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Newspaper Page Textmilitary Jun eruvian Fa 77ze Beauties of Scenic ipJk W) I'll Nf VCrf The turbulent Owyhee river has (nations in eastern Oregon. Special Mediator Holds Exploratory Talks in Dispute Washington - (1IPII - Special Mediator John T. Dunlop con ferred with union, and man agement officials Tuesday in an effort to settle the two-month-old iron workers strike in the Pacific Northwest. Dunlop conducted explora tory talks with spokesmen for the Iron Workers Union and representatives of leading con tractors from Washington State and Oregon. A Federal Mediation Serv ice official said the informal discussions may continue to day instead of a formal ses sion that had been scheduled at the Labor Department. Dunlop, who was named a special mediator for this dis pute alone, is chairman of the Economics Department at Harvard University and also heads a labor-management ap peals board in the construc tion industry. Move Rejected Contractors in the North west have attempted to sub mit the controversy to the board for arbitration, but the union has rejected any such move. ( This is the first construction dispute that has been shifted lo Washington since the Ken nedy administration took of fice. Labor Department of ficals said the length of the walkout and the tieup of ma jor construction in Oregon, Washington and Northern Ida ho prompted this move. The union is seeking wage increases of 33 cents an hour for structural iron workers and 38-cent hourly pay boosts for rodmcn. It also seeks ex tensive contract changes re garding travel pay and is de manding a single contract for the Pacific Northwest. SWS()BRIEFS ITEMS FROM IRANIAN PREMIER, CABINET RESIGN Tehran, Iran-'lfl'-Premier Ali Amini and hi cabinet re ligned today, blaming the United States for Iran's financial troublei. SOBLEN'S PL EA FOR ASYLUM REJECTED I London - t PI - Britain High Court today rejected Dr. I Robert F. Soblen'i plea to be let tree in England lo avoid ' return to the United Slates and a life term in priion ai ; convicted Soviet spy. i Soblen's attorney! immediately announced they would I ppeel, and Ihe three-Justice High Court gare them 14 dyt to do it. 1 REVENUE TRIMMED FROM TAX BILL Waihington-IPI-The Senate Finance Committee today j trimmed more revenue from Pretidenl Kennedy'! tax re-1 rision bill, cutting $600,000 from proposed higher texei on mutual fi" ,nd ,U'T companies. i (Oregon State irved a deep canyon Bids May Be Called In March for New Federal Structure Bids for a new federal building in Medford are ten tatively scheduled to be ad vertised in March, 1963, with b i d opening the following month, according to Congress man Edwin R. Durno. The schedule was set ac cording to the present status of the architectural and de sign work, and the prepara tion of detailed specifications for use in the bid invitations, Durno said. The second ret of archi tect's drawings, submitted by R. J. Kecney, Medford, and Leyen Resigns From County Parks Group John Leyen, Rogue River member of the Jackson coun ty parks and recreation com mission, resigned from the group today. "There has been no develop ment of rest areas or parks in this locality (Rogue River) during the three years I have been on the board," Leyen wrote. "I have proposed some good locations and had good coop eration from people in those particular areas. Some even donated land," Leyen noted. He said the people in his area "are not very happy" about the lark of park devel opment in that locality, and he feels he has let them down. He noted, also, that certain areas have had pri ority, probably due to heavy population and should receive some consideration. "1 have enjoyed working with those on the board, but do not feel I have justified this community," Leyen said. The county court was to consider Lcyen's resignation later today. AROUND THI OlOII Oregon Highway Commission Photoi through hard earthen forma- Wilnscn. Endicott, nnd TJn. thank, Eugene, have'been ap proved, and work is proceed ing on Ihe work drawings for the building's design, he added. Negotiations Under Way The regionul office of the General Services administra tion reported that negotia tions are under way to pur chase the property at the pro posed site. The building will be south of Eighth si. to Ninth st. between Holly and Ivy sl.s. An adjacent area of 12,500 square feet south of the block also will be acquir for government vehicle park ing. The GSA said 12 owners are involved in the site area, several of whom have indica ted they would sell or have sold. The GSA told Congress man Durno that it appears that condemnation proceed ings will be necessary in some of the ownerships. It will be necessary for the government to have posses sion of the entire site area by the lime the contract for con struction is awarded, Durno noted. The new federal building is expected to cost about S21 i million, and will be construct ed within the proposed civic center. Contract Papers Signed for Paving The Jackson county court this morning signed six con tract documents for a joint iCity of Medford -Jackson ! county resurfacing project on Stewart avc. j Page Paving company, Sa lem, will do the work. The firm was low bidder. The county will pay half the $12, I 720 estimated cost. I The paving project will ex--tend from the Southern Paci fic railroad tracks to Dixie Jane. County Engineer Rob ert J Carstcnsen said. The paving will be 24 feel wide and of asphaltic concrete one 1 inch thick with some leveling 'in places lo make it thicker, he said. ! WEATHER FOFIKCAST: CnntlmirK fair nnd i mllrt ihrnuch Thiirsilnv. I.nw : Innichi 40-45. Illih Thursday Tfmn. HletlfM VfMrrdav S.l Lowrat Thla Mornlnr. 