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by iron workers in the Pa-1
cific Northwest gathered for
preliminary meetings "here
today before getting together
with a .special federal medi
ator Wednesday.
Meanwhile, in Oregon, Gov.
Mark Hatfield issued another
bulletin on the impact of the
strike. He said the payroll
loss for idled carpenters and
laborers alone has been more
than S2.5 million. Carpenters
and laborers either are ob
serving picket lines or are
locked out.
The first Hatfield bulletin
listed five stalled school proj
ects. Started May 28
The Portland local of the
International Association of
Bridge. Structural and Orna
mental Iron Workers has been
out on strike in Oregon and
Southwestern W a s h i n g ton
since May 28. Locals in the
Seattle and Spokane, Wash.,
regions also have been out.
Negotiating committees for
Ihe two sides are scheduled
to meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday
at the U.S. Department of
Labor building with special
mediator John T. Dunlap.
Chairman of Board
Dunlap, chairman of the
Department of Economics at
Harvard, is also chairman of
the National Joint Appeals
Board, an agency set up by
contractors and unions to set
tle strikes in the
construe-1
tion industry. Northwest con-1
tractors have tried to have
Ihe dispute submitted to the 1
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ii. RnarH for arbitration . i
v,,i thn union has relused. I
The union is seeking wage I
k If id
increases of 33 cents an hourjecived S135.523.7fi as Jackson
lor structural workers and 38
cents an hour for reinforcing
workers, plus changes in tra
vel pay and other items.
HOLMES APPOINTED cy from fines and violations.
Salem UPI ' Gov. Mark It is apportioned on basis of
Hatfield Monday named for- the number of registered au
mer Gov. Robert D. Holmes tomobiles in the county. Jack
chairman of United Nations son county has 45.052 cars, ac
Day in Oregon. cording to lflfil figures.
NEWS)BRIEF!
ITIM FROM
FORWARD MOVE ON TEST BAN HOPED
Geneva-1 ri'-The United States told the 17. nation Dil
armament Conference today
ing underground nuclear te.U
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KENNEDY TO CONFER WITH APPOINTEE ,
Wa.hington-tPlwCleveland Mayor Anthony J. Celebrexxe j
i due ai me wnne nouie
Kennedy hit appointment to
lion and Welfare
FRENCH PRESIDENT DEFENDS PROGRAM i
Pant-in-Premier George Pompidou igorouily defend-'
ed France'! plant for an independent nuclear striking lorce
today and defeated a National Atiembly effort to topple hit
government.
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nic highway through Orregon's Columbia river gorge.
Soblen Says Wound
Not Try at Suicide
London -IIOT- Convicted So
viet spy Dr. Robert Soblen.
R2, disclosed in court today
"c wuiinuca iiuiiseu (111 d
'plane from Israel lo London
solclv to thwart his return to
(he United States. He said he
had not tried to kill himself.
Looking pale, haggard and
feeble, Sohjca , appeared be
fore three justices of Britain's
High Court on a habeas corpus
writ in an effort to keep from
being deported.
In an affidavit read to the
Oregon Asked for
Prayer Resolution
Salem -JUPD- The Oregon
legislature has been asked by
Louisiana to pass a resolution
urging Congress to submit a
U.S. con5litutional amend
ment to "determine whether
or not prayer shall be permit
led in the public schools.''
The request came from the
Louisiana legislature, in the
form of a resolution by the
Louisiana slate senate.
The resolution cited the
U.S. Supreme Court's ban on
official prayers in public
schools.
Since the Oregon legisla
ture won't be in session until
January, Secretary of State
Howell Applinf? Jr. filed the
document, for transmittal six
months from now.
It also urged each state at
torney general to press for a
proposed amendment. Ally.
Gen. Robert Y. Thornton said
he just received his copy of
the resolution, and hadn't yet
had time to study it.
$ J 35,523 Received by
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r- i..i.n ir I ,
-uu' y ior noou runa
counlv ireasurpr Karl .la- ,
nouch said lodav he has rc
county's share of the stale
i highway fund.
The fund consists of motor
vehicle and motor carrier li-
i censes and permits and mon-
AROUND THI 01OII
it hopei new data on detect-1
will enable "a real forward
ioo.t io u..wu w..n ""'"'
be Secretary ot Health, Educa
court by his attorney. Soblen
said he slashed his wrists and
knifed himself in the abdomen
about an hour after his plane
left Athens en route to Lon
don. "My sole object was to
make it necessary for me to
be landed," he said in the
affidavit. "It was not a case
of attempted suicide."
