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Newspaper Page Textissile Missile intercept ce-Ieus Mil Mas Jib FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN The Beauties of Scenic YA . lit Eyes turn toward Depoe Pickets Halt Production at Submarine Yard Groton, Conn. - (UPJI - Pro duction halted at the home of the nation's atomic sub marines today when 8,000 union members went on strike to back contract demands. Members of the union, rep resenting 11 trades, walked off their jobs at the Electric Boat Division of General Dy namics Corp., one of the na tion's largest submarine build ing yards. A company spokesman said pickets were stationed at the -,. th varH at I standstill. He said, however. that designing and administra tion personnel went to work as scheduled. The number of pickets was estimated at 2,000. No incidents were reported. No Session Set The spokesman said no bar gaining sessions had been called for today. Union of ficials said, however, they were trying to arrange talks. The company spokesman said it was not known wheth er the walkout would delay the Aug. 4 launching of the nuclear submarine Alexander Hamilton, equipped to fire 2,500-mile Polaris missiles. BEAVERTON'S CHOICE Beaverton - HTD - Washing ton county chief criminal deputy Roy Larson has been 1 appointed . police chief for ; Beaverton. 1WS( itimj mom SHAH OF IRAN APPOINTS Tehran, Iran-'VPI'-Shah Mohammed Rota Pahli today appointed t 43-year-old reteran cabinet member, Assadoleh Alam. at premier in an attempt to resoWe Iren'i financial crisis which the outgoing administration blamed partly on ,. united st.i... tincif TO TALK WITH GROMYKO Washington - 1Pt! - Secretary shortly after midnight for Geneva and talk, with Soviet For eign Minister Andrei Gromyko which may mark turning point on two m.jor cold w.r Issue. - Berlin and disarmament. JUNTA HOLDS CONTROL IN PERU Lima. Peru-tPl-The military junta took firm control of (Oru today but promisjd lo restore a civilian government Regional Edition Medford 36 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, (Oregon State Bay harbor entrance when a charter boat passes beneath Highway 101 bridge. Development Plan Revised, Approved For Phoenix Area Phoenix-A relatively quiet, -but lengthy-public hearing was held last night on a de velopment pattern for the Southwest Phoenix interim zoned area. During the session, the Jackson county planning com mission approved a revised de velopment pattern for the area; the majority of the residents who were opposed to zoning walked out of the meeting; and a review of pro posed amendments to the pres ent zoning ordinance was held with residents recommending sevAeral additions About 170 persons attended the session which was a con tinuation of a public hearing held June 20 which ended in a stalemate. Following the commission's presentation ex plaining the proposed devel opment pattern, a vote show ed 55 persons in favor of the pattern and 51 persons against. Some of the persons attending the hearing were not residents of the area in question. Audience Leaves Hall Immediately following the commission's approval of the I pattern, which includes only I one type of district-rcsident-farm -half of the audience left ! the community hall where the j ! hearing was being held. I Andy Hawver. commission i member, reviewed the present interim zoning ordinance in effect in the area and discuss- BRIEFS AIOUNO THI OlOII PREMIER of Stale De.n Rusk leaves Oregon Highway Commission PSoto) ed suggested amendments. Commission members stress ed that it was necessary for the area's residents to approve a development pattern for the area before a zoning ordi nance could be discussed. The amendments suggested by the commission to the present ordinance included the principal permitted uses for a residential farm district, accessory uses, conditional use requests where public hearings would be required and regulations anda require ments regarding building height, lot and yard mini mums and special conditions. Several suggestions from the audience also were noted and will be incorporated within the amendments. C. O. Lovcjoy. commission presi dent, said once the ordinance, including the amendments. has been formulated, the com mission will try to arrange a meeting with area residents to discuss it. Approximately 45 persons remained until the conclusion of the hearing. Discuss Pattern The majority of the evening was spent in discussing the development pattern, which was in contrast to the June 20 meeting, when discussion centered on zoning. Vocal op- I position to zoning, given at tne earlier session, was not evident at last night's session The majority of those who I had spoken earlier against j zoning left the meeting when ! the development pattern was J approved. Several persons said they I had originally opposed zon- ing, but following the discus ; sion felt that there was "much ' more to gain than lose with j zoning." All nine members of the planning commission attended the hearing. i , ; roving PrOfedS On Three Streets Stort Crews from Tru-Mix Con Crews from Tru-Mix ' crete companv yesterday be. Ban work on paving projects on Johnson and Vclia sts. and Corona a v e . . according to Public Works Director Vern on Thorpe. The projects are scheduled for completion sometime in September. Thorpe said 7A 6?