gertrude Schaecher, Medford, from Canada; Anna Musler, Medford, from Yugo slavia; Lawrence George Schaecher, Medford, from Canada; Frcdericka Leeuwen burgh. Eagle Point, from the Netherlands East Indies; Iris May Wells, Medford, from England; Carole Anne Faren hust, Ashland, from Canada; Mary Doris Farenhust, Ash- Mediation Board To Aid Rail Talks Washington - IUPP - Railroad union and management offi cials agreed today to submit their deadlocked dispute over work rule changes to the Na tional Mediation Board for speedy handling. The agreement to resume negotiations with government help was made after Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg called in both sides and told them the national interest was "very vitally involved" in the bargaining. Goldberg said representa tives of the nation's railroads and the five train operating brotherhoods, who broke off contract talks Friday, prom ised to extend full cooperation to Mediation Board Chairman Lcverctt Edwards. Jackson Paving Project Bid Opened Salem - HJPD - The Oregon highway department opened bids on 42 projects throughout the state. They totaled $4.8 million, and ran only 2.1 per Piint tmlor nulitrinto n1 thn Tne apparenl low bidder was rr-j u siai anH F r Hall botn portlati. In a Joint i v.,..r. ,v,pv bid o 123.110. NewberfeiUPl-lSt Newbcrg Post Oflice was broken into late Tuesday and a large amount jaf mail, believed to i contain iTToncy and vaiuaoics. I was stolen. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1962 in time for use this fall. Funds for the new grandstand have been solicited from interested valley residents, eliminating use of tax money for it. States land, from Canada; Mary Davis, Trail, from the Nether lands; Anita Chan Graves, Medford, from the Philip pines. Robert Duncan. Medford at torney, urged new citizens to go to the Golden Rule" ml their relations with minority groups. He reminded them they are part of a minority group as everybody is "one lime or another." The United States is a great country because it is a melting pot of all races, religions and creeds, Duncan said. John Williams of the immi gration and naturalization service, presented the candi dates for naturalization. Dr. Billy Blackstone, Medford Ki wanis club, presented cor. sages, and Leonard Carlson, Medford Elks lodge, presented flags to each new citizen. Miss Annette Gray, instruc tor in naturalization classes in the adult education section of Medford public schools pre sented citizenship class cer tificates. Mrs. Shirley Collins, of the American Legion auxil iary, presented flag codes, and Mrs. Helen Rice, of the Dis abled American Veterans, pre sented booklets on what the flag stands for and how it should be displayed. Kennedy Determined To Assist Refugees Washington -WPH- President Kennedy has determined that the United States must try to find some way to help the many thousands of hungry refugees fleeing Red China and has ordered further study of possible means. Another Step in Development of Phone System Will Start Operating on Sunday Another step in the de. volopment of metropolitan type telephone service for the Medford area will take place at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, May 27. "From that time on." Paci fic Northwest Bell Manager J. H. Creagcr reported, "it will be necessary for our cus tomers in Medford, Phoenix, Talent, Jacksonville, Central Point and Gold Hill to dial all seven digits of the listed phone number when making a phone call. "This applies to all calls dialed within our own com munity as well as to calls dialed to other communities I within their local calling area. !c,n. Completed "In the Past- Cr eager pointed eg', "some telephone users have been able to dial less than the seven digits of telephone number in their j own town and the call would De compieica. I "But this will not be pot- Tribune .... Reedsport Man Is Grand Master Of Oregon I00F Walter V. Mnrphy, Reeds port. this morning was named grand master as the Gram Lodge of Oregon of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows nominated officers for the new year. Murphy has been deputy grand master. The session was to recon vene for regular business this afternoon. Adjournment of the first day's business session was scheduled for 4 o'clock this afternoon, and officers' practice installation is sched uled