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FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents The Beauties of Scenic Oregon Medford Tribune' JOregon State Highway Commission Ptwrfwl KEEP OREGON GREEN 24 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1962 No. 112 Heceta Head lighthouse Way 101. Judge Dismisses Woman's Maneuver To Have Abortion Declared Legal Faulty Track Possible Cause Of Train Wreck Steeltown. Pa. - HIPD - Penn sylvania Railroad authorities today investigated the possi bility that a misaligned track caused the crash of a nine car "baseball special" Satur day night. The train bound from Har risburg to Philadelphia plung ed into the Susquehanna river killing 19 persons and injur ing at least 120 more. The "special" carrying base ball fans, including women and children, was traveling about 65 miles an hour when the last three cars tore loose and somersaulted down an embankment into the river. Many of the victims were killed instantly. Others were trapped and died in the wreckage, some underwater. It took rescuers hours to re move the dead and injured from the twisted steel. The six cars of the electric powered train which remain ed atop the embankment, ironically were empty. They were to have been filled by passengers picked up at later stops. It was the nation's worse rail disaster since Sept. 15, 1958, when a train plunged through an open drawbridge into Newark Bay at Bayonne, N.J., killing 48 persons. Court Decision Seen Home Rule Landmark Eugene - WHI - The League nf Oregon Cities said today last week's Oregon Supreme Court decision on creation of local civil service systems "may well become a land mark in development of mu nicipal home rule in Oregon." The high court ruled that the city of Milwaukie could not be compelled to set up t civil service system for firemen. NEWSd)BRIEFS ITEMS FROM fyT AROUND THI 01011 WEATHER FACTOR IN RETRIEVING BODY Grind Teton National Parle, Wyo.-4ris-Chief Park Ranger Hutt Dickinson today called weather the chief factor in an effort to retrieve the body of Steven Smith, 21, of Holden, Man., from a 12.000-foot tnowfield on rugged Grind Teton Mountain. Steven Smith. 21, Holden, Matt, died of expoture when he and nine other eattern mountain elimbert were marooned three nightt by turprite enowitorm which trapped them on the treicherout Otter tnow field. AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION PLANNED Everett. Wath.-lFKAn Air Force board of inquiry today wat preparing lo Invettigate the crtth of twin-engined T39 let trantpert at Paine Air Force Bate toulh of here Sunday. The erath claimed the livet of Col. Kearie L. Berry. 43. Paine Bate commander, and Lt. Col. Leroy D. Tate, 41. an Air Force plant repretentative at North American Company in Lot Angelet. POTATO PROGRAM PROPOSED Wathington-lPI-Spoketmen for California. Ariiona. Ore ton end Maine potato growert today urged Congrett to place potatoet dettincd for canning or Ireeting under the federal marketing agreement program. presents an unusual pictorial Accidental Deaths In Oregon Total Five on Week End By United Press International Two persons were killed in traffic accidents and two per sons drowned m Oregon Sun day, bringing the number of accidental deaths during the week end to five. A sixth person died of burns received nine days earlier. Killed Sunday were James Wooten, 67, Prineville; Wes ley Lindsley, 44. Richmond, Calif.; Tony Ciapanno, 4. Roseburg and George Dolezal, 37, Albany. Wooten was killed in a two car collision near Bend. Seven Kennedy Returns From Vacation Hyannis Port, Mass. - IUP1) -Invigorated by a breezy va cation week end on Cape Cod, President Kennedy returned to the White House today for a week of big decisions on the nuclear test ban issues. Kennedy planned to meet early this week with Arthur H. Dean, chief U.S. negotiator at the disarmament talks in Geneva, and with other top military and diplomatic ad visers to chart this country's further course in seeking a test ban agreement with Rus sia. Indications have been that the United States would soft en its demands for an on-the-sccne detection system, rely ing to a greater extent instead on newly - developed long range detection apparatus. With a crowded agenda of momentous issues ahead of him. Kennedy relaxed with his family over the week end at their summer nome In Hy annis Port. study through the arch of Cape Creek bridge along High other persons were hospital ized at Bend as a result of the accident. Lindsley died when his tanker truck filled with hy drogen gas went out of con trc. and overturned near Che mult. Fire equipment was rushed to the incident site but no gas escaped. The Ciapanno boy drowned in the Coos river at Charles ton and Dolezal