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Red Chinese Military Buildup Opposite Matsu, Quemoy Concerns U.S. By STEWART HENSLY Washington-JUPIt-The White House said today the United States is "watching with con cern" a large-scale Chinese Communist build-up of air and ground forces on the coast opposite Quemoy and Matsu. Press Secretary Pierre Sal inger told newsmen of this concern. He declined further comment on the situation, which some high U.S. officials described as a possible pre lude to a Red attack against the two Nationalist-held is lands. ' Administration sources said reports on the Red build-up were being studied "with great interest." They would not hint at whether any steps were being contemplated by this country. Officials theorized that the Red troop movement could be a defensive move sparked by recurring Chinese Nationalist threats to attempt an invasion of the mainland. But a high government source said the number and character of troops involved in the movement also was con sistent with the theory that the Communists might be planning an offensive. Some officials felt Chinese Communist chief Mao Tse tung might be preparing on assault on Quemoy rnd Mat su to direct U.S. attention from Southeast Asia. Salinger had been asked to comment on reports that the administration was gravely concerned over this situation. He replied: "It is a fact that the admin istration has been watching with concern the build-up of Chinese air and ground troops on the Chinese mainland ad jacent to the off-shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu." Since taking office. Presi dent Kennedy has not ex pressed any stand on defense of Quemoy and Matsu - one of the hottest issues in his 1960 campaign against Rich ard M. Nixon. In the campaign, Kennedy described the islands as inde fensible. He said the islands, accord ing to the best military judg ment, had no strategic value and were not essential to the defense of Formosa, about 100 miles away. Intelligence officials gave few specific details. However, they said the buildup appear ed to be considerably larger than the last big operation in 1958, when the Reds leveled a heavy artillery barrage against Quemoy and Matsu. Current intelligence reports do not mention any great buildup in the Red air force in the area as in 1958. Nor is there any mention of landing craft necessary for a serious assault. These factors led seme offi cials to conclude that the Red operation was purely defen sive. The United States has been concerned lately by the in creasingly frequent threats of the Chinese Nationalists to at tempt an invasion of the main land. Officials said some Nation alists appeared to believe the near-famine in China and the industrial trouble would make this an opportune time for an invasion. Regional Edition MEDFORD 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 36 Pages Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1962 No. 79 XI5 Pilot Takes Plane To Nearly 50 Miles in Sky Edwards AFB, Calif. - IHPD -Air Force Maj. Bob White, 37, who has flown winged air craft faster than any man, be came the highest flying air plane pilot today by taking the X15 to a world record altitude of nearly 50 miles. The X15's powerful 57,000 pound trust engine shot White up to approximately 250,000 feet, 47.3 miles, only 165 sec onds after being launched by a mother ship in flight. His flight to the edge of space at five times the speed of sound surpassed the prev ious altitude mark of 46.7, or 246,700 feet, set by test pilot Joe Walker in the bullet shaped X15 less than two months ago. Over Mile a Second The 37-year-old veteran of 15 flights in the rocket ship glided to a safe landing fol lowing a 10-minute, 218-mile high looping flight in which he hurtled at about 3,682 miles per hour r overa mile a second. ' " From his lofty position White was able to vie the ..,n(r.rn frinee of the United States and just before landing commented over his commu nications system. "It's just lumanHni!! " White flashed 4,093 mph i.i. i-ci viar to grab the .rf ..ocnrd of winged air craft. He also held the alti tude mark previous to Walk er's soaring fligni oi npi" Two other milestones mark cd today's flight: -The X15 attained its fiiflht objectives, reach an altitude of 250,000 feet and a speed oi ,uuu num. -Its automatic control sys tem operated successfully in the first of two demonstration flights at 250,000 feet. The automatic control sys tem senses atmospheric con ditions surrounding the Aio in flight, determines what movement is necessary and makes the proper adjustment to help the pilot steer the ship. de-to WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair and