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Newspaper Page Textera Q) ITQ nnC M a. 3 m U Jl n (pn7 1LAIT MILS FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN Spring creek proves tyis&r , .mm h 4t'; iifjf f ita kimm orse Triggers Filibuster To Stall Satellite Measure Washington-IUPH-Senate lib erals opposing the administra tion's communications satel lite bill triggered a filibuster today in an effort to stall the measure until after the No vember elections. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) one of the chamber's talka thon champions, opened the battle by forcing a 23-minute reading of the Senate Jour nal. He then tried to amend that usually ignored Record of Proceedings. Morse said he would ask that the Senate recess this af ternoon so that all members could attend funeral services for the late Sen. Harry M. Dworshak (R-Idaho) at Arling ton National cemetery. But he said he would insist on his continued right to speak when the Senate reconvenes. Should Be Studied Morse's supporters said the satellite bill "at least" should be studied by the Foreign Re lations committee. The bill would set up a pri vately owned, government regulated company. Oppon ents contend it would mean domination of satellite com munications by the American Telephone and Telegraph company. Morse said he was "as tounded" to find the Kennedy administration backing t h e ! pending bill. He said the ad ministration needs a "recu perative period" to reassess its stand. He told Senate GOP Lead er Everett M. Dirkscn (III.) he would try to prevent a vote on the measure until after the election. He began by forcing the reading of Wednesday's Sen ate Journal. This routine procedure is KhBRIEFS ITIMS MOM JFS KENNEDY STICKING BY PLAN Washington- lit - Prefidenl Kennedy it tickmg by nil plan lo wail at leait until Aug. 10 before deicding whether to call for cuta tn corporate and personal income taxes. White Houie tourcet laid today. AGREEMENT MADE FOR GROTON PLAN ui..kinninn - I PI - Union and management negotiatori agreed to a government propoied plan that may speed teltle- ment of the eight-day itrike that hai halted conduction of , uclcar lubmarines at Grolon. SOVtET FIGHTER BUZZES U.S. PLANES Berlin-tn-A Soviet fiehler butiee) a U.S. Air Force plant in the erlin corridor toda. a U.S. .(. tait). The U.S. PiMien taie) the iuniae plant "ffew clou" To , a Regional Edition MEDFORDJIIiWTRIBUNE 40 Pages MEDFORD, The Beauties of r' .JtribBJ. a fisherman's delight near the Highway 97 bridge in Oregon's usually dispensed with by unanimous consent. The last time the Journal was read was on Aug. 21, 1961, during a fight on a civil rights amendment to an appropria tions bill. Senate debate on the bill was slated to begin in the wake of heightened public in terest stirred up by the suc cessful experiments with the Telstar communications satel lite in the past week. During the reading of the Softer Nuclear Test Ban Terms Hinted Washington fUPP - Top ad-1 ministration officials today studied the possibility of offer ing Russia softer terms for po licing a nuclear test ban agreement. Secretary of State Dean usk, -iLe .eun, ""-was not known whether Ken ert S. McNamara, Atomic En- ,,. ,: Pri j ,ifi. ergy Commission Chairman Glenn T. Scaborg and other experts were meeting to evaluate new technical in formation gleaned from underground atomic explo sions in Nevada. They planned !n report their findings to President Kennedy Friday. ! Senate Disarmament Chair man Hubert Humphrey ID Minn.) said Wednesday the United States had no inten tion of withdrawing entirely its requirements for on-the-spot inspections in Russia to safeguard any nuclear test ban treaty. Sources indicated the ex perts meeting today would consider, in the light of the Project Vela tests in Nevada, AIOUNO THI OlOII Conn. Four Sections 57th Year. Price 10 Cents OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY Scenic Oregon (Oregon State Journal, which took 23 min utes, Sen. Ernest Gruenlng (D-Alaska) twice asked that reading clerk Edward E. Man sur Jr., read "more slowly." Morse, who had refused to tell newsmen earlier how long he would talk against the bill, had asked the presiding offi cer to direct the clerk to read so that members could under stand what he was saying. The Journal is the official rec ord of the previous day's pro ceedings. the possibility of cutting down on the 19 inspection stations the United States has been de manding on Russian soil to guard any treaty. Plan Not Known Presidential Press Secre- n; c..i;n ,nA it his advisers would produce a new policy statement on nu clear inspection. Humphrey said in his Sen ate speech that the "Presi dent will most likely make a recommendation within a week" on whether to change the U.S. stand due to new technical information. Fisher Points To Program Flaws Grants Pass - fllPB - Carl Fisher of Eugene, Republi can congressional nominee, ! said today the tact that only about 7 per cent of President Kennedy's program has been passed in congress "is due almost entirely to inherent weaknesses in those programs which all of us can see." j Giving the administration ' an even greater Democratic i majority in congrera is not an I issue in this campaign." Fish er said, "because Republi ! cans will vote for any of Pres ident Kennedy proposals i which truly merit support." He addressed a campaign coffee hour here. ! Fisher criticized those who I label a group of Democrats ! and Republicans who defeat i a bill as a "coalition of re actionaries. V hen Demo- cra1, jjn wj(n p to p!)s, a bj t Republicans hese same rcmplainers call it bipartisan ship. Fisher said. Eugenc-IW- Harold W. Han json, 17, Springfield, drowned while swimming near here i Wednesday night. 