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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1962
No. 58
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A rail fence creates an interesting pattern along
Market Ticker
Breaks Record
For Lateness
New York-IUPn-The retreat
on the stock market went at a
rapid pace today with $9 bil
lion more in paper values
wiped out in selling so heavy
at one point the tape was al
most an hour late.
Since the high speed ticker
was put in service in 1930, the
record for lateness had stood
at 34 minutes since May,
1933. That mark was smashed
near the noon hour as the tape
first fell 35 minutes, then 42
and finally 52 minutes be
hind, as the avalanche of sell
orders continued.
$40 Billion Slump
By that time the slump in
paper values in six straight
days of selloffs was almost $40
billion.
Losses were all over the
list. Highly regarded issues
like Norfolk & Western, Kan
sas City Southern and Amer
ican Telephone were down
more than $6 a share. Other
blue chips were off $2 to $4.
The Dow Jones industrial
average at 11 a.m. (PST)
broke through the 600 level
to 598.06, off 13.82. The 600
level was the floor predicted
at year end by the most pessi
mistic market forecasters in
case a slump developed this
year.
Tunnel Crews Meet
In Oregon Mountain
O'Brien Construction
crews at the north and south
portals of the Randolph Col
lier tunnel, under construc
tion south of here, have met
in the middle of Oregon
mountain.
The crews are working sev
en days a week, three shifts
a day.
A large portion of Oregon
mountain above the tunnel
construction on the north por
tal has begun to settle, re
sulting in a crack in the road
bed of the present Highway
199.
Surveyors have marked
the area, which, according to
unofficial reports, could de
velop into a slide.
Public Works Crews
Install Traffic Sign
Public Works department
crews have installed a Yield
traffic sign at the junction of
Sixth and Main sts., accord
ing to Public Works Director
Vernon Thorpe.
The sign directs Sixth st.
traffic entering Main st. to
yield to oncoming Main st.
traffic, Thorpe said.
HStWiBRIEFS
ITIMS FROM kjT AROUND THI OlOII
'GLACIER PRIEST' OF ALASKA DIES
Santa Clara, Calif.-4TI-Th Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard,
S.J., 73, renowned "Glacier Priett" of Alaska, died today
of a stroke in hit room at Santa Clara University.
EXPLOSION RIPS YWCA BUILDING
Wichita Falls. Tex.-lPI'-A boilerroom exploiion ripped
the center out of the Wichita Falls YWCA shortly before
noon today. One man was injured and a young girl was
missing.
SPANISH COAL MINERS RETURN TO WORK
Madrid-'lTt-Thousands of striking coal miners returned
io work today after Generalissimo Francisco Franco dra -
matically appealed to all Spaniards to make "secrificei" for
the common good of the nation.
U.S. Would Study
Arms Reduction
Geneva - IUPD - The United
States offered today to take
part in an immediate study
of the possibility of reduction
and elimination of nuclear
weapons in a general disarm
ament agreement.
Ambassador Arthur H.
Dean told the 17-nation Dis
armament Conference the
United States is prepared to
participate in such a study be
fore the disarmament process
begins.
He made the offer during a
speech comparing the broad
outlines of American and So
viet drafts for a disarmament
treaty.
Body of Man Is
Found in River
Grants Pass - The body of
a Grants Pass man was re
covered at Savage Rapids dam
Sunday afternoon, almost a
month after he was drowned
in a three-boat accident on the
Rogue River near Evans
Creek.
The body of Merle Harris
Logeais, 39, of 1925 South
west Greenwood St., was pull
ed out of the river at the dam
by a state police officer from
the Grants Pass office. An un
identified passerby reported
to the Grants Pass city police
that a body was lodged
against the dam. City police
informed the state police.
Jackson county sheriff's
deputies searched for the
body with skin diving equip
ment for several days, but the
rain-swollen and muddy water
of the river made it almost
Impossible to see underwater.
