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wincnesier Bay at me mourn ol me umpqua river south
much activity during the fishing season.
Langford Named
Full-Time Director
For City Planning
Tlie appointment of Ned
Langford, 35, as Medford's
first full-time director of plan
ning was announced today by
City Manager Robert Duff.
The appointment was effect
ive as of yesterday, July 1.
Langfortt1 firsreame to Med
ford tn December 1957 as an
employeee of the Bureau of
Municipal Research. He was
assigned to Mcdford to assist
with the city's urban devel
opment plan.
Over a period'of time, how
ever. Duff said, the press of
administrative planning work
for the city became such that
Langford was able to spend
only about 10 per cent of his
time on bureau projects.
In view of fhal, the city
planning commission recom
mended to the city council in
April that a full-time office
of planning be established.
The council accepted the com
mission's recommendation
that same month.
Langford will continue to
devote a portion of his time
to federal urban planning,
Duff said, but the majority
of his efforts will be directed
toward administration work
in the planning office.
The new director lives with
his wife Carol, and their three
children at 432 Lynwood ave.
London - 1'PI' - Sir Win
ston Churchill got out of his
hospital bed Sunday night
and chatted with nurses, who
reported the ailing former
Prime Minister once again is
taking a lively interest in
world affairs.
The 87-year-old statesman,
recovering from a broken
thigh bone, ate two hearty
meals that included chicken,
ice cream, strawberries,
champagne and hi! usual
brandy.
A bulletin issued this morn
ing said Churchill spent a
"comfortable night" and is
making so much progress that
no further early morning re
ports will be issuer!.
ITIMS HIOM
KHRUSHCHEV PROMISES REBUFF
Moicow-I I'l-Premiir Nikila KhruihchiT warned Mon
day that any attack on Communist China would meet with
"crushing rebuff" from the entire Communist camp In
cluding the Soviet Union.
CUT IN RESERVES GUARD PROPOSED
Hershey. Pa.-PPIDefense Secretary Robert S. McNamara
told the Governors Conference Monday that changing mili
tary requirements dictated his proposed S8.000 man cut in
the Army civilian reserves end National Guard.
KENNEDY ORDERS TROOP REMOVAL
Washington-IPt-Presidenl Kennedy has ordered wit)
drawal of about one fourth of the U.S. combat troops guard
ing Thailand against Communist attack.
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Administration
Solicits Governors
For Medicare Plan
Hcrshcy. Pa. - HOT - The na
tional administration rounded
up support among stale gov
ernors today for a bi-partisan
compromise version of Presi
dent Kennedy's program of
medical care for the aged.
The medicare issue was
high on the agenda tor a
breakfast session of Democra
tic governors before today's
opening business session of
! the 54th annual governor's
; conference.
I The proposal goes before
the Senate todiy.
The Democrats counted
; drawing support frown at lethst
one Republican governor
New York's Nulaon A. Eoiciji?
I feller, who said trw compro
mise is based on principles
he has been rccommiwdin'.
The governors sire meeting
in this chocolate manufactur
ing town and vacntion retort
1 in the Allegheny foothills for
! their anmaol e.vcW.vf- of Miwif
land fellowship.
j Supporters of the Kewrwoly
i medical care plnn ho;!d to!
put the conference on record !
j with a declaration Iilje orai
adopted two years ajjo. cnll-1
j ing for financing mr.dicnrii
i under the Social Security sys
tem.
As a result of compromise
negotiations between Sims.
Clinton P. Ancterson (D-N.M )
and Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y
in Washington, the Kennedy
backers expected to recruit
some Republican supporters '
led by Rockefeller.
Rockefeller told a news con- j
ference Sunday he thought I
that more than the six Repub- i
licans who supported a simil
ar resolution in 1!)H0 would 1
side with him this time. The
administration has gone tar
to meet Rockefeller objec
tions to the original Kennedy j
plan.
Hatfield May Change
Since three of the 1960 Re
publican supporters are no
longer in office, it was not
clear how the lf)B2 resolution i
would command more GOP
votes than it did two i ars
ago. However, Gov. ..k Hat
Ct!hBRIEF!
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AltOUNO THI (ROM
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of Reedsport is the scene of
field of Oregon, who voted
against the 1960 resolution
said he probably would vote
for it this year since it allow
ed, aged persons an option to
buy private health insurance
and provided coverage for
persons not under the Social
Security system. Those two
conditions also were part of
Rockefeller's demands.