The same document said he
was bleeding so profusely
from his wounds that a Brit
ish doctor declined to allow
him to continue on to New
York.
The court wound up with
a short 45-minute session dur
ing which Soblen's a,.orney,
Elwyn Jones, summed up his
plea and termed the whole ac
tion by authorities in the case
"in fact an illegal one." The
court then adjourned until
Wednesday.
Before the recess. Soblen
had petitioned the court to
allow him to "live quietly"
in England or "go to a coun
try of my choice''" rather than
face life imprisonment in the
United States.
Icebergs Off
Coast Said Hoax
Tillamook -0IPD- Throe ice
bergs reported off the Oregon
coast Monday turned out to be
a joke that snowballed.
The Coast Guard learned of
the hoax after dispatching a
boat , to track down the ice
bergs. The Coast Guard also
considered flying a plane
down from Alaska.
The Coast Guard called off
its search after two linemen
for the Tillamook public util
ity dislrict admilted their lale
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im ik u r i u n k
trived and had gotten out of
hand.
They said they had been
joking among themselves,
when an office worker heard
the report, thought it was
true, and passed it on to of
ficial sourcts.
Expense Account
Crackdown Whittled
Washington - (I'PIi - The Sen
ate Finance committee today
sharply whittled back Presi
dent Kennedy's plan to crack
down on expense account
spending as it rushed to com
plete work on the embattled
tax revision bill.
The action slashed millions
of dollars of revenue from the
House passed bill. It amounted
to a sharp reversal on several
key features of the adminis
tration mrasurc.
Bv an 8-6 vote, the Senate
p vo(cd (Q a'ow dcduc.
(lonJ for busmcss expenses
and travel if "incurred by a
prudent man." This tentative-
f kno(.yc(S out lc House
language which woud dcny
such deductions unless direct-
i ly related to active conduct 1
of trade or business. ,
London IW-Sir Winston j
Churchill. 87. today took his
first steps since he broke hi;
left thich in fall 20 days
ago-
Motion To Table
Program Passes
By Vote of 52-48
All 100 Senators
Vote on Showdown
Washington -ITU- The Sen
ate Tuesday killed President
Kennedy's compromise old
age health care plan.
The vote was 52-48.
The administration defeat
came on adoption of a motion
to table the bipartisan hospital-nursing
care program fi
nanced through higher social
security taxes.
All 100 senators voted on
the crucial showdown.
On the vote that put the bill
to death for the session. 21
Democrats teamed up with 31
Republicans to deal another
legislative defeat to Kennedy.
Voting to keep the bill alive
were 43 Democrats and S Re
publicans. Galleries Overflow
The public galleries in the
Senate were overflowing for
the crucial moment. Specta
tors sat on the steps and lined
the doorways. It was the larg
est crowd seen this year in
the Senate. A number of
House members also went to
the Senate to watch the pro
ceedings. Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield had set the tone in
advance by saying this that
few votes could atfect the
quality of American life more
than this one.
Mansfield earlier had pre
dicted the administration
would eke out a hairline vic
tory. His prediction came
after a Democratic leadership
conference with the President.
Both Sides Maneuver
The Montana Democrat is
sued the forecast only a few
hours before the showdown
on the stormy election - year
issue. With time ticking
away, both sides maneuvered
behind the scenes for votes.
Regardless of the defeat, it
will figure heavily in next
fall's battle for control of
Congress. Democrats said the
defeat reinforced Kennedy's
claim that he needs a bigger
congressional majority to
write his programs into law.
The Senate proposal would
have financed basic health
benefits such as hospitaliza
tion and nursing care for an
estimated 18 million aging
Americans through higher so
cial security taxes on workers
and their employees. It would
not pay doctors' fees.
Counties Gain in
Highway Revenues
Salem - dMI - Oregon's 36
counties gained $2.9 million
in state highway revenues for
a three month period that
ended June 30, Secretary of
State Howell Appling Jr. said
today.
The apportionment lo coun
ties is based on 19 per cent
of state motor vehicle regis
trations, fuels taxes, motor
carrier fees and fines.
Multnomah county, with
276.178 vehicles, drew the big
gest share of S814.516.
Lane county was second
with $281,219, and Marion
county was third at $190,137.
Other counties apportioned
$100,000 or more were Clack
amas. $180,163; Washington,
S147.777; Jackson, $135,523:
Douglas, $111,921), and Linn, i
$100,684.
