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The Beauties of Scenic Oregon
(Oregon State Highway Commission Photo)
Court
Hal S
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These are some of the residents of the only mainland sea lion rookery in the nation,
basking on the rocks north of Florence.
Thalidomide
Warning Brings
Highest Award
Washington WPU Presi-1
dent Kennedy today conferred
the nation's highest award for
civilian service on Dr. Fran-'
ces Oldham Kelsey for her
role in the thalidomide case.
"All of us who have hopes for
our children" owe her a debt
of gratitude, Kennedy said.
Dr. Kelsey, 48, was honored
at a While House ceremony
for her stubborn refusal to
clear the infant deforming
drug thalidomide for commer
cial sale in the United Slates.
Too Excited
She was presented the Pres
ident's Gold Medal for distin
guished federal civilian serv
ice. The shy, Canadian-born doc
tor, however, said she was not
quite sure what the President
said during the ceremonies.
"I think I was too excited
to hear him," she said after
wards. Kennedy, placing the rib
bon of the Gold Medal around
the Food and Drug adminis
tration medical officer's neck,
said "We're all indebted to
Dr. Kelsey. All of us who
have hopes for our children
know how important this
work is."
Girl 16, Dies
From Exposure
Chehalis, Wash. -HOT- The
body of Dana Yelverton, 16,
Bclievue, who died Saturday
during a hike in the high Cas
cade wilderness, was brought
here Monday.
Lewis County Coroner Dr.
A. R. Twisp said the girl died
of "absolute exhaustion and
exposure." She and her 25
companions, who had been on
a week-long church
hiking
party, were caught in a sneak
snow and hail storm Satur
day. Twiss said the hikers were
not equipped for such weath-
He said the girl died Sat
urday evening after efforts to
keep her warm in sleeping
bags failed.
Other members of the par
ty hiked out of the Goat
Rock." area, which is at an
elevation'- of 7.0(10 feet, leav
ing the body of the girl wrap
ped in a sleeping bag.
rriv.s from
HEWSjBRIEFS
MISSILE SCORES HEAD-ON INTERCEPTION
Washington-1 Pl-A Sparrow III missile launched from a
fighter plane has knocked down winged guided mistile in
head-on interception, the Navy announced today.
DRUG CONTROL TO HAVE PRIORITY
Washingion-I n-Democraiic congreitional leaden pledged
after a meeting with President Kennedy today to give high
priority to nil legislation to tighten government controlt on
drug distribution.
KIDNAP VICTIM'S BODY DISCOVERED
Oneonla, Ala.-in-The mutilated body of Larry Thomas.
11, kidnaped five days ago Irom Little League baseball
field, was discovered in a thallow grave Monday night, police
aid today. Within hours officials reported the arrest of
Michael Mayola. 28. paroled sex pervert.
Mysterious Phone
Call Clouds Death
Of Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood-IUPIl-A new clc-,
!ment of mystery clouded the
! tmtn Ma"lyn !
' "I . . .
i ne actress nni sHppnpr
said Mondav Miss Monroe was' Guy R' Hockett, the man
disturbed by a mysterious aSmg director of the Wesl
telrnhone rail which sho re. wood Village Memorial, said
jeeived the night before shelonly a handful of personal
cuea.
,
Mrs. Eunice Murray, the
mot ijuiauii iu sue lue ou-year-
old voluptuous star alive, told
United Press International she
did not know who the caller
was, but Miss Monroe "seem
ed disturbed after the phone
call." She did overhear the
conversation.
Private funeral services for
Miss Monroe were to be to
day, at noon (PST). No movie : Mlss Monroe, who became
celebrities were included 1 America's sex symbol with
among the 40 persons invited, 1 her wiggily walk and sensu
a funeral director said. j ous figure, was found dead
Poet-author Carl Sandburg I shortly after 2 a.m. (PST) Sun-
U.S. To Press New
Test Ban Approach
Geneva lUPIt The United
States intends to press its new
approach to a nuclear test ban
despite advance indications of
a Soviet rejection, informed
sources said today.
