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Newspaper Page TextFOREST FIRE I n . . .. . danger tomorrow I Kegiorui Edition 57.i, Year Price 10 Cents The Beauties of Scenic Oregon Medford Tribune (Oregon State Highway ComfwUslcwi hrn) KEEP OREGON GREEN , 4 Pagos MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1962 No. 113 sMmkilrv To Stifle IGQPi i-r limn . M l.irfMM .u-..iJa...au. , ' jN-.AV.'ST - I--AM - 5 v W" ;rt. , . . .. .re'?.--; Filibuster in Senate Fails -if JKC W ;-'.JV LJfvt'J- ; : . .., 1- j Hjlll. MI. U IHJ 11 I I III I . T . 1 . T. 1 VJ i4-?". i- tl.ri i 'i.. jti- . i Spring fruit blossoms add color to the country side of the Willamette valley near Newbcrg. j Relief Supplies Rushed to Earthquake Scene; Authorities List 35 Victims Towns, Villages In Colombia Province Jolted Bogota, Colombia - CTI) -The Colombian government today rushed relief supplies to the scene of Monday'? earthquake in Caldas Prov ince, the worsl here in 10 years. Authorities listed 35 dead but it was feared, the. death toll would be higher. ' An other 20 persons were feared trapped in a shirt factory de stroyed by the quake. The newspapers El Tiempn and El Signo listed 40 and 50 dead. The official toll of in jured was 300. The shirt factory, and. churches were the buildings hardest hit, and thus most of the casualties were women. A dozen churches were de stroyed in the city of Pe reira, and three-quarters of the other buildings in the 200,000-population city were reported damaged or leaning. Towns, Villages Hit Among the dead was ranch er Jesus Maria Bolero of Percira. Only last week he was kidnaped by bandits and paid a $1,200 reward for his freedom. Almost every one of the 50 towns and villages in Cal das Province was hit by '.he quake. Another 50 in the neighboring province of An tioquia and the Cauca Valley also were damaged. For two dreadful minutes at mid-afternoon, the earth heaved and shook, causing panic that spread far beyond the area of major damage. Minor earth shocks were re ported at about the same time in nearby Venezuela, but there was no report of casualties' or serious damage there. Second Inquiry Into Economy Ordered i Washington - (lM -A Demo-I rratic opponent of an immedi-1 ate tax cut today ordered a second congressional inquiry ' into the state of the economy ' Chairman Wright Patman (D-Tex.i was to announce! plans later today for public hearings on the subject by his joint Congressional Eco-: nomic Committee. MILL TO CLOSE I Coos Bay - iliPH - The Scott j Paper Co., says it will close its Empire pulp mill permanently , Sept. 1. NEWShBRIEFS KENNEDY JIWMONS TOP ADVISERS Washinglon-W-Preiiden! Kennedy hat called another meeting ol his top advisers before he decides whether to make softer approach to Ruitia on nuclear test ban. FLICHT ENGINEERS ACCEPT SETTLEMENT Kansas Cily. Mo.-'Ifl-Trent World Airlines flight engi neers ended a 19-month strike threat Monday night by over whelmingly accepting a gorernmenl-iupported settlement of their dispute with the airlines. U. S. WILL TRY TO COMPLETE TESTS Waihington-IN-The United Slates disclosed today lhal it will try to complete a series of nuclear tesli in space OTer Johnston Island despite launch failures which to far hae spoiled three attempts out of four. HOMEMADE BOMB TRIGGERED IN PERU Lima. Petu-'lPt-Dyntniiter, lei off a homemade bomb Monday nighl outside the offices of United Press Interna tional, wo-inding a UPI mescngtr and ceuiing minor damage. Travel Into State Increases Greatly, Reports Indicate Travel through southern Oregon appears to be increas-1 ing this summer by a large percentage. Approximately 76,677 ve hicles have passed through the Hornbrook inspection sta tion on Highway 99 going south during July, according to Don Douglas, senior quar- Paih Seen Clear For Ben Bella Algiers, Algeria -WPU The chief aide or dissident leader Ahmed Ben Bella announced tonight that Vice Premier! Mohammed Boudiaf has been freed from captivity . in a move apparently clearing the way for Ben Bella's trium phant entry into Algiers "Mohammed Boudiaf has been liberated and we are awaiting him in Algiers-" Mo hammed K h i d e r announced