- M Tribune JULY 19, 1962 Four 'Some Progress Noted in Strike Talks in Washington -HJP1I- Federal mediators reported "some progress" today in efforts to settle the two-month old iron workers' strike in the Pacific Northwest. The progress report came after an all-night session on contract changes that broke up at 5:30 a.m. (EDT). The talks included confer ences between union repre sentatives and spokesmen for Oregon contractors. There were separate meetings be tween the union, contractors in Washington state and fed eral mediators. Outlook Hopeful Negotiations resumed to day and one mediator said the outlook was "more hope ful." He indicated the major stumbling block - size of the wage-benefit package - would be discussed in today's meet ings. The first marathon meet ing was opened Wednesday by Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg, who appealed for quick settlement of the two month old strike that has stalled construction in three northwest states. The session marked the first time that the Kennedy administration has brought both sides in a construction dispute here lo seek agree ment. Goldberg said the dispute in Oregon, Washington and Idaho already has hurt the national economy and added to the problem of construc tion unemployment in the nation. Goldberg spoke at two meetings, one concerned with Oregon, the other with Wash ington, Dunlop Presides Both closed-door sessions were presided over by John T. Dunlop, economics profes sor at Harvard and a consult ant to the Federal Mediation service Soblen Appeals British Decision London -(UPD- Convicted So viet spy Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 61, appealed today against a court ruling that refused to free him from a British jail. The appeal was a last-ditch attempt to escape return to the United States and a life term in prison for espionage for the Soviet Union. The Queen's Bench Division of the High Court Wednesday turned down his bid for re lease on a writ of habeas corpus. Soblen's attorneys moved against that decision today by taking the case to the Civil Court of Appeal. Soblen was convicted of wartime spying for the Soviet Union and jumped $100,000 bail in New York to flee to Israel last month after his final appeal was rejected by American courts. Israel deported him because he entered that country on a false passport. Contestants Ready For Oregon Pageant Seaside -HJPD- Twenty-two beauties, including two sis ters, began competing today in the annual Miss Oregon pageant. Preliminary winners in swim suit, evening gown and talent competitions were to be chosen today and Friday. Miss Oregon will be crowned Saturday night. With hundreds watching and doing some amateur Judging on their own. the girls at once began modeling, posing and rehearsing for three evening talent shows tonight through Saturday. The si"rtcrs are Janet Rae Burgln, Miss La Grande, and Nancy Rae Burgin, Miss For est Grove. United Good Neighbor Goal $3,443,865 Portland -1TI- The United Good Neighbor, organization Wednesday set it. goal for its 11th annual campaign this fall In Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties as S3 443,865. The goal is $127,685 more than last fall. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Sections No. 103 Capital I think we made a good start," Dunlop said. The union is seeking a wage increase of 33 to 38 cents an hour in benefits. Observers predicted any settlement might be a "high cost" agreement that could embarrass the administration, which has made repeated pleas for wage restraint. Saskatchewan Proposal Gets Cabinet Study Saskatoon, Sask. - tUPD - A spokesman said today the provincial cabinet was "giving close study" to a physicians' proposal for ending Saskatch ewan s 19 -day medical care crisis. Public Health Minister W. G. Davies handed reporters a statement reporting that the cabinet was reviewing the proposal after Premier Wood drow S. Lloyd abruptly can celled a news conference. Guarantees Wanted The doctors, who have been on strike since July 1, said they would resume services if Lloyd s socialist administra tion would first enact legal guarantees that they could practice outside the Insurance Act if they so