Gilliam county, with 2.22 1 !
vehicles, received the smallest !
slice, $6,559. i
McGinty, Reservists
Receive Big Welcome
Portland "UPli Bands, dig
nitaries, wives and children
massed at tic harbor wall
here today to welcome the
USS McGinty and her 180
Oregon Naval rcscrv
ists home from nine months
ai sea.
The crowd even included a
few babies never seen by
their falhers They were born
after the McGinty put out to
sea last fall as nart of the na
tion's military biulrl-up.
Sugar Marketing
Quota for 1962 Sef
Washinlgon - W- The Agri
culture Department Monday
set the domestic sugar mar
keting quota for 1962 at an
annual rate of 5.810.000 tons.
more than 10 per cent above j
the previously announced
quota of 5.185 000 tons.
The calendar year quota
for the domestic areas: do
mestic beet sugar, 2 850,000
Ions, mainland cane sugar, 1
895,000 tons: Hawaii, 1.1 10,-!
000 tons: Puerto Rico. 1.140.-;
000 tons, and Virgin Islands. I
15.000 tons.
FOREST FIRE
DANGER TOMORROW
KEEP OREGON GREEN
13 Fires Believed
Work of Arsonist
Around Grants Pass
Grants Pass-Thirteen fires,
believed to be the work of
an arsonist, broke out in the
area north and east of Grants
Pass in about two hours yes
terday afternoon.
Twelve of the fires were
small and quickly extinguish
ed, but one burned 250 acres
in the Granite hill area one
mile north of Grants Pass be
fore it was controlled this
morning.
Elsewhere in the state,
about 65 firefighters con-
Gloomy Shadow
Cast Over Geneva
As Meeting Nears
Moscow -IUPII- The Soviet
Union's latest note on Berlin
and Premier Nikita Khrush
chev's renewed demand for
the ouster of Western Allied
forces from the divided city
cast a gloomy shadow today
over the forthcoming foreign
ministers talks in Geneva.
"There seems to be some
movement in the Soviet stand
on disarmament side issues,
but there is certainly none
detectable yet on Berlin," a
Western diplomat said here.
Stand Reiterated
The Soviet leader, current
ly on his first known tour to
the far northern cities of
Murmansk and Marchangcl
reiterated the Soviet stand on
Berlin in an interview with
12 American newspaper edi
tors, publiphed Monday.
In the interview, Khrush
chev called Western argu
ments for retention of Allied
troops in West Berlin "unten
able." He also renewed his
threat to sign a separate
peace treaty with Communist
East Germany, although he
set no deadline.
Rusk. Gromyko lo Meet
Some new indication of
Russia's intentions might re
sult from the meeting be
tween Soviet Foreign Minis
ter Andrei Gromyko and Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk,
expected sometime later this
week in Geneva where both
arc to attend the final session
of the 14-nation Laos confer
ence.
Or it might come from a
speech by Khrushchev some
where on his Far Eastern
trip.
Diplomats- here, however.
viewed the premier's trip as
simply another grass-roots
look at all sections of his gi
ant nation.
Jackson St. To Be
Closed This Week
Parts of Jackson st. will be
closed the rest of this week
and possibly part of next
wcck lo permit contractor's
crews to work on a widening
and paving project, according
to Venipn Thorpe, Medford
public works director.
Jackson si. will be closed
from Crater Lake avc. to
Marie St., Thorpe said, be
tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Traf
fic will be rerouted on side
streets.
Crews from M. C. Liningcr
and Sons arc expected to com
plete the project next week,
Thorpe said.
DEVICE DETONATED
Washington -ITU- A low
yield nuclear devic e was deto
nated above ground at the
Nevada test silc today in sup
port of an Army exercise
which also involved the fir
ing of conventional weapons.
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Medford
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tinued to fight spot fires in
the Hunters Creek area near
Gold Beach. More than 1.5
million board feet of logs be
longing to the Evans Products
company burned late yester
day. The first of the Grants Pass
area fires was reported in the
Sunny Valley area north of
Ml. Sexton about 1:45 p.m.
The others followed in a pat
tern along Highway 99 toward
Grants Pass, on Foothill blvd.
east of the city and in the
Evans creek area.
There were six fires north
of Grants Pass, including the
big one, four along Foothill
blvd. and three along Evans
creek toward Wimer. The 13th
fire was reported about 4 p.m.
Because of the number of
fires and the pattern in which
they broke out, Curt Nesheim,
state forestry department dis
trict warden, said "We have
a strong suspicion thai they
were the result of arson."
Nesheim said he had not
heard of a case in which so
many fires occurred in suc
cession for some time. "Incen
diary fires used to be common
in this area, but not any
more, he explained.
