Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 15, 1962, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextM n 0 I IM1 n i mm Haul 77ie Beauties of Scenic Oregon (Oregon Stafe Highway Commission Pho.oi A HA Story Column 4 Thugs Moke Giant f4 1 " This bridge crosses Silver Falls State park. States Get Surprise Nod For Street; Highway Jobs Washington-IUPIl - The gov-. . Hodges said release of the Amounts of extra obliga ernment today gave the states sr.9 billion did not affect the ! lional' authority given states - i i I ' lw ..InrlBv'c nHirtn inrl nHorl a sumrise. ao-ahead to sienumo .n..j j i. .u. contracts for extra streets.! roads and highways to be ; built with federal subsidies, i One reason was to stimulate the economy i Commerce Secretary Luth-1 er H. Hodges said the govern- ment is now able to pay out $1.9 billion more in subsidy than had been scheduled for the next 11 months. The funds i are available because some states have lagged in road building and have not drawn all the money they could have. I Although the $1.9 billion I was divided among the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Hodges said it actually would be of use only in those states which "are in a position to acceler ate their road building pro grams." May Increase Commitments These slates, chiefly larger ones, may now increase their umj y w ments with the assurance that federal subsidy funds will be; for- g commutation of scn. available immediately l(,ncc, authorities in Lewis Government officials ost.-c w h are swcatjng mated that at least .15 states (hycir u t00 would be able to take advant- g Su age of Hodges action and ad-!.,.,. va,,ro ihrir road hnildine Dro-1 Fr y say McGahuey has ... . I nbTin aZiUon to doVhat ! were Washingnton, California, ; '"K of fcleanor Bolinger, a Ji and Arizona ! year-old Mineral, Wash., spln- Kodges" action will not pcr-i si" wo was found strangled mil the states to collect more i and stabbed to death in a than they are entitled to un-!P'lc of brush near her home Hnr Ihp low. But it eives it ' n July. 1957. to them sooner. For the current fiscal year. Congress authorized subsidies of $2.4 billion for the inter state highway system and $925 million for primary, sec ondary roads. The government Days 90 per cent of the cost of the former and 50 per cent of the latter. tVS(f)BR!EFS itims raoM tl 0UNB ' 010,1 WORKERS STRIKE AT SPACE CENTERS Huntsville. Ala.-4HMore than 1.S00 worken left their jobs at civilian and army space centeri here Tuesday, and ipace agency officiali laid America'i moon exploration pro- gram could be hurt if the itrike continued. COURT STICKS TO RAIL INJUNCTION Chicago-tH-The U. S. Court of Appeali today refused to diuolve an injunction that prohibitt the nation's railroadi from itarling layoffs of 65,000 men. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES PLANS MOVE Dener in-Continental Airlines will move its executive offices and about a third of its 1.000 employees here from Denver to Los Angeles next July, President Robert T. Six announced today. sera , '55.f 5? JL iiuimiimwkihh' "r -t creek below South Falls, a . . statcs on June 14 for : August and September. He I said subsequent quarterly al- locations of S948 million would be made as planned. ' J- .... Jf'gs,v-v-.ti'A,.!rir'--.'i-,a McGahuey Remains Strong Suspect in Washington Killing Salem-IUPlI - Death loomed i McGahuey, who has steadfast less than five days away to-1 ly denied any connection with day for Lecroy Sanford Mc- Cahuey On Monday morning the 44-year-old onetime logger is due to die in the gas chamber of the Oregon State Peniten tiary for the hammer slaying of Rod Cameron Holt, a 23-month-old Central Point boy. But while McGaheuy and his attorney are sweating out , rn Morir HatfioiH irnlnnAj inln a efrnnrt vug. Poet in the five-year-old slay- I At Chchalis. Lewis county prosecutor John Panesko said McGahuey. who lived in the tiny logging town at the time of the Bolinger woman's death, is about the only hope authorities have of solving the crime. He said several items of cir- t cumstantial evidence showed . ST. t ...o - w ir - 177-foot waterfall in Silver y "JS Arizona $32. 5 million. Cali- fornia S98.302.0u0. Idaho S21,- 820,000, Montana 835,170,000, Nevada $20,910,000, Oregon $1 1.822.000, Utah S28.905.000 and Washington $33. 