41 Our Skies Toniqht SnnM today 7 : 5 p.m Minrl Inmurrnw , 4:M a m. M'tnnrU tnnlsht !:S1 p m. I ! Cftiartrr July 23 1'IUIMIM.NT ST R Arrnirii. In lh wt I lids' p.m. VIMIII.K I'l.ANKTU Saturn. Ifadi Ihe Moon. nuv iru p m 4npltfr. rlafa . 10:12 p m .Mara. ri?ie 1 -id m. danger tomorrow! KEEP OREGON GREEN Echo 2 Balloon j Rocketed Almost ! 1,000 Miles High ! Device To Aid Communications Cape Canaveral, Fla. -tUPIt-The United States today rock eted almost 1.000 miles into space a 13-slory reflecting balloon whose brief but spec tacular flight appeared as a brilliant star to many early risers along the eastern sea board. The successful test of the Echo-2 balloon proved the de sign for a new series of com munications satellites the United States will beginjj lauucning laie inis year - a group of "mirrors in the sky" to physically reflect radio and television signals thousands of miles around the earth. Shot Successful Scientists called the shot "a 100 per cent success." Ro bert Gray of the federal space agency said it was "practic ally perfect." Packed tightly inside a can nister in the nose of a Thor hot rod" rocket, the balloon was phot into the heavens at 1:30 a.m. (PST). Three min utes later, it was released in the black vacuum of space and inflated to its 135-foot diameter. The silvery sphere rose to a peak altitude of about 950 miles 12 minutes after blastoff and then plung ed lo a fiery destruction in the earth's atmosphere. Reflecting the first' rays of the morning sun, the huge balloon outshown the bright est star in the predawn sky. Pictures Taken Scientists got a blow-by-blow account of the flight from launch to re-entry through television pictures. A camera located in the up per section of the Thor boost er focused on the eannister the instant It left the rocket nearly 200 miles above earth. The balloon and the rocket drifted several hun dred yards apart until their destruction in re-entry. The televisoin camera was destroyed on re-entry of the rocket, but a second movie camera was ejected for a par achutc landing in the Atlantic ocean about 400 miles south cast of Cape Canaveral and within 11 miles of a recovery ship. Portland Firm Low Bidder for DDT Van Waters and Rogers, Portland, was apparent low bidder on DDT, 25 per cent emulsifiable chemical, for mosquito control, when bids were opened this morning by the Jackson county court. Representatives of the Jack son county health department and Purchasing Coordinator William Cochran will study specifications and submit a recommendation to the coun ty court for awarding the con tract. The Portland company bid 51.09 per gallon for 3.000 gal lons or a total price of $3,270. Other bidders and total bid were Diamond Alkali com pany. Redwood City, Calif., S3, 750: Depester Western, Inc., Medford. $4,230: Chip man Chemical company, Port land, $3,562.50: Great West ern Chemical company, Med ford, $3,480: L. H. Butcher company, Medford, $3,720: Niagara Chemical division, F M C corporation, $4,350: California Chemical com. pany, Portland, $3,000. Lake Grove Vofers Approve Bond Sales Lake Grovc-dTIi-Votcrs in Ihn T.altf, P.rnvp Walnr nistrir! Tuesday approved sale of . Sfu.uuu in ooiias io nuance construction of new storage and supply facilities. The vote was 377' yes and 84 no. Water will be supplied by Portland's Bull Run supply. THANKS TO MAC Washington-'l'PI'-Thc House Armed Services committee Tuesday approved unanimous ly a resolution to express the "thanks and appreciation" of Congress and the American people to Gen Douglas Mac Arthur. H must now be ap proved by the House and Senate. LOAF' HEARING SET Salem-'I'Pl:-The Oregon Ag riculture Department has set Aug. 23 as date for a hearing on the so-called "balloon" loaf of bread, an alleged deceptive practice. Re9ional Edition Medford 22 Pages Saturday Launch Slated For Robot Explorer To Get Close Look at Venus Cape Canaveral, Fla.