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Newspaper Page TextMIB) 12) OvUo) IS) ESP over mm ft FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN gerian Guerrillas Ai Uncrowded, golden sand beaches of northern Oregon altract vacationers who seek relaxation, beach fun and sun. Migrant Labor Contractor To Lose License Hillsboro -TO- The State Labor bureau today announc ed the suspension of a migrant labor contractor's license, but a health official said two mi grant camps probably will stay open. Labor inspector E. R. Haw es said James Grey of Aums ville was being notified by re gistered mail of the suspen sion of his labor contracting license. He said a notice of permanent revocation also was being sent lo Grey. Campt Raided The action followed a raid by agents of the state Liquor Control commission, state La bor bureau, and county Health department last week on two camps near here. The liquor agents seized wine and beer and booked two men on charges of ille gal liquor sales. Hawes described the camps as filthy and primitive. County health officer Dr. Clifford Anderson said, how ever, the camps probably will he cleaned up and kept open, lie said recommendations were being made to the camp owners. Nine Boys f scope From MacLaren School Woodburn - fUPP - Nine hoys escaped from MacLaren School for Boys here Sunday in two separate incidents. All were still at large today. ffiWS(f)BR!EFS ITIMS WOM 1 yt y AHOUN0 THI OLOII LAOS CONFERENCE REACHES COMPROMISE Gena-IPI-Tht 14-naiion Laos Conference has retched an East-West compromise end neutrality settlement is ex pected to be completed for signature by foreign ministers by next week. authoritatWe sources said today. TYPHOON BATTERS OKINAWA BASTION Tokyo-ITI Typhoon Joan battered the U.S. military bas tion of Okinawa today and raced toward Japan, where nine consecutive days of torrential rains have killed almost 100 persons. MOSCOW PEACE CONGRESS OPENS Moscow-it n-More than 2,000 private citiierfs from 102 nations today opened a Soviet-promoted "World Congress (or Peace and Disarmament.' Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Sections eat of Armed Clash The Beauties of McGahuey To Die In Gas Chamber Aug. 20 for Murder Leeroy Sanford McGahuey, 43, Central Point is sched uled to die in the Oregon state prison gas chamber on Aug. 20 for the first degree mur der of Central Point infant, Rodney Cameron Holt on Feb. 14, 1961. Circuit Judge James M. Main set the execution date this morning as McGahuey ap peared in open court to re ceive the execution date as required by law. Less than a dozen people were in the audience. Judge Main refused to hear a request from McGahuey in the judge's chambers. It had to be made in open court, the judge explained. McGahuey replied he didn't want to make the request before the public since he might be ridiculed. Later he told representatives of the newspapers and televi sion he wanted to be execut ed on the anniversary of the deaths of the infant and his mother . Mrs. Loris Mae Holt, in a Central Point apartment. No Pictures Asked McGahuey requested no pic tures be taken. "I have six children of my own, you know, about 100 miles north of here. My pic ture being in all the papers again wouldn't do them any good. If you have to use a picture, use the one taken aft er my first court appearance," McGahuey said. "I'm not afraid of dying. That doesn't bother me," the MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 9, Scenic Oregon (Oregon State rr?-rriatc; J. convicted murderer said. "I have come close to death many times while in the army in the Pacific during World War II," he said. McGahuey said he has been punished already and remark ed he has spent a year in the segregation and isolation building at the state prison. By being executed on the day the mother and baby died. McGahuey said he "would feel closer to them." He said he received a fair trial. However, some things about the case were not told court-appointed defense attor ney, William Kellington, nor District Attorney Alan Holmes because he did not want them known, McGahuey added. They might have changed the course of the trial, he said. Unhappy Childhood McGahuey said he hasn't felt like fighting back since an incident in 1SS0 but would not say what that was. He said he did not condone his actions. He blamed an unhappy childhood including beatings in a foster home, and a brok en home tor his unfortunate adult life. "I wish you all could spend one month in that prison building with me. Lots of laws would be changed," he remarked to the attorneys, of ficers and representatives of press and television. McGahuey opposes capital punishment and said it didn't satisfy anything. Communi ties should have more facili ties for guidance of children and adults. The state prison does not have adequate facili ties for rehabilitation, he con cluded. Austrian Doctors On 24-Hour Strike Vienna-1'PP - early 14.000 Austrian doctors began a 24 hour strike today to force de mands for higher pay and lo ' protest what they called gov i ernmen' efforts to "socialize" ' doi'lnrs. All medical services were curtailed with the exception of hospital emergency wards. 