for the armory at 4:30 o'clock. A program will get under way at the armory at 7:30 o'clock tonight. A joint pub lic installation of grand lodge and assembly officers follow ed by a grand march and ball is scheduled at 8 p.m. A breakfast is scheduled at 6:30 a.m. Thursday for secre taries, scribes and clerks, and the opening regular session will be at 9 a.m. The closing business session is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, followed by seating of 1962-63 officers, and closing of the grand lodge session. During ceremonies in the armory last night Grand High Priest Arno Vose, Portland, was installed as grand patri arch. Selma Watkins, Wasco, was installed as president of the Rebekah assembly. Approximately 700 persons attended the ceremonies. Cli max came with the grand march with the men parading in their black military type uniforms, the women in long white gowns and purple and red capes. The grand ball cpd cd the evening's ceremonies. sible," he added, "after May 27. If the full seven digits of the listed number are not dialed on calls within or be tween these communities, the call will not go through." Establishment of full seven digit dialing is the second of three service changes planned for the Medford area this year. On May 18 All Number Calling was introduced with the delivery of new telephone directories, The all-numeral telephone numbers are being introduced nationwide to pro vide more telephone prefixes needed because of telephone rowth. Largest of the service proj ects planned for Medford is scheduled July 15. On that date Direct Distance Dialing of statlon-to-statlon long dis tance telephone calls will be introducerr in Medford, Ash land. CerUraLPoint, Gold Hill, Grants n'aS, Jacksonville, Rogue River, Phoenix-, and Talent. u SMBB II BM ijjlf 1 II iii ii"' Affirmed 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 54 Oregon Political Chairmen Debate Medical Program Republican Goes Along With AMA Portland - IUPP - Oregon Re publican Chairman Phil Roth went along with most of the American Medical association stand on medicare Tuesday in a debate clash with Demo cratic State Chairman E. D. Spencer. Spencer, as expected, sup ported the Kennedy adminis tration backed King-Anderson bill to put medicare for the elderly into the Social Secu rity program. Roth described the Kenne dy medicare proposal as a "foot-in-the-door" that would "end up with the nationaliza tion of our medical profes sion," the AMA contention. He said the present Kerr Mills law, which aids states in paying hospital bills for the needy elderly, maintains the nation's traditional "basis of consent." Compulsory Feature Hit Roth criticized what he called the "compulsory" fea tures of the Social Security proposal. He agreed, how ever, the AMA was using "rather harsh words" in term ing the King-Anderson bill a "cruel hoax. Spencer said present plans have failed to provide medi cal help for elderly persons who need it. He said under the present Kerr-Mills act, an applicant has to be "a pau per" to qualify. Spencer said the King-Anderson measure "certainly has no socialized medicine at all, and is supported by a number of doctors. "You insure when you are young for the day when you are most going to need it." under the social security plan, he said. 486 Votes Cast by Absentee Ballot A total of 486 absentee votes were cast In Friday's primary election, according to the Jackson county elections department today. Although the official can vass of all ballots will not be completed in less than two weeks, including write-ins, this could affect some of the close races. Robert Duncan, Democratic candidate for congress, had 6,178 votes to his closest op ponent, Charles Porter's 2, 268 in Jackson county. How ever, over the district there was approximately a 1,000 vote margin between the lead ing candidates. Also, Earl M. Miller, incum bent Republican candidate for county Judge, had only a 500 vote margin over Homer Con ger. Ralph James, Democratic candidate for county judge, had a little more than a 300- votfe margin over Evan Ras- smussen, his closest contend er on the Democratic ticket. "This year, and particular ly the three-month period of May, June and July, Is the busiest we have had around here since 1957 when a num ber of other service improve ment and expansion projects were completed," C r e a