Actors Advised By
Nuns on Costumes
Four sisters from the staff
of Sacred Heart hospilal at
tended a dross rehearsal of a
Fo:wtli3hters' play last nigM
and off-ored advice abeut lha
covtuininfi. Tlcey wore- cru
cially hel;-:fel, aEeofAinfi tn
Diws-lioi- Fra'Rik E-U'ditcr, be
cause the GMS'tume? ;ir hnb
its borrowed friswn tkie hos
;lal g&stor-s.
TRrc pJay, wliM.1 will open
Tuesday, July 3, is "Seven
Nuns at Las Vegas." A black
hatbit vrns borrowed from the
hospital for Mary Bca Jen
foiws, who plays the role of
the Kovetfi;'::'! M'otker, and
whiti habits fi-r tke remain
ing women wh aril titking
th7 roles o;f tkn nuira in the
comwdy.
Ployina tlw nitivs wee Miss
Jerry Jewmw, 'Svti Annice,
Blac6. Mi. Hmlen Ashley,
Miss Jaci K?uller. Ki3 Sally
BrocdOTOter. Mrs. Chorlone
T-orvin and Mrs. Prances
Dempster. i
A portrtin of the proceeds i
from the play will be given j
to the Sacred Heart building I
fund. j
Tickets for the comedy are1
on sale at Mann's and Puruck-;
er's stores, may he obtained
from cast members and will
be on sale every night at the
box office. The play will run
through Saturday; c u r tain I
time each night is 8:li0 p.m. !
Diamond Late Meoling
Held by County Agents1
Approximately 60 persons
representing county extension
agents from all over the slate f
attended the annual spring
meeting of the Oregon County ,
Afionts' association held at
Diamond lake this week end.
Jacknn County Extension
Agent Earle Jossy is presi- j
dent. During the business ses
sion the regulations between
cnumy agents and Oregon
State university were discuss
ed It was voted to have a .-'
milar meeting at Wallowa
lake in Wallowa county next
year.
Purpose of the annual mi-cl-is
to allnw the 1;,cs and
'attiilies of couiitv d Ms to
become nc n'rintrii.
LOST OVERNIGHT
Salem - m - Mr. and Mrs.
James Sncll. Salem, wander
ed into a farm home near
Mehama early today after be- i
ing lost overnight on a fish- (
ing trip in the rugged North
Santiam canyon
Mass Exodus by
Doctors Feared
In Saskatchewan
Regina, Sask. -WPH- Saskat
chewan's 900.000 residents
were faced today with a me
dical crisis that could deplete
the province of its finest doc
tors.
A strike by the physicians
already has reduced medical
service in the province to the
level of "emergency cases on
ly" and the bitter dispute
threatens to take the form of
a mass exodus by doctors who
feel their professional free
dom has been disrupted.
The doctors are rebelling
against the first inroad made
by socialized nve d i c i n e in
North America.
A new law, 'patterned af
ter Great Britain's national
health service program, as
sures Saskatchewan residents
of free medical care. It went
into effect at midnight on Sat
urday and almost immediate
ly the doctors carried out the
threat they made repeatedly
during the past several
months of controversy.
Free Service
To prevent a full-scale cris
is during the strike, about
240 of the province's D00 doc
tors are providing free emer
gency service at 34 of Sas
katchewan's 121 hospitals.
Even though the emergen
cy operation was being bol
stered by volunteer workers.
a combination of fatigue and
financial hardship would
make it impossible to sustain
the emergency effort over a
prolonged period of time.
The disadvantages of the
fragmentary program became
tragically significant Sunday
when a n-momh-old baby, suf
fering from meningitis, was
dead on arrival at a hospital
in Yorktown.
The Infant, Carl Derhous-
oss of Usherville, was driven
90 miles by his parents before
medical attention could be
found Before reaching York-
town, tt.ey stopped at hospi
tals in Canora and Preeco
ville but there were no doc
tors on duty.
Pln to Lea.ve
Dr. Sam Landa of thu Sas
katchewan Collcxn of Faysi-
ciars ad Surgeons sai-l Carl's
otaath was an example of
what doctors feared most
wlten they called the strike.
H emphasized, however, that
there was no way to deter
mine whether the infant
would have lived if a doctor
had been more readily avail
able. Long before the law went
into effect, the doctors be
came embroiled in a battle
over it with the socialist gov
e r n m e r. t of Saskatchewan.
Tfirefr in Oregon
By United Press International
A boy balancing on a mid
stream rock and a man try
ing to swim the Snake river
drowned during the week end
in Oregon.
In addition, an Oklahoma
man, Emnirtt Lee Keling,
58, died Sunday in the Rogue
river five miles east of Gold
Beach. Sheriff's officers said
he may have suffered a heart
attack while going to the aid
of a daughter, Who reached
shore safely.