-iUPli-A U.S. robot explorer named Mariner-1 Is expected to set out on a 140-day rocket trip through space Saturday to find out whether life could exist on the "myslery planet" Venus. America will use a 10-story Atlas-Gcna rocket to hurl the 44ti-pound probe more than 26 million miles in the first half of a spectacular space age doubleheader that will open a new, multibillion-dollar era Americans Missing In South Viet Nam Plane Crash Found Saigon, South Viet Nam-iUPIi-Four American crewmen aboard a U.S. Air Force C123 transport plane which crashed in Communist-infested country Sunday were found alive today at the scene. A U.S. military spokesman said two of the men had been evacuated aboard a Vietnamese Air Force helicopter to a hospital in the coastal town of Nhatrang, 172 miles northeast of Saigon. He said the other two still were awaiting removal from the crash scene near the base of a 4,700-foot mountain in the central Highlands. Morse Demands Kennedy Assist Lumber Industry Washington - 0IPI) - S e n . Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) told the Senate today he will not sup port President Kennedy's for eign trade bill until the Presi dent orders relief for the de pressed lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. He said Kennedy should do for lumber as much as he did for the textile industry. "Here's one vote against the trade bill until we get justice for the lumber industry, Morse declared. He said the administration so far has given a "flat no" lo appeals for a temporary quota on im ports of Canadian lumber. Morse said the situation is "so serious that more than 200 lumber mills in Oregon and Washington have closed in the last 12 months." Morse raised his protest Tuesday at a Senate hearing in which westerners proposed amending the Jones Act to eliminate what he described as the Canadian advantage on walerborne freight rate ship ments. But he said Maritime Administrator Donald W. Alexander opposed this with out offering the "slighest sug gestion of an alternative." City Parks Group Will Meet Tonight A representative of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging will speak at a meeting of the Medford parks and rec reation commission at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall. The council representative will suggest ways the parks and recreation department may help in serving the sen ior citizens' program in the area. Progress reports on develop ment of the various city parks will be given, and Ihe com mission will discuss city coun cil action on the Hawthorne park off-street parking situa tion. Kennedy Alofees New Efforts on Berlin Washington -Hlfli- President Kennedy has made a new ef fort lo persuade Russia to adopt a more flexible ap proach lo settling the Berlin issue and other major East West differences. The President was under stood to have told Soviet Am bassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin at a one-hour meeting Tues day that meaningful negotia tions on Berlin arc not pos sible so long as Russia eon-ti.-.iies to insisl on Allied evacuation of Ihe city. WORK STOPS Page. Ariz. -"TIL Construc tion wayrk stopped today on the giant Glen Canyon DamJ as 1.500 workers refused to cross picket lines set up the striking CerJcnTys Union. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1962 of interplanetary exploration for humanity. Venus, the morning start, is the target for the initial as sault. This Is the unknown planet the enigma of the solar system, earth's closest planetary neighbor and yet the most mysterious because of the thick clouds that per petually hide its surface. Mariner-1 is built of six scientific Instruments that form an electronic "eye" to peer through the clouds and The spokesman said one of the survivors still awaiting rescue had a broken leg. He said he did not know the con dition of the other three. Wreckage of the missing plane was spotted earlier to day by air search parlies. The scene where the wreck age was spotted was about 115 miles north of Saigon and 35 miles south of Ban Me Thuol, the plane's destination when it ieft this capital city on a routine flight. Military sources said there has been an increasing num ber of Communist attacks .re cently on villages In the area of the crash. Red Vict Cong guerrillas have been operating widely in the region. The Army previously had identified the missing airmen as Capt. James E. Henderson Seymour, Iowa; Lt. Winston R. Harriss Jr., Harlem, Ga.; Staff Sgt. Charles F. Rich ards, Spring Lake, N.C.; and Staff Sgt. Henry C. Stefanski, Fayetteville, N.C. Ghelardi Named to District 6 Board Central Point-Charles Leo Ghelardi of Old Stage rd. has been appointed lo the board of School District 6. Meeting yesterday after noon, the board named Ghe lardi to fill the vacancy creat ed by Dr. Alvin Roberts, who is leaving to go abroad as a medical missionary. Ghelardi, who owns South ern Oregon Bearing Sales company in Medford, will be on the board until next May's election, at which time he or olhcr persons may run for the remaining three years of Dr. Roberts' term. The new board member is an cx-Medford High school athlete. He has two daughters who have graduated from Crater High school and a son of pre-school age. Yreka Holds Texans On Robbery Charges Yreka, Calif. - (DPI) - Three Fort Worth, Tex., men were being held under $25,000 