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Newspaper Page Text1 o) M m m ill mm UUI Vi2 All I FOREST FIRC OANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN Construction Work Resuming; Plan Proposed By United Preti International Construction projects slow ly, regained momentum today in Oregon, while in Portland, Mayor Terry Schrunk suggest ed a master construction con tract to help avoid future strikes. Iron workers reported b. Jk to their jobs Monday, eight weeks after they went on strike. But contractors said it would take days and even weeks, to get some projects goffig full steam ahead again. Schrunk said labor and management should look for a better answer to the "inita bility" that has plagued con struction in Portland for years. Should Loie Salaries He suggested a master con tract for all construction crafts. He also said labor and management leaders should lose their salaries during such disputes. Anderson-Westfall, contrac tors for the Hilton Hotel and Standard Plaza in Portland, declined to predict any com pletion date for the projects, already delayed by four strikes. In addition to the iron workers strike, the projects were slowed by a carpenters' strike earlier this year, and by strikes by plumbers and heavy equipment engineers a year ago. United Air Lines Reports on Earnings Seattle - IOTP - United Air Lines net earnings for the second quarter came to $6,' 983.000, and gain on sale of aircraft was $448,000, for a total of S7.431.000. A midyear report to stock holders released today said this amounts to $1.44 per common share. UAL President W. A. Pat terson said the second quar ter earnings rose far above previous highs for the period and almost wiped out first quarter losses. AIRPLANE CRASH PROBE y. -. . fay .r --rf Lava spires of Phantom Ship, right, rise tall on the blue waters of Crater lake. HEWSOBREFS rriMS mom m JJt J aiound thi oloii Honolulu-'ITI'-The Clil Aeronautics Board today invest!- gsted the crash or Canadien Peclfie airliner, which swerved iwir trom its e.sijied runway Sunday night and crashed, killir S7 of 40 person, aboard. GODOY NAMED PRESIDENT OF PERU Lima Piru-lPH-Army Gen. Rieardo Perei Godoy today wai named president of Peru and hii junta government grant- td constitutional executive and legislative power.. WTIKT JETS USE AIR CORRIDOR Bwlin-WiwSoviel jet figMew (lew i ttn Berlin air eer - aoai tedav. Tie je fighter, were eeM4 y te at ?Jhf Ave- e1 hn, wkiete werie Veita wImmi t "iuMal et weiee weraec e wimfw w tivy" to rt eee M.ei Be H skjU. KS gVwflrai-t . . Regional Edition Medford 28 Pages Two Sections The Beauties of Hospital Purchase Approved by Board Of Higher Ashland - Expenditure of $45,000 for purchase of the old Ashland General hospital and its site was approved to day by the Oregon state board of higher education meeting in Ashland. Funds for the purchase will be provided from the board's land purchase reserve, sub ject to appropriate release of funds by the state emergency board. The old hospital is located on Siskiyou blvd. adjacent to Southern Oregon college. The land has boulevard frontage of 361 feet, and a total of 1.89 Grass Fire Burns About Eight Acres A grass fire reported to have been started by a well driller burned about eight acres on Blackwell Hill rd. Monday, the Central Point Rural Fire department report ed. The fire broke out about 1:30 p.m. The Central Point rural de partment also responded to a 7:25 p.m. grass fire along Beall lane, which burned about one-tenth of an acre in a grain field owned by Elk Lumber company and attend ed by Victor Birdseye. Fire men said it was caused by a cigarette. The state forestry depart ment put out a fire along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks south of Ashland about 2:30 p.m. Monday. It burned half an acre. The cause was undetermined. No Bodies Found At Scene of Crash Livingston, Mont-WPP- Res cue workers at the scene of the crash of a B47 jet bomber in southwestern Montana re ported today they were un able immediately to find any bodies in the smoldering wreckage. LAUNCHED MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 24, Scenic Oregon (Oregon State Education acres. Its hospital use ended about a year ago. , During the past year South ern Oregon college has used the facilities as dormitory space. After hospital use was dis continued, the board tenta tively reserved funds for its purchase. The college secured an option on the site for $45,000, of which $5,000 would be needed to clear the land. Sho t flaw in Title The option advises that there is a flaw in the title. In the event that the title cannot be cleared within 60 days, the city of Ashland may rescind the option. However, Ashland city attorney Harry Skerry stated that a suit in equity is being entered, and he feels reasonably certain that within a month it will be possible to transfer a clear title to the state of Oregon. Yesterday, the buildings committee of the board ap proved plans for a classroom-laboratory-office building and additions to the physical edu cation plant at Southern Ore gon