U. S. Ambassador Arthur
H. Dean is expected to put the
new American ptfsiilon on rec
ord Thursday when the three
nation nuclear subcommittee
of the 17-nalion disarmament
conference meets. The olher
members of the subcommittee
are Britain and Russia.
U. S. sources said Dean may
seek further lalks with Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister Val
erian A. Zorin, although no
definite meeting was set.
Smaller Russian Jests
Believed Touched Off
Washington - H'Pli - Russia
apparently held some smaller
atmospheric nuclear tests be
fore touching off its super
bomb Sunday, according to
the Atomic Energy cominis-
j sj0n
The A EC said "there arc
indications that the Soviet
Union had resumed atmos-
pheric nuclear testing a few
days prior to the nuclear de
tonation announced as having
occurred
at Novaya Zemlya
Aug. 5."
AROUND THl OtOII
was invited to deliver the
eulogy, but there was doubt
his heaIth would pcnllit nlm'
0r1V a Few Invited
"
vitca because of the space
limitatiolls at the ..rustic od.
ern Chapel of the Palms.
He said arrangements were
made Monday by Mrs. Bcr
nice Miracle, half-sister of
Miss Monroe, and Mrs. Inez
Melson, designated by the
conservator of the actress'
estate to make the arrange
ments. The New York Post quoted
Mrs. Murray as saying Miss
Monroe received a call after
retiring from Joe DiMaggio
Jr., 21. son of her second hus
band. The housekeeper said
young DiMaggio told Marilyn
something about "deciding not
to got married."
"She seemed very pleased
about it and said she was go
ing to call somebody up and
toll the news," the Post quot
ed Mrs. Murray as saying.
I Already in Bed !
The housekeeper said Mari- j
lyn already was in bed when ;
DiMaggio called and already
I had taken some sedation. Mrs.
j Murray said she had to wake
i Miss Monroe to talk to young
I DiMaggio.
The Post said DiMaggio, a
! Marine private at Camp Pcnd
; leton, Calif., noticed "noth-1
ing amiss" about Marilyn's!
mood. He said he was very
close to his former stepmother i
j and called her whenever he 1
fell like talking to her.
Britain May Deport
Soblen Back To U.S.
London-'t'Pli-British govern
ment sources today raised the
possibility that Britain might
deport Soviet spy Dr. Robert
Soblen back to the United
States rather than let him slip
back to Israel.
The government has given
Israel's stale-owned airline.
El Al, until midnight Wednes
to comply with its order to
resume Soblcn's flight to New
York.
The flight, from Israel, was
interrupted July 1. when Sob
len slashed himself aboard an
El Al plane, forcing his hos
pitalization in Britain.
Lightning, Heavy Rain
Batter Prineville Area
Princville-'l'PIi - A severe
liiihtning storm Monday re
sulted in disruption of tele
phone service in parts of Cen
tral Oregon.
About 10(1 telephones were
reported out in the Prineville
area and others in Bend and
Redmond.
The storm dumped heavy
rain. Prineville. normally dry
this time of year, reported 84
of an inch of rain.
Regional Edition
Medford
16 Pages
Hatfield Accused
o
f Passing
Thornton Says
Duly Shirked in
Withycombe Case
Statement Called
Attack on Integrity
Salem -WPP- Gov. Mark
Hatfield today wag charged
with shirking his official re
sponsibilities and "passing
the buck" in the reported
missing property situation at
Camp Withycombe.
The charge came from
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn
t o n , Hatfield's Democratic
opponent in the gubernator
ial race this fall.
"In fairness to the hun
dreds of loyal guardsmen
who are not involved in this
scandal and who?e reputa
tions and morale are suffer
ing, Hatfield should stop
beating the bush," the attor
ney general declared.
Commander-in-Chief
Thornton explained the
Oregon constitution makes
the governor commander-in-chief
of the National Guard
and said the state police, who
also are under the governor's
jurisdiction, spent more than
a month investigating the dis
appearance of property at the
camp.
"Obviously they obtained
all the information and re
ported the facts to him. Why
doc? he need another secret
investigation?"
A special board of inquiry
to look Into the situation was
named by Hatfield and began
its duties Monday.