g e r said. "In the past five years," he added, "the number of tele phones In Medofrd has in creased from 15.000 lo 18, 300. Our plant Investment has Jumped from $13.7 million to S 10.8 million. The number of directories we deliver hat been hiked by some 8.000 and even the size of the directory has increased by about 25 pages. "To keep up with this ujowth," Crcager concluded, "and to plan for future growth, one of the things we have had to do is establish thfp full seven-digit dialing that will become cflcctl' ! May 27." Australia Sends Troops To Aid in Thailand Defense Communist Nations Voice Loud Protests By United Press International Australia announced today it was sending a contingent of armed forces to help de fend the threatened borders I of Thailand. I The announcement, coincid ed with a massive propaganda blast by three Communist na tions of Asia against the land ing of American troops in Thailand. Red China said the U.S. 'action posed a "grave menace. North Vict Nam said it may lead to "incalcul ably dangerous consequenc es. Norm Korea recalled tnc ruinous fiasco of the Korean War." Australian Defense Minister Sir Garfield Barwick said in Canberra that his country was taking action "In pursurance of its obligations" under the Southeast Asia Treaty Organ ization (SEATO). Informs UN He said U Thant, acting secretary general of the Unit ed Nations was being inform ed. Composition of the con tingent still is being worked out, he said. A similar announcement is expected shortly from Auck' land. New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake said Tuesday his government had offered a token force Ti,... ...m uin r nnn A,,,! ran snldiers. Marines and air - men being worked into : small but powerful combined task force to defend the bord ers of Thailand against en croachment by pro-Commu nist rebels in neighboring Laos. Group Discusses Sewage Problem The Anti-Annexation com mittee, made up of residents living south and southwest of Medford, this week discussed a possible solution for the sewage problem in the area Petitions are being prepar ed for circulation in the most heavily populated areas, ac cording to Elmer Luschen, 2325 Stewart ave., chairman of Hie committee. The petitions will be sub mitted to the Jackson coun ty court under Oregon Re vised Status 451, he said. This state law requires the coun ty court, if asked, to survey the area involved to deter mine the best and most pran tical plan to solve the sanita tion problem. Following such action by the county court, an election may be held In the area af fected for approval or disap proval of the plan, Luschen said. Luschen stressed to the group that the assistance of all property owners In the areas is necessary to expedite a solution to the sewage prob lem. Residents in the area In volved defeated a proposal to annex to the city of Medford last Friday. Carpenter Still 'Go' for Thursday Cape Canaveral. Fla. -DPP-Launch crews today success fully completed the first phase of the split countdown for astronaut M. Scott Car penter's scheduled orbital flight Thursday and officials said the crucial "go" or "no go" decision would be made this evening. If scientists decide to pro ceed, the countdown will be resumed at 8:30 p.m. (PST). A spokesman Indicated that everything checked out per fect in the srncc vehicle in the first phase of the count. down, but launch conditions still were causing concern. At a weather briefing this morning top officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that smoke from nearby forest and swamp fires "was thicker than we had expected" at the laiim"?i area today. "A large forest fire across the Indian River from Cape Canaveral is almost directly upstream of the predicted wind" for the rinv of Ihe shot. meaning the sgioke wlff be blogn directly toward Lar prcjcr's launching pad, a spokesman said. l I M3 GARNER T. HAUPERT Will Live in Norway Medford Student To Live in Norway During Summer Garner T. Haupert Jr., son ! of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Haupert, I 222 Valley View dr., has re ceived word, from American Field Service that he will live in Norway this summer. . He will travel abroad under the Americans Abroad pro gram of the international ex change. Americans Abroad is a branch of AFS that sends students overseas for the sum mer or for part of a school