bond today on charges of robbing a Fort Worth post office of $162.50 June 24. They were Jimmy Clyde Williams, 24; George David Mitchell, 23, and Paul Wayne Howell, 27. Williams and Mitchell were being held here, and Howell In Sacramento. Corvo$ Youngsfer Drowns in Slough Corvallis -lUPli- Jackie Lee James, 12, drowned in a slough east of here Tuesday night when he tumbled from an old boat in which he was playing. A GOOD THING Mauslon, Wis. -H'Pli- An un identified motorist had a good thing going at the blueberry patch until Josephine Bollig happened by. Miss Bollig told the motorist who was charg- ing 25 cents to blueberry pickers, that she was the aughti4 of the owner of tl: POtch. . Tribune find out what is under them. What is there is meaningful because it will help answer one of scicne's oldest riddles is there life on other planets, or is earth unique in this respect? Venus and Mars are the only two members of this system considered lo have even a slim chance of posses sing life as wc know it. In the case of Venus, the clouds blot out the answers to important questions: Is its temperature right for life, or is it too hot or too cold? Is there enough oxygen in its atmosphere? Enough water? Is its surface grassy or mar shy, or a barren desert, or perhaps one huge ocean? If Mariner-1 can meet sci entific expeclations, man may have many of the answers by the end of this year. Within 10,000 Miles U. S. scientists plan to send Mariner-1 on a path that will lake it to within 10,000 miles of Venus at its closest ap proach sometime early in De cember. Meanwhile, an iden tical mechanical explorer, Mariner-2, is standing by for a similar ride across space sometime next month. If both shots get off on schedule and without diffi culty, the United States will have two "eyes" closer than man has ever managed when Venus whizzes by earth on a comparatively close ap proach of slightly more than 26 million miles about the end of this year. The Soviet Union also is expected to take at least one shot at Venus within the next few weeks. By September's end, the planet will be too far away and will not be back within "shooting range" until early 1064 Apartment Building Planned on Stevens A permit to construct a $197,200 apartment building at 755 Stevens st. was issued by the Medford building de partment Tuesday. The per mit fee was $891. The permit was issued lo Donald R. Furlick, Eugene, owner and builder of the project which will include 10 buildings housing 56 apart ments. The permit was for the six buildings which will In clude more than half of the proposed apartments. Furlick owns five acres of property in the area, accord ing to reports. The final de velopment will include a swimming pool and landscap ed recreation area, A work permit was issued earlier to Furlick so ground work and plumbing installa tion could start. Arson Investigation Continues by State Grants Pass-An investiga tion of possible arson in con nection with 13 fires in the Grants Pass area Monday con tinued today. Curt Nesheim, district ward en of the state forestry depart ment, said there arc no new developments. The Investigation is being made by the forestry depart ment, state police and sher iff's office. Officials believe that the 13 fires, reported In succession during a period of about two hours Monday afternoon, probably were the work of an arsonist. The fires started In the Sun ny Valley area north of Sex ton mountain and were scat tered along the highway to ward Grants Pass, cast on Foothill blvd. and along Ev ans creek toward Wimcr. Only one of the fires was large. A blaze on Granite hill about a mile north of Grants Pass burned 250 acres before being brought under control. Wampler Launches Gubernatorial Drive Milwaukee - KJPli - Robert Wampler, endorsed as an In dependent caajdldtite for gov ernor here Tuesday night, immediately Iswitlad a cam paiiyi II'- imli4 a proponal for pmmm f t iimiJH 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 102 NOT QUITTING Agricul ture Secretary Orvillc Free man is shown as he told a news conference in Washing ton today that he has no in tention of resigning and no expectation that President Kennedy will ask him to do so. r rceman blamed the re publicans for the defeat of the Administration's farm pro gram in the House, calling the action "one of total lrresponsi bility". (UP1) 10,464 DDD Calls Made on Monday Medford residents are dial ing direct distance calls with the aplomb of veterans, Jack Creagcr, Pacific North west Bell manager, said Tuesday after reviewing results of the first two days of DDD here: Counli. show. .10,461 calls were dialed through the Med ford DDD equipment Monday from Rogue River valley cities," Creager said. "That's substantially more calling than wo had on the same day last week when all long distance calls were oper. ator handled." Creager has two reminders for Medford DDD users. First, to dial the digit "P at the be ginning of each DDD call, and second, to give the billing