warm through Friday. After noon up-valley winds 10-15 mllea per hour. Low tonight 45. High Friday 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday 91 Lowest This Morning 46 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 7:52 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 4:34 a.m. Moonrtse tonight 10:5? p.m. Last Quarter June 24 Today the Sun rides high In the sky and at 1:24 p.m. Spring ends and Summer be gins as the Sun enters the Sign of Cancer. Public Hearing in Phoenix Adjourns; Stalemate Reached Court Discusses Health Center Plans Members of the Jackson county court, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, and Robert J. Keeney, Med- ford architect, discussed pre liminary plans of a proposed county health center this morning. County Judge EaTl Miller explained that prelim inary plans of the center must be submitted to the state board of health by June 30 in order for it to be considered for Hill-Burton funds this year. .Federal funds are granted to state on a matching basis to Dav ud to two-thirds of the cost of constructing public and nonprofit hospitals and health centers. Miller added that the dec laration of intention to erect such a health center with the preliminary plans of the cen ter will be sent to the state board following today's meeting. K.F. Transportation Firm Fined by PUC Salem -HOT- Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today he has fined Em pire Transport. Inc., Klamath Falls, S500 and suspended its operations for two wee ks. HiU charged illegal use of a PUC permit. Hill's transportation direc tor, James E. Singleton, said the firm on five occasions il legally leased or rem PUC permit to others. Spencer Candidate For Demo Reelection Salem -HTD- Oregon Demo cratic Chairman Ed Spencer said todav he is a candidate for reelection at a party con ference here July 3. Fisher to Speak at Community Club Carl Fisher, Republican candidate for Congress from the Fourth district, will speak at the Girls Community club, Medford, at 8 p.m. Friday. Fisher has served in the Oregon House of Representa tives where he was assigned to legislative committees in cluding joint ways and means, labor and industry, forestry anH mining, education, high way, commerce and utilities. The meeting is designed to nmvide an opportunity for of southern Oregon to become better acquainted with the Republican candidate ior Congress according to John Ness, chairman of the Jackson County Young Republican club, which made arrange ments for Fisher's appearance. SOC Registration for Summer Reaches 639 Ashland - Registration for the 1962 summer session at Southern Oregon college in creased to 639 Wednesday, the third day of registration. There were 258 men and 381 women enrolled. On a comparable date last year, 654 had registered. Registration will continue through Monday, June 25. ac cording to Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, registrar. Phoenix - A public hearing Wednesday night in the Southwest Phoenix interim zoned area ended in a stale mate after a lengthy discus sion, and at the close of the meeting a Sams Valley resi dent attempted to rally those attending in opposition of zoning. The public hearing was call ed by the Jackson county planning commission to re ceive suggestions on a pro posed development pattern for the area. It is the next re quired step, according to Ore gon law, for interim zoned areas. Some 60 persons attended the hearing, and the principal discussion was on a proposed zoning ordinance and build ing code rather than the de velopment pattern" Only people who reside 'in the zoned area, approximate ly six square miles southwest of Phoenix, were allowed to speak. Ray Ridge, Sams Val ley rd.,- Gold Hill, was not recognized by C. O. Lovejoy, commission president who presided at the meeting. Ridge, in turn, at the close of the session, attempted to continue the meeting. Opposed to Pattern After an informal vote showed that the majority present opposed the proposed development pattern, but were in favor of zoning, the public hearing on the pattern was adjourned and will con tinue July 18. Many people who opposed zoning wanted to know when and how the area became in terim zoned since some did not realize they were living in a zoned area until the plan ning commission about a year ago posted zone signs in the area. The original request in 1959, it was explained, was made by more than the re quired 10 per cent of the vot ers in the area. Several people, a number who had lived in the area for many years, spoke in favor of zoning, stressing that stand ards are necessary and that "zoning will enrich every property owner in the dis trict." Included Two