desired. Lloyd himself termed the doctors' offer a "major con cession." When the strike began the doctors demanded that the act be scrapped. Later they soft ened the stand to insist the act be suspended. New Stand Revealed Dr. H. D. Dalgleish, presi dent of the College of Phy sicians and Surgeons council, revealed the physicians' new stand at the convention of the province's ruling Democratic party here Wednesday. He said the doctors would resume practice if the pro vincial legislature was called into session and enacted a clause in the law providing freedom to practice medicine entirely outside the Insurance Act. Prison Term Meted In Income Tax Case Portland - IUPII - Harry B. Calvert, 48, manager of the Preston Woodworking Co. Ltd. plant at Preston, On tario, Canada, was sentenced to one year in federal prison and fined $5,000 Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to fail ure lo file an income tax re turn in 1956. Calvert also pleaded guilty to nine other counts on the same indictment, each charg ing him with failure to file and pay withholding tax on employees of the Calvert Ma chine Service at Boring, Ore., for parts of 1955, 15H and 1957. Federal Judge Gus Solomon said Calvert should make the effort to pay some of $100,000 on taxes owing the federal government. A stay of sentence was or dered for 30 days so Calvert could get his business In or der. Lawrence Welk Draws ? 1,004 at Portland Portland - 1TP - Memorial Coliseum officials say 11,004 persons paid admission Wednesday night to hear Lawrence Welk, a record at tendance for an entertainment evenl. Sports events have drawn larger crowds. WEATHER mnKCAST: Filr thrnmh t'rl dv with s Mttlf rlouillnm trldav afternoon. I.nw lonlfhl 41, hifh Friday near 95. Tern n. Htttteit Veaterday ft Lowaal This MnrnlnK 42 Our Skies Tonight ttunaM tndav T il p tn. fttinrtir Inmnrrnar 4 SZ a.m. The Moon rlaea :J1 p.m. lonlsht and ! In Pertfee. The two reddUh ' atari ' now aeen loelher In the eart he. fore siinrlte are Aldeharn and Mara Aldeharan. on ibe niht. tt now . nil hriihtrr ihan Mara. Rome Hospital Doctors Strike For Job Security More Pay Also Sought in Action Rome-OIPIv-More than 3.000 hospital doctors began a four day strike in Rome today de spile government promises their demands for more pay and job security would be fulfilled. The walkout involved about a third of the city's 9.000 phy sicians but provision was made to handle any serious or emergency cases. Not Satisfied A nationwide strike of hos pital doctors had been sched uled to start midnight Tues day but a government prom ise that they would gel the benefits they asked resulted in a postponement. However, Rome hospital physicians were not satisfied and went ahead with the strike Wednesday midnight. The physicians who work in government-run hospitals around the country are ask ing for more pay and an in crease in the retirement limit from 65 to 70. The hospital doctors receive an average of 60,000 lire (about $100) a month but most of them also carry on outside practices. Many of the hospitals are set up by the government in small towns, particularly in the south, that are too poor to support a hospital. Unions Get Promise Late Tuesday night Pre mier Amintore Fanfani fore stalled a countryside strike by promising three doctors un ions that Parliament would pass a bill meeting their de mands within a month. Apparently doctors outside Rome were satisfied but fol lowing a scries of meetings Wednesday the Rome doctors decided to go through with the strike. Tbere was a possibility the Rome action would trigger strikes in other parts of the country. Hearing Being Held On Meat Slaughter A public hearing on pro posed regulations governing meat slaughter, meal process ing establishments and retail meal markets is being held today in Medford. The hearing, scheduled to start at 10 o'clock this morn ing was postponed until 3:30 o'clock this afternoon to en able more representatives of the valley's meat industry to testify. This is one of three hear ings being held throughout the the state by the Oregon department of agriculture. Conducting the hearing is Dr. M. L. Houston, Salem, state supervisor for meat inspec tion. The other hearings are scheduled in Baker July 24, and Salem, July 27. The proposed regulation changes are based on 195S and 1961 amendment, to the law and those believed advisa ble by the department as a result of experience under the present regulations. Police Asked to Check New Homes Medford city police officers have been ordered to keep a close check on new residences under construction In the city. The order came as a result of a scries of thcfls recently from partly completed houses in the area. Earlier in the week. Item, valued at about $230 were re ported stolen