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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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August and September. He I
said subsequent quarterly al-
locations of S948 million
would be made as planned. '
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.