57th Highway Commission Photo) Estimate of City's Population Shows Rise; 25,750 Total The population of Medford as of July 1, 1962, has been estimated at 25,750, city offi cials announced today. This figure represents an increase of about 500 over the previous year, according to Gilbert J. Gutjahr, assistant city manager. The estimate will now be sent to the Oregon state board of census for certification. Last year's estimate by the city of 25,250 was certified by the board at 25,254. This estimate is impor tant," Gutjahr said, "because it is on the basis of population that the state apportions shares of funds received from liquor and gasoline revenues lo cities." Last year, Medford receiv ed $66,659 as its share of state liquor sales and $177,864 from gasoline sales. This amounted to about $10 per capita of the city's population, Gutjahr said. The administration arrived at its population estimate on the basis of known housing units in the city and on the number of water and electri city customers, Gutjahr ex plained. From data compiled In the 1960 federal census, the city uses a 2.7304 dwelling unit oc cupancy ratio in computing iU estimate. According to city figures, one house was annexed, 286 dwellings were under con struction, five units were de molished, and there were sev en fewer house trailers in Medford up to July 1, 1962. as compared with the previous year. Since 104 of the dwelling units are still incomplete, this represents a net dwelling in crease of 178 over the previ ous year, Gutjahr anid. Five Hurt in Yreka Five persons were injured one hospitalized overnight following a truck auto collision Saturday after noon on the Klamath River rd. near Horse Creek, accord ing to the California highway patrol. The five, all passengfrs in the car. were Patricia Dutton, 24. of Wcaverville. Calif! , Gene R. Bright, 59, of Klam Year Price 10 Ctnfs Tribune 1962 No. 94 svance; ncreases Premier's Aides In Morocco for Negotiations Ben Bella Said En Route for Talks Algiers-IUPII-Heavily armed Algerian Nationalist guerril las advanced from Morocco today in a move to link up with 1,000 troops in Oran who support dissident Vice Premier Mohammed Ben Bel la. The threat of an armed clash between feuding nation alist factions was so serious that two ministers of Premier Youssef Ben Khedda's cabinet were in the Moroccan capital of Rabat seeking to negotiate with Ben Bella. The emissaries, Information Minister Mohammed Yazid and Minister of State Rabah Bitat, arrived in Rabat Sun day night. Bitat immediately conferred with Mohammed Khider, who quiet Ben Khed da's cabinet to side with Ben Bella. To Join Discussions Ben Bella himself was re ported en route to Rabat from Cairo via Geneva lo join the discussions. Ben Bella is believed to have support of the majority of the estimated 60,000 Na tional Liberation Army (ALN) troops stationed in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. About 1,000 arrived in the western port city of Oran from Morocco over the week end and another 1,200 were reported to have arrived in Tlemccn, just west of Oran, Sunday. I Reports from Tlemcen said they carried sidearms made in Communist East Europe and towed heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns made in Eastern Europe and Commu nist China. Vive Ben Bella' Villages shouted "Vive Ben Bella" as the guerrillas travel ed through the countryside. The core of Ben Khedda s strength is in the Algiers re gion and in WUlaya 2 the eastern Algerian military re gion of the ALN. Ben Khedda supporters took over Constantine over the week end, disarming the local ly - recruited police force which had kept order since the Franco-Moslem ceasefire in March. Ashlander Wins $10,000 in Contest The paw print of Princess, a purebred Collie dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Rose borough. 1224 Iowa St., Ash land, was selected to win first prize in a national Lucky Paw Sweepstakes contest con ducted by Ralston - Purina company for Purina Dog Chow. Mrs. Roscborough won the $10,000 first prize by submit ting a label from a Purina Dog Chow package and a form on which there wbs an imprint of Princesses' paw. The R o ebo roughs have owned Princess since she was a puppy. Mrs. Roscborough will be presented her prize money at a luncheon Tuesday, July 10, at the Medford hotel. Com pany officials will attend the luncheon lo make the presen tation. Roscborough is employed in the circulation department of the Medford Mail Tribune. Klamath River Accident ath River, Calif , and Jean M. Blessing, 28. Carla Bless ing, 8, and Gregory R. Bless ing, 4, all of French Gulch, Calif All were treated at Si.