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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
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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."
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