Sherri Finkbine Receives Swedish Board's Approval for Abortion
The Beauties, of Scenic
Sundown at Oswald West
Haworth Protests
Use Of City Park
By Fruit Pickers
City Parks and Recreation
Director Robert L. Haworth
this morning protested fruit
pickers using Maple Park.
"They camp there over
night and completely take
over the area crowding other
groups out," Haworth told
the county court this morn
ing. "The farm labor trailer
used by the Oregon State Em
ployment service on tne fair
grounds attracts them. We
were told last year that the
employment service would
not be allowed to locate its
trailer there this year."
County Judge Earl M.
Miller showed Hawnrth a let
ter he had written Glen Has
ty who operates the farm
labor office. In his letter
Miller asked Hasty to see
that migrant labor does not
use the tree-shaded area for
ramping. Haworth noted that
Hasty closes his office at 5
p.m. each day and cannot be
held responsible for the park
use after that.
Additional Expense
"We realize that a central
ly located farm labor office
and camping grounds are an
economic necessity to the
pear growers so we have not
cracked down . before this,"
Haworth said. "But. we feel
the pear growers should as
sume their responsibility
here toward providing cen
trally located camping
grounds for these people."
Haworth said his depart
ment spent $800 last year on
the park because of migratory
labor use. This covered new
restroom plumbing, two new
mirrors and increased labor
costs to keep the area clean.
The city parks and recreation
budget cannot stand such an
expenditure, Haworth added.
Lane County Loot
Recovered by Police
Portland -fOPD Police ar
rested two men here Thurs
day and said they recovered
loot valued at $1,200 taken
in two burglaries near Veneta
in Lane county Monday night.
Turned over to the Lane
County sheriff's office were
Thomas Alan Tucker. 25,
Portland, and William D.
Campbell, 22, Eugene.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable rloudi
nrsi and mild temperatures to
night and Saturday. Outlook
Sundav fair. Low ton ft hi 48
52, High Saturday 8588.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 88
Lowest Thli Morning 58
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset tndar 7:tl p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:21 a.m.
Mnonrisf tonight ... 8:41 p.m.
Last quarter Aug. 22
Shooting stars or meteor are
soon anv night of the year and
are more numerous after mid
nlrht. Those seen the last sev
eral nights were mostly of the
Perield Meteor Shower.
NEWSdPEFS
ITIMS PROM JT I AROUND THI OlOII
POLARIS MISSILE BLOWS UP IN SKY
Cape Canaveral. Fla.-'ITI-A Navy Polaris miiiilt blew up
in iht iky today less than IS stcondt after it was launched
on a planned test flight acrou the Atlantic Ocean.
DRIVE LAUNCHED FOR SHORTER WEEK
Chicago-WI Members of the AFLCIO's 27-member ex
ecutive council prepared today to begin organiied labor't
drive for a 35-hour work week.
U. S. RECOGNIZES PERU GOVERNMENT
Washington-IPI-The United Stales today formally rec-i
ognited the month-old military government of Peru and said
it ii resuming most economic aid and Peace Corps programs.
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State park silhouettes vacationers as they walk along the
smooth sandy beach.
Revised Fire Code
Approved; 3-Year
Grace Period Set
After hashing over the
matter for about an hour last
night, the Medford city coun
cil finally adopted the re
vised Medford fire code, but
decided to allow building
owners a three-year grace
period in which to comply
with the sprinkler system sec
tion of the code.
It was touch and go during
the whole time, and a number
of amendments to the motion
to adopt the code were beaten
down en route to the final
compromise decision.
The city administration
had amended the fire code to
Grants Pass Man,
Son Win Lawsuit
Red Bluff. Calif.-aiM-A Su
perior Court jury Thursday
night ruled that the owners
and driver of a truck were
negligent when the vehicle
was stolen and became in
volved in an injury accident.
The panel ordered Ihe Carl
Christy Roofing Co. of Tracy,
Calif., and the driver, Roy
East, of Gait, Calif., to each
pay $30,000 to George Hen
genrelher, 40, of Grants Pass,
Ore., and his son Richard, 12.
The two were both injured
July 11, 1961, when their car
was involved in an accident
with the truck four miles
north of Red Bluff.
The two-ton vehicle had
been stolen in Redding, Calif ,
where it was left parked in
what was termed "a skid row
area" with keys in the igni
tion. The plaintiffs contended
it was negligent to leave a
vehicle in such a position. The
jury agreed by a 10-2 vote.
The Hengrenthcrs had ask
ed for $300,000.
Boundary Check Set
At Howard Prairie
County Parks and Recrea
tion Director Neil Ledward
and Horse Concessionaire
Clyde Wilhrlm will check
boundaries at the north end
of Howard Prairie recreation
area Saturday as a step to
ward establishing a bridle
trail around the lake.
