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Siienanigan la intra e iniusnpiray FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW Decisions Made As Secretary Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents The Beauties of Scenic Oregon Medford Tribune (Oregon State Highway Commission P! o.o) 36 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1962 No. 123 aims 1 I A f KEP OREGON GREEN li vfe il , . r If ijMl Dropping 75 feet over a lava cliff. Sahalie Falls near the headwaters of the McKen zie river is situated in a bright green setting in the Oregon Cascades. West New Guinea Will Be Shifted To Indonesia United Nations, N.Y.-IUPI1-The signing of a UN-sponsored agreement transferring Neth erlands New Guinea to In donesia was hailed here today as a diplomatic triumph that averted a possible major mili tary conflict in the South west Pacific. The agreement, signed Wednesday night after eight months of negotiation, climax ed a 13-year dispute between The Netherlands and Indo nesia, and ended three cen turies of Dutch control of the primitive territory. Under the accord, West New Guinea will be placed under UN administration Oct. 1 for an interim period. The United Nations will transfer sovereignty of the territory to Indonesia next May 1. Cease Fire Ordered The agreement ordered a cease fire in hostilities be tween Dutch and Indonesian forces in the territory to go into effect Saturday. Fighting between Dutch marines and Indonesian para troopers in West New Guinea had been reported virtually , right up to me signing m pact. In its drive to gain con trol of the territory, Indo nesia had landed at least 2, 000 soldiers over the past few months and had threatened a qujre worker, to De union 'will be necessary, it was indi-larfto-srale invasion. ! mnmKnK th wav a nnim cateri vestordav. District At- Indonesian President Su-; snop does, but charges non-Uorney Alan B. Holmes told karno had told his people ; umon members a service feel the county court during yes many times since the begin-1 nstcac; could be settled on ; terday morning's discussion of ning of the year that West New Guinea, which Indonesi ans call West Irian, would be in their possession by 1963. He threatened to seize the territory by force if negotia tions with the Dutch failed. I the first phase of the media- j Southwest Phoenix area. MEETING POSTPONED lion program at sessions in 1 Some changes were made at a Salem -H'P1- The meeting of ( Washington next week. i public meeting Aug 6 held the State Emergency Board On the basis of these scs- by the Jackson county plan which had been scheduled for 1 sions, the board will decide ; ning commission. Friday has been postponed whether to resume talks on ! Tne present interim zoning until Aug. 31. ! its own initiative or wait for ! ordinance, which was adopted ITtMS FROM SATELLITE OPPONENTS BEATEN Washington-IH-Opponents of Preiident Kennedy'! space communeialions bill lost their last serious bid to emend the measure today when Ihe Senate rejected a proposed racial discrimination ben. ; Oregon areas. j The coop is asking the state NO MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE SEEN I public utility commissioner Washington-ld-The Defense Department said today It ; for exclusive rights in four saw no military significance in the twin orbital flights of ; areas it now serves and five the Russian cosmonauts. areas which are not now pro- vided with electric service. FORMER UNDERWORLD FIGURE DEAD The areas are located in New Orleans-in-Former underworld figure Phil Kaitel i Deschutes. Crook. Jefferson, was found shot to death todey in his New Orleans apartment. ; Wasco, Grant and Lake coun Authorities said he apparently committed suicide. tics. Aerospace Board Plans Analysis of Industry Talks Los Angcles-aiPIi-The Presi- dent's three-man aerospace boarifnlanned toreave stale mated industry talks today for Washington and a careful an alysis of the results of three weeks of inquiries. Dr. George W. Taylor, chairman of the special board appointed to head off a strike in the vital defense industry, cautioned both union and management to intensify ne gotiates on the deadlocked "hard core" issues during the board's absence. Primary Duty "It should be evident to all that the parties now have a primary duty to re-examine their positions which, if main tained at stalemate, will make agreement impossible," he said. "The next moves are up to the parties themselves." Taylor singled out basic wage questions and the de mand for a union shop as the core issues on which the two key unions and five major aerospace firms are locked. Douglas Aircraft Co. rec ently signed a contract with the union - the International Association of Machinists and Unitcd Auto Workers that set up an agency shop, rather than a union shop. But the board members would not say whether they felt the agency shnn uhirh Hops nni TP- as a compromise arrangement. Dr. Taylor, joined by fellow board members Ralph T. Seward and Dr. Charles C. Killingsworth, will examinJ the mountainous material sub- mitted by both sides during AROUND THI OLOII a request from the parties. All three board members stressed the dangerslo the' national defense that would result from a breakdown in negotia tions. The five companies involv ed in the current dispute North American