Buck Passing Charged
The attorney general said
Hatfield was passing the
buck to others instead of
standing on his own feet and
telling the people the facts.
"The people arc entitled
to have a complete list of the
missing property together
with its true value, who got
the missing property if it was
sold, who sold it and what be
came of the money. If heavy
equipment also was involved
as is rumored, the loss is
probably much greater than
the $6,000 figure given,"
Thornton declared.
Hatfield's press aide, Tra
vis Cros?, called the Thorn
ton statement "an attack on
the integrity of the Jurors
and the jury system which is
basic in our form of govern
ment." Indictment Refused
The Camp Withycombe sit
uation had been before the
Clackamas county grand jury
which refused to bring in an
indictment.
Cross said the governor's
office "will not be a party to
c a f t i n g a shadow of doubt
upon their integrity."
He said that this is not the
first time that the attorney
general had second guessed a
jury's decision nor is failure
before a jury unknown to
him.
Without civil findings the
governor directed mili
tary procedures be insti
tuted,, Cross explained.
"If the attorney general
has knowledge not available
to the board of inquiry, let
h i m come forward." Cross
declared.
Guardsmen To See
Simulated Blast
Warrenton - (I'PH - Some
1.300 Oregon Army National
Guardsmen will witness a
simulated nuclear blast to-
night as part of two weeks of
aciive auiy training near nerc
at Camp Rilea.
Demolition experts will
detonate the blast, using 250
pounds of TNT, gasoline,
white phosphorous grenades
and other explosives.
Participating in the train
ing exercises are batteries of
line 249th Air Defense Artil-
lery from Portland, Salem,
Medford. Klamath Falls. Coos
Bay. Albany. Gresham. Burns,
Redmond, Bend, Ashland,
Newport and Lake Oswego,
along with supporting units
from Portland, Salem and
Clackamas.
Col. Donald N. Anderson of
Salem is In command of the
encampment.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST
WEATHER
FORKC AST: Cloudy with occa
sional show en lunlcht and in
morrow morning- Partial clear
ing and frwer showrrs tomor
row alU'rnuon. Low tonight
iy High tomorrow 75,
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 17
Lowest This Morning 58
Prec. to Midnight Yesterday .15
Free, to 10 a.m. Today AO
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 1:25 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:10 a.m.
Moon set tonight 11:10 p.m.
First Quarter Tomor
row 1:55 a.m.
The planet, Venus, sets 8:48 a.m.
and. like the Sun. It now ts
a little earlier and further
south on the horizon each eve
ning. cVnus Is also growing
brighter.
onian
Killed in Crash
Near Grants Pass
Grants Pass - A 35-year-old
Washington woman was
fatally injured in a head-on
collision near here Monday
afternoon, according to Ore
gon state police.
Killed was Minnie Mc-
Cracken, 35, of Oak Harbor,
Wash.
The accident occurred about
1:20 p.m. yesterday on High
way 99 in the Sexton moun
tains, 10 miles north of
Grants Pass. Mrs. MeCracken
was taken to the Josephine
General hospital in Grants
Pass and died about 5:25 p.m.
Stale police said apparent
ly the MeCracken vehicle
was traveling south at the
time oi the accident. A car,
driven by.Luba Bakholdin,
21, of Montebello, Calif
which was northbound in the
right lane of the three-lane
highway, was hit by (he Me
Cracken vehicle. Police be
lieved the MeCracken vehicle
went out of control on a
turn, causing it to cross three
lanes of traffic.
The driver of the Bakhol
din car suffered severe lacer
ations on her head. Two pas
sengers, Miss Mary Muraviov,
21, and her sister, Miss Nad
ya Muraviov. 23, both of Los
Angeles, Calif., were alro in
jured in the crash. Nadya was
in serious condition and Mary
suffered minor injuries, po
lice said. They are in Jose
phine General hospital.
Mrs. MeCracken was re
portedly en route to Sacra
mento, Calif., where she was
to meet her husband, Charles
L. MeCracken. He had been
in Philadelphia at a military
school.
Both cars were demolish
ed, police noted.