624.000. the slaying, may know more about it than he has mention ed. Sheriff O. R. Amondson and Clarence Rolfson, a special investigator for the Washing ton attornev General's offi'ie. talked to McGahuey at the j penitentiary at Salem several J months ago. Knew Woman Amondson said McGahuey admitted knowing the woman and said that one of his daugh ters attended her Sunday school class. But, Amondson said, he refused to implicate himself in the matter. Panesko and Amondson are hoping to taMcwiU, McGahuey once more before the cxeca ! tion. Warden Clarence Glad-' 1 den says McGahuey wants no visitors. Petitions Seek More Signatures Talent - Petitions seeking formation of a Talent Rural Fire Protection district are again being circulated. Petitions submitted to the Jackson county court a few weeks ago carried an insuffi cient number of legal signa tures to place the matter of formation on the ballot. Signatures of approximately 200 persons who are both property owners within the proposed district and regis tered voters must lie obtained to bring the matter to an elee- tion. . ... ! COlfOfnOn Dies ! Ff0m C'sh '"Z1"'" Roseburg -UTT- Peter Ny- card Bellum. fit. Oakland. Calif., died today from in- juries suffered Sunday in a three-car crash north of here. The accident earlier claim- ed the life of his sister. Freda N Bellum. f7. River Falls, She was killed instantly Spacemen Land In Central Asia; Health Excellent Cheering Crowds Greet Return Moscow-IUPP-Russia's space twins landed safely within six minutes of each other in side the Soviet Union today, completing their historic million-mile orbits of the earth. They promptly reported to Premier Nikita Khrushchev that they were ready for "the next task." The official Soviet Tass News agency said Maj. An drian Nikolayev, 32, and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich, 31, came down at dawn in Kazakhstan in Soviet Central Asia follow ing tandem flights whose com bined distance was equal to five round trips to the moon. They crawled from their capsules when they landed south of Karagan "according to plan," were picked up by helicopters and brought to a nearby reception center. Kara ganda is 340 miles south of Omsk and about 1,500 miles southeast of Moscow. It is 373 miles northeast of Bai konur, the main Soviet cos monaut launching site not far from the Aral Sea. Talk to Khrushchev Tass said the two astro nauts, who looked "fit and cheerful, pushed their way through cheering crowds to rooms reserved for them and talked to Khrushchev by tele phone. "Nikolayev reported to him that the flight had gone off successfully, that he felt excel lent and that he was ready to carry out the party and government's next task," Tass said. It added that the astronaut told Khrushchev he would see him in Moscow, apparently at the welcoming ceremony being planned in the Soviet capital for the two fliers who made space history and brought man closer to the stars. Khrushchev, appa r e n 1 1 y speaking from his vacation re treat on the Black Sea, was reported to have answered: "You have brought glory to our country, to the people of the Soviet Union and your own Chuvash people." Nikolayev is a native of the Chuvash autonomous republic. Cheers and Kisses Tass said the two cosmo nauts were greeted enthusi astically by the people where they came down. Other Rus sians burst into tears, hugged and kissed each other, slapped backs and shouted congratula tions. Most greeted the achievement with relative calm, a quiet pride and con fidence in future space ven tures. One Soviet scientist pre dicted man would reach the moon in this decade, and Venus and Mars in the next. U.S. Two Years Away The United States is be lieved at least two years away from its first twin-cos monaut experiments, in which it will send two men aloft in a single space craft rather than attempt a rendezvous of two ships. Observers in Wash ington feel that, despite the feat of Nikolayev and Popo vich, there are sound reasons for thinking the United Stales can be first on the moon. The United Statcs plans to take its second rocket shot of the year at the planet Venus next Mon day in a move that could re store lost prestige in the space race. Central Point Youth Admits Burglaries Central Point Numerous small burglaries in this area during the past five months have been cleared up with the arrest of a 13 year-old Central Point boy. Central Point Police Chief Edward Zander said this morning the boy was arrested in the act of committing an other burglary at 11:30 p m. Tuesday. He admitted being respon sible for 15 to 20 burglaries of such items as tool and fish ing equipment from resi dences and cars, the chief said. 1 Any Central Point resident missing small items of this sort has been asked to contact the city police department, he added. The boy will be referred to the Jackson County Juvenile director s office. FOREST FIRE 0ANGER TOMORROW ! 