26, 1962 No. 109 Highway Commission Photo) - Collier State park Telephone Call Via Telstar Set This Afternoon A new, green telephone has been installed on the desk of Medford Mayor John W. Sni der, ready for his use this aft ernoon when he makes his historic call via Telstar to the mayor of Alba, Italy, Med ford's sister city. A group of city officials and dignitaries, along with members of the news media, have been invited to be pres ent in the mayor's office be tween 3:45 and 4 p.m. when the trans-Atlantic conversa tion will take place. This morning a package was delivered to Mayor Sni der's office from Alba. The package contained documents and brochures providing back ground information on Med ford's sister city. Dispatch Received Yesterday, a dispatch was received by the mayor from the American embassy in Rome. Italy, detailing the his tory of Alba. According to reports received in Medford from the United States Information agency, the Italian city is re sponding with great enthusi asm to its selection for par ticipation in the communica tions experiment. Medford is the only city in the Pacific Northwest to be selected among 23 cities in the United States taking part in the event. Six other cities in Dreffnn lsn have sistnr ritv affiliations. Mayor Snider is head of the I Oregon sister city program. Jack Creager, district man ager for Pacific Northwest Bell, said a company engineer has been sent to Medford to assist with arrangements for j the telephone conversation be I tween Mayor Snider and Alba Mayor Osvaldo Cagnasso. Ex-Peru President Takes Junta's Side Lima. Peru - 1IPH - Ex-President Manuel Odria took the side of the new military Junta regime Wednesday night in a protest against 'US. pres sure" on Peru. A statement issued by lOdria'g headquarters assailed the reduction of U.S. aid to ! Peru as a "discriminatory" land "unacceptable" attempt to interfere in this country'! internal affairs. I Odria, an army general who has since retired, staged a mil itary coup d'etat in 1948 and continued ai president until 1956. He ran third in last month's Indeciiive presiden tial election. Compressed Gas Explodes as Vehicle Upsets Church, Garage Also Destroyed Berlin, N.Y. IUP1) A runa way propane gas truck over turned Wednesday night and exploded like a gigantic bomb in this tiny community. The truck driver was killed. Later a woman was found dead in her bed, apparently of a heart attack resulting from shock, and more than 20 persons were injured. The blast leveled 11 homes, a church and a garage. Fire rained through the air and turned a mother, her child and a man into torches. A witness said the trailer truck was racing down a hill when it jackknifed and ex ploded. The driver, identified by state police as Robert J. Mc Lucas, 40, of Pomeroy, Pa., was hurled from the cab of the truck which was carry ing compressed propane gas. His body was found In a driveway. One witness described it this way. Big Ball of Flame 'T was al the bottom of the hill when the truck jack- knifed and it blew. There was just a big ball of flame and then all I seen (sic) was a big bunch of flames the whole width of the town." A woman who was driving behind the truck described the explosion as "a puff of smoke then a flash of light." Another woman called it "a ball of fire rolling down the street." The flames cut a deadly swath 200 yards wide for a distance of three football fields from the explosion site. A mother and her child ran screaming with the pain of flames on their clothes. Another shrieking man ran and rolled down the road try ing to extinguish his blazing clothing. Berlin's two firetrucks were "hopelessly inadequate at the outset," a spokesman said. Equipment Rushed In Ambulances, fire equip- ment and rescue units from as far away at Pittsfield, Mass., rushed to this eastern New York community near the Vermont border. "It was the worst fire that I've seen in my 22 years here," said Rcsselaer County Sheriff Harold Harriman. The injured were rushed to hospitals here, in Troy, N.Y. and Bennington, Vt. Ambu lances made several 40-mile round trips to Troy. A relative of McLucas', reached at the truckdriver's home in Pomeroy, said he Is survived by his wife, Eliza beth, and three children, Bob by, 14, Linda, 10, and Debby, 7. He said McLucas had work ed for the Matlack Transpor tation Co., of West Chester, Pa., for about eight years. Police were investigating the cause of the accident and explosion. Worker Injured As Truck Upsets A high way construction worker was slightly injured this morning about four miles south of the Crater Lake Rim Village when the truck he was driving overturned. Injured was Joe Beck, about 30, Prospect. He is em ployed by the Bcckley and Thomas Rock Production com pany of Roseburg. The accident occurred about 7:15 a.m. today, accord ing to park