college. The two projects were ap proved by the board this morning, as well as the prop erty purchase. Plans for the classroom- laboratory-office building will be in the board's building re quest, which will be sent to the office of Gov. Mark O. Hatfield. From there the re quest will be sent to the state legislature, to be considered next year. Amendment Fails A proposal made by com missioner Allan Hart to amend the proposal on the classroom - laboratory - office building to include air condi tioning failed in a voice vote. Chancellor Roy E. Lieual len's office will submit a com prehensive report and recom mendations at a later date on the policy on the inclusion of air conditioning in buildings constructed by the board. In addition to decisions af fecting Southern Oregon col lege, the board approved plans for the expansion of the University of Oregon and Portland State college. The board also decided to ask the 1963 Oregon legislature for M.4 million to Improve the quality of education in state schools in the 1963-65 bien nium. , . " j Man Wanted in Qlty 4rreSfeJ jn fes0 j A man wanted in Medford in 10 c0ni f 'r"er; h" ibe(,n arrested In Kelso. Wash.. ond degree forgery charge there. Medford city po- ilice learned this week. I The man. Warren Butler, is i wanted for ferging signature 10 eneens in me iMnejorc ;r totelinj S5SS.M. The el'iaclu here war fiver; n --iw ?-evey stores.a je ntlrr4 cempa npany. Tribune Highway Commission Photo) BartlettCropTo Be 28,000 Tons; Size May Increase The Bartlett pear crop is estimated at 28,000 tons this season, County Horticultural Agent Clifford Cordy said to. day. This compares to . 25,000 tons last year. Growers have noted a large crop of pears throughout the valley, and are concerned that the pears haven t been sizing up hoped. Cordy noted that at har vest time the crop size could increase by 2 to 3 per cent a day, depending on watering and temperature. Early estimates set the win ter pear harvest at 1,600,000 boxes this year, compared to 1,500,000 boxes last year. Insect Pest Plague Major insect pest plaguing the local pear growers now is the two-spot spider mite, which County Agent Don Berry noted is more numer ous this year than it has been for several years. It seems to be developing a resistance to Kelthane and Tedion spray chemicals. This will be more of a problem next year, he said. Sidney Jones, Oregon Slate university entomologist, has been asked to visit the valley and inspect the problem. Some experimental plots may be set out, Berry said. The insect chews on leaves causing them to turn black and fall, the county agent explained. It also feeds on cucumbers, melons and flow ers, he noted. No Real Change In Berlin Positions Geneva - IUPII - Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko met for four hours on the Berlin question today but Rusk said later there had been no real change in the East-West positions. The two met over lunch at Gromyko's villa and later sat on a bench in the garden talk ing animatedly. Rusk told newsmen on leav ing they had had "a good lunch and an interesting talk" and that Berlin and "matters arising from this morning's disarmament conference" had been discussed. The two men did not set an immediate date for a new meeting today but it was be lieved they would meet again before they leave Geneva. At this morning's disarma ment session Gromyko said Russia plans to test "the new est types of nuclear weapons" in its forthcoming test series. TO HONOR SWIMMER Portland - HTD - Marathon swimmer Spencer Campbell wes to be the guest of honor at ceremonies here today, aft er .wimming about three mile, d'ewn the Columbia river. 57th Year Price 10 Cents 1962 No. 107 Striking Doctors Reach Agreement In Saskatchewan Many Objections Removed From Plan Saskatoon, Sask. -iUPIi- Soci alized medicine held its first beachhead in North America today as a result of a com promise agreement between Saskatchewan's govcrnm e n t and the province's striking doctors. The agreement removed many of the physicians' ob jections to the compulsory prepaid medical care insur ance plan, but nonetheless left the law on the books. Walkout Ended Announcement of the agree ment Monday also signaled the end of a 23-day walkout by doctors which had reduced medical services to Saskatche wan's one million residents to token emergency service. The College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical pro fession s organization which had spearlieaded opposition to medicare, called on the doc tors to return to normal prac tice. Dr. Sam Landa, coordina tor of the doctor-sponsored emergency services during the strike, and it probably would be at least a few days before everything was back to normal. Freedom To Practice Of principal concern to the doctors was winning freedom to practice outside the social ized medicare law if they so choose. It means the doctor can elect to receive payment by fee from the patient instead of the Medical Care Insurance Commission. The patient would be reimbursed by the government. Announcement of the agree ment followed five