Districts The proposed development pattern included two districts -single family residences and agriculture-and basically fol lowed existing uses along property lines. It was pointed ,out that amendments to cor rect particular situations would be added as requested. In commenting on the hear ing this morning, Lovejoy ex plained that the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m. be cause the planning commis sion felt that discussion was getting too far away from the development pattern. He add ed that due to the time, many people had left and members felt that continuing the hear ing would accomplish more than continuing the meeting. Bettiol Suggested For Sheriff's Post The Jackson County Re publican Central committee last night recommended to the county court that Paul Bettiol be appointed to fill the va cancy created when Sheriff Joe Walsh, who has resigned, leaves. Bettiol, in accepting the nomination for recommenda tion, said he would not be a candidate for the office in the general election in November. First nominated to fill the position was De Armond Leigh, Ashland, Republican candidate for sheriff. How ever, Leigh declined the rec ommendation, saying he did not wish to take advantage of a situation wherein his op ponent in the general election would not have had a similar opportunity. The committee made only the one recommendation, rath-1 er than the requested three. s Named Head Of Demo Committee Jean A. Mills, Medford. was elected chairman of the Jack son County Democratic Cen tral committee last night. Others elected include Mrs. Ralph Poston, vice chairman; Mrs. Ed McGinty, secretary; C. H. (Pat) Redmond, treas urer; George A. Loftir,, alter nate delegate to the chair man; Mrs. Frank Christian, alternate delegate to the vice chairman; and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Norton, Congressional committeeman and woman. Selected as the district nominating committee were Mrs. Dee Newton, Ashland; Mrs. Larry Sheehan, Rogue River; Mrs. Marvin Madden, Medford; C. W. Timmons, Ash land: and E. C. (Tex) Phillips. Medford. Flight Engineers Settle Dispute; Strike Cancelled Settlement Follows Ail-Night Session Washington-il'PD-The Flight Engineers Union today settled its jet crew dispute with Trans World Airlines and call ed off a threatened strike while the agreement is sub mitted for union ratification. Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg announced the set tlement of the 20-month-old dispute following an all-night negotiating session in his office. Union spokesmen said they were pleased with the agree ment and would recommend its adoption by the 615 TWA flight engineers. Approval Expected Goldberg said he was con fident the pact would be ap proved and thus cancel the strike. He said it assured an orderly reduction of jet crews from four to three men on TWA The cabinet officer told a news conference the agree ment should be helpful in solving similar disputes be tween the engineers and Pan American and Eastern Airlines. "In the opinion of the ad ministration," he said, "the settlement is clearly in the national interest and avoids the disruption that would have taken place if a strike occurred." To Offset Higher Costs The labor secretary said payroll savings resulting from a reduction in crews on some jets will more than offset any increased costs stemming from economic settlements still to be worked out by TWA and the flight engineers. President Kennedy's pres tige was at stake in the dis pute since he had said there would be no excuse for a walkout over the jet issue. Informed of the settlement, Kennedy said "It is of great significance that this question was. resolved without a strike." He said the issues were "resolved humanely in terms of the people involved and sensibly in terms of the industry involved. Job Rights Protected Goldberg said the settle ment protects the job rights of engineers and the airline pilots involved in the dispute without impairing safety or efficiency of the airline. The agreement generally provides that engineers now flying for TWA or about 67 of them on furlough will re ceive the first crack at the third seat in jet cockpits. It also provides some pilot training for the engineers and liberal severance pay if they do not meet the higher quali fications that are spelled out in the agreement. Under the pact, both sides will negotiate for another week with the aid of Mediator Nathan P. Feinsinger to try and solve economic issues, in cluding wages. hh m mm mm FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN tive "plans Hatfield Will Offer Resolutions At Conference Governors Will Hear Proposals Salem -(UPII- Gov. Mark Hatfield will submit