2 "A KEEP OREGON GREEN SPACESHIPS LAND The two Soviet cosmonauts were brought back to earth safely in their spaceships today, end ing a history-making tandem flight which pushed Russia ahead in the race to reach the moon. The official Soviet news agency said Maj. Andrian Nikolayev, left, and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich, right, landed within six minutes of each other in the "planned area". (UPI) Zoning Ordinance Not In Effect In Southwest Phoenix The Southwest Phoenix area does not have an en forceable zoning ordinance in effect now and has not had for the past three years, Dis trict Attorney Alan B. Holmes told the county court this morning. He said a land develop ment pattern had to be ap proved by the county court hefore a three year zoning ordinance could be adopted. In August, man, me ordi nance was approved by the county court, but it was not Dinner Honoring Italian Attended By 50 Residents Pino Dutto. Alba, Italy, lawyer, described his visit to Medford as "the top of his dream" during a no-host get acquainted dinner in his hon or last evening at North's Chuck Wagon. Some SO persons, including several residents who travel ed to Medford's sister city last October, attended the dinner. The group was described as a cross-section of Medford's pop ulation. Among those attending were Medford Mayor John W. Snider. Robert Baccus, Med ford councilman who is chair man of the sister-city pro grain, and several other coun cilmen. Dutto said that he fell very lucky to visit the United Stales and particularly the West coast. He said that he admired America most for its "freedom", adding that Eu rope may be too old with too many traditions. In compar ing United States with Italy Dutto referred to American coffee as "water." The visiting lawyer, who has spent the past two weeks with t h e Ronald Rickctls family in Medford. will move this week to the Curtis Nesheim family residence. He will remain there for two weeks prior to staying with the Donald P. Quescnberry family for the remainder of the six weeks that he will be in the Rogue valley. Dutto returned yesterday from Seattle where he attend ed the World's fair and spent several days in the area. CONFERENCE PLANNED Corvallis --HHi A regional conference on a development which could expand Oregon's S100 million food processing industry will be held at Ore gon State University Nov. 1. j WEATHER i FOKKI' ANT: Fmr Intuitu inrt Thiirrinv. rxrrpl lor nmr hlfh rlnudlnri it llmet, l.nw tiinllht Vt. Hlllt Thursday 90-9 5. Tfmp. IHch"! VMtrrdiiV 9S t.owfil Thli .Mornlnc SS Our Skies Tonight Burial Inrtav 711 P m. Hiinrur (nmorrow VIS m. Mrtonrl Inrtav 7:;S p m. full Monn Inrtav 12:1 fl p.m. Tnrtav'a nrnumhrat rllpr of i thr Mnnn U fh fillh and latl i .llp of hk;. In ItM Ihrrf I Mill aln llv frllpv tf I nf lh ftun anrt lhr nf th Regional Edition MEDFORDjSiTRIBUNE 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1962 No. 125 until July 18. 1062 that development pattern was adopted, Holmes said. The district attorney also declared that "interim zon ing" is the wrong name for the ordinance which supnos cdly had been established for the area. Interim zoning would be adopted under an emergency situation as stated in the Oregon statutes. Three year zoning would be more accurate. Holmes said. On March 25, the district attorney said that interim zon ing and not permanent zoning was the original intent of the county planning commission, the county court, and the area residents at the time of the requested zoning in 1959 Not Enforceable "I told the people who had been called in violation of the ordinance when they came to the office that there is not a zoning ordinance there (in Southwest Phoenix) and it is not enforceable," Holmes told the county court. Holmes revealed the zoning ordinance was not enforce able when he met this morn ing with the county court to discuss the proposed new three-year zoning ordinance for the Southwest Phoenix area. Also present were Rus sell DcForesl, attorney hired to represent part of the peo ple in the area, and Mrs. Les ter Igo, area resident who has spearheaded the opposition to the proposed ordinance. Copies of the proposed ordi nance printed yesterday do not mention three years as the zoning time limit, It was noted. Holmes said it could be inserted. The district attorney also said the county court must hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance, then an election could be called "with in a reasonable lime" after the hearing. Holmes said his interpretation of the Oregon law is that the county may adopt the zoning ordinance first, then hold a public hear land use plan had been adopt ed previously. The ordinance is a normal outgrowth of the land-use plan, he