days of intensive negotiations by Brit ish labor peer Lord Taylor, who played the major role in bringing the doctors and the socialist government together. Among Premier Woodrow S. Lloyd's major concessions was a provision to allow pri vate health insurance organ izations to participate in the plan. This would allow members of private health insurance groups to pay premiums di rectly to them instead of the government. House Approves Foreign Aid Bill Washington -IUPII- Despite a squall of last-minute com plaints the House today hand ed President Kennedy a major legislative victory by giving final congressional approval to his $4.6 billion foreign aid bill. The vote was 221 to 162. The authorization measure now goes to the White House for the President's signature. The Senate passed it late last week. The House action came aft er a series of angry com plaints that a House -Senate conference committee gave the administration Just what it wanted when It came to a choice of legislative restric tions on the chief executive. Voting for the bill on final approval were 163 Democrats and 58 Republicans. Opposed were 65 Democrats and 97 Re publicans. Hatfield Closes Three Forest Areas To Entry Salem (UPD - Gov. Mark Hatfield Issued two proclama tions today closing three for est areas to entry except by permit because of high fire danger. The closures are in the Til lamook Burn, Western Polk county and Eastern Lincoln county, and are effective at midnight Wednesday. WEATHER FORECAST: rnnttmi'tl hoi with threat of rv ntng thnn dMKtnrmi over tti mountain.. I.nw tftnliht 51. Hlh Wednri day nrar 100. i fmp, , HtfhMt YMfM.- IH Lowest Thl. Morning Our Skies Tonight 1:40 p m. Stinrtt tomorrow Monri tomorrow 12:22 m Nw Moon July 31 At thu Nw Moon trier IH h an annular fcltp of th Run vltlhlr ovrr part of .frl ra Th lat frlip of lh1 ; rti, in 1944, wat rn In rhdia and Slam. Miss Oregon To Be Honored at Club Reception A large group of people is expected to welcome Miss Martha Louise Wyatt, newly crowned Miss Oregon, back to the Rogue valley this eve ning. She will return via West Coast Airlines, arriving here at 8:10 o'clock tonight. Among those in the welcoming com mittee will be the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, Medford Mayor John W. Sni der, and James Butler, direc tor of the Miss Rogue Valley contest. Mrs. Reedy Burg, Miss Oregon of 1947, also will be among the greeters. City Prepares to File Application For Rail Crossing The City of Medford is pre paring to file a' new applica tion with the public utilities commission for a grade cross ing of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks at Barnctt rd The application will ask PUC approval of an agree ment between the city and the railroad company. The PUC, in an earlier application, rul ed in favor of the crossing on the condition that the 11th st. crossing be closed. The city appealed the ruling to the county circuit court. Earlier this year the South ern Pacific and Medford en tered into a stipulation agree ing that the circuit court could remand the matter to the PUC. This order was signed by the court. Medford to Pay Colt. The agreement states that Medford will pay for all costs, including signalling of the proposed rail road crossing construction and will have continued use of the 11th st crossing. Southern Pacific's original opposition to the new crossing was that it would interfer with the switching yard area. Since that time, most of the company's switching has been moved to south of Medford If no opposition to the pro posed Barnett rd. crossing is heard at a public hearing by the PUC, a favorable ruling is expected on the matter. Once the PUC approves the crossing, the last major ob stacle to the extension of Bar nett rd. to South Holly st. will have been removed. The road will intersect with Holly at Melrose ave. Purchased by City The right-of-way property fronting on Holly st. was pur chased by the city several years ago and negotiations are under way for the acquisition of the right-of-way from South Grape st. to Riverside ave. The property between River side ave. and the present end of Burnett rd. also is being negotiated, city officials re ported, with the parties In volved having arrived at a price. Condemnation proceedings have been filed on two par cels which front on South Grape st. to the west. The extension of Barnett rd. to Holly st. is part of the arterial street program voted on by Medford residents in 1956. The 10-year program is expected to cost an estimated $1,656,100. Counties May Build Stadiums Salem 'UPt A 1 1 y . Gen. Robert Y. Thornton said to day counties have power to build public stadiums for sports events, and more spe cifically, Jackson county. Jackson County Dist. Ally. Alan Holmes requested the opinion. Under the law, counties have authority to erect ne cessary public buildings. Thornton said the question of deciding whether or not a stadium is necessary is up to a county court. Thornton said that as long as a proposed project was for the bpnetit and general welfare of the public. It would be a valid public pur pose. He said the d e c i r i o n on necessity of such a facility is "entirely" within the discre tion of the county govern ment. SERGEANT KIDNAPED Saigon, South Viet Nam-TPT -A US. Army sergeant and h t s Vietnamese interpreter were kidnaped by the Com munist Viet Cong Monday Mayor E. O. Graham, Jack sonville, will present Miss Wyatt with a key to her home town when she arrives at the Medford Municipal airport. