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Supreme Court
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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
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Two Sections
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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
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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.
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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.
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