five res olutions at the 54th gover nors' conference 1 1 Hershey, Pa. July 1-4,. his office indi cated today. One of them is a slap at the Kennedy administration titled "government intervention in prices and wages." The resolution says that all governors should express their concern that "the feder al government act only with restraint and with reluctance in those instances in which price or wage decisions in pri vate business differ from that which individuals in the fed eral government might deem inappropriate." To Propose Memorial Other Hatfield resolutions are on medicare, federal-state relations, civil rights, and a memorial to the late Donald G. Nutter, Montana governor killed in a plane crash last January. The medicare resolution says that "proposed federal legislation would provide lim ited assistance only to those i older citizens eligible for So cial Security and under a rigid and uniform national system." This was an attack on President Kennedy's medi care plan. His Proposal Listed Instead, Hatfield proposes that each state enact its own medicare plan under provis ions of the present federal law, and that in any new fed eral provisions the law will: Assure inclusion of those not eligible for Social Secur ity. 2. Clearly allow recipients choice of methods to meet medical care needs. 3. Preserve, as far as prac ticable, opportunity for sup plemental state programs. The federal-state relations resolution complains that growth of "the national bu reaucracy has imposed upon the slates unnecessary con trols of stale administrative organization and procedures.'' Appeal Procedure Hatfield called for an ap peal procedure to allow judi cial review of rulings by fed eral agencies, and that chang es be made in federal require ments for taking part in fed eral-stale programs. Qualifi cation? of stales, Hatfield said, should be based solely on a review of state law and not on the basis of adminislra- ! S'?',.!.",s l.ttt.tf.s - . s&..Vi(i';";'-s?;iir..; ' i;.; ,i .; ;o - ;'''";.; .-til ' w'M . y v.'""-- v I ' ; YOUNGSTER FOUND Clifford Altman, 7, of Portland, Is shown resting at his home after being found Wednesday eve ning. The boy. who was unharmed, had been lost in the Mount Hood area since Sunday. (UPI) Clearing Bear Creek Being Delayed for Lack of Equipment Clearing of Bear creek for future park development has been delayed because of the lack of heavy equipment and the need to obtain permission from private property owners to work on their lands, Paul Rynning, Bear Creek project coordinator, told the Jackson county court yesterday. Considerable work, spear headed by the Crater Lions club, was done along the creek last winter. Several heavy equipment operators donated equipment and labor during the slack construction period during the winter, Rynning noted. The cquipmenl is now tied up in construction work, he said. Contact Representatives Rynning said he contacted representatives of three irri gation districts which use the creek. No irrigation district funds are available for clean ing up the creek, he was told. The county has allocated $2,500 in the new fiscal year budget for survey and study of the project. Rynning said this would finance consider able planning, but would not meet all planning costs. "It's impossible to clear the I creek from Medford to Ash- The Beauties of Scenic Oregon (Oregon Slate Highway Commission Photo) land in one year," he said f "More work will be done af- f ler the new planning lunds I are available after July I, the beginning of the new fiscal year." Until . the grading of the new freeway is completed, possibly by this' fall, there is not much clearing work that can be done along the free way right-of-way, Rynning said. Rynning said he had receiv ed many inquiries from peo ple wondering why the creek project has not been continued. ITIMS FROM .BRIEFS AROUND THI OlOM and NEW HOPE SEEN IN LABOR DISPUTE nlw huh . Worker, in Oregon Sou h".:.nw.,'hing.;n w.. in i, mUj T b wv,w :.w:,d.;prn: ss."p- w.dn..d.y th.i Z dC . .ubm..d ,o . join. l.bo,-m.n.g,m.n. nlon1.: "card bmd.r.i.r.non. Berlin-rPl-Wt Benin p l ;Vn"inu'r81 rilu-g.'.'