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wyatt, Jack sonville. Reception Planned The new Miss Oregon will be honored at a reception at the Rogue Valley Country club at 9 o'clock tonight for all those who participated in the Miss Rogue Valley pag eant. A caravan of Jacksonville residents will go to the air port to welcome Miss Wyatt home. They will ride in an old fire truck, and on arrival will present Miss Wyatt with a bouquet. Her father has been a captain for many years in the Jacksonville fire de partment. Participating in the event will be Lynn Offord and his combo. In early June, Miss Wyatt was named winner of the Jaycee sponsored Miss Rogue Valley contest. She is the first representative of the Rogue valley to win the Oregon title, and will represent the state in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City, N.J., in Sep tember. Gilkey Assumes Director's Post Dr. Richard Gilkey, new county curriculum materials center director, started work in his courthouse office yes terday. Dr. Gilkey said it is too early to discuss plans for fu ture operation of the center. He is interested in the var ious types of instructional materials which might best help teachers do a good job he said. Dr. Gilkey received his doctorate in June from In diana university. There he was on the staff of the audio visual center and a member of the faculty for the last three years. The new curriculum ma terials center director also taught in Portland and Grants Pass. He received his bachelor's degree and a mas ter's degree from Oregon State university. Dr. Gilkey succeeds James McDonald, who resigned to become director of the Lane county curriculum materials center which is being formed McDonald hopes to work on an advanced degree at the University of Oregon while in Lane county. Attorney Seeks Commuted Sentence G. W. Kelllngton, attorney for condemned slayer LeeRoy Sanford McGahucy, 44, said Monday he has asked Gov. Mark Hatfield to commute McGahuey's death sentence to lifj imprisonment. Kcllington, Medford attor ney, said he made the plea at a meeting at Hatfield's office in Salem two weeks ago. McGahuey is scheduled to die In the gas chamber at the Oregon penitentiary Monday, Aug. 20, at 12:15 a.m. (PST). McGahuey was convicted of first degree murder In the 1981 death of 23-monlh-old Rod Cameron Holt In Central Point. The Oregon Supreme Court turned down McGahuey'. automatic appeal, and Mc Gahuey s only hope now is a commutation by the governor. Hatfield has read the legal briefs in the case, but is stilt studying the transcript, which he has had for a month. Snider to Talk With Alba's Mayor Medford Mayor John W. Snider will speak to the May or of Alba, Italy - Medford's sister-city - between 3:10 and 3:35 p.m. Thursday. Pacific Northwest Bell Tel ephone company workmen are Installing a special speaker telephone in the mayor', of fice in the city hall in prepar ation for the communications experiment via the satellite Telslar. Medford Is the only Pacific Northwest city to participate In the broadcast In which 23 U. S. cities and their sister cities throughout the world will participate. The United State Informa tion agency In Washington, D. C , ha. been in charge of arrangements. i Jr t-- tat V t t ' ' i:i : 1 (I'PI) SEN. HENRY DWORSHAK A Hard Worker Senator Dworshak 01 Idaho Dies of Heart Attack Washington -ilTD- Sen. Henrv C. Dworshak, 67, who has represented Idaho in Con-1 gress since 1939, died at his home Monday night of a heart attack. His son, Ward, said the sen ator was pronounced dead on arrival at Georgetown hospi tal after collapsing while pre paring for bed. Dworshak, the 10th ranking Republican in the Senate in terns of seniority, was the fourth senator to die during this session of Congress. All were Republicans. The others were Francis Case (S.D.); Andrew F. Schocppel (Kan.), and Styles Bridges (N.H.). Out of Limelight One of the hardest workers In the Senate, Dworshak stay ed out of the limelight and h i s sense of humor made many friends among his col leagues. Funeral details were incom plete but Dworshak's office said burial will be Thursday in Arlington National cem etery in nearby Virginia. The son said he believed Dworshak was "tired from the long session of Congress. He was a hard campaigner all his life and was active in com mittee work as well as on the floor. Age just caught up with him." Dworshak served four terms In the House of Repre sentatives beginning in 1939. He turned to the Senate to fill out the terms of two dead sen ators. Caused Controversy The first was in 1046, when he was elected to a three-year term caused by the death of