Thomas Jefferson Fotta
Jr., 10, of Creswcll was lost
Sunday afternoon while play
ing with a group of children
in Fall creek about 16 miles
southeast of Eugene.
Witnesses said the children
were balancing on a rock in
midstream by bracing against
the current. Thomas lust his
footing and was swept away.
At Nysia. Henry Van
Twist. 34, of Nyssa was pre
sumed drowned in the Snake
river Saturday night.
i WEATHER
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nliht Hiih Turiilar s- !
Hirhrt Vrlrri1iv t
Liiwtti Thit Mornlnt 3
Our Skies Tonight
nnM today 7 s? p m :
. Siinrl tomorrow 4:Ji.m.
Moon! tnniKhl I llpm
Fimi ciiiiirifr Jijiv
Th nianrl. Jupltrr In "th
lomhratl at 1 jo am., toilav
' hflni a tlow taril man.
mnl among thr lUrt In It
ba fcrroiind thai will rontlnu
. until lal In Orlohfr.
The law, vigorously support
ed by the premier, was pass
ed last fall as the Provincial
Medical Insurance act.
The greatest anxiety has
been caused by the incrcap
i n g 1 y prevalent indications
that scores of physicians were
planning to pack their scalp
els and move their practices
to other provinces.
Dr. M. S. Slobodzian of As-
katoon said Sunday "most of
the doctors fee! that in a very
short time they'll seek other
opportunities. He said as
many as three or four patients
a day have been telling him
they would move with him to
Alberta or British Columbia
if he decided to leave.
Week End Traffic
Accidents Leave
5 Persons Dead
By United Press International
Five Oregon persons, in
cluding a father and two small
daughters from Portland,
died in week end highway ac
cidents - four in the state. An
Astoria girl was hurt in a
California car-bus crash.
Quentin H. Skene. 40, of
Portland, Debora M; y, 5. and
Rebecca Joy. 1, were killed
Sunday afternoon when their
car went over a bank 28 miles
southeast of Seaside on High
way 26.
Mrs. Skene, who was driv
ing, was hospitalized. Her son,
Steven, 9, also was hospitaliz
ed. Both were tn good condi
tion. Police said she apparent
ly dozed at the wheel.
A good Samaritan truck
driver, Chester James Setters,
28, of Troutdale, was killed
west of Warm Springs Satur
day night whan he stopped to
help a stranded motorist
change a tire.
State police said Setters
was aiding Lewis Tcnny of
Astoria, whose car was park
ed on the wrong side of the
highway where it careened
after a blowout. Police said
an eastbound driver, Joseph
Mclnturff of Madras, .struck
the parked vehicle head-on.
Setters was crushed between
the two cars.
A Roseburg woman, Mrs.
Lulu Suitor, 62, died Sunday
in Chico, California's first
traffic fatality in more than
two years. She was riding in
a car hit broadside by another
car.
Near Woodland. Calif., a
Seattle-bound Greyhound bus
collided with two cars, killing
five and injuring seven. One
of the injured was Barbara
Ryding, 15, of Astoria.
Ashland Police Arrest
Two Men After Fight
Ashland - Two men were
j arrested by Ashland police
j Friday afternoon on charges
of disorderly conduct after
the two were reported to
j have been involved in a fight'
at 25 Grcsham st.
Lodged in city jail and
; later released on bail were
Dale E. Scott. 20. stationed at
Seymour-Johnson Air Force
Base in North Carolina, and
Carl Leon Henderson, 22, of
330 Wilson rd.. Central Point.
Scott required emergency
treatment at Ashland Com
munity hospital before he was
lodged in jail.
Both men are scheduled to
appear In Ashland Municipal
court Tuesday.
, SHADY COVE FIRE
1 Shady Cove A piece of
j logging equipment caught on
fire here this morning while
men were making repairs on
It. Two Shady Cove fire
trucks responded to the alarm,
around 10 o'clock, and
brought the fire under control.
Tile equipment, a donkey
loader, belonged to Ben f lork
: logging.
FAIR DRAWS 58.673
Seattle - TPI1 - Attendance
at the Seattle World's Fair
Sunday was 58.(173, highest
Sunday attendance since the
( fair opened. The total for the
'first 72 days was 3,291.380.
i Portland - UTI' - Purchase
of the ll ftory Larson build
ing in Yakima. Wanh . by the
Dan Davis Corp of Portland
was annnuncrd today
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ESCAPE FOILED Associate Warden Dale surrendered amid a barrage of tear gas
Fradv displays cut bars on the death row shells after they took two guards hostage
cell of Luis Moya, one of six San Quentin in the bold maneuver. The slory is on pnge
condemned convicts who attempted to escape 2A. (UP1)
from the prison early today. The Inmates
Missing Medford
Plane Landed At
Ashland Airport
A single engine plane, pilot
ed by a Medford man and
carrying a RoRue Flying serv
ice flight instructor, was
"missing" for a few hours Sat
urday night until the pilot
and passenger were located
at their homes.