late today. At the same time Ben Bella announced through a spokesman in Oran that he and his new political bureau will move into Algiers Thurs day to lake over control of newly independent Algeria. Petitions Seek Election on Zoning Petitions to call an election on zoning in the southwest Phoenix area were presented to the Jackson county court Monday. I Russell W. DcForest, Med-j ford lawyer, represented about 130 Phoenix residents1 in presenting the petitions to i the court. The court accepted the pe titions. Judge Earl Miller said today, but a 10-day period was requested before officially ! acting on them. Miller said the petitions would hsvp to be checked fur legal form and procedure. The county planning com mission, which has been studying zoning in that area, is expected to advise the court on the request CAVE-IN FATAL Portland-U'PI' Edward J. Albi. 35. of Portland died Monday in a sever cave-in. A second cave-in almost buried three other workmen who tried to dig him out. Albi left a widow and three children. AROUND THI OlOII antine inspector. In July, 1961. a total of 66,936 ve hicles went through the Rta tion. About 1.400 cars per day were estimated to have travel ed through the Redwood High way inspection station on Highway 199, according to Robert Bottel, senior inspec tor there. Both station; have had about two vehicles traveling north for each going south, the inspectors said. Of the cars passing through the in spection station they felt about half were from-states other than California. There has been a great increase in number of cars from the east ern part of the United States. Increase Noted Tourists going through the Rogue valley have greatly in creased, according to Don Mc Neil, manager of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce. He said the number of trav elers here is greater than ever before, including the centen nial year. Each travel dollar spent by a tourist turns over about 12 times, he added. The Rogue valley can expect an increase in revenue from tourism of about 33 per cent, he estimat ed. This would bring the year ly revenue from about $6 mil lion, the annual average, to about $9 million for 1962. Use of parks also has in creased. Valley of the Rogue State park near Rogue River has shown consistent usage, according to park officials. This has Included an average of about 25 vehicles a night since the park opened July 6, filling the park to capacity. Agreement Reached Over West Guinea Washington (IJPD - U.S. of ficials said today the Nether lands' and Indonesia havr reached ppreement on a set tlement on their long stand ing dispute over Wrst New Guinea. They said the formal sign ing ceremony will lake place in New York in ahout two two weeks. The agreement was under stood to provide for the trans fer of control over the dis puted territory to the Indo- nrsians beginning next May U.S. off icials said they were ' a.'ter chlorination of the city greatly encouraged by theiwatr supply and routine nt prnspect of a peaceful settle-' tention to the operation of the ment and believed both na-1 sewaur disposal plant, tions would benefit from the ! conclusion of the long and University Vault bitter dispute. v.., - , Girls Apprehended In Alturas, Calif. Two girls, aged 16 and i7 who ran away from the Jack sonville eountv juvenile de tention home Thursday, have been apprehended by sheriff s officers in Alturas. Calif. "Local Authorities left this morning for Alturas to return the girls to Medford. The 16-year-old girl is from Prospect, and the 17-year-old is from Medford. CORRIDORS CROSSED Berlin - UPI, Soviet fighter j planes enss crossed the air corridors to Berlin today and j the Communists warned that Western air right ' must iv hr'ught tn an enri." Fire in Deschutes National Forest Said Contained By United Press International A raging fire in the Des chutes National Forest 12 miles southwest of Bend was reported contained, but not controlled, this morning. The blaze threatened a replica of a frontier fort late Monday. The 150 acre fire, which started in brush and second- growth timber, moved toward Fort Bcnham, the replica used in making the movies "The Indian Fighter" and "Tonka" and episodes for the television show "Have Gun, Will Trav- el." Crews From Medford Clarence Edging t o n, U.S. Forest Service dispatcher, said more than 200 men were fight ing the fire today. Crews were brought in from Medford to join the 150 men who worked against the flames Monday. Edgington said another fire had begun in the Okanogan National Forest near Oka nogan, Wash., where some 50 men were working to hold back a blaze caused by Ugh'-1 ning. The fire covered some I 20 acres, he said. j The Oregon Forestry De- j partment reported 14 fires on I state-protected lands. 