Jackie, Caroline
Head for Vacation
New York - 1IPP - Mrs. Jac
queline Kennedy and her
daughter Caroline fly the At
lantic tonight to a two-week
vacation in Italy.
The President's wife ar
rived Monday from the fam
ily's summer vacation home at
Hyannis Port, Mass. She ar
rived aboard the Kennedy
family's plane, the Caroline.
with 11 suitcases, a golf bag
and tennis racquets.
Caroline, 4. was to be
brought here from Hyannis
Port today by a nurse.
Mrs. Kennedy, her daugh
ter and Secret Service agents
were to depart for Rome at
5:40 p.m. (PST) today on a
regularly scheduled Pan
American Airways flight.
From Rome. Mrs. Kennedy
will go to Ravello. Italy,
where she will visit her sis-
ter. Princess Lee
j '"r two weeks.
Radziwill,
1 1 Persons Injured
In Portland Collision
Portland-WD - Eleven per
sons, all women and children,
were injured shortly before
noon today in a two-car, head
on collision. Two of Ihe in
i Jured were reported critical.
They were
hospitals in
taken to three
Portland and
Gresham.
All of the persons involved
were not immediately identi
fied. Two teams of county
deputies sped blood In relavs
from the Red Cross head
quarters to Gresham General
' hospital after an emergency
'call went out.
i
Douglas Denies
Execution Stay
For Mrs. Duncan
Death Scheduled
For Wednesday
San Francisco-ltlPll-Supreme
Court Justice William O.
Douglas today denied a stay
of execution to Mrs. Elizabeth
Ann Duncan. 58, scheduled to
die in the San Qucntin gas
chamber Wednesday.
Defense attorney S. Ward
Sullivan said he planned
further action but added he
was not prepared to say what
it is.
No Comment
Douglas returned his ruling
without comment after a hear
ing at his summer home near
Glcnwood, Wash., where he
is vacationing. An appeal had
been presented by attorney
Arthur Warner, an associate
of Sullivan's.
A stay of execution would
have allowed Mrs. Duncan to
appeal to the U.S. Supreme
Court the rejection of an ap
peal by the California Su
preme Court last week.
About the time the accept
ance of the appeal was an
nounced, Mrs. Duncan was
taken from the California In
stitution for Women in South
ern California to San Qucntin
Prison where the execution is
scheduled.
Two Otheri To Die
Mrs. Duncan, convicted of
murder and scntcned to death
for hiring two men to slay her
pregnant daughter-in-law in
1958, sped north in a state
car in the company of two
custodial officers and a nurse.
Luis Moya, 28, and Augus
tine Baldonado, 23, hired by
Mrs. Duncan to kill Olga
Duncan, already were at San
Qucntin Prison. They also are
scheduled to be executed
Wednesday.
The body of Olga Duncan
was found Dec. 21, 1958, in a
shallow grave near a moun
tain highway. She had been
pistol whipped and strangled.
Crater Student
Gets Scholarship
Salem - (UPD - David John
son, superintendent-principal
of Sisters High school, was
named Monday as the new
executive secretary of the
Oregon State Scholarship
commission.
Johnson's appoint mont
takes place immediately and
he will move to Eugene where
the commission's office is lo
cated. The commission awarded
22 more scholarships to high
school seniors who will attend
Oregon public and private
higher educational institu
tions. Under a law passed by the
1961 legislature the young
! slers can get annual grants up
i to $500 which can be renewed
i for a maximum of four years
I as long as the applicant re
i mains eligible,
i Scholarships awarded Mon
: day included David Molloy,
: Crater and Sheryl Wilson,
Klamath Falls.
One Killed, Two Hurt
In Accident at Salem
Salem - H'Pfi - One man was
killed and two injured Mon
jday evening when a ear crash
jed through the railing of the
j Center Street bridge here and
i "hinged 75 feet down onto the
Willamette River bank.
The virlim was John Loren
; Cosla, 22. Walnut Creek,
Calif. Police said he was
thrown from Ihe car before it
i plunged off the bridee.
i Injured were Philip La
j Beau. 25. Salem, and Michael
.Morris. 22, Phoenix, Ariz.