drowned in the Little North Fork of the Santiam river near Salem after divine into the water and saving his 10-year-old daughter. Mrs. Iris Smith, 50, Depoe Bay, was killed in a one-car accident near Newport Friday night. The accident was not discovered until Saturday night. A 43-year-old woman died in a Portland hospital Friday night of burns suffered in a fire .earlier this month. The victim was Judy Arm strong of Portland. She was burned in a fire at an apart ment in Northeast Portland July 18. Kliever Studying Withycombe Matter Salem - OIPH - Oregon Ad jutant General Paul Kliever said today he is "still study ing'' possible action in the Camp Withycombe matter, but expects to make a state ment by midweek. Lart Friday the Clackamas County Grand Jury declined to return any charges in the case, involving the disap pearance of about $6,000 in Oregon National Guard prop erty from storage at the camp. Kliever said that as of now, the status of Lt. Col. James Anderson is unchang ed. On July fi Kliever sus pended Anderson as Camp Withycombe'" post command er pending outcome nf the orohe. Meany Opposes Across-Board Cuts Washington -Wl- AFL-CIO President George Meany told congressional tax writers to day that taxes should be cut but not across the board as the Kennedy administration is re ported considering. Meany said tax relief should be temporary and con fined largely to low and middle-income groups. He op posed cutting either the 52 per cent tax rate on corpora tion profits or the 91 per cent rate that applies to personal income tn the top tax bracket. Meany's testimony wis giv en to the House Way and Means Committee. The group is holding closed sessions off i- ; cially billed at a study of "the 1 status of the economy." Ac I tually. they are designed to tc.t lax-cut sentiment Attorney Says New Action To Be Filed Promptly Phoenix - ojpn - A woman's attempt to obtain legal clear ance for an abortion was dis missed today in Superior Court but her attorney said a new action would be filed im mediately. Judge Yale McFale dis missed the suit filed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finkbine and Good Samaritan Hospital against the county attorney and the state attornpy gen eral. Deformity Feared The action sought a declara tory judgment that the abor tion Mrs. Finkbine wants would be legal under Arizona law. The mother's doctors say the abortion is advisable be cause there is a 50-50 chance her child has been deformed by the drug Thalidomide which she took in the early weeks of her pregnancy. Attorneys were seeking a speedy settlement. Physicians say they must perform the op eration within the next two weeks or they will have to resort to a Ccsarian section. Wants Assurance Attorney Walter Chcifctz said if he is given assurances his client will not be prose cuted he will advise Mrs. Finkbine, a local television personality on a children's show, to proceed with the op eration immediately. Thalidomide was never ap proved for use in the United States, although it is believed to have caused as many as 5.000 deformed births in Eu rope. Mrs. Finkbine's husband, a high school teacher, bought the drug for use as a tran quilizer while in England. Changes Due in Meat Inspection Salem lUPli - The Oregon Agriculture department said today it will hand down an order changing the state's meat inspection regulations within a month, the fust changes since inspection of the program in 1957. The last of three hearings on the subject was conducted here Friday. One phase of the depart ment's proposal is to follow federal standards on ham burger more closely. A wit ness, however, objected lo one federal standard that is al- 1 ready part of the ttate code. I That standard permits the j addition of two ingredienls to I hamburger - ascorbifc acid for color retention Bnd monogo- dium glulamate for flavor en hancement with proper labeling BULK OF TAXES Eugene - in - State taxes in Oregon in 1960 made up 52 2 per cent of all taxes col lected by the state and local governments that year, the League nf OrrgonCitlPS said today American League All-Star Winner By 9 To 4 Score Wagner's Homer Sparks Victory Chicago - (UPH - Leon Wag ner, a National league reject, made them rue the day they sent him back to the minors when he blasted a two -run homer that sparked the Amer ican league to a 9-4 victory in the second All-Star game today. The outfielder who was sent to the minors by the New York Giants and was rescued by the new Los Angeles An gels teed off in the fourth in ning to send the American Leaguers winging out in front and coast on to a lop-sided triumph before 38,359 swel tering fans at Wrigley Field. For that blow lifted the American Leaguers from the doldrums of a five-game win- less