Aviation, Ryan Aeronautical, General Dynamics, Aerojet General and Lockheed Aircraft and the two unions have assured the board they will continue meeting on all issues in the interim with the aid of fed eral mediation and concilia tion service commissioners. Dr. Taylor said. Ordinance OK'd; Hearing Planned The Jackson county court yesterday adopted a three year zoning ordinance for the Southwest Phoenix area and set a public hearing for Tues day, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. in the courthouse auditorium. "An election will be held shortly thereafter," County Judge Earl Miller said. If a majority of the area residents indicate they oppose the ordinance during the hear ing then the ordinance will be thrown out and no election the ordinance that this would be the proper and practical procedure to follow. The new ordinance is simi lar to the one which was i thought to be in effect for 'the last three years in the Aug. 28, 1959. was reported not effective by the district attorney Wednesday since the j county court did not approve j a land use plan first. ! Redmond Firm Seeks Exclusive Service Salem -UTt- Central Elec- ; trie Cooperative, Kedmono, has filed an application for ex- elusive service in nine Central Not Influenced Extravagant Profit Reports Refuted Washington - WI - George M. Humphrey told Senate in vestigators today that talk about shenanigans involving his mining company and a government contract were "just bunk" or "baloney." He declared under oath that his holdings did not in fluence decisions he made as secretary of the Treasury "one dot." Humphrey, who served in former President Eisen hower's first administration, also denied that a mining company in which he held stock reaped extravagant profits at taxpayers' expense. Made Sense . He referred to his Demo cratic Senate inquisitors as "you boys" in testimony be fore a standing-room-only crowd in the Senate's high ccilingcd caucus room. He said it made "a lot of sense" to keep his stock while serving in the Eisenhower cabinet. "1 owned the stock," he said. "I couldn't burn it up, I couldn't bury it. ... If 1 sold it I would be a substan tial bank depositor and banks are directly under control of the secretary of the treasury." Denies Big Profit Humphrey told the sub committee it was the govern ment, not his mine company, that insisted on "crash ac tion" to sign a $111 million stockpile contract five days before he took office. The subcommittee has heard charges that the M. A. Hanna Co., which Humphrey headed, milked the govern ment in stockpile contracts. Humphrey denied that the firm took advantage of nickel shortages during the Korean conflict to hold out for huge profits to dig more metal ore. Cleared SU Million According to pre vious sworn ! testimony, Hanna cleared $15 million before taxes on an eight-year period on gross ore sales to the gov ernment of $26 million. The government aiso bought re fined nickel from the Han na enterprises. Humphrey said Hanna's profits were far lower than government accountants had calculated. The net profit to Hanna from the combined mining - smelting operation was $7,535,000, he said. GP Council Adopts Ordinance Grants Pass The Grants Pass city council last evening formally adopted a proposed zoning ordinance for the city after a section of off-street parking rcquiremenls had been deleted. The lengthy session was at tended by a delegation, the majority of whom were op posed to the off-street require ments. Following the adoption of the ordinance Mayor Charles B. Gill Jr. appointed a com mittee to study off-street re quirements and make a report to the council. In other action the coun cil awarded a contract to the Morse Brothers of Lebanon for asphalt paving of city streets during 1962. The com pany was the low bidder for the project. Following considerable dis cussion the council cancelled the present group life insur ance contract for city em ployees and entered into a contract with the Business (Men's Assurance company. The new contract provides similar coverage, but for a more favorable rate, it was pointed out. Also discussed were two proposed tax levy measures. They are to be considered be ing placed on the November ballot. One is a special ten year tax levy for drainage and the other for recreation purposes for the same period. . I WEATHER i I FORECAST: Purtlv clniidv to-! j night and Friday. . little j I rnnlrr Krldav. i.nw tonight SO- 5S. High Friday ftft-9ft. ! Trrnp. I Highest Vetterdiv 9 ; i Low fit Thil Morning . . S2 ; Our Skies Tonight j Sunset lodav , . l it p m. j Sunrise tomorrow . . S'2I) a.m. : Mnnnrise tonight p m. ! Fast Quarter Aug. 23 ' , Jupiter Is ihe bright "star" I i seen near the Moon tonight. I ' This planet Is now 37 1.Oftll.noe ; I miles from the F.arth. The ! j Moon, In Perigee tonight. Is i ?.1.nl miles from the Farth. ; Old-Time Hijacking of U.S. lail Twit n State Police Seeking Another Robbery Suspect Chief Inspector Directing Probe Boston - ftiri) - State police questioned an old-time bank robber today in connection with the $1.5 million hijack ing of a U.S. mail truck - the largest cash holdup in the na tion's history. Bernard Domanski, 45, was picked up in Central Falls, A detailed story of the SI. S million hijacking of a U.S. mail truck in Massa chusetts Tuesday night is on page