10 if I them lightning-caused, Mon-I I day. Four were man-caused. None of them burned more than a half acre. i Gold Hill Council Names Police Chief I Gold Hill - Bill Young, I former chief of police at Tal ent, was employed by the Gold Hill city council last I night to serve as police chief here. I The council at a special ' meeting voted unanimously ! to hire Young after person ally interviewing nine of 10 ! men who applied for the post. Y -una. who told council ! men he had resigned after seven years at Talent June !). Miccceds Earl Cox, who resigned as Gold Hill police chief effective yesterday to ; take a post at White City. ! The new chief plans to move his wife and five children to Gnd Hill before the opening of school. The police chief's duties here, in addition to law en forcement, include looking j St. Louis UPli Three pistol waving gunmen invaded the campus of Washington univer sity, locked 17 employees In vault, and made off with an estimated $40,000 in rash today. WEATHER , rOllfHt Virlahlr hlfh rlonfltnrit thrnufh Wrdnrtfliv. f'nitlr WMnnrfav l.nn tn : nlfht .M. Hlfh Hrrinrtrtxr M. 1mp. HlrhrM VulfMir Inn Lfiwrit Thlt Mnrntnc 14 Our Skies Tonight ! sun.fl tnilav Sunrt tnmnrron 1iHinirt today Ml p m 7:S p.m. S A"I. I Flrtt Clnarlr PROMINhST STAR rrlitriM. In lh t l:H 9 m. VISIIIi.r. PLANETS Wnut, Inw In tt l:3t p.m Saturn. Inw In anuth- rait S 1 1 p m Jupltrr. rliM !n p w. Mar, rl.rt 1 11 am (UPli - A new . effort to reach a compromise in the space communications filibuster collapsed today amid bitter Democratic de bate and demands for a quick gag on further talk. Sen. Spessard Holland (D Fla.). one of the few south ern members who has voted in the past to limit debate, told the Senate he hoped a cloture petition would be "of fered very shartly." Demo cratic leaders said it would be filed later today. The compromise, first pro posed Monday by the Demo cratic leadership, called for Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ora.) set two Senate rec ords in speaking against the Mellite c o m m u nicalions bill. The story ii on page 2. the bill to create a privately owned, government-regulated space communications corpo ration be sent to the Foreign Relations Committee for about a week's study. Morse Rejects Move But Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), rejected the move on behalf of the Democratic liberals who are filibustering against the administration backed bill. Morse's refusal brought a rejoinder of ridicule from Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D- Okla.), chairman of the Space Committee, one of two units which cleared the communi cations bill. Morse snapped back thai Kerr was "standing for mo nopoly control" of space communications develop ment. The exchanges opened with Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield (Mont.) hot ly telling the filibustering liberals that they were guilty of "dilatory tactics' which should end at once. He repeated the charge when questioned by Sen. Estes Ke fauver (D-Tenn.). another leader of the filibuster bloc. The exchange got so bitter at one point that Morse re nounced his party's Senate leadership and declared that "1 don't believe" the word of Mansfield. Senate GOP Leader Ever ett M. Dirkscn (111.) accused Morse of violating Senate rules in questioning Mans field's "veracity." Not Hit, Leader But Morse declared that as long ao Mansfield and Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) pursued their crackdown tactics on the satellite filibuster, "they are not my majority