Under Investigation
Yesterday's fires are under
investigation by the state for
estry department and state
police.
A crew of 70 men was used
to fight the Granite hill fire
which was not controlled un
til this morning. Nesheim said
the blaze might actually have
been two fires since it burned
on both sides of Highway 99.
Priscilla Averill, Mail Trib
une Grants Pass correspon
dent, reported that motorists
were using headlights while
it was still daylight because
of the thick smoke in the fire
area around Highway 99. The
smoke spread over Ihe city it-
sell, virtually hiding the sun
set from view.
Two Buildings Burned
In addition lo the 250 acres
of brush and timber that were
burned, the fire also destroy
ed two buildings, a house and
a guest house near it. They
were believed to have been
unoccupied.
The Evans Products com
pany fire near Gold Beach
broke out Monday afternoon
in 6.5 million board feet of
logs slacked four lo five stor
ies high in places. Cause of
the fire wan not immediately
known.
Fire crews spent the ninht
pulling smoking logs from the
Burning decks and dumping
them into ponds.
A spokesman for the Coos
Forest Protective association
said the firefighters were hav
ing trouble controlling spot
fires on a 50-acrc grass and
brush field because of winds
up to 30-35 miles per hour.
For a lime Moncay night
several homes in the area
were considered in danger,
but firemen this morning said
ihe hcimro were safe.
The entire cold deck of the
Evans company was destroy
ed, the spokesman said.
Plea of Innocent
Filed in Homicide
Keith Edward Schroeder,
30, of route 3, box 195, Med
ford, pleaded innocent yester
day afternoon In Jackson
county circuit court to charges
of negligent homicide involv
ing the death of a woman.
Trial was set Oct. 8.
The case Involves an acci
dent In which a car operated
by Schroeder collided with
one driven by Annie Matilda
Innes, 68. of 3B28 South Paci
fic highway, April B. resulting
in injuries fatal to Mrs. Innes.
The accident occurred on
Highway 99 In front of Bear
Creek Orchards packing
plant.
Snider Chairman
Of Aeronautics Board
Salem John W. Sni
der, Medford mayor, today
wa elected chairman of the
State Hoard of Aeronautics,
lie succeeded William Mad
dron, Eugene.
Snider stepped up from
vice chairman. The new vice
chairman is Roger Locnnig of
Haines.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
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SEASIDE BOUND Miss Martha Wyatt,
Jacksonville, Miss Rogue Valley for 1962,
is shown above getting a good luck kiss
from her father,, Floyd C. Wyatt, before
leaving this morning for Seaside, Ore., and
the Miss Oregon contest. Her mother (dark
blouse) and Mrs. Reedy Berg, left, were also
on hand to bid her goodbye. Marjorie Green,
XI 5 Rocket Ship
Sets Altitude Mark
Edward AFB, Calif. - (UPD
Air Force Maj. Bob White be
came America's first "winged
astronaut" today by flying the
X15 rocket ship more than 58
miles into space for a new
world airplane altitude rec
ord. First semiofficial compula
tions, subject to revision later,
showed that White went 310,
000 feet, or approximately
58.7 miles high.
It was the highest any man
ever has ventured above the
earth in a pilot-controlled
craft and the first of an X15
test flight, "double-header
scheduled for today. The suc
cessful flight came on While's
lucky seventh attempt. Six
earlier attempts had been
scrubbed.
American and Russian
spacemen. In orbital and sub
orbital flights have soared
higher-100 miles or moro-but
only with very limited person
al command of their ships.
While's historic feal of
rocketing above the 50-mile
mark won him the honor of
being the fifth man to qualify
for the Space Award Medal
and to wear America's covet
Truck Spills Load
Of 50-Foot Pipes
A Consolidated Freight-
ways truck accidently dump
ed a load of 50-foot steel pipes
it was carrying yesterday
morning at the intersection
of Grape and Eighth sts., ac
cording to city police.
The truck, which was trans
porting about 20 sections of
pipe, stopped for a traffic sig
nal at the Intersection, caus
ing the load lo shift and spill.
No damage or injury was
reported in the mishap. A
crane from Moore Steil com
pany was brought to the
scene to reload the truck.
A police car was escorting
the truck through the city at
the time of the accident. Driv
er of the truck was William
Lee Benson, 20, Ashland.
Pilot Welfare
Program Analyzed
Salcm-Wli Federal and re
llonal officials were here to
lay for a second analysis of
pilot welfare programs in
ackson and Multnomah
counties.