A misunderstanding be
tween the pilot, A. D. VanLoo
of 3275 Britt ave., and the
passenger, J. C. flamaker of
Rogue Flying service, over
who closed the flight plan was
cited as the reason for the
mixup.
Local air officials became
concerned when the plane,
due at Medford at fi:50 p.m.
from Springfield, failed to
show up there. The plane, a
Piper J - 4. had no radio
aboard.
Cheeks were made with air
ports at Ashland, Grants Pass,
Roseburg. Riddle and Glen
dale but tljie plane was not re
ported to be at any of them.
Located by Reporter
VanLoo was finally located
at his home by the Mail Trib
une almost four hours after
his plane had been due at
Medford. He explained that he
had landed at Ashland. Of
ficials at the Medford tower
had asked the county sheriff's
department to check the Ash
land airport, but apparently
VanLoo's plane was tucked
away in a hangar and was not
noticed.
llamaker explained this
morning that he and VanLoo ;
; had agreed to report in and organization committee, will
close their flight plap by tele-! hold a hearing in Eagle Point
phone after they landed. Ap-jlo make that district an ad
i parently each man thought j ministrativc unit. The county
the other was going to make i reorganization plan proposed
I the phone call. j to join Hutte Falls with Eagle
Dick Smith, local Federal Point, but the Butte Falls
Aviation agency represents-1 school patrons have consis
tive. said the failure to close itently voted the proposal
the flittht plan was a violation i down.
of civil air regulations and! A California family with
possibly could bring some sort ; three children is proposing
of disciplinary action against I the transferral of the 40 acres
11,0 P',ot- Ion the Butte Falls highway
Any such action would .,, ,i,p t-.ai!lp Point district
come from the General Avia-'
lnn fl;t.i..i -ir;. ..i n ,i
tion district office at Portland,
he said
Paul Betliol Sworn ;
In As Sheriff Today
Paul Beltiol formllv took
the oath nt office as interim
jheriff this morning from
County Clerk Marvin Mud
den. The oath was adininistrrrrl
also to the deputies who will
serve under Bettiol at least
until :he iif-cesslMl randidali
for sheriff In the November
general election takes office
on Jan. I
The Jackson county court
appointed Hi'ttiol as sheriff
on June 22 Joseph Walsh,
former county sheriff, resign
rd effective July 1 to 'ake a
inh in &rivatr industry.
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Concession Contract
For Howard Prairie
Is Being Reviewed
The Portland office of the still unsigned by County Corn-
National Park service is re -
vicwlng the five-year contract
for the Howard Pvulrle rccrca.
tion area concession, County
Commissioner Chester Wcndt
said this morning.
Mark Pike of the Portland
NPS office, picked up the con
tract Friday during an im
promptu visit with the coun
ty court. An unconfirmed re
port stilted, also, that Pike
visled Howard Prainic unan
nounced last Week to check
oa the public use fees charged
by Concessionaire Bob Johns
ton. The concession contract is
Board to Review
Petition Request
The Jackson county rural
school board, acting as a boun
dary board for the first time
today, will review a petition
tn transfer 40 acres of land
from the Butte Falls to the
Eagle Point school district,
according to County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mek
vold. The slate law specifies that
the rural school board will
not act both as a boundary
board and reorganization com
mittee, starting with the new
fiscal year.
On July 23. the rural board,
acting as a school district re-
M,.kvod explained. They arc
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renting the property. The
property owners had proposed
the transfer originally, but
established residence In the
Shady Cove area later
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'All-Numhor Dialing' Opposition
High, San Francisco Poll Reveals
San Francisco -Telephone patrons polled by the San Francisco Chronicle over
whelmingly are opposed to "all-number dialing.''
The newspaper found that 65 5 per cent of the pollers prefer letter prefixes to
number prefixes, and that 67 3 per cent found the letter nrefixes easier to remember
U than the number prefixes.
The poll was conducted
all-number dialing in most
In a telephone poll, conducted to check the results of
in the paper, the Chronicle found results similar, although
number votes rose somewhat, to about 8 to 1. In area
hn-1 already been instituted,
1 missioncr Edwin Taylor. Tay-
llor hnd protested that Johns-
ton should nol receive ,r por
tion of the overnight camping
fees as specified in the con
cession contract. Wendt said
this morning that only two
of the three members of the
county court had to sign the
contract to put It i nforce. He
and County Judge Earl Miller
signed the contract June 15.