streak in this midseason classic as they unleashed their long-vaunted power with oth er home runs by Pete Run nels and Rocky Colavito to crush the Nationals with a 10 hit attack. Herbert Winner The blasting barrage which the frustrated American Leag uers unleashed against five National League pitohcrs gave the victory to Ray Herbert of the Chicago White Sox, al though he and three other pitchers gave up 10 hits, in cluding a ninth inning home run by John Roseboro. But the Nationals, who fum bled their way to four errors, couldn't save the Phillies' Art Mahaffey from absorbing the defeat. The two starters. Johnny Podres of the Dodgers and Dave Stenhouse, 30-year-old Washington rookie, both escaped being involved in the decision as the American Leaguers scored their 17th win against IS National League triumphs. Podres got through the first two innings without yielding a score and was in position to become the win ning pitcher when the Nation al Leaguers got to Stenhouse for one run in the second. Runnels Ties Score Runnels' homer in the third inning tied the score at 1-1 Wagner put the Americans ahead to stay in the fourth in ning with a two-run homer over the ivy-covered left field wall. Tom Tresh, Yankee rookie, doubled home another run in the sixth to make it 4-1. Then Colavito put the game out of reach in the seventh when he hit a three-run hom er to boost the score to 7-1. The Nats chipped away at that with a single run in the sev enth, scored by Richie Ash burn of the Mels, and another in the eighth, scored by Ernie Banks of the Cubs after a triple. But the Americans got their final two runs in the ninth with the aid of two errors by Milwaukee third baseman Ed Mathews. Couple Injured in Sunday Accident A young Medford couple were reported in fair condi tion this morning at Rogue Valley hospital after they were Injured early Sunday when their car crashed into a traffic signal pole at South Riverside and Stewart aves. Injured in the crash were Douglas Gary Pruitt. 23. and his wife. Marilynn Gene Pru itt. 22, of 19 South Orange st. Witnesses to the accident, which occurred about 4:14 a.m., told police the Pruitt ve hicle was southbound in the inside lane on Riverside ave. when it veered slowly out of the lane and crashed into the signal pole. According lo the pnlire re port. Pruitt apparently went to sleep while driving. There were no other occupants nf the car. Five-Millionth Visitor Expected at World Fair Seattle - OJPIi - World's Fair officials today expect the five millionth visitor to the fair grounds. Attendance at the fair Sun day was 44.829 for a tola! to date nf 4.948.202 persons I WEATHER j roNKC AST: rr tmlfht and T h l a v. raMrrd vnni munoMhnw r vr r ( a-an nil HUklvotn 1,ow tnnlght 45 n. Hih Ttidy 10" Temp. Htfht Yntrrday inn tn'it Thta Morning Our Skies Tonight ttunt todav 7:14 p.m. Sunn tomorrow . S:0? m Spw Moon tomorrow 424 a.m. Ihf annular vrhpt of th Ann 1 at thlt Nw Moon will tit viit hi a a partial prllpir over all of Afrlra. Th nt crhpt of i th nun. In Janiian. h I ( - ovrr tht aoutii Atlantic : m.tn Poiiti To Be i Fire Danger in Pacific Northwest Continues High Eastern Oregon Blaze Controlled By United Prett International Continuing high tempera tures and the threat of light ning storms kept the fire dan ger high in the Pacific North west today. An 1.800-acre grass and brush fire on state-protected land in Eastern Oregon was controlled Sunday. The blaze, which was blam ed on smoker's carelessness, broke out earlier in the day 15 miles east of Pendleton. It was fought by 36 men and 13 pieces of equipment. Firefighters mopped up a stubborn 130-acre blaze In the Ml. Hood National Forest in Oregon. Some 150 men, with 200 other men standing by, drew fire lines around the blaze Saturday. Man-Caused Spark The fire apparently started from a man-caused spark in a freshly logged-off area. In Washington, crews mop ped up a 400-acre fire in the Wcnatchee National Forest near Chelan and a 100-acre fire in the Okanogan Nation al Forest near Omak. The Omak fire was fought by some 400 men from Oregon, Mon tana and Washington. All but about 50 firefight ers had been released by to day on the Colville Indian Reservation in Eastern Wash ington where some 8,000 acres of timber and rangeland were destroyed by three fires. More than 300 firefighters brought the blaze under con trol over the week end. Bids Opened For Shovel-Dragline Bids were opened this morning by the Jackson coun ty court for a shovel-dragline combination machine and two -li ton pickup trucks for use by the county road department. Fcenaughty E q u I p m enl company of Portland and Manitou Equipment company, also Portland, were the ap parent low bidders for the shovel-dragline. Feenaughty's