C5. R. I., for a parole violation Wednesday and taken to the Foxboro, Mass., state police barracks today. Domanski was a former member of the notorious Har vey (Mad Dog) Bistany gang which once got $29,000 at a. Brooklyn, N. Y., post office, among many other robberies. State police also disclosed they are searching for David Jacobanis, another ex-member of the Bistany gang and a sus pect in a recent bank robbery in Waltham, Mass. He has been seen in this area several times recently. investigation into the in genious Tuesday night rob bery of the U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, 35 miles southeast of here, was being directed by U.S. Chief Postal Inspector Henry B. Montague, 51. ' He flew here from Washington this morning. "I have brought in my top investigators from Washing ton, Pittsburgh, New York City, Detroit and Florida Montague told newsmen at Logan International Airport on arriving from Washington. "In all I have brought in 10 extra men." Earlier, William F. White, chief inspector for the New England region, had said the Post Office Department was prepared to use 1,000 men if necessary to find the clever bandit gang that hijacked a man truck in Plymouth. 35 miles southeast of Boston, Tuesday night. The holdup gang was be lieved to include five men and a woman who switched traffic off a main highway with de tour signs so they could rob the red, white and blue mail truck in privacy. Two Men Admit Several Burglaries Two Jackson county men yesterday afternoon admitted to a series of burglaries in this area, both old and recent, sheriff's deputies said today. The two men, Thomas Lee Robertson, 27, of 142 South Ivy si., and Jcrald Dceman Couch, 24, of 1124 East 11th St., were scheduled to be ar raigned in district court todav on burglary charges. They were joagea in the county jail yesterday on charse. nf hum. ilary not in a dwelling. The pair admitted to bur glarizing the Morrow Hard ware store at Gold Hill Tues day night. Other burglaries the pair admitted to officers were Skinner's Garane. Put and Mike's Supply, Midway Meal Market three times, the Rogue Valley Sporting Goods on the crater Lake highway and an attempted burglary of a Rose burg equipment store. Couch told officers he alone was Involved in two new bur glaries and three old ones Involving the Moore Steel company. Medford, and Blunt s Ranch market. Fisher Opposes Pay Hike for Congressmen Eugene - HTH - Carl Fisher, Republican candidate for Con gress in the fourth district, said Wednesday night "Con gress should quit talking about giving itself a pay raise until a good solid tax cut is awarded the American taxpayer." fe'Vfe':,'F''l'i ''"to ( . l SIGNS FOUND IN CAR Shown above is an abandonded, burned out car found in the Mattapan section of Boston, which contained seven "detour" signs and a painter's drop cloth, shown at right in. the trunk. The signs were used Candidate Favors Multi-Purpose Stadium Structure Ralph A. James, Democrat ic candidate for county judge, has issued a statement fav oring the construction of a county multipurpose stadium. James is the first candidate to take a ?tand on the stad ium question which has been backed by valley groups for more than two years. This may be the opening round in James' campaign against Counly Judge Earl Miller, Republican candidate seeking reelection. James has recommended to the Jackson county court that they answer a petition from residents requesting the coun ty build a stadium. Earlier this year the dis trict attorney requested an opinion from the attorney general if the county could use public money for the con struction of a stadium. The attorney general ruled that county funds could be used for constructing public facil ities. James states that if there is a stadium to be built, it' is time for consulting an archi tect for the plans so there will be plans lo present to the budget committee when it meets early next year. Mulli-Purpose Stadium The candidate feels that the counly should have a multi purpose stadium large enough lo take care of present needs, constructed so it could be en larged later as the need de mands. He suggests that the stadium could be used for ball games, wrestling, boxing, football. hor?e shows, relig ious rallies and other events. James explains that such a stadium will bring money lo Ihe county from sources oilier than through box office sales. He opposes building a stad ium that would not be avail able for other uses, adding that "a ball park is not enough," Earlier Ihe attorney general had ruled that the counly could not use public fund." for a stadium. Following that opinion the county court drop ped the matter. After the sec ond opinion In July, which reversed the first opinion, the court was reported to be reviewing It. NOT TO RUN AGAIN Bcaverton - KN - Beaver ton Mayor Howard Chapman said he would not seek a sec- jond two-year term in the com I ing November elections. Ictiau. liraMaasif Russia Points To Significance of Twin Space Shots Moscow - IIIPD - Soviet De fense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky warned the world today to note the military sig nificance of Russia's history making twin space shots. "Let our foes know what technology and what militance arc in the possession of Soviet power," Malinovsky said in a message of congratulations to