year. ' ; . . Young Haupert will leave Medford approximately June 10 to spend his summer in Slor Deglum, Nydal, Norway, 87 miles north of Oslo, the capital of Norway. Host family will be Mr. and Mrs. Anstein Dobloug, farm ers and fur-breeders on a large family estate. At present there 1'" lw" " "vmg at Home, Jon, 17, and Erik, 15. Jon will go to Rldgewood, N. J., this fall as an AFS exchange student. Sail from Montreal According to information from AFS, young Haupert will sail on the M. V. Seven Seas from Montreal June 15. En route to the Canadian city side trips are planned to Wash ington, D. C, and New' York City. He will arrive In Rotter dam June 25, and go on to Oslo and Stor Deglum, near Lake Mjosa. Slor Deglum is 180 miles from Orsa, Sweden, home of Miss Sussl Bergholm, AFS student now in Medford He will begin his return trip Aug. 15, and will sail Aug. 20 from Rotterdam. Mrs. Robert Sleeter is local AFS Americans Aboard chair man. ' Medford has had four other students live abroad under AFS during the past five summers. Other students from Med- ford who have participated in the summer program are David Frohnmayor, Miss Ro berta Sleeter, Miss Carolyn MencKe, and Miss DeAnne Taylor. Russian Border Guards Delay U. S. Convoy Berlin (UPli Russian border guards today held up a U.S. Army convoy for six hours in an attempt to change regula tions governing use of the highway lifeline to the West. The convoy of 28 soldiers on four trucks finally was cleared for passage on the 110-mile highway through East Germany after U.S. head quarters sent a protest to So viet headquarters. "Remember When They Used To Worry About ' Isolaliouisiu Over Here?" Jet Disintegrates During Electrical Storm Oyer Iowa Wreckage Scattered Over 25-Mile Area Centcrville, Iowa - il'PD - A Continental Airlines jet air liner disintegrated and crash ed during a violent electrical storm Tuesday night. All 45 persons aboard were killed. One of the 37 passengers aboard the Chicago to Los Angeles jet was found alive in the wreckage today nearly eight hours after the crash. But he died an hour later in a hospital. The big Boeing 707 plum meted from the stormy skies and its wreckage was scatter ed over a 25-mile area in southern Iowa and northern Missouri. First for Company It was the first fatal crack up in Continental's 28-year history, marring commercial aviation s best safety record. it was the third crash of a 707 since they went into serv ice in 1058. The jet was cruising at 39,000 feet and was 25 min utes from a stop at Kansas City when it crashed. The first clue to the plane's fate was two pieces of metal found on a highway by a pass ing, motorist. , Follow Trail of Debris Seven hundred searchers followed a 10-mile trail of debris stretching across the Missouri border to the biggest piece of wreckage - the rear section of the fuselage. Inside were the bodies of 41 of the victims. The three other! bodies were found from 1 to'lVi miles away. The ground party heard a moan Inside the fuselage and- found Takehiko Nakano, a 1 passenger, still alive. ir Nakano was rushed from Vine, valley where the fuselage crashed to a hospital at Cen- tervule, lo.f where he died. Cause Investigated . Najeeb Halaby, director o tbeFederal Aviation Agency flew from Sap Francisco to the crash scene to investigate the cause of the nation's latest air disaster. Among the passengers were Robert G. Tabors, 47, Provi dence, R.I., president of Tex tron Electronics Inc., and three officials of the Dodge divisipn of Chrysler Corp., Virgil W. Mourning, 45, Bir mingham, Mich., manager of dealer finance; Robert Welsh, 45, Crosse Polnle, Mich., as sistant general sales manager, and Fred P. Herman, 48, Dear born, Mich., a business man ager. ' The passenger list, with home towns known in nearly 11 cases, included only one person from the Far West. He was identified as James Webb, Anaheim, Calif. Crew Identified Crew members, all from California, were: Mary R. McGrath, 20, host ess, El Segundo; David E. Ols sen, 40, director of passenger services, El Segundo; Marilyn L. Bloomquist, 24, hostess. El Segundo; Roger Dean Allen, 32, second officer, Palos Ver des; Capt. Fred Rudolph Gray, 50, pilot, . Pacific Palisades; Stella Ann Berry, 20, hostess, Los Angeles; E. J. Sullivan, first officer, Inglewood, and Martha Joyce Rush, 23, host ess, Manhattan Beach. 9