bid, however, was received by the court after the dead line set - it was postmarked July 28. The court said its acceptance is pending review of the specifications. The bid totaled $39,970, while Mani tou quoted $40,600. Other bidders included Howard Cooper, Medford, $44,586; Balzer Machinery, Portland, $43,040; Cramer Machinery, Portland, $43, 193; Western Equipment, Eu gene, $45,475.33; Cal-Ore Ma chinery. Medford, $46,285; and Clyde Equipment, Port land. $41,508. For the pickups. Crater Luke Motors of Medford was the apparent low bidder with $3.875 42. Others bidding were Parson's Motor com pany, Medford. $3,885.50; Courtesy Chevrolet, Medford, $3,950; and International Har vester. Medford, $4,051.86. Bids on the two items were referred to the county en gineer's office for review of specifications. Neuberger Balks At Satellite Bill Washington - (ItPI) - Sen. Maurine Neuberger joined her Oregon colleague, Sen. Wayne Morse, today in speak ing against the administra tion's space communications hill. Mrs. Neuberger delivered a lengthy prepared speech at tacking what the called "mo :nopoly" aspects of the plan. J The legislation would cre 'ate a privately-owned, govern jment regulated corporation to n(erate communications .satellites. Mrs. Neubergi r said the bill would give the American Tel ephone It Telegraph company "domination" of space com munications activities by this country. CHANGE EDITOR Portland - 'iTti - Veteran newspaperman Loren H. Mil- j liman of Portland was named editor of (he Oregon Grange i Bulletin Saturday cai crisis 2aid ver .Jim MdMVM" 111 "' ej POINTS TO ALBA Pino Dutlo, 25, points to his home town, Alba, Italy, during a recent visit to the office of Richard Oakland, director of town affiliation for the American Mu nicipal association, in Washington, D.C. Dutto, who is com ing to Medford for a six weeks' visit is expected to arrive here about 9:29 a.m. Wednesday at the Greyhound bus depot. His visit is being arranged under the auspices of the sister city program. Lightning Causes 12 Fires on Federal And State Property Twelve lightning-caused fires, one a holdover from a previous storm, were reported over the week end by the fed eral forest service and the slale forestry department. State forest patrolmen were working on seven small blazes in the Soda mountain area of the Green Springs this morn ing and forest service person nel were on fires on Scraggy and Rattlesnake mountains in the Applcgate district of the Rogue River National forest. A total of 4,000 gallons of retardent, wet water and al- gen-gel, were dropped on Scraggy mountain. Two smoke Jumpers from Cave Junction were dropped on the Rattlesnake fire. Ground Crewt Two other fires on the Rogue forest resulted from the Sunday night storm. One near Dutchman peak in the Applegate district and one on Neil crock In the Ashland dis trict were handled by ground crews. A fire in the Union Creek district,' a holdover from the Thursday storm, was mopped up Sunday, Doug Finch, Rogue forest fire con trot officer, said Robert Webb, fire control officer for Applegate dis trict, said that eight men were sent lo the Scraggy mountain Ncteboom Injured In Store Accident The vice president of Rogue Marine Inc., was Injured early this morning wnen the fly wheel broke off an outboard motor he was showing to a customer and severely gashed his arm, according to Medford city police. Hurt was Edwin Issac Note boom. 4ft. of 2772'4 Mcrri man rd. The accident happen ed about R o'clock, officers said. Nolcbonm was driven to the police station where Officers I Keith Van Horn and Gene j Depuy administered firirt aid 1 tlllU Mllll II aMflWI IIU MUM W Sacred Heart hospital. Attorney General To Speak at Seattle Seattle - HOT - U.S. AUy General Robert Kennedy is scheduled tn speak Aug. 7 at the Seattle World's Fair. Kennedy, his wife Ethyl, and their children, Kathleen. 10; Joseph, A; Robert, R. and David, 7, are due In Seattle Aug. 6. They plan to vacation on the Olymeiic Peninsula. SHE KEPT WALKING Dei Moines, Iowa - ll'PP -Caroline Howard, 70, com plained to police that she Btepprd in a sticky seal-coating prior to resurfacing streets and walkeo right nut of her shoes in Algeria fire. Retardint, was dropped by plane betyse of the rocky condition of the area and lack of soil. Two fire fighters were sent In today to join the smoke Jumpers on Rattle, snake mountain. Webb reported that the 25-j niHn speciauzen crew station ed at Star Ranger station has returned from Wenatchee National forest. It was sent there Friday to fight a large fire. The crew under foreman Francis (Pete) Gregory, wnj called on standby for a fire near Bend earlier ' In the week. The state forestry depart ment had 14 men on its seven fires. The State