the two cosmonauts. Soviet confidence in further space successes blared from radio and television sets and in black or red banner head lines in newspapers. Russia claimed the dual flights last week end gave it space superiority over the United States. A Soviet scientist indicated, however, that the "space twins" had nol achieved a link-up in the cosmos as had been speculated by some western experts. The two cosmonauts who landed after marathon flights Wednesday, M a J. Andrian Nikolaycv and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovich, were undergoing extensive tests and "debrief ing" for the effects of their multiple orbits which totaled almost three million miles, Russians were preparing a giant hero's welcome for the two men when they return to Moscow. Home Safely Expert Here From Chicago A home safety expert from Chicago, III., met with about a dozen Medford residents In city hall this morning to dis cuss means of improving Med ford's home safety program. Miss Doris E. Mersdorf, sen ior consultant in th Home Department of the National Safely Council, told the group that the home safety program nationally is considerably be hind safety programs in other areas such as traffic and In dustry. The meeting, which was ar ranged by Clyde Fichtncr. chairman of the Medford Safety Council, was attended by representatives from city administration, police depart ment, schools, industry, and various civic groups. The consultant was invited to Medford as part of a plan by the Medford Safety Coun cil to broaden its scope of activity. Previously, the safety council had concentrated pri marily on traffic problems. 1 t , Httllaraaalf J S a:,ialanifs.illlr' niri urVaaas by bandits In their $1.5 million theft from a U.S. mall truck Tuesday night. The burned car is one of three being studied by investigators. (UP,I) The defense minister's mesr sage, published in the Soviet Army newspaper Red Star, contrasted with other reports In other Soviet information media which have emphasized the peaceful aspects of the dual flights. While Russians talked jubi lantly about the achievement of their new heroes, they spec ulated about new Soviet space experiments In the near fu ture. One Soviet scientist pre dicted Wednesday that man would reach the moon In this decade, and Venus and Mars in the next. The combined distance trav eled by Nikolayev and Popo vich was equal to five round trips to the moon. Farm Labor Office Set To Open Monday The farm labor office, 1831 South Pacific highway, will open Monday, Aug. 20, at 6 a.m., according to officials of the Oregon State Employment office. Hours for the office will be from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday. The tele phone number at the office is 773-8877. The function of the office Is to refer pear pickers to grow ers needing labor. It will be open for about six weeks. Two Youths Repair Golf Two lfl-ycar-old Medford youths pleaded guilty this morning In district court to willfully injuring real proper ty last week. Appearing before Lane County Judge William A. Beckett were Donald Lee Mil ler, 19, of 422 Hamilton St., and Larry Lee Plankenhorn, 19. of 825 Park st., both Med ford. Judge Beckett suspended a 30-day jail sentence provided each defendant puts in 50 hours repairing the damage within 90 day. The youths were arrested this morning by Medford city police and lodged in county Jail. According to the complaint filed by Jimmy Dunlevy. man ager of the Rogue Valley Country club, Medford, the vmitha rirnvi a snorts ear onto ' portions of the golf course, si baaafekiteattwaMah Milk Prices Up One Cent a Quart At Klamath Falls Klamath Falls - IUPD - Ef fective today the price of milk In all stores liere has been pegged at 27 cents per quart and delivered milk at 27 Vi cents per quart. The new price amounts to a one-cent increase over the old established price and was necessitated by a recently-negotiated contract with the Teamsters Union, dairymen said. The contract calls for an immediate 10-cent per hour pay raise for all drivers and plant employees retroactive to May 1 of this year, and a full two-year agreement pro viding for an over-all 32V4 cents an hour increase plus other benefits. Officials of all three local dairy concerns described the new agreement as costly and said it was Impossible for the industry or the producer to completely absorb the in creased costs. Industry officials said fills was the first price increase here since 1959 despite the fact that wages have Increas ed every year. HATFIELD VISITS FAIR Damascus, Ore. -fUPD Gov, Mark Hatfield paid a visit to the Little World's Fair Wed nesday. Sentenced To Course Green doing "considerable damage" to the No. 1 green and the No. 14 fairway. Dunlevy told the Mail Trib une today that "the whole thing" started last week end, late Friday night and early Saturday, when two youths were reported swimming in the club's pool in the early morning. The manager added that In addition they drove the car around the pole at No. 1 green. Dunlevy reported that a great deal of damage was done to both areas, especially to the greens, which cost sev eral thousand dollars to de velop. Dunlevy noted that the course has been "patched" in an effort to restore the dam age done prior to the annual Southern Oregon Golf tourna ment which starts Aug. 29. '1 f