I Roth were In serious condi.
; tion.
fOPEST RESEARCH RATED
Washington -fl'Pli -The House
, voted today to put forestry
! research on the same level as
other types
of research in
agriculture.
flou rTd Nation" vote
Stayton - OJPH - Stayton vo
ters will decide in November
whether their water will be
fluoridated.
Buck
Tribune
7, 1962
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CAUGHT UNPREPARED Government forms, though thick,
are not really large enough to protect Meteorologist Philip
Larch, from the rain as he checked Ihc rain gauge at the
Medford airport Monday afternoon. Rain in August is, to
say the least, unusual in this area, and Larch did not go
to work prepared for wet weather. About half an Inch of rain
had fallen at midnight last night. (Knackstcdl photo)
'Winter Type' Rain
Boosts Precipitation
Above Date's Norm
A "winter type" shower
poured .55 inch of rain on the
Rogue valley last night and
this morning.
Personnel at the Medford
Weather bureau called it an
unusual shower, because it
had the characteristics of win
ter rainfall-a general steady
rain. Precipitation durlrtg Au
gust usually conies from Ihun
dershowers. The .55 Inch figure was
well above the normal .02
inch for this date In August,
Mrs. Finkbine To
Press lor Abortion
Stockholm-IUI'll- Mrs. Sherri
Finkbine got a transatlantic
telephone call from a medical
adviser today and said she
had been told to press for im
mediate abortion as further
delay might make termination
of her pregnancy a major
operation.
I don't know what to
think," said the worried Phoe
nix television performer who
fears she may give birth to a
deformed child because she
took the drug thalidomide.
"In the United States they
don't like to wait beyond the
12lh week, which is what I
am in now. But in Sweden
they say its all right through
the 15lh week.''
Her husband, Robert, said
he had tentatively arranged
for her to see one of Sweden's
top women gynecologists, Dr
Kristen Krostner, late today
and that he hoped the exami
nation might satisfy the State
Medical board that his wife
would be in danger of "men
tal breakdown" if she were
forced to carry the child.
Lumber Negotiations
Expected Shortly
Seattle 'IIPH Negotiations
with Canada aimed at con
vincing the Canadians to re
duce their lumber exports to
the United States will begin
"very soon, perhaps within
the next few weeks," a top
administration official said
today.
Interim Zoned Area Residents Are
Encouraged
Russell DeForrst, Medford
lawyer and legal advisor to a
group of Phoenix area resi
dents opposed to zoning, en
couraged all residents of the
South west Phoenix interim
zoned area to study the draft
of a proposed zoning ordi
nance. He made the suggestion at
an informal meeting Monday
evening at the county court
house called by the Jackson
county planning commission
to discuss the proposed ordi
nance's draft.
DrForeit staled that he was
neither for or against zoning.
but had been hired for legal
advice. He suggested that all
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 119
but was not yet close to set.
I ting a record for the month
The wettest August on record
came in 1945 when 1.13 inch
fell, all of it within a 24-hour
period.
If it keeps raining this
August, however, a record
may well be established, the
weatherman said.
The forecast for tonight and
tomorrow called for cloudy
with occasional showers.
The rain considerably re
duced fire danger, and as of
10 o'clock today, no fires had
been reported to any valley
fire fighting agency during
me iJieceuuig nours.
The rain, and accompany
ing cool, moist weather con
stitute surt of a mixed bless
ing fur valley agriculture,
indicated County Agent C B.
Cordy.
The cool weather will be fa
vorable to pears in sizing, he
said, as hot weather keeps
them from sizing well.
On the other hand, the rain
will Increase the amount of
brown rot in the peach crop,
and a brown rot spray should
be applied as soon as possible
to prevent it, Cordy said.
The rain also could delay
grain harvesting and baling
of hay that has been cut.
Eisenhower Visits
French Landmarks
Parls-WPIl-Formor President
Dwight D. Eisenhower ipent
a nostalgia filled morning to
day visiting places he knew
when he was here 12 years
ago as supreme commander
of the Allied forces In Europe.