Another boat operator,
Lewis Melvin Morgan, 23, of
1709 West Main St., Medford,
was injured in the same acci
dent. Fast Time Blamed
For Loss ot Votes
Portland -IUPD-Oregon's Re
publican chairman blamed
fast time Sunday for Republi
can Gov. Mark Hatfield's loss
of seven Salem-area precincts.
H i s Democratic counterpart
said the Democrats may make
an issue of it in the coming
campaign.
GOP chairman Phil Roth
said the seven Salem-area pre
cincts lost by Hatfield in the
recent primary election were
in farming areas. He admitted
the farmers were unhappy
over the 1961 law permitting
fast time for the Portland
area. He said farmers want
one uniform standard of time.
Democratic Chairman E. D.
Spencer suggested the Demo
crats will make an issue of
Hatfield's failure to veto the
bill.
the Green Springs Highway
Just down the hall from
the conference room in the
Palais de Nations, 28 nations
joined in discussions designed
to draw ground rules for the
peaceful use of outer space.
The United States and Russia,
the only two countries to car
ry out manned orbital flights
around the earth, were ex
pected to dominate the meet
ings. Following the first U.S.
orbital flight by Lt. Col. John
Glenn, Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev accepted Presi
dent Kennedy's proposal to
discuss possible joint explora
tions of space.
Must Retain Balance
Dean stressed again that
the present military balance
must be retained as world
armaments are progressively
reduced. He criticized the So
viet plan for failing to do
this.
Canada's Gen. E. L. . M.
Burns supported American
proposals for step by step re
duction of nuclear armaments
rather than the sweeping abo
lition proposed by t h e So
viets. He also took the Rus
sians to task for not explain
ing how their proposed veri
fication of the destruction of
nuclear wepons and delivery
vehicles would be carried out.
Residents Praised
On New Dialing
Jack Creager, manager of
Pacific Northwest Bell, com
plimented residents this
I".0" " their dialing of
the 77 prefix Sunday in tele
phoning in the area.
Creager said that so far no
problems have been report
ed. He added that due to the
switching action of the equip
ment at the telephone build
ing here, officials could tell
that the seven digits were
being dialed properly.
The local manager suggest
ed that for easier remember
ing of the seven digit tele
phone numbers, residents
break them into two groups
of three and four numbers.
The seven digit dialing of
telephone numbers here went
into effect Saturday at mid
night.
Motorists Warned I
About Freeway
Although the Pacific free
way between Rogue River and
Grants Pass will not be offi
cially opened to traffic until
Friday, June 1, motorists have
been reported as using that
section of the freeway.
Oregon state highway de
partment officials in Grants
Pass this morning warned
motorists that driving this
section before the opening
could be dangerous, since
painting crews are working
along the freeway. He said
that equipment and vehicles
may be parked in the road
way, and would be extremely
hazardous if motorists travel
on it at high speeds.
Department officials added
that vehicles might also be
splattered with white paint,
if they travel this section,
since the guard railings are
being painted with spray
equipment.
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! Spehn and Crandalli Hob-
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east of Ashland.
GOP Criticizes
Kennedy for
Business Declines
Washington - (UTD Re
publican congressional lead
ers, citing business, stock mar
ket and farm declines, charg
ed today that many of Pres
ident Kennedy's campaign
promises have "vanished into
thin air."
House GOP Leader Charles
A. Halleck, Ind., told a news
conference that when factors
like the "severely declining
stock market" and others are
considered, it can only be con
cluded that "Mr. Kennedy
promises better than he per
forms." Halleck made his statement
as selling on the New York
Stock Exchange continued at
rapid fire pace during the
day. The tape ran almost an
hour late at one point and $9
billion more in paper values
were wiped out in the sixth
day of heavy activity.
On the over-all picture,
Senate Leader Everett M.
Dirksen, 111., said that despite
top-heavy Democratic majori
ties in both houses, Kennedy
"hasn't delivered on his
pledges."
Halleck said he is begin
ning to believe that many of
tne Kennedy proposals are
"confidence killers."