said. Election Mentioned If this public hearing indi cates the majority of the area residents oppose the ordi nance then an election would not be necessary, he added. Over 15 per cent of the legal ! voters of the area, as staled in the law, have submitted ja petition questioning the county court's authority to 'adopt zoning and land-use or 1 dinances. I Holmes also said the court would not wait three years ! to hold an election on the j ordinance. If it did a mauda j mils could order them to hold I an election sooner, he said. Deforest stated he Is afraid the county court's interpre tation of the law might mean they could put off the elec tion, yet the ordinance would be established and placed in effect. Both County Commissioner Cherter Wendt and County Judge Earl Miller said they have studied the proposed ordinance thoroughly but did not know this morning if they woiajd adopt it today. Acting Postmaster May Be Appointed In Next Few Weeks A new postmaster for Med ford may not be selected for several months, according to postal officials here. Moore Hamilton, 58, who had been postmaster here since 1949, died Saturday af ternoon. Other postal officials have assumed duties temporarily, but a postmaster can't be named except by the post of fice department in Washing ton, DC, according to John A. Eidswick, local postal In spector. Eidswick said Tuesday aft ernoon that they had notified Washington, DC, postal au thorities and that it was up to thoin to determine how the vacancy should be filled. He said the Postmaster General's office may make a temporary appointment, or may ask that a local group make a recom mendation for an appointment pending the formal selection process. Political Nature The inspector noted that the selection was of a "political nature," and would probably be handled by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) at the request of the post office department. Usually in cases like this, he explained, a Congressional representative will supervise the appointment ot a new postmaster. Within the next few weeks an acting postmaster may be named while applicants and recommendations are consid ered for the permanent posi tion. The entire process could take as long as a year or more, Eidswick added. The present assistant post master is in a California hos pital for treatment, but Is ex pected to return in three to four weeks, according to the postal inspector. Two Men Jailed on Burglary Charges Thomas Lee Robertson, 27, of 142 South Ivy si., and Jcr- aid Dceman Couch, 24, of 1124 East 11th st., were lodg ed in the county jail today on charges of burglary nut in a dwelling. The two men were being interrogated by sheriff's depu ties regarding $30 and bur glary tools found In their car at the time of their arrest. Mis. Lorene H. Morrow called the s h e r i f f's office about 1:17 a.m. today to pay a burglary was in progress at her store, Morrow's Hard ware in Gold Hill. She de scribed Ihe car used by the burglars, Deputies stopped a car answering the description at Rogue River and appre hended Robertson and Couch before proceeding to Gold Hill to investigate the bur glary. The sheriff's office report ed about $;i0 was taken from the store's cash register. Bloodmobile Gets 252 Pints of Blood Although the blood donated this week during the Red Cross Bloodmobilc's visit to Medford was 98 pints short of the quota, Red Cross officials expressed pleasure with the results today. Mrs. J. W. Burba, county blood program chairman, said that the 252 pints donated Monday and Tuesday is above the amount donated during either of the last two visits of the Bloodmobile, and is very good for a summer month. There were 38 rejects for various medical reasons, of ficials noted. The Bloodmobile is In Grants Pass today and will be at the Elks club until 7 o'clock tonight. A special flight of whole blood for open heart surgery in Portland was flown from Grants Pass today. A similar flight look place yesterday in Medford. The flights were made by Civil AJ Patrol pilots. 57th Year Price 10 Cents yA v, ml Ml Mi DIVORCE ASKED Former U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, upper photo, has filed for a divorce from his wife. Bar bara, lower photo. The former CIA pilot who was shot down over Russia in May, 1960, said his wife was habitually drunk and abusive. (UPI) Stiimbo, Chase Plead Innocent Claude Waller Chase. 