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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
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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)
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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.
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The Moon rliei ,. 1:41) a.m.
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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.
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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."
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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.).