leader or my whip." Filing of the cloture peti tion today would produce a showdown vole Thursday on limiting debate. If adopted, it would nllow each senator to speak one hour on the mo tion to call up the communl- Stable Possibility Being Considered The possibility of having riding stables at Howard Prairie lake i- being Investl j galed by the Jackson county ' parks and recreation depart ment. Nell Ledward. director, i said there was "nothing defi nite" yet, but a meeting is . scheduled this week at the ! lake to discuss the proposal. Interested in the plan is Clyde Wilhelm. who now op erates the riding concession ' at Lake of the Woods. If the program is approved by the department and county court. Wilhelm would provide hour 1 ly or all-day rental service ! from Howard Prairie. Longer ! rental periods also could be ! arranged. Ledward said. Eisenhower Proposes nferrtafi'ona Coeoe Stockholm, Sweden- H'PH -Former President Dwight D Eisenhower called today for creation of an international university In "promote a uni 'versal attack on the enemies of truth." Eisenhower, who is to Join 'Swedish Premier Tage Erlan- der on a Europe-to-America Tilstar broadcast tonight, told ithe World Confederation of Organization of the Teaching Profession such a college I should be free of "rigid props- jpnditv and prnelyter." vVashington cations satellite bill. A two present .i. ;,!.. ... - .i Villi no vvn." vi inuat: is needed for adoption. Leaders indicated they were confident they could gel the two-thirds vote to gag the talkathon. Several South ern senators normally oppos ed to cutting off debate were reported ready to support the move. Woman Burned by Early Morning Fire in Medford A Medford woman was listed In fair condition a. Rogue Valley hospital as a re sult of severe burns suffered from a fire here early this morning. Mrs. Waller A. Froeber, 1410 East Jackson St., suffered burns on her legs, arms and face from radiated heat when fire swept through a next door barn and considerably dam aged her home. The woman's husband, a third adult and eight children escaped injury thanks to a neighbor who awakened family. Cause Not Determined Cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Medford firemen said it apparently or iginated in the barn, owned by David J. McLaren of Cu pertino. Calif., then spread to the Froebers' garage and house. i The garage and a wooden fence along the property line were In flames when firemen responded to the tirsl alarm at 2:13 o'clock this morning. The barn was a total loss, firomen said. There was con siderable damage to the ga rage and the kitchen and attic of the house, and heavy dam age to a pickup Iruck parked in the driveway. The barnyard area had been tilled yesterday afternoon In remove grass and tall weeds, firemen said. High Temperatures In City Set Record The current heat wave in the Rogue valley has set a rec ord for consecutive days with a high temperature of 100 or more, the Medford weather bureau reported today. Yesterday's high of 100 made it 10 days in a row that the high temperature has been 100 or more. The previous record was seven consecutive days, set on four occasions, all of them during July. The years were 1911, 1917, 1928 and 1959. It appeared possible that the string might be broken to. day. Although today's predict ed high was again 100, weath er bureau personnel Indicated late this morning that a light cloud cover might keep the thermometer from reaching 100. I Forecast high for Wednes day is AS Cargo Ship, Barge Hit in Detroit River Detroit - HJPH An English cargo ship carrying wine and olives from the Mediterra nean to Chicago was raminrd by a cement barge in the De- troit river Monday night and dipped bow first to Ihe murky bottom. The 44 crewmen aboard the 440-fil Montrose were quickly rescued by Coast Guard boats. There were no injuries. Salem Hotel Clerk Victim of Holdup Salem - WTO - A gunman wearing a woman's stocking over his face roblied the Mar ion Motor hotel of $714 here early today. The night clerk, Darius S. Orion, SB. said the robbery occurred even as a policeman ' wa, phoning the hotel to seek information about an earlier theft In the hotel. Orton said a gun was pointed at him at the time. WOMAN ON TRIAL Salem 1!Pi- Mrs. Josephine Goodwin. 