41. of route 2. box 668B, Central Point, and Harry Warren Stumbo, 34, of Wolf Creek, pleaded Innocent this morn ing In circuit court to charges of setting fire to a forest. Chase's jury trial has been set for 9:30 a.m., Sept. 25, and Stumbo's for 9:30 a.m., Oct 18. In an earlier statement, the two suspects denied any implication In the fires. They said, through their attorney, Robert A. Boycr. that "they had no Idea what circum stances may have indicated they were Involved, but they intended to clear the matter up just as soon as possible." The district attorney said earlier that a third arrest is expected. The two men were arrested on secret grand jury indict ments specifically charging them with setting a fire In the East Evans creek area near Rogue River. The fire waj one of 12 which started July 18 in an area north and cast of Grants Pass. Windows Cracked in Fire at County Shops Windows in a building were cracked in a fire at the county shops this morning. Firemen said that a gasoline tank had been removed to al low welding on a truck. Sparks from the welding ig nited gasoline which leaked from the lank. Portland Area Firm Buys Ashland Church Property Ashland-A Porilnad area firm has negotiated for the one-half block of properly now occupied by tiic First Presbyterian church, its manse and adjoining land owned by Karl Brostad, the Mail Tribune learned this morning. The block Is at the corner of North Main and Helman sts. Purchaser is Elwood H. Larsen Inc. of cither Portland or Vancouver. The final purchase is con tingent on the Ashland city council rozoniug the properly and approving the building plans. AHO-unit motel, restaurant U.S. Mail Truck Hijacked by Highway Gang $1.5 Million In Cash Taken Plymouth, Mass.-(UPD-A bold gang of highwaymen hijack ed a U.S. mail truck of about $1.5 million, officials said to day. It was the nation's larg est cash holdup. The official estunale came from the Federal Reserve Bank at Boston. William F. White, New England regional postal in spector, said, "there is no in dication whether the bills were marked or otherwise identified." Manhunt Under Way A massive manhunt was un der way for the gang believed to have seven or eight mem bers, which hijacked the mail truck as it headed along Route 3 from Cape Cod to Boston Tuesday night. The haul even surpassed that made by the Brink's bandits in Boston in 1950. They netted $1,219,000, most " of which was never recover ed. Eight men were sentenced to life in prison. The Federal Reserve Bank said it was not yet established whether any negotiable se curities were involved. The cash, in 16 bags, had been picked up from post of fices on Cape Cod and was being brought to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston when the fantastic robbery oc curred. , At least four and possibly seven persons, one dressed as a policeman, staged the hold up. They were armed with either shotguns or submachine guns. Familiar With Operation Authorities said the method of operation was similar to that used by two of the FBI's "10 most wanted men"-Albert Nussbaum of Buffalo, N.Y. and Bobby Wilcoxson ot Duke, Okla. Both have been seen in this area. The robbery was a smooth ly organized crime that went went off without a hitch. The truck was en route to Boston about 8 p.m. (EDT) when a sedan sped by. The truck driver was Patrick Schena, 38, of Everett, Mass., and the guard was William F. Barrett, 51, of Mansfield, Mass. Both were armed with .38 .caliber service revolvers. Seconds after the sedan passed, a man dressed in a policeman's uniform appeared in the road and waved the mail truck to a halt. Barrett and Schena apparently sus pected nothing. Cunt Leveled Before they realized the trick, several men jumped from the two cars parked at the roadside and leveled gum at them. A state policeman said Schena told him - "They or dered us to throw our guns down and we did. They told us to open the cage, in the rear of the truck, which led to the back of the truck and was locked. "We opened It up. They ordered us to get in the back of the truck." Barrett and Schena were herded back into their own truck and told to lie down in the rear. They were tied with tape and a light twine and ordered to remain iae down. NAMED JUSTICE Salem-MPD-Telore W. Aben. droth, 48, Otis, has been named by Gov. Mark Hat field to become justice of the peace in the Devils Lake dist rict In Lincoln County. and swimming pool is report ed planned for the site. The property was reported to have been sold for $32,000. According to the agree ment, the church will be re sponsible for razing the church structure and manse from Its property. The Rev. B. J. Holland, minister, said that the stained glass windows . will be saved. The transaction was com pleted by the Portland office of Dean Vincent Inc. Earlier this year the First Presbyterian church complet ed a new building on property at the corner of Siskiyou blvd. and Walker af.