. .....n, .. W covering fire if neceiurr- WEST NEW OUIA OTOjMB lands resume n9' Jennings Named By GOP Committee Hugh P. Jennings, Medford, was named chairman of the Jackson County Republican Central committee ;ast night. Also elenied to the execu tive committee were Margaret Denman. vice chairman; George Bruse, alternate vice chairman: John Snider, treas urer; Don Geren. congression al committeeman; and Evelyn Nye, congressional committee woman. Jennings, 40. has lived in Medford for 15 years. He is a former manager of the Gen eral Adjustment bureau, and now operate an insurance i business. He has served the Republi can farty recently as candl ! dates assistance chairman and special pven5 chairman. -' . ' ,.. ' v, r ,41- J.,: r " 4 Council to Consider Condemnation Plans The Medford city council will consider passage of three condemnation resolutions at a meeting at 7:30 o'clock to night in the council chambers in the city hall. The eminent domain pro ceedings involve a parcel of land owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Parlier near the inter section of Highland dr. and Siskiyou blvd. Two other pieces of prop erly near Grape and Melrose sts. are also concerned. They are .083 of an acre owned jointly by Janice and Charles L. Ghclardi and Yvonne R. and Bob C. Reynolds: and .006 of an acre belonging to Dr. G. N. Gltzen. The property owners and the city administration have been unable to agree on terms for sale of the property in question, so condemnation resolutions will be presented to the council tonight. The property is being sought by the city to facilitate cer tain street and intersection improvements. Two Loggers See YoungsterEmerge From Brush Tearful Reunion At Campground Portland - IUPD - "I wasn't scared." Plucky Clifford Altman, T, spoke those words to his joy ful parents Wednesday night after he was found alive -and well - southeast of Mt. Hood. He had spent three nights alone in the mountainous ter rain. Hope had about been given up. Organized search was called off earlier in the day. It had gone on since last Sun day afternoon when Clifford "decided to go for a hike" and left his grandparents at Bear Paw campground. Then, shortly before 8 p.m., daylight time, Wednesday, loggers Richard Larsen and Leo Pelers of Portland saw the boy emerge from the brush beside a road, 4V4 miles northeast of the campground from which he disappeared. Tearful Reunion They took him to the camp ground where his mother. Mrs. Kenneth Altman, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Grant, were wait ing. . The father was at Gov ernment. Camp - telephoning tor more volunteers. "It was a tearful reunion," Stale Policeman Jim Hanson said.''-": Ironically, Clifford was found in the opposite direc tion from which most of the search was conducted. Blood hounds had repeatedly led .searchers to the Clear lake road. The lake was dragged Wednesday. It turned out that a pair ot shorts found in the area did not belong to the boy and foot prints on various roads were not his. What's all the excitement about?" Clifford said shortly after he was returned to the campground. "I just started to take a lit tle hike," he said. "Then I decided to walk a little far ther." Sleeps By Logs "I slept by" logs." He said he drank a lot of water "but sometimes it was kind of hard because it leaked through my hands." He said he heard a hell- ; copter Monday, but saw no people. The blue-cyed first grader suffered numerous scratches on his hands and face from s brush. The family physician. Dr. George Nash, said "he's in remarkably good condition, mostly Just tired. The reason he's in such good condition -is that he got adequate sleep ' and drank lots of good, moun- " tain water." Some 500 persons took part in the search. But after all apparent leads reached a dead end, most searchers left. His parents and grandparents re mained behind. "We never lost hope," his mother said. The parents brought him home to Portland and he slept in a bed for the first time in four nights. BETTER PRICES SOUGHT Washington -OTIi- A labor union has set up a lobbying and educational organization to try to help fishermen get higher prices for their catch. Myrtle trees border highways in Coos county, where many o f them are protected in grove, where no . ulting is permitted. Government Enters Ford Labor Dispute Cleveland, Ohio-(UPIi-The government today moved Into !!t Ford Motor Co. strike which has stopped the production of Ford cars and idled about 75,000 persons. The company and the United Auto Workers announced they would accept the assistance of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in an effort to end the crippling strike over production standards. The chief issue In the 15-day strike centers around what is a fair hourly production quota on Comet quarter panels. The panels are the part of the body over the rear wheels. About 25 persons are involved in this dispute, one of three which led to the walkout at the suburban Walton Hills stamp ing plant June 6. There now are 43 Issues In dispute. The company said It felt 300 panels an hour was fair standard, based upon Its time studies. Jerry Wllse, prpsident of UAW Local 420 at the plant, said 237 panels an hour was fair standard. of West New Guinea