Mrs. Eisenhower kept to
their suite at the Hotel George
V for the second consecutive
day, She wrenched her should
er gcit.v.g ofi the train when
they arrived Saturday and
doctors ordered her to rest
Eisenhower's day began
with a drive to the home of
Gen. Lauris Norstad, current
supreme commander, where
the Eisenhowers lived when
' be became the first allied
commander in 1950.
To Study Proposed Draft
of those present at the meet.
ing listen to the ordinance as
read by the commission and
assist In putting It into the
best form possible. In this
wny, he continued, in the
s event you go to the polls and
the ordinance dors go through,
you will have the best zoning
ordinance possible.
The lawyer's statement was
made after considerable dis.
cussion by the more than 50 ; ordinance at Its monthly meet
persons at the meeting. Most ing Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 8
of the questions were on p.m. The meeting will be held
zoning In general, and not on in the county courthouse audi
reviewing the ordinance draft torlum, according to Commls
presented. Several residents of i sion President C. O. Lovejoy
the interim zoned area kept
stressing the need for con-
! tinucd zoning so that the area
Judge Rejects
Motion To Drop
Injunction Plea
Attempt Seen To
Force Intervention
Chicago -itlPli- The nation's
railroads suffered a setback
today in their court battle to
put strict anti-featherbedding
work rules changes into ef
fect. U.S. District Judge Joseph
Sam Perry turned down a
motion by railroad lawyers
to dismiss a plea for an in
junction by five brother
hoods of on-train railway
workers. The unions ask the
injunction to keep the rail
roads from putting new work
rules into effect Aug. 16.
The judge's ruling did not
touch on railroad plans to go
even further than the recom
mendations of a presidential
commission in clamping
down on what it considers to
be featherbedding practices
on the rails.
No Wage Raise
The railroads announced in
court Monday they would put
their original demands of
November, 1959, into effect
Aug. 16. The 1959 proposals
allow no wage raise for rail
employees and would author
ize immediate dismissal of
41.000 firemen.
The s h i f t in railroad de
mands was an apparent at
tempt to force presidential in
tervention in the dispute
through the naming of an
emergency board.
Perry refused to go along
with railroad arguments that
the unions had come into
court without exhausting all
administrative remedies pro
vided by the Railroad Labor
act. He said all administra
tive procedures had been
complied with and it was up
to the National Mediation
board, not the unions, to ask
the President for creation of
an emergency board.
Judge s Opinion
Filed On Suit
. Mrs. Thelma Short, former
secretary of the Eagle Point
Irrigation district, has been
advised that she may submit
a decree dismissing the six
causes of suit filed by Ann
Todd, Howard F. Todd, and
Paul D. Conrad, all district
waterusers.
The suit sought to recover
for the district money paid
i Mrs. Short by a power com-
pany, interest on delinquent
assessments, allieged
uncollected entrance fees, a
gift given to Mrs. Short by
the district, charged the de
fendant with unjustly using
district water, and attempted
to start action for wrongful
credit extended by the dis
trict to some users.
The written opinion was
filed with the county clerk
Monday by Circuit Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly. The court
suggests to Mrs. Short that a
decree in the suit should re
strain and enjoin the plain
tiffs from instituting further
proceedings other than an ap
peal to the supreme court.
The suggestion was made.
Judge Kelly said, due to the '
plaintiffs' disregard of other
court decrees dismissing cas
es involving the same mat
ters. He added that any vio
lation of the proposed re
straining order would be con
tempt of court.
The Judge said it was the
court's desire that the plain
tiffs understand that once the
matter is litigated and final
decree entered, that it is the
end of the matter and further
litigation isn't permitted.
Kelly said, "The remedy
provided by law is an appeal
to the supreme court. The
court feels that it has been
troubled enough with litiga
tion involving the Eagle
Point Irrigation district with
out a continual rehashing and
litigation of matters previous
ly decided."
of some six square miles
could develop in an orderly
fashion.
Following DeForest's state
ment, review of the ordinance
draft progressed with more
persons seeking clarification
of points they did not under
stand. The county planning com
mission will consider all of
the recommendations for the
so that interested residents or
Phoenix interim zoned are
may attend,