3B. Silvcrton. went on trial in circuit court here today lor the sledge hammer slaying three years ago nf her husband. Archie, ,10. V BEAUTIES HELP OUT Miss Oregon, Martha Wyatt of Jacksonville, right, and Joyce Collin of Lebanon, center, who rep resented Oregon in the Miss Universe con test, help the Lloyd Center in Portland in- Textron Will Make Parts In Facility in Grants Pass Development Firm' Pennsylvania Mail Organized of AreajTrain Jumps Tracks; Business Officials ISmashes Into Homes ) Grants Pass - Textron, a nationally known manufac- cars of a 23-car Pennsylvania turer of a wide variety of in- Road mail train leaped from dustrial, consumer and mili-! their tracks today and smash tary products, will establish rd inl 8 string of homes. At an electronics manufacturing : facility in Grants Pass. I Simultaneous with the an nouncement by Rupert C. Thompson Jr., chairman of the I board of Textron in Provi-! dence, R.I., was the announce ment that a group of Grants Pass businessmen and officials . ... ' . . ... . Ol i-aciiic .rower ana ligm company had formed the Jose - prune Development Company, Inc., to acquire property and to build plants to house Tex tron's new company, Oregon Technlefll Products. A Textron represenff ive reported there will be about 100 production workers on 1 the payroll within a .short time j (after operations bruin, Stnri- up is scheduled Sept. 15 in n building adjacent to the air port. Will Expand Building The local development cor - poration said it will expand the building to provide 10,000 square feel of space, and then ! begin constructing a second. Additional buildings will be ; erected as they are needed, ii j was reported, using the nine : acres purchased from the county. The Textron firm, which will operate as a division of'nurmK me wueen s nan mine Textron Oregon, Inc., is re- Community hall. A western placing Burton Electronics, a Orchestra will- furnish music Los Angeles firm, which ear-'for Hie ball which will begin lier had announced plans lojat 9 p.m. A nominal charge establish a plunt here. The 'will be made and the public initial product will be for the is Invited, defense department. ' j The four other highest can- David Irving, Medford man- idldntes will make up Ihe ager for PP&L's industrial queen s court. Eight young development department, re- women are competing in the ported the decision of Tex-1 contest. Iron In move to southern Ore-, The Queen's banquet Is gon resuiieo irom more l linn three years of effort by the t power company to interest an 'electronic producer to expand ' into the area. I Works With Officials In his statement in Provi , denee, Ihe Textron official said his company's personnel had worked closely with jPPM, officials and Ihe Jose I phine county group. Incorporators of the local j develop nent group Include Olcnn I,. Jackson, Medford, i a vice chairman of the PP&L board; Stewart Orr, Chriss Hansen, Sidney Bazell, Wil liam Mover, all Grants Pass businessmen, and Irving. Textron Oregon, Inc., own ed and operated a plywood mill al Coquillc from I9S.V until 195B. when It sold out Hie mill. The company has a number of subsidiaries and produces a wide variety of products, including automo bile parts, steel castings, vinyl fabrics, aviation Darts, auri- iciiiiurai rnemica s. rod 1 rn- nines, helicopters and stores of others In plants throughout the country. j freiohf Train Derailed ' s. South of McMinnville McMinnville, Ore. ilW Eighteen cars of a heavily laden Southern Parifie freight train derailed early ttviay on a flat stretch of track eight miles south of here. Fourteen of the gondola cars, rock loaded with cement were badly smashed Tiack was twisted for at least a quarter of a mile. km v ftMm rAx V Y'.'v frir ', f. lr-i,"iigii,i- 'i a " " ' augerate a celebration marking the center'j second year of operation. Dick Horn, man ager of the Lloyd Center, is shown making a speech kicking off the week-long ob servance, IUPI) Vandalia, III.