The recreation commission
Monday night recommended
that the county court approve
establishing riding stables at
the lake, Ledward said. They
would be established in the
existing farm buildings a( the
north end of the lake.
TO INSPECT STATION
Astoria -UPti- Several mem
bers of the State Emergency
Board were expected here to
night and Saturday to inspect
the deactivated Tongue Point
Naval Station.
Oregon
State Highway Commission Pho.oi
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provide that sprinkler sys
tems had to be installed in
buildings with basements of
2.500 square feet or more.
Further, the city proposed to
require complete installation
by Dec. 31, 1963.
Medford Attorney Edward
Branchfield, representing a
group of downtown building
owners, argued against the
sprinkler system sections of
the code.
He said tne downtown core
area of the city was in a bad
financial condition. Current
ly, he said, buildings are
standing empty or being torn
down, and rental office space
is unused. "It's a depressing
sight," he said.
The building owners would
derive no benefit from the
sprinklers. Branchfield said,
and the financial burden of
the installation, which he es
timated at between $4,000
and $8,000 per building,
would be prohibitive at this
time.
He pleaded that if the coun
cil decided to adopt the code,
the building owners be given
a five or six year period in
which to comply with the
sprinkler system provisions.
Medford Mayor John W.
Snider sharply rebutted
Branchfield's remarks about
the condition of the down
town business district.
"We have a great down
town district in Medford," he
said. He admitted the core
area was going through a
"period of readjustment," but
he said Branchfield seriously
overstated the situation.
Snider's comments were
seconded a few minutes later
by County Assessor Thad Hat
ten, who said his office was
currently reassessing the
downtown district, and that
while the merchants had
some problems, he felt they
were doing pretty well.
Councilman Donald Han
sen, arguing that "we can't
jeopardize the public safety
for financial convenience,"
offered an amendment pro
viding for a 90 day period for
compliance with the code.
His amendment would have
allowed building owners, who
for some reason were unable
to comply during that period,
to come before the council
and explain their situation.
It failed passage, however.
An amendment to extend
the compliance period to five
years was offered by Council
man William Singler, but it
too was defeated.
The final compromise was
made by Councilman Robert
Baccus. who moved for a
three year extension of time
on the sprinkler system pro
visions of the code, but called
for immediate compliance on
all other sections.
Petitions Request
Fluoridation Vote
Ashland - Fluoridation of
drinking water may be on
the ballot in two valley cities
this November.
Some 55 petitions request
ing that the matter be placed
on Ihe ballot in Ashland are
now being circulated here, re
ported Mrs Marvin A. Kocks,
one of the measure's sup
porters. Meanwhile, the Medford
City council last night took
action to place a fluoridation
proposal on the November
ballot in that city.
Ashland fluoridation pro
ponents have until Aug. 28
to submit their petitions
Operation Will
Be Performed
On Saturday
Mother of Four
Weeps for Joy
Stockholm-OIPD-Mrs. Sherri
Finkbine, 30, today won per
mission for the legal abortion
she was denied in the United
States and entered the hos
pital a few hours later for
the operation Saturday.
Mrs. Finkbine, mother of
four, wept with joy and relief
when informed that the State
Medical Board had approved
termination of her pregnancy
More Tests Necessary
She promptly hurried to
Caroline Hospital with her
husband in the belief that she
would undergo the operation
today. But doctors said they
would require additional tests
and set the operation for Sat
urday.
Finkbine left the hospital
early this evening after talk
ing to the doctors.
Permission for the abortion
was granted by the State
Medical Board this morning
on the grounds that prolonged
pregnancy and birth might en
danger her physical health.
The Phoenix, Ariz., televi
sion performer, had feared
her fifth child would be born
deformed because she had
taken the drug Thalidomide
during the early stages of her
pregnancy.
Mrs. Finkbine, in hope of a
favorable decision by . the
board, had arranged in ad
vanc eto enter the Caroline
Hospital this afternoon. Mrs.
Finkbine is ending the 13th
week of pregnancy. Although
she had been told in the Unit
ed States that a caesarian op
peration might be necessary,
Mrs. Finkbine said Swedish
doctors have assured her they
do not consider such surgery
necessary at this stage.
Senate Approves
Satellite Bill
On 66-11 Vote
Washington-IUPD-The Senate
late today overwhelmingly
approved President Kennedy's
bill to set up a -worldwide
communications satellite net
work after a small band of
filibustering Democrats ran
out of delaying tactics.
The vote, climaxing 19 days
of often bitter debate, was a
victory for the President's
plan to establish a privately
owned but government-supervised
corportion to operate
the system and was a defeat
for the irreconcilable .oppo
nents in his own party who
held out for government own
ership.
