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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.
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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.
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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.