from a resi dence under construction on Harrison St. Officer." were supplied with addresses of about 100 dwell ings presently under con struction within the city. Norblad To Attend Disarmament Parley Washington-JUPH- Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore) was scheduled to leave this eve ning to attend the ID-nation International Disarmament conference at Geneva as a member of the two man House advisory team. Norblad and Rep. Cornelius Gallagher (D-NJ ) were as signed to represent the House by Speaker John McCormack (D-.Mass). Norblad said he expects to return about July .10. LOSSES FIGURED Portland - HPli - The Na tional Safety Council .aid to day that traffic losses last year cost Portland $720,000 . month. ESCAPES DEATH-Lois Ann Frolten, 20-year-old telephone operator, is comforted by her mother, Mrs. Frances Frotten, at a Cape Cod, Mass., hospi tal. Miss Frotten miraculous ly escaped death when she plunged 2.500 fect into a lake when her parachute failed to open. (UP1) Girl 20 Survives 2,500-Foot Plunge As Parachute Fails Marston's Mills, Mass.-dJPII-A girl skydiver plunged 2,500 feet into a lake when her par achute failed to open Wednes day and survived. One veteran parachutist called it a "miracle" and it was unlikely there would be many who would argue with him. Those who watched with horror as Lois Ann Frotten plummeted through the sky with an unopened parachute on her back were certain the 20-year-old girl was plunging to her death. Moments later, when she was fished from Lake Mystic, Miss Frotten not only was alive, but conscious and capa ble of speech. She had fallen at an esti mated speed of 65 miles an hour. Suffer. Facial Laceration. A preliminary examination Indicated she was suffering from nothing more than facial lacerations and shock. Her condition at Cape Cod hospi tal in nearby Hyannis was listed today as satisfactory. Miss Frotten, a Hyannis telephone operator, was mak ing her first jump. From all indications she had been trained well and all the pre cautionary measures had been taken. Her instructor, Jack L. La Roche, 22, of Watertown, was with Miss Frolten In the Cess- na 182 as it soared high over the lake. East Berlin Bars Baltic Sea Trips Berlin - IUPII - The East Ger man government today bar red all unauthorized trips to the Baltic Sea coast in an ef fort to halt the flight of refu gees with a watery version of the Berlin wall. It placed the 190-mile coast off limits to all persons with out special permission. It enforced the ban by establishing a three-mile se curity zone along the coast and a 500-yard "defensive strip" along the waterfront. The order goes Into effect at midnight tonight. It was published In the official East German Legal Bulletin thai reached West Berlin today. The order was designed to prevent East German, from fleeing by sea. Many East Ger mans, their way west blocked by the anti-refugee wall, have used boats to flee to Scandi navia and West Germany. Transient Worker Dies in Weston Fire Weston - UPD - Albert Froi stad, 54, a transient worker, burned to death in a trailer fire early today. He was ftom Royal Clly, Wash., and was working here In the pea harvest. He was the only occupant of the trailer, which normally was used for storage. Two Awaiting Trial In Walla Walla Escape Walla Walla. Wash. -ITI'-Two men awaiting trial es caped from the Walla Walla County Jail Wednesday after rawing through the bar. on a hack window. Law enforcement officers throughout the area were seeking Delbert M Fusion. 36, L'mapine, Ore., and Larry D. Bundy, 19 Her fiance, John Burke, 28, of West Yarmouth, had Just completed a successful jump and was waiting on the ground ready to applaud the girl's first descent by para chute. Miss Frotten leaped but when her chute failed to open, rescuers began to assemble and move in on the lake. She hit the water with what one rescuer called " a tcrri f i c splash." Never Jump Again The water at the spot where she hit was about 20 feet deep. A thick mud coating at the bottom of the lake was credit ed with saving her life. "What did I do wrong?" the dazed girl kept saying over and over again on her way lo the hospital. "I'll never jump again. Later at the hospital Miss Frotten said that a sleeve of the parachute, which usually opens automatically, became tangled in her legs. She said she was unable to free it, La Roche said that just be fore she plunged into the waler fect first, the sleeve loosened and the chute opened slightly. Public Hearing on Zone Change Slated A public hearing will be held on a request for a change of zone on Block 4 of West Main St., to permit the construction of a Safeway store at a meeting of the Medford council at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Public hearings