rangers. Beck was taken by rangers to near Pros pect where he was transferred to a Medford ambulance. He was admitted to Rogue Valley Memorial hospital at about 10 a.m. with neck, back and shoulder injuries. Hospital spokesmen said At noon today that Beck was not considered in serious condi tion, and that he was able to be "up and around." Assault Charges Are Dismissed Charges of assault and bat tery filed by Mrs. Margaret Emma Shepherd, 916 East Main St., last month against Mrs. Stella F. Shepherd, 415 Laurel St., were dismissed in Jackson county district court this morning. Mrs. Margaret Shepherd re quested the dismissal through her attorney stating that she did not wish to proceed with the case. Mrs. Stella Shepherd had been accused of assaulting Mrs. Margaret Shepherd, the present wife of Mrs. Stella Shepherd's former husband. TRUCK BLAST STARTS FIRE Smoke rises from 11 burning homes after a truck loaded with compressed gas County Can Use Public Funds for Athletic Stadium The Jackson county court can authorize the use of pub lic funds for the construction of a county stadium. This opinion, a reversal of one previously received, was written July 19 by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. The opinion was received by District Attorney Alan B. Holmes following a request for an opinion as lo whether the county court had the au thority to construct such a stadium. In his current opinion, Thornton said that as long as the use of the proposed build ing is for public use by the county the statute authorizes such construction. Valid Public Purpose The attorney general said it would appear that as long as a proposed construction project was for the benefit and general welfare of the public it would be a valid public purpose. He stated fur ther that county and munici pal corporations are not lim ited to providing for the ma terial necessities of their citi zens. Under legislative au thority, they may minister to their comfort, health, pleas ure or education. Prior to completing the county's hudget, a group of int"rested persons hod asked that the county build the sta dium. After receiving the first opinion from the attor ney general, the court drop ped the matter. The second opinion slates that the determination of whether or not the construc tion of a public stadium by the county is a "necessary public building" is a question within the discretion of the county governing body. The county court is now re viewing the opinion. 3,555 See First Round of Plays Ashland-Attendance during the opening round of plays in the Oregon Shakespearean Festival here Is down some what from the opening round last year. A total of 3.555 saw the first four plays this year, compared to 3,709 on the first four nights last year. A capacity crowd, 1.160, saw the opening play this year, "Comedy of Errors," 623 saw Sunday evening's play, "Henry IV, Part II": 1,027 viewed "As You Like It" Mon day night; and 745 attended Tuesday's production of "Co riolanus." Festival officials said they believed attendance would pick up during the season. WEATHER FORfC ART: rnnttntird fair, hot tnd 1rv thromh Frtdxv. I.nw tonight S, high Friday HlfhMt Yraterrtar . 109 l.owtit Thli Mnrnlng 5 Our Skies Tonight Kiinirt t1iv . 1:3 p m. Kiinrur tomorrow .. . 4.5ft a m. The Moon rliei ,. 1:41) a.m. tomorrow. IKrfllV ahova It ar Ih tar, Ald'haran, and th planet, Man. Jupiter tt Ui hrlght "alar" In the toiith at moonrHt and Battirn tt In th tniithwt- NfW Moon Jul II 5- Algerian Civil War Near; Berber Forces Advancing Algiers -IUPII- Newly inde pendent Algeria today ap proached a state of civil war between rival nationalist fac tions that could spur 300,000 French troops into action. Twelve hundred tough Ber ber troops who support Pre mier Ben Youssef Ben Khed da's Provisional Government (G.PRA) were reported marching on the city of Con-stantine. City to Receive Two Awards for Safety The city of Medford will be presented two awards tomor row in recognition of its ef forts toward traffic record im provement during 1961. It is the only city In Oregon to re ceive more than one award. Edward J. Warmoth, execu tive secretary of the Oregon Traffic Safely commission, will make the awards at a luncheon meeting at the Rogue Valley Country club. The awards are for the city's traffic engineering pro gram and for the school traf fic safety education program. The Annual Traffic Inven tory report for 1961 noted that President Signs Welfare Measure Washington -WTO- President Kennedy today signed a bill that contains most of the re forms he requested In wel fare programs under which the federal government aids more than six million needy adults and children. Kennedy said In an accom panying statement that the measure marked "the real turning point in this nation's efforts to cope realistically and helpfully" with welfare problems. "The problems which gave rise to this bill affect every community in this country," he said. The new law liberalizes fed eral assistance for the state administered programs. At the same time- it puts new stress on rehabilitation service) aimed at enabling recipients to get off relief rolls. The most costly tingle fea ture, which was not recom mended by the administra tion, will require the federal government to give states an extra payment of at least $4.20 a month for every one of the 2.8 million needy aged, blind and disabled per sons on the rrlief rolls. Oregon Students Get Fulbright Scholarships Corvallls -flJPD- Two Oregon student! have been named winners of Fulbright scholar ships for foreign study. E. B. Lemon, chairman of the Oregon Committee on State Fulbright Scholarships, said the winners are Diane Reubendale, Lake Oswego, a graduate of Lewis and Clark college, and Patrick Wood Sullivan, Lakcvlcw, a Univer sity of Oregon graduate. 