--II1PII - Twelve crew members were injured The rampaging cars dam aged three homes in this sleep ing southern Illinois town tore out a small wooden over head bridge, and toppled tele phone and power poles. , " " P 1 in Kaskaskta river. Another , , . 1 mmcd into a garage, smash- Plans Progress for Jubilee bents j Jacksonville -Plons for the annual Jacksonville Jubilee this week end are nearing completion. "Pinto" Colvig, former Jacksonville resident, arrived last night from Hollywood. iCaMf i for rehearsals of the Jacksonville Silver Cornet band which he will direct for the two-day Jubilee Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 4 and 5. The queen's contest will close Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 0 p.m., and the winning can didate will be announced about 10: JO p.m. tomorrow ,choduled at H n.m Thursday. Aug. 2. in the Communityl hall. Women of Ihe Presbyte rian church will be in charge of serving. SWIMS LAKE idcntally discharged It, accord- Tahoe Clly, Calif. HIPH ing to reports. Sixteen-year-old Erline Chris- i "001J Jlnl tht Medford tnphcrson of Lodl, Calif.. is,Pollcue "Prtnient about twp weeks ago. the first girl to swim the length of Lake Tahoe. She i PLEADS GUILTY completed the 17 mile swim Sunday in a "secret swim" that lasted 13 hours and 37 minutes. Arizona Woman Ready To Seek Abortion Elsewhere Phoenix HOT - Sherri Fink-1 blue, 30. gave up her battle I for a legal aborthn in Ari zona and announced early to-1 day she will go elsewhere for the operation. The decision was released by her husband, Robert, through Ihe administrator of the hosnital whert the oner atlon was In havebeen per lormed. Doctors have recom mended the young mother of lour undergo the abortion be cause of the possibility her child has beon deformed by a drug. Thalidomide, she took in the early which stages nf her pregnancy. Flnkbine said after confer ence with her aitornys and doctors they would "reck help j in a more favorable legal rli- mate " where He refused to any that mirht be. ed it Into a house, and wound up standing on end against the wreckage. None of the injured was seriously hurt and five of them were released from a hospital after treatment. They were mail clerks Maurice Wallace, St. Louis; Edward Holey, East St. Louis, 111.; and Edward Tillman, Columbus, Ohio; and townspeople Mrs. Mamie Bowles, 16, and Mr. and Mi's. James Walker. Mrs.. Bowles was the only person who remained hos pitalized. The train was en route from St. Louis to Indianapolis. The other seven mail clerks aboard the train escaped un hurt, as did the rest of the crew of the 1 7-car train. The train, No. 14, carried no pas sengers. Began to Weave Geore Hiatt, Newark, Ohio, chief mail clerk aboard the train, said the mail car "be gan to weave" about a hai. miles west of the point al which it left the rails. "We were eating dust and loiters were flying every where. Everyone grabbed for something solid and we just rode it out," he said. Hlatt speculated that the accident might have been caused by a broken rail. Two-Year-Old Hurt In Shooting Mishap A two-year-old Phoenix boy remained In fair condition this morning at Rogue Valley hospital following a shooting accident Monday afternoon. Injured is Joseph Rood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mar shall Roop, 1 16 Main St., ; Phoenix. , y""'o suiierca a gun- .inui wnuiin in me aDoomen when he picked up his fa ther's service revolver from the top of a bureau and acci- Portland-IDPD -Portland mo tel owner Arthur Palmer pleaded guilty Monday to il legal possession of heroin. Mrs. Finkbonc's chances for an abortion without risk of prosecution might be best In Japan, Desmark, or the So viet Union. Other stales In the United Stales have laws similar to Arizona. A ruling by a court or state attorney general would be necessary to author ize the operation. But in Japan, about 1,000 foreign women have abortions yearly. There are no legal re strictions, the operations are generally performed under I clinical conditions and th I pri-x Is ahout $50. Denmark also offers legal abortion, for medical or so cial reasons. Russia keeps the price of abortion high to discourage the practice, but there are n 'legal restrictions.