Pike had questioned the
contract to put it in force. He
portion of gro.ss receipts which
the county is to receive from
the contract. Why should
Johnston not pay any per
centage to the .county on the
first $40,000 gross rccepits?.
nc asked.
Miller explained that the
concessionaire still has to
maintain the grounds and pay
$300 a month for rental of
the concession building. Pike
pointed out that the county
still pays Johnston a portion
of the overnight camping fees
for grounds maintenance.
The bureau of land manage
ment, which also has Jurisdic
tion over the area, will re
view the contract also, Wendt
said.
School To Start
Demo Convention
Salem - I1IPII - Oregon Dem
ocrats kick off their state
wide convention here Tues
day morning with a candi
dates' school. In the after
noon rules will he adopted,
and a chairman will be elect
ed. The two day session Is the
second slate Democratic con
vention of the year. The first
was held prior to the May
primary election.
This second one is required
by a law passed in the 1061
legislature, calling on both
the Democrats and Republi
cans to draft a statement of
principles.
The Republicans will con
duct their convention at Bend
Friday and Saturday.
Keynote speaker here Tues
day night will be Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.)
ii-:in.:n,t'iii.fii.jfuytyii. .
asa result of the switch by
Bay Area exc hanges in recent
the ratio was 9 to 1 against.
I Whole blood uiven
London - HOT - Runaway
Soviet spy Dr. Robert A. So
blen today was reported In
serious but slightly improv
ed" condition following his
i desperate suicide attempt
abord the jetliner flying
him tack from Israel to the
United States to serve a life
sentence.
Soblen was taken off the
El Al Israel Boeing 707 Sun
day and rushed to a nearby
hospital after he slashed his
wrist and plunged a steak
knife into his abdomen under
the unsuspecting eyes of a
U.S. marshal and an Israeli
police doctor.
The exact extent of So
blen's Injuries were not dis
closed. Knife Punctures Spleen
U.S. Embassy spokesman
James Pettus said the knife
punctured Soblen's spleen
and doctors at Hillingdom
hospital were giving htm
transfusions of whole blood,
not plasma. Soblen, who is
suffering from lymphatic leu
kemia cancer of the blood
was reported to have lost
a'jout two pints of blood by
the time he reached the hos
pital. Both Pettus and El Al
spokesman Richard Cope said
any decision on taking So
blen to New York must await
'.he doctors' orders. Pettus es
timated it may be 10 days
before Soblen could be mov
ed. Cope said it might be
two or three days, or possi
bly a week.
A hospital spokesman said
Soblen's condition this morn
ing "is still rather serious
but he is slightly improved
since admission." He added
there "are no plans for an
operation at present."
No Vital Organs Damaged
The spokesman stressed
there were no plans to move
Soblen from the hospital to
day. He said it appeared Sob
len had damaged no vital or
gans when he thrust the ser
rated knlte Into his body.
The suicide attempt came)
shortly before the El Al air
liner began the descent for
the landing at London airport
to refuel for the flight to
New York. -
The 62-year-old Lithuanian
born spy, who had been sen
tenced to life Imprisonment
for spying for the Russians
during wartime lost two pints
of blood before his stealthy
suicide attempt was discov
ered by James McShane,
chief of U.S. marshals, and
Israeli police Dr. Hcinrich
Gottlieb.
Hides Knife
Soblen had secreted the
knife following dinner and
hid it under a blanket. He
stabbed hiiiiself without mak
ing a sound and his action
went tinnoticed until blood
started to well through the
blanket he had wrapped
around himself.
A hospital spokesman said
a British detective was on
guard in Soblen's room.
The spokesman said Soblen
had not yet asked to see a
British legal representative
"He doesn't seem concerned
at the moment about his situ
ation." Soblen was expelled from
Israel early Sunday for ille
gal entry. He jumped $100,
000 bail In New York last
Tuesday to flee to Israel in a
desperate attempt to escape
serving a life sentence Im
posed by S federal court for
wartime espionage.
Medford Temperature
Sets New July Low
Lowest July temperature
on record was reported this
morning by the Medford sta
tion of the U.S. weather bu
reau.
The minimum reading this
morning was 38 degrees, the
lowest since records were be
gun in 1011.
Only one other lime since
then has a July minimum dip
ped below 40 degrees. That
was on July 2, 1021 when the
' low was 39.
the telephone company to
weeks.
the coupon poll printed
the proportion of anti-
where all-number dialing
i