are also scheduled on three street paving projects and on the Rogue Valley Estates sanitary sewer project. Bids will be awarded on the purchase of a station wagon for use by the city park and recreation depart ment and on a ladder truck for the city electrician. Park Commission Postpones Meeting The Medford park and re creation commission failed lo achieve a quorum for its reg ular meeting last night be cause four of Its members were absent. The meeting has been re scheduled for next Wednes day, July 25, at 7:30 p.m. In council chambers In city hall. Omar Bacon, chairman of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging, addressed commission ers present last night on the need for a new senior citizens' center. Bacon also suggested the desirability of instituting a special series of program, for the benefit of the senior citi zens group In the area. Sacred Heart Hospital Request Largest in State Portland -IUPH- The Oregon Board of Health today an nounced that 19 application, had been received for Hill Burton grants from Oregon', allotment next year. They to tal $3.2 million. The largest single request is for a complctel;1 new hos pital to replace Sicred Heart at Medford. Estimates coat of construc tion involved In the requests total. $10 million. One re quest i. for a school of nurs ilitary Scores Breakthrough in Defense Test First Successful Maneuver Recorded Washington -IUPP- In an historic military first, a Nike Zeus antimissile missile today successfully intercepted the nose cone of an Atlas inter continental ballistic missile as it was speeding at 16,000 miles an hour over the Paci fic. The three-stage, 48 foot Army Nike-Zeus was fired from Kwajalein island after its sensitive tracking equip ment told it the Air Force missile was streaking through space, probably 600 miles high, after being launched from California 4,500 miles away. An official Defense Depart ment announcement said that neither the intercepting mis sile nor the target vehicle carried a nuclear warhead. Congressional Space Com mittee Chairman George P. Miller announced the Zeus in tercept to the House and call ed it evidence of "one of the greatest breakthroughs" in recent defense development. "The country that comes first in a defensive weapon against missile attack is in the driver's seat,'' the California Democrat said. Assistant Defense Secre tary Arthur Sylvester refused to expand on the statement that the Zeus "intercepted" the Atlas. It therefore was not known whether there was physical contact. Buv Sylvester, noted a direct hit would not be necessary to de stroy an enemy missile when nuclear warheads are i n volved. This was the first success ful intercept by the Nike- Zeus. A previous attempt was "not a complete success. In i u i n g the announce ment, Sylvester said he had "no knowledge" that Russia had made such an intercept although he could not deny the possibility. Applegate Man's Condition Critical Melvin Eugene Merrill. 42, of route 1, box 26, Applegate, was reported in critical con dition this morning at Rogue Valley hospital following an automobile accident Wednes day afternoon. Reported in fair condition at the same hospital is George James Anderson, 48, of 19 North Orange st Medford. The men were drivers of two vehicles involved in an acci dent on Highway 238 about one-tenth of a mile west of Forest creek. According to state police. Anderson was driving a pick up truck owned by Siskiyou Hardware store eastbound on Highway 238 about 3:30 p.m. when he attempted to make a sharp right curve. He told of ficers the right front brake grabbed, swerving the vehicle into the bank causing it to turn over. The pickup was struck from behind by a sedan oper ated by Merrill. The pickup caught fire, which was extin guished by state department of forestry crews from Ruch. The Interior of the pickup was burned, and the Merrill car was reported demolished. Anderson was reported suf fering from lacerations and a possible fracture of the left arm. Sales Promotions Are Planned by Merchants Dates for proposed coordi nated rales promotions were discussed at a meeting of the Downtown Medford Mer chants association this morn ing. Promotions were scheduled for later this month and for the end of August. About 40 downtown mer chants attended the meeting, which was presided over by Mrs. Phil Brainard, chairman of the association. ing, nine for hospitals, seven for nursing home, and two for health centers. Harry Palmer, director of Hospital and Medical Facility Planning and Construction, , said there was little chance ' the amount would be granted. He said Oregon's share In the federal program last year amounted to little more than $2 million. The board said there have been indication, it would be even less this year. )