op erator the number of the phone from which the call is being placed If she asks for It. The $1,600,000 Rogue River valley DDD system went into operation Sunday at 12:01 a.m. for Pacific Northwest Bell customers In Ashland, Central Point, Gold Hill, Jack sonville, Medford, Phoenix Talent, Rogue River and Grants Pass. Hearings on Interim Zone Set Tonight Phoenix - A public hearing on a proposed development pattern for Ihe Southwest Phoenix interim zoned area will be continued at 8 o'clock tonight at the Phoenix Com munity hall by the Jackson county planning commission. The hearing started June 20. The majority of those present then opposed the pro posed patlern, and the hear ing was continued so a differ ent pattern could be sug gested. The proposed development pattern now has only one type of district-rcsident-farm -Instead of the two previous ly proposed. GRANTS APPROVED Washington - IUPH -Two grants worth nearly half a million dollars have been ap proved for Salem and Its Wil lamette university, Sen. Mau rlne Ncubcrger said today. 1 ,i Vv Hatfield Notes Losses By Iron Worker Strike Salem-iUPH-The Iron work ers' strike has shut down or hindered $2.3 million in con struction at stale institutions, Gov. Mark Hatfield said to day. It was his fourth report In a scries on effects of the strike in Oregon. Work Is halted on $1.7 mil lion worth of Jobs at Fair vicve Hoi iatiel life Slate Deaf Bckaeelt eti w Sa.alc, and on tliv iWrtr jvrma&arvt , Cyifwi J!Wr ;-V)- Myfjjhi United States Stops Relations Because of Coup Country Peaceful, Junta Radio Says Lima, Peru-(UPO-The armed forces deposed President Man uel Prado today. The army announced that a military junta had taken over the gov ernment in a bloodless coup. Hie United States promptly announced it was suspending diplomatic relations with Peru because of the coup. Venezuela, Costa Rica and Co lombia also said they would not recognize the junta. Vene zuela called for a meeting of American foreign ministers to discuss the situation. The national radio, which is controlled by the army, an nounced that the junta, made up of leaders of the armed forces, will be sworn in as the country's new governing body today. Country Peaceful The radio went on to say that the country was peaceful. It said the reason for Pra- do's overthrow was that "it has been determined that there was fraud in the elec toral process" in the June 10 presidential election. It was announced that the Junta will be headed by Gen. Ricardo Perez Godoy as presi dent. Other members include Maj. Gen. Pedro Vargas Pra da, commander of the air force; Vice Adm. Francisco Torres Matos, commander ot the navy; and Gen. Nicolas Lindley, III, commander of the army. The national radio said con stitutional guarantees have been suspended. Palace Encircled Prado was seized when a column of 50 tanks and armor ed cars rolled up to the presi dential palace before dawn this morning and threw a ring of men and weapons around the building. An officer entered the building with two presiden tial aides. A short time later, station wagon carrying a group left the palace grounds presumably including Prado. Mariano Prado, a relative of the deposed president, re ported that the chief execu tive was taken to the island of San Lorenzo and confined. San Lorenzo is on the Pacific, where it faces the port city of Callao. There is a prison on the island. Changes in Highway iuncWon Approved The Jackson County court this morning approved pro posed changes of Agate rd. and Corey rd. intersections with Crater Lake highway. It also approved County En gineer Robert J. Carstensen's recommendations that the highway shoulders be widened and paved at the same time and a left turn holding lane be provided at the intersec tions. Last week the state high way commission notified the county court it proposes con necting the Old Craler Lake highway to Corey rd. and to eliminate the present entrance to Crater Lake highway by Agate rd. Grants Pass Firm Loses NLRB Decision Portland - MFD - The Grants Pass Moulding company en gaged in unfair labor prac tices by refusing to recognize Lumber and Sawmill Work ers Union Local 3009 as ex clusive bargaining agent for employees, the National La bor Relations board has ruled. The company contended that three men who signed un ion cards had been laid off, thereby giving the union less than a majority of the em ployees. Trial Examiner James Hem ingway, however, found that the union represented a ma jority when the cards were signed and that two of the men were laid off only tem porarily. Another $569,694 worth of work has been slowed at Fair view, Hlllcrest School for Girls, and the Oregon Correc tional Institution, he said. In a third bulletin issued late Tuesday, Hatfield noted that $20.6 million worth of highway jobs were stalled. "Highway improvements save life, limb and time," he said. "To cope with increased train ana to correal poor UWiftis neTiflifcs. 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