Sen. John Thomas. When that term expired, he was appoint ed to an unexpired term left by the death of Sen. Bert Miller. His appointment by a Re publican governor to replace a Democrat who had defeated him for reelection In 1948 caused a controversy. In 1950, he was reelected to fill the remainder of Miller's term, and won re-election again in 1954 and 1900. A conservative, the burly senator was a leading propon ent of western mining and reclamation Interests and a strong critic of foreign aid. In addition to his 'widow, Dworshak is survived by four sons. Besides Ward and Henry Jr. In Washington, there is Calvin G., Boise, and Charles L., Seattle. Blood Requested for French Wreck Victims Dijon, France-IUPD- Disaster crews searched the wreckage of the Paris-Marseilles Ex press today and provincial au thorities appealed for fresh blood supplies for persons in jured when five cars of the train derailed. One car top pled 150 feet Into a ravine. Former Oregon Convict Shot in Police Battle Lincoln, Neb. - 0IPP - An ex convict from Oregon was shot between the eyes today in a gun battle with a state safety patrol lieutenant. William L. Rlioades, 45, Sa lem, Ore., was described in "fairly good'" condition at St. Elizabeth hospital here. A hospital spokesman said the bullet "apparently deflected downward." Identification Aiked The gun fight erupted when state patrol Lt. Everett Krue ger demanded that Rhoadcs produce identification near Waverly, Neb. Krueger said the incident occurred after he pulled up behind green car with Ore gon license plate, and signal Outburst Follows Random Gunplay Shots Take Lives Of Eight Persons Algiers. Algeria -fl'PD- New shooting broke out in Algiers today in the wake of Monday night's bloodshed which the Moslem police chief blamed on resurgent elements of the outlawed Secret Army Or ganization. Police prefect Amar Mo hammedi told a news confer ence the toll of Monday night's two hours of wild shooting was eight killed and 15 wounded. He said the dead numbered five Europeans and three "Moslem soldiers," and the wounded included eight Europeans and seven Mos lems. Shots Ring Out v As Mohammedi spoke to re porters, several shots rang out in the nearby Rue d'Isly, in the heart of the downtown European section. First re ports said one woman was wounded. It was not immediately known who fired the shots to' day in the heart of the sun baked city. But Algerian soldiers imme diately cordoned off the area and started searching Euro pean - occupied apart ment buildings. Other soldiers stood on the sidewalks watching the apartment balconies. The incident was so brief that traffic was not even halted. It never took on the "return - to terror" aspect of Monday night's wild snooting when Moslem soldiers and auxiliary police fired at ran dom at European - occupied buildings and hotels. Tension Reflected The shootings seemed to re flect the, pension that has been building' up in the power struggle between Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda and dis sident Vice Premier Ahmed Ben Bella. The 'provisional government headed by Ben Khedda virtually has capitu lated to the Ben Bella forces in a surprise move that may settle things peaceably be tween the factions. It was reported that Mo hammed Said, a provisional government minister, had ar rived in Tlemcen for a meet ing with Ben Bella. Freeway Work To Be Evaluated Evaluation of the work re maining on the Interstate S freeway viaduct to determine a -completion date is expected to be held next week, resident engineers of the state high way department said this morning. The freeway from Seven Oaks interchange through Medford to Barnett rd. had previously been scheduled to open Sept. 15. However, work has been halted on the project since May 28 due to the iron workers strike. Traffic is tentatively sched uled to start using the Seven Oaks to Crater Lake highway section of the freeway the last of September, it was reported. This section had previously been planned to open Aug. 15. Although construction is ex pected to be completed by the last of Scpetmber through to Jackson st. work on the via duct will determine the open ing date for this section. Oregon slate highway en gineers and the city engineer ing department have been dis cussing the off-ramps at Bar nctt rd., it was reported. The off-ramps will be used only until the freeway section south of Medford has been completed. Freeway traffic will enter Highway 99 at Riverside and Stewart aves. ed the driver to pull over and stop. Krueger said he walked over to the car and asked the driver to get out. He said the man reached under a towel, pulled out a 22-caliber revol ver, and said, "I'm going to kill you." Krueger said he told the man to put the gun down but he refused, "so we just had It out between the two cars." Relea.ed In June At the Oregon penitentiary at Salem, Warden Clarence T. Gladden said Rlioades, known also as William Laverne Still, was released June 16 after serving three years and two months of a five year sen tence for writing bad check) in Klamath county. Ore. i 0 1 .