Forestry depart ment extinguished three fires Saturday, each of which burned one-tenth of an acre. Most serious was a hay barn fire on Evans creek rd. at 4:30 a.m., caused by spon taneous combustion, which destroyed 70 to 80 tons of hay. The others were near Howard Prairie at 10 a.m., caused by a holdover from a lightning strike, and in the Butte Falls area at 1:52 p.m., caused by a hay baler. Happy Camp - A 20-acre forest fire in a rugged, dry area 10 miles west of Happy Camp was contained, but not controlled this morning. The lightning - caused fire broke out yesterday evening when a thunderstorm hit the Happy Camp area. Rain fell over Happy Camp itscll, but not over the fire area. Planes dropped borate on the fire until a 56-man crew could get to the scene, Reuben Sullivan, Happy Camp dis trict ranger said. This morn ing 100 men were on the fire lines. The fire Is on Daggert creek' near the point where Clear creek enters the Klam- I ath river. Board of Pharmacy Sued Over Ban on Advertising Eugene -HIPIu The Oregon Newspaper Publishers associ ation and several member newspapers have started suit against the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy, challeng ing the board's right to ban advertising o f prescription drugs. A complaint was filej In Lane county circuit court July 26 questioning constitutional ity of a board order of Aug. 11. 1961, and asking that it be rescinded. The ONPA was Joined in the suit by the Ore gon Klatesman, Roseburg News-Review, The Oregonian, and t h e Eugene Register Guard. Carl0C. Webb. ONPA man ager said: Ben Bella Aide Returns From Talks in Paris Followers Ready To Enter Algeria Algiers, Algcria-(UPH-A top aide of dissident Vice Premier Ahmed Ben Bella returned to Oran today from key talks in Paris and said the political crisis In Algeria was over. Mohammed Khider made the statement after seizure of Algiers by "neutral" troops gave a powerful boost to Ben Bella's efforts to take over control of Algeria. Support Sought Khider went to Paris to confer with some 15 mem bers of the National Council of the Algerian Revolution, the supreme revolutionary parliament, and to get their support for Ben Bella's po litical bureau plan. There were reports that Ben Bella's followers were prepar ed to move into Algiers today following takeover of the city Sunday by "neutral troops" of Military District 4. They said their aim was to restore law and order. Their leaders invited rival Algerian factions to Algiers without bloodshed to settle their dif ferences. They also sought to reassure the European popu lation which has been hit by kidnapings. Troop Movement Welcomed With the trooos occupying the main government build ings, the radio station and pa trolling the streets, the Ben BelHsts called It a welcome maneuver. Ben Bella announced In Oran he would enter the city and Install his seven-man po litical bureau sometime thi week, :- - ,. , ,' Bogqs, Long Win Louisiana Votes New Orleans -JUPI- Louisi ana's middle of the road Democrats, paced by Rep. Hale Boggs, rolled over con servative opposition in a week end primary marked by the resurgence of the storied Long family in state politics. Boggs, 49, House majority whip and a key supporter of President Kennedy's New Frontier, received an over whelming mandate from vot ers In the New Orleans area in a hotly contested cam paign. He turned back bids by three candidates who cam paigned as conservatives and segregationists. Boggs, in win ning the Democratic nomina tion in the 2nd congressional district, collected 58,919 votes, more than his three op ponents combined. ' Sen. Russell Long piled up a 4-1 margin over his only op ponent, Phil St. Amant, a re tired Army officer from Ba ton Rouge who waged a vig orous campaign as a conserva tive. Russell is a son of the late Hucy (Kingfish) Long and a nephew of the late Earl Long. Electronic Equipment Stolen From Vehicle Electronic equipment, val ued at about $1,000, was re ported stolen last night from a vehicle parked at 1182 Court at., according to city police. The owner. Steve Arthur Lingren, 2642 Springbrook rd., reported the theft to po lice about 4 o'clock this morn ing. The Oregon Pharmacy board cannot stop prescrip tion drug firms in other states from advertising and selling prescription drugs by mail to Oregon residents. The board's ruling prohibits any Oregon licensed pharmacy from ad vertl: Ing prescription items and thus attempting to meet the competition from national mall-order prescription firms." . He added that pe-sons need ing drugs continuously were denied competitive p r 1 c e In formation through advertis ing "and we soon have an economy that is neither free nor competitive and in many cases it Is the jtart of price-fixing." 1