-kiyou county hospital at Yreka and Mrs. Dutton was hospitalized overnight. Hospital officials were unable to give further details this morning on the extent of injuries. Rocket-Borne Device Colors Honolulu Skies Success Follows Previous Failures Honolulu -U'PP- The United States exploded its first rocket -borne high altitude thermonuclear device in a test shot Sunday night 200 to 500 miles above Johnston Island in the Pacific in a blast that illuminated the sky from ho rizon to horizon in the Ha waiian Islands. The blast came on the heels of two previous failures and was described as "fantastic" by viewers in Honolulu 750 miles to the northwest. Communications in the western Pacific were affected for about an hour after the blast, but were described as excellent later. Airlines reported having some trouble with communi cations and there was some delay in flights to and from the Southwest Pacific. Marine Green Color Witnesses in Honolulu said the sky lighted up in a marine green color from horizon to horizon when the megaton blast occurred at 1 a.m. (PST). After the Initial green flash the sky glowed red, gradually fading to a sunset pink, which remained for about seven minutes after the blast. The stars were obliterated by the flash and the moon was eerily centered amidst the changing color patterns In the sky. Spectators on the beach In Hawaii were struck practical ly speechless by the sight. After a few seconds of silence, they reacted with exclama tions of awe and disbelief. Like Electronic Flash I was taking a picture," said Roger Coryell, an aide to Gov. William Quinn of Ha waii, "and through the cam era 1 saw the subject turn blue like an electronic flash. then green for about two sec onds, then the light subsided and it became a rosy pink in the west." The sky remained the col or of rose wine for several minutes after the detonation finally trailing off into pink and eventually disappearing. One witness said he seem ed to "feel something on my teeth, and a smell of ozone in the air" at the moment of the detonation. Three minutes after the blast the moon was centered in a sky fluctuating between a light pink and a darker, al most red, hue. The clouds were silhouetted against the bright sky. Previous Attempts Fail Sunday night's explosion followed two previous at tempts which were aborted by blowing up the Thor rock ets in flight when malfunc tions developed, and four 24 hour postponements of the third attempt because of weather. The test was designed to measure effects of such explo sions on radar and radar communications. Scientists ex pected a temporary blackout of some communications. On June 3 the rocket and ils warhead were destroyed shortly after launching be cause of a malfunction in the tracking equipment. That at tempt included a relatively smaller device shceduled for detonation at an altitude of 30 miles. The second effort failed on June 19 because of a mal function in the rocket, which was blasted to bits just sec onds after launching. That shot, like Sunday night's ef fort, was a megaton device scheduled for detonation at an altitude of several hun dred miles. Scientists throughout the world have been alerted to study the effects of the blast on the earth's magnetic field and the Van Allen radiation zones which envolop the plan et, McGINTY DUE HOME Portland - WW - The U.S.S McGlnty, the Portland based destroyer escort, will return home to a welcoming cele bration July 17-18, Robert Hilbers, chairman of the wel- coming I day. committee said Fri- The accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. Highway patrolmen said a pickup truck driven by Glenn S. Robinson, 37, of Klamath River, sideswiped a car driv en by Neil Carlton Blessing. 28, of French Gulch, while attempting to pass it. The Blessing car went out of con trol and rolled over. Neither driver was hurt. (i1 ' lu , , , ', , v , " ' o J 'v SKY LIGHTS UP This is how Honolulu cific. Except for lights in buildings it looked looked at 11 p.m. (HST) when a high alti- like high noon as the sky lit up from horizon tude nuclear device exploded 800 miles to horizon. (UPI) away over Johnston Island in the South Pa- Oregon Accidents Account For 1 1 Deaths on Week End By United Press International Accidents took at least 11 lives in Oregon during the week end. Six died in traffic and four drowned. A young college student was killed in a freak fall down a chimney. John Crocket Davis, 22, of Grants Pass, drowned Sunday while wading in the Illinois river near Cave Junction. His wife said he stepped into a deep hole. The body was re covered later Sunday. Near Roseburg, a Sunday afternoon State Republicans Tackle Problems of Votes in November Bend-(UPD - The GOP state convention behind them, Ore gon Republicans today began the task of converting their broad, 10-point "Statement of Principles" into votes, and victory in November. The one page statement, a criticism of fat cat govern- The text of the State ment of Principles ap proved by the Oregon Republican convention Saturday appears on page 2A. ment plus a call for more In dividual freedom, was adopt ed by the convention delegates here late Saturday, 130 to 6. GOP leaders, including Gov. Mark Hatfield, cheered it. The governor said he was happy that the principles were stated broadly translatable Man's Body Found In Klamath River Happy Camp - The body of George McLane, 55, who plunged into the Klamath river in a pickup truck April b has been recovered, the Cal ifornia Highway patrol said this morning. Siskiyou county sheriff's deputies recovered the body at 9 p.m. Sunday after a high way patrolman, checking out rumors, spotted the pickup In the river. The truck and body were recovered about a quar ter of a mile from the point where tracks Indicated the truck left the Klamath River rd. McLane was still sitting al the wheel of the truck when it was found, about 20 feet from the shore In 30 feet of water, highway patrolmen said. McLane was returning to his home 25 miles west of Happy Camp in the early morning of April 8 when he anoarcntlv fell asleep