He added: "The average
rate of unemployment under
Eisenhower m 1960 was 5.6
per cent. Under Kennedy it
has averaged above 6 per cent
since he took office. Business
failures increased 11 per cent
in 1961 under Kennedy, while
mortgage foreclosures were
up 40 per cent, the biggest
one-year increase since the de
pression year 1932."
Bulletin
Gresham - (DPD - An ex
plosion leveled a home here
Monday afternoon and at
least one person was in
jured. Sheriff's deputies said the
blast, believed caused by
gas, completely destroyed a
home listed as thai of the
Rev. Lyle Wilson in Gresh
am. One person was hospitalised.
Continuous Strip Paving Due for Medford-Ashland
Continuous strip concrete
paving will be utilized for the
first time in Oregon on a sec
tion of interstate freeway
from Medford to Ashland.
The project, which has been
under consideration for some
time, became official with
awarding of the paving con
tract to Fred H. Slate com
pany and E. C. Hall company,
Portland. Cost of the 9.45
mile, four-lane stretch of high
way will be $2,462,110.
Under the continuous strip
method, standard joints arc
BEGINNING
OF PROJECT
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PHOENIX ' TALENT
Series of Pictures
Ot Oregon Starts
Today in Mail Tribune
The Mail Tribune today
starts publication of a series
of pictures of scenic views
of Oregon.
Purpose of the series,
which will continue
throughout the remainder
of the summer, is two-fold:
(1) to acquaint readers with
all of Oregon, and (2) to in
terest tourists in visiting
and enjoying the beauty of
the state.
Pictures in the series
were provided by the Ore
gon stale highway depart
ment's tourist division.
Laotian Rebels
Halt Offensive;
Outpost Captured
Vientiane, Laos - ("PD -
Pro-Communist Laotian reb
els, possibly aided by North
Vietnamese troops, were re
ported today to have broken
off a new offensive after cap
turing a royal government
out post near Houei Sai.
Radio messages received
from American military ad
visers in the Mekong river
border village said the rebel
drive stopped just before
dark Sunday.
They said there had been
no further contact since the
rebels captured the govern
ment outpost about nine miles
from the village on the road
leading to Nam Tha.
'Concentrated Attack'
Reports from the same
sources Sunday told of
"concentrated attack" by the
rebels, the first reported in
nearly three weeks. The re
ports said the rebel force ap
peared to include troops
from Communist North Viet
Nam.
It was from Houei Sai that
royal government forces fled
across the Mekong into Thai
land earlier this month. The
rebels had driven them out
of Nam Tha, capital of Laos'
northwestern province, but
unaccountably did not at
tempt to occupy Houei Sai.
Since then government
troops, aided by American
military advisers, have re
established their positions in
Houei Sai.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy to
night and Tuesday. A few lunny
periods Tueiday afternoon. Low
tonight 40-45. High Tuesday
near 70. ,
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 76
Lowest Thin Morning 45
Preclp. to 10 a.m. Today.... Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:38 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:39 a.m.
The Moon rises 2:3 a.m.
tomorrow and is In Perigee.
New Moon June 2
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, sets 8:34 p..m
Jupiter, rises 1:29 a.m.
Saturn, low
In southeast 1:39 a.m.
Mars, rises 3:24 a.m.
eliminated by use of heavier
reinforcing steel, which holds
the concrete and causes tiny
cracks at more frequent inter
vals. To the motorist, these
cracks are unnoticeable and
virtually invisible.
Joints will be installed only
at the seven bridges called for
in the project.
A spokesman for the Ce
ment Industry of Oregon
pointed out that the continu
ous strip process dates as far
back as 1938, although it has
not been used to any extent
until recent years, primarily
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Finalist
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Myda McCabe
Myda McCabe, daughter of
Mrs. Jean Jaeger, 145 North
Ivy st, Medford, .is another
of the 11 Miss Rogue Valley
finalists chosen to compete
June 2 at the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival theater.
She has completed one year
at Southern Oregon college.
Miss McCabe is 5 feet 4 inch
es tall and weighs 121 pounds,
Her chief hobby is reading
and her favorite sport is wa
ter skiing.