1 I., a" l' -4'r ' I overturned and exploded at least two persons died and 20 The eastern port city was seized Wednesday by forces loyal to dissident Vice Pre mier Ahmed Ben Bella. Offi cial sources in Algiers said at least 25 Wen; killed and 30 wounded in the battle. Other Ben Bella supporters captured Bone, apparently without a fight, and were cheered by joyous crowds. Premier Ben Khedda, prac- I tieally the only member of while the city had made pro gress in "several areas' .In comparison to the previous year, its work in traffic en gineering and school safety was particularly effective. Made AgBinst Standards The evaluation of the city's program was made against established standards and in comparison with the programs and activities of about 468 other comparable cities In the country. . Warmoth is discussing the traffic inventory with repre sentatives of various commu nity agencies today. Those meeting with War moth include Elliot Beckon, and the Rev. John A. Ilg, of schools; Charles P. Champlin, police; Clyde G. Fichtner, of Medford Safety Council; John W. Snider and Robert Duff, city administration; Joseph Fliegel Jr., municipal court; and Vernon Thorpe, traffic engineering. In a letter included with the Traffic Inventory report, Howard Pyle, president of the National Safety Council, said, in part: Slow Steady Progress "The year 1961 saw a con tinuation of our slow but steady progress In bringing the traffic death rate down. Deaths per 100 million miles traveled stood at an all-time low of 5.2. The actual number of traffic deaths was also re duced by 200.' "Congratulations arc in or der for all of you who have directed your efforts to reduc ing our traffic toll." Medford had two fatal ac cidents within the city limits in 1061. The national average for cities with a comparable population size was 7.7, the report showed. A total of 143 non-fatal In Jury accidents were reported in Medford during 1061, which is 10 above average for the preceding three years, according to the report. Kennedy Slates Meeting To Air Lumber Problem Washington OIPP Presi dent Kennedy scheduled a meeting at 4:30 p.m. (PST) to day with a group of Democra tic senators and congressmen from the West and Pacific Northwest states to discuss problems of the lumber Indus try. White House Press Secre tary Pierre Salinger told newsmen "we will have a statement following the meeting." -.at 4 3 Berlin, N.Y. Wednesday. At others were Injured. (UPI) the GPRA still in Algiers, is sued a statement Wednesday night warning that the situa tion is becoming critical. "The dangers of civil war are becoming real," he de clared. "This process of deter ioration must be stopped." The ' French government, concerned at-the disappear j ance of. several hundred Euro peans in Oran, threatened to intervene to protect its nation als. Its' 300,000 man army in Algeria has been confined to barracks and bases since In dependence Day but could move Into action at a mo ment's notice. Three of Ben Khedda's min isters are in Tizi Ouzou, the Kabylla Mountain stronghold of the Berbers 55 miles east of Algiers, where they pro claimed their Intention to de fy Ben Bella's attempted take over of power. All Three Veterans The three are Belkacen Krim, Mohammed Boudlaf and Abdcl Hafid Boussouf, all veterans of the long fight against France for Algerian independence. The Berbers reported marching on Constantine were said to have been sent from the Tizi Ouzou area. - There are about a million Berbers In Kabylia and their 20,000-man Willaya army pro vided the French with some of their toughest battles dur ing the seven-year war for in dependence. Ben Bella now appeared to control about three fourths of Algeria. New Office Planned For Social Security A new federal office build ing to house the social secu rity administration will be built here. Sen. Wayne Morse's office, Washington, D.C., advised today. The building, according to the fcencral services adminis tration, will be constructed at Riverside avc. and Liberty st. and will include about 2,900 square feet of office space. The site Is about 3' 2 blocks south of McAndrews rd. Owner of the building is C. A. Singer. It will be occupied by the social security adminis tration on a five-year lease. The rental rate will be $771 per month. Occupancy of the structure will be Dec. 1. Social security offices are now at 1005 East Main St. Listed to attend were Sens. Warren G. Magnuson and Henry M. Jackson (Wash.); Wayne Morse and Maurine Neubergcr (Ore.); E. L. Bart lett (Alaska); Frank Church (Idaho); Claire Engle (Calif.) and Lee Mctcalf (Mont.). R e p r e sentatives included Edith Green and Al Ullman (Ore.); Julia B. Kanien (Wash.); Gracie Pfost (Idaho); Harold T. Johnson and Clem Miller (Calif.) and Arnold Ol son (Mont.).