at the wheel and went off the road at a point about 20 miles west of Happy Camp and 2 U miles north of Blue Nose bridge. Sheriff! deputies dragged the river, including the area where the truck finally was found, for several weeks after the accident and even employ ed u large magnet in their search to no avail. The river was considerably deeper in April than it is at nrescnt. however, ine nign way patrolman who spotted the truck was able to see It from the shore. drive for William R. Rutter, 77, his son, Peter, 42, and their wives ended in death for the men. Their car swerved to miss another car that had stopped to turn, swerved again to miss oncoming cars, and smashed into a rocky bank. The women were hospital ized. All were of Roseburg. Near Astoria, 16-year-old Russell Dean Clayton, driving alone before dawn Sunday, sped head-on into the concrete to "many points, of view within the party but retain ing essence of the Republican position. uniy minor cnanges were made from the draft made- by Republican party growth committee that had worked on the statement for several! months. It will be filed with I the secretary of state's office I this week. One of the statement's chief architects, Robert C. Ingalls, Corvallis, charged that the Democratic state convention In Salem last week failed to follow the 1061 postprimary convention law. The law called for a "state ment of principles" from both parties. A total of 146 delegates turned out, compared to 147 at the state Democratic con vention. Oregon Republican Chair man Phil Roth, Portland, served as convention chair man. He was elected by unan imous vote and was unop posed. Several resolutions were passed, Including one praising Rep. Edwin Durno (R-Ore.) who gives up his fourth dis trict seat at year's end. The resolution urged him to stay active in politics. A resolution by the Repub lican nominee to succeed Durno, state Rep. Carl Fish er, Eugene, urged GOP candi dates to hammer away on pos itive ideas, using the state ment of principles as a launching pad. Portland Boy Dies After Gang Attack Portland -HJPII- A 16-ycar- old youth was shot and killed. Sunday night in East Port land during what police said was a gang attack on a car carrying four girls and a young man. The victim was Jerry Lee Fikes. The young man, Bruce John Calhoun, 22, was charged with second degree murder Police said he admitted shoot, ing Fikes. Stories differ on just what Initially sparked the clash. Slopped by Youths Officers said the incident occurred when Calhoun's car, carrying the girls, was stop ped by two cars carrying 1U Negro youths Calhoun said some of the youths jumped from their cars and began striking him through his cai window. He said he pulled out abutment of the Knappa over pass. Police said the car was traveling at close to 70 miles an hour and no brakes were applied. The impact drove the en gine halfway through the car. An otticer said he had "never seen wreckage any worse." The second victim of a car- train collision near Clackamas Friday evening, Marilyn Ber- nert, 20, of Milwauklc, died Sunday. Her husband died soon after the crash. Another young couple was In serious condition. Truck driver Claire Ort- mayer, 45, of Portland, was killed when his rig collided with another truck on the Pa cific Freeway near Salem. A three-year-old boy drown ed Sunday evening at Oregon City while his parents were visiting friends on a house boat in the Willamette river. Police said Frank O. Norn's Of Oregon City wandered off and tumbled into the water. Boat Capiiiad At Cottage Grove. Robert Tilden, 28, of Cottage Grove ana Leonard Davidson, 24, of Willamina, drowned Friday evening when the small pow- boat capsized in the Cot tage Grove reservoir. University of Oregon stu dent George Joseph Salzer, 20, plunged to his death early Saturday down the 208-foot chimney of the lone Plaza on Portland's Park Blocks. Ho and a friend scaled the apart ment house by the fire escape lo look at the nighttime view. Salzer was from Los Altos, Calif. BOARD TO MEET Salem -IUPII- The Oregon Aeronautics Board will meet here July 17 at 10 a.m. WEATHER FORECAST: Ktf thtmifh Tiim 6y. Chance of hriff curly morning. cloutHnr! ovrr the villry. I,nw tonight 45-50. High TiiPicloy B3-BH. Temp. II I Kh cut Yf ntfrrlny m Loweil Thlt Morning 49 Our Skies Tonight ft 11 nit t ttiy 7:.lop.m. Kiinrlie tomorrow 4:4 4 a.m. Moonirt tomorrow . 12:14 a m. Flnt Quarter tori a v.. 3:40 p.m. PUOMINKNT UTAH S"1ra, near the Moort. V1S1I1I.K I'l.ANKTS Veniit, Beta S:J2 p.m. Saturn, rlnei !t:!p.m. in lltrr, rliea 11:49 p.m. Mara, rliea 2:04 a.m. the gun he kept In his car to frighten them away and It accidentally discharged. Calhoun took the girls in his car to their homes and then returned to the scene, police said. Officers said the fight start ed when the two cars of y o u t lis blocked Calhoun's way out of a parking lot and insisted that four girls In his ear Join them In their autos. Struck Door of Car Calhoun said he was able to get away but was followed and stopped twice. The third time he was slopped, his car struck the open door of one of the other cars and the youths Jumped out and struck him. Calhoun said he was escort ing one of the (cirls to the bus station and had stopped for I sodas. The ages of the girls. 'ranged from 14 to 17.