Newbry Campaign
Expenses Reported
Salem - IUPD - "Neighbors
For Newbry," the committee
that helped get State Sen. L.
W. Newbry (R-Talent) nomi
nated in Jackson county,
spent $3,062 in the primary
election campaign, according
to a report filed with the state
elections division today.
The campaign expense re
port of Newbry's opponent,
Donald Stathos of Medford,
isn't available yet. Newbry
and Stathos waged a vigorous
fight for the Republican nomi
nation for state senator.
The committee that got
State Rep. John Dellenback
(R - Medford) rcnoml n a t e d
spent $565. Earlier, Edward
Branchfleld of Medford, GOP
hopeful for the Oregon house,
listed $585 in expenses.
Pacific Landing
Next for Spaceman
Cape Canaveral - IUPD - The
flight of Scott Carpenter, who
found space travel ' as easy
as a bus ride," almost cer
tainly set the stage for Amer
ica s next Mercury launch to
be a seven-orbit adventure
with a landing in the Pacific
instead of the Atlantic.
Space officials said today
that on the strength of Car
penter's successful three or
bits of earth last Thursday
they expected the ambitious
new space voyage to be sched
uled for next fall. The trip
would take more than 10
hours and the astronaut would
be recovered near Midway
Island.
in Illinois, New Jersey and
Texas.
According to available in
formation, the Medford-Ashland
freeway link will be the
longest single stretch of con
tinuous strip concrete paving
in tlie country.
Paving will start by early
summer, with a small portion
linking the near-complete
Medford bypass to Barnett rd.
interchange due for comple
tion late this fall. Estimated
completion date for the entire
project is late fall of 1963.
Continuous strip is one of
Iron Workers
Fail To Appear;
Talks Break Down
Union Demanding
Two-Year Contract
Portland (UPD Another
heavy construction shutdown
was threatened in Oregon to
day when iron workers failed
to show up for work in the
first day of a new strike.
Some 700 members of Lo
cal 29 of the International As
sociation of Bridge, Structural
and Ornamental Iron Workers
As far as could be deter
mined this morning, the
Iron Workers strike in Ore
gon has not affected any
Jackson county construction
jobs. Officials with the
Peter Kiewit Son's company
said that no iron workers
are now employed on the
freeway structure through
Medford. but that they
would be needed next week.
are involved in a dispute in
Oregon and southern Wash
ington with five employer
groups.
John J. O'Halloran, secre
tary and business representa
tive of the local, said the
work halt was called follow
ing a breakdown in negotia
tions Saturday with the Asso
ciated General Contractors for
a new contract.
Wants Two-Year Pact
He said the union wanted a
two-year contract calling for
a wage increase of 75 cents an
hour for rodmen and 68 cents
an hour for structural Iron
workers.
He said the local had been
without a contract since April
20 and had informed employ
ers they were not furnishing
men without an agreement.
O'Halloran said the local re
jected an AGC offer of a
three-year contract calling for
a wage increase of 16 cents
each year.
The union will not picket
construction projects unless
workers are brought in to do
iron workers' jobs, he added.
AGC Meets Tuesday
Jack Cullinan, chairman of
the employers' negotiating
group, said the AGC's mem
bers would vote on the local's
demands on Tuesday. He said
the groups could not act with
out a vote because of the fi
nancial burden involved in
the contract.
Federal Mediator George
Walker said no further talks
were scheduled.
Cullinan said employers
would attempt to keep con
struction projects going "as
long as practicably possible."
The employer's groups involv
ed are the Associated General
Contractors' heavy and build
ing divisions, the Willamette
General Contractors Associa
tion of Salem, the Steel and
Wire Fabricators Association
and the Eugene Contractors
Association.
a number of methods present
ly used in concrete highway
construction. Eight inches of
reinforced concrete, with
joints every 66 feet, has been
the rule for concrete laid on
Oregon's interstate system
since 1058.
A bumplcss surface has
been successfully achieved on
these highways through the
dowel joint or sawed joint
processes, both of which al
low for the natural contrac
tion of concrete as it cures.