The program, begun last
tanuary, calls for rcclassifica
ion of welfare cases, with
the selection of certain cases
ir Intensive work designed
lo get the recipients off the
welfare rolls.
All caseloads In Multno
mh'i peninsula district and in
ackson county have been
nalvzcd. and special case
loads have been set up.
The state plans to extend
the plan throughout Oregon,
md other counties will be
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Tribune
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1962
V v
ed astronaut wings. He now
joins ranks with his space
craft counterparts - John
Glenn, Alan B. Shepard, Gus
Grisson and Scott Carpenter
White and three other X15
pilots will receive aviation's
highest honor, the Robert J
Collier trophy, from President
Kennedy at a White . House
ceremony Wednesday. The
award is for courageous sci
entific flying of the rocket
ship.
Klamath Forest Fire
Under Control Today
Yrcka - The Klamath river
forest fire near Horse creek
was controlled this morning
after it had burned 480 acres,
destroying 2 million board
feet of timber valued at $20,
000. Officials at Klamath Na
tional forest headquarters in
Yrcka said 283 men are at the
sceno mopping up. Suppres
sion forces yesterday in addi
tion to the men included five
bulldozers, two ground tank
ers, two rcconnaisancc planes,
two helicopters and seven
borate tankers,
i The fire did not make much
headway during the past 24
hours, officials said. It burned
about a mile east from the
point where it started, on the
north side of the Klamath riv
er near its Juncture with the
Scott river, about 27 miles
west of Highway 99.
Four Small Fires
Reported on Railroad
Yrcka - Four small fires,
believed to have been started
by sparks from a passing
train, were reported along the
Southern Pacific right-of-way
cast of Yreka yesterday after
noon. All of the fires were quick
ly extinguished. Combined
they burned about half an
acre, officials at Klamath Na
tional forest headquarters
here said.
TelstarWHI Relay
Kennedy Conference
Waihinglon-lrn-President Kennedy will hold a newt
conference at 11 a.m. (PST) Monday and part of it will ba
relayed lo Europe by Ihe new American Telephone com.
munlcationi satellite.
While House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announced
the President's news conference. He said pari ot the session
with reporters would be carried "live" across the Atlantic
via Telitar.
Salinger said the Kennody section of Ihe broadcast "would
come in at the beginning." But he was unable to say how
many minutes the chief executive would be on the Interna
tional television program.
The press aide said the program was arranged for July
23 because the satellite then will be In proper position ior
beaming pictures to countries abroad.
He said Franca and Britain are set up for Telstar broad
casts and that other European nations could pick li up via
Euroviiion.
Euroviiion it a continental television system which ex
tendi throughout Europe. Including Russia. France or Britain
would relay Kennedy's news conference lo other nations de
siring to show il.
There was no Immediate indication which countries might
carry the program,
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No. 101
Miss Wyatt's rhaperonc, is shown behind th
wheel of the Ford Galaxie 500 Sunliner that
was loaned to them for the trip by Crater
Lake Motors, Medford. Three full days o(
activities, followed by an award luncheon
Sunday, lie ahead for the Seaside contestants.
Body of Medford
Man Recovered
At Howard Lake
Jackson county sheriffl
deputies this morning recover
ed the body of R. J. McClarey,
about 70, ot' 40. Quince St.,
Medford, from Howard Prair
ie lake where he drowned last
night.
Trie drowning1 occurred
about 8 p.m. yesterday when
McClarey stood up in a light
aluminum boat, according to
Allen Pleas McCIanahan. 2715
East McAndrews rd., Medford,
who also was in the boat.
The craft capsized and toss
ed both men into the water,
deputies said. McClarey could
not hang on to the boat, Mc
CIanahan told sheriff's depu
ties. McCIanahan became hung
up on a fishing pole holder
on the side of the boat, hold
ing him to the boat. It prob
ably saved hi; life, deputies
noted.
State Fire Warden Bruce
Craig Matheny, stationed at
Howard Prairie, rescued Mc
CIanahan. McClarey has no relatives
in this area, deputies noted.
The body was taken to Con
ger Morris funeral home in
Medford pending funeral ar
rangements. New Home Broken
Into, Items Taken
Unknown persons entered
a newly constructed dwelling
at 2125 Harrison st. sometime
Sunday or Monday and re
moved Items with a total
value of about $250, accord
ing to Medford police.
W. Benton Smith, contract
or, told police that entry was
gained through a window.
A copper, pull-down lamp.
a hot water heater, and a rug
were taken, Smith reported.
Indications were that the
thieves backed a vchicln Into
a garage connected t the
dwelling and loaded the item!
into it to transport them
away.