Oregon's pioneer concrete
roads, however, were built in
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EXAMINES SAFE Detective
safe in Payless Drugstore at
which burglars broke into sometime Sunday night. This is
the sixth burglary in Medford in recent weeks in which an
identical method of operation has been followed, police of
ficers said. Thieves gained entrance to the store by prying
open a door on the roof of the building. An estimated $1,000
in change was removed from the safe, it was reported by
store employees. The theft occurred sometime between 7:30
p.m. Sunday and 8:10 today,
open the store discovered the
Unmanned Russian
Satellite in Orbit
Moscow-IUPD-The Soviet Un-
ion launched another unman
ned earth satellite today in its
current scries of tests aimed
at putting a man on the moon,
the Soviet Tass news agency
said.
Tass said the new satellite,
called Cosmos V, was circl
ing the earth every 102.75 !
minutes at heights ranging
from 126 miles to about 993
miles at its highest, with "all
systems functioning normal
ly." -1 ..... .
Cosmos V's maximum dis
tance from the earth is great'
Shady Cove Man
Jailed After Crash
A Shady Cove man was be
ing held in the Jackson coun
ty jail today on charges of hit
and run driving after a colli
sion on the Dodge bridge on
Sams Valley highway Satur
day night.
Gerald LaGrave, 20, of
Shady Cove, was being chased
by the Eagle Point police from
the Eagle Point city 'limits
when the accident occurred.
LaGrave was driving on the
Sams Valley highway trying
to outrun the Eagle Point po
lice car, state police said.
The LaGrave car struck the
rear of a car operated by John
A. Drager, 54, of 225 Nevada
St., Ashland.
Drager was reported in
good condition at Rogue Val
ley hospital this morning
while being treated for cuts
on his forehead and bruises.
A passenger in the Drager
car, Audrey McNickl, Orange
st., Medford, was injured and
reported in critical condition
at Rogue Valley hospital to
day. Drager was reported In
good condition at the same
hospital.
15-foot slabs or sections. This
is why most of these older
highways have developed
"thumps" over many years of
use.
. In Washington, a "dummy"
joint has been used extensive
ly as part of concrete high
way construction. This is a
crack which goes down only
two or three Inches in the
surface, then is filled with
scaler material.
Slip form concrete construc
tion has been popular in Cali
fornia. Multl-laned concrete
freeways can be rolled out at
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Lt. Lyle C. Perkins examines
the Medford Shopping center,
when employees preparing to
burglary.
er by some 24 miles than any
of the previous shots.
Describing Cosmos V as "a
routine artlfical earth satel
lite," Tass said the new Sput
nik's oruit of inclination to
the equator is 49 degrees, 4
minutes.
I Of 21 satellites known to
have been orbited by the So
viet Union, five are known
to be circling the earth. The
United States has fired 70
known shots of which 32 are
still in orbit. There has been,
one joint Anglo - American
launch.
Cosmos I was launched last
March 16 as the first in a
scries to explore conditions
for a prolonged space flight
by man by obtaining informa
tion on the earth's radiation
belts, cosmic rays and long
range radio communications.
Two similar satellites were
launched within the next
month. A fourth, Soviet of
ficials said on April 29, was
recovered after it had orbited
the earth more than 72 hours.
The weights of none of the
Sputniks has been announced.
Medford Stores To
Open Friday Nights
Stores in the downtown
Medford business district will
remain closed tonight, and
following Monday nights, but
will institute a general Fri
day night opening this week
instead, according to a spokes
man for the Downtown Med
ford Merchants association.
The Friday night opening
was agreed to by about 50
members of the association at
a meeting about three weeks
ago.
Most stores will remain
open Friday until 9 p.m., it
was stated.
Freeway
a rapid pace by this method
without the necessity of side
forms. The automatic equip
ment associated with slip-form
paving has cut construction
time and reduced Initial high
way costs, the Cement Indus
try said.
Cement treated sub-grade,
combined with eight or nine
inches of non-reinforced con
crete surface, has been used
primarily In areas with good
road building conditions. This
process brings about adequate
base stabilizations.
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