Measure Unchanged
The measure, which escap
ed unchanged from a host of
proposed opposition amend
ments, now goes to the House.
That chamber, which already
has passed a similar bill, was
expected to accept the Senate
version and send it to the
President for his signature.
Final passage of the bill
would mark an historic step
toward live television, radio,
telephone and telegraph com
munications between the Unit
ed States and overseas na
tions, via space satellites. The
technique was dramatically
illustrated by theTelstar satel
lite. 'Giveaway' Charged
To the very end opponents
charged the measure would
lead to a private monopoly
and would be a "giveaway" of
the taxpayers' investment in
space research. They said the
American Telephone & leie
craDh Co., developer of Tel-
star, would be able to control
the new system.
The vote was 66-11.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Orc.),
leader of the filibuster bloc,
stuck by his guns right up to
the vote. In an emotional sum
mary, he said flags in Wash
ington "should be lowered to
half-mast" as the bill passed.
Ashland Safe Theft
Found Unsuccessful
Ashland - An unsuccessful
attempt to break open a safe
at Ashland Lumber company,
3fl4 Oak St.. was made last
night or early this morning.
Ashland police reported that
someone pried open a side
door to the lumber yard and
then a rear door into the of
fice, but efforts to break into
the safe were unsuccessful.
five Americans
Released in Laos
Five Americans, who
sometimes were so hun
gry they ate weeds.
H have been released from
pro-oommunisi aus in
Laos. The story is on
page 2A.
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Symington Gavels
Adjournment
After Uproar
Each Questions
Other's Integrity
Washington - (UPD - George
M. Humphrey's appearance
before Senate Investigators
ended in a furious political
uproar today with Democrats
saying they would not let the
former treasury secretary
hide behind former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower's back.
The Senate hearing erupted
in a bitter, shouting exchange
between Humphrey and Sen.
Stuart Symington, chairman
of Senate stockpile investiga
tors. Each man questioned the
other's integrity.
The display of temper stun
ned the spectators and set off
loud confusion.
Symington rapped the hear
ing to adjournment, saying he
would not continue until the
subcommittee could study
Humphrey's accusations.
Statement in Paper
What angered Symington
was a statement attributed to
the former cabinet officer In
this morning's edition of the
Christian Science Monitor.
"They don't dare attack Ike
(former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower) direct so they are
attacking me," Humphrey was
quoted as saying. "This is a
stab In the back."
Symington read a 10-page
statement opening today's
scheduled questioning and
then rapped his gavel for ad
journment.
The two Republican sub
committee members. Sens.
Prescott Bush, Connecticut,
and J. Glenn Bell, Maryland,
challenged him vigorously.
'Political Exercise'
Bush, "demanding" to be
heard, said Symington obvi
ously was engaged in a "po
litical exercise."
While the Democrats and
the Republicans were shout
ing at each other Humphrey
broke in to tell Symington,
"The statement you have
made is ample proof of the
extreme presidential atmos
phere of this hearing."
Humphrey angrily declar
ed, "you can't stop me from
making any statement," but
Symington slammed his gavel
again.
"This hearing is adjourned,"
Symington said, "Don't ever
tell me as a United States
senator what I can do and can
not do," he snapped.
Humphrey later said he did
not intend to level charges
against the Senate but rather
against Symington's "extreme
bitterness." He said he would
challenge Symington "in any
forum to discuss the issues."
Much of Thursday's ques
tioning centered around two
points: (1) Whether Humphrey
wielded influence from his
cabinet post to get a better
stockpile contract for the Han
na Co. and (2) Whether Hanna
and its subsidiaries profited
too much at the taxpayers'
expense.
Point Brushed Off
Humphrey brushed off the
first point by saying the con
tract was sealed after months
of negotiation on Jan. 16,
1953, four days before the
Eisenhower administration
took office.
"The answer is positively
no," he said, noting with a
smile that the Truman admin
istration stayed in office until
Jan. 20.
As for Hanna's profits,
Humphrey said figures given
by his accountants and those
given the subcommittee by
government auditors would be
"very close" if the senators
only would concede that the
company's payment of $1.7
million for a smelter valued
at $17 9 million was really a
cash bonus to the taxpayers.
Humphrey insisted that the
smelter would be worthless if
there were no nearby Hanna
owned nickel ore to refine.
Moreover, he said, the govern
ment's advance to build the
smelter was paid back In
lower-priced nickel.
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CHAMBER READIED The gas chamber at the state peni
tentiary in Salem has been readied for the scheduled execu
tion of LceRoy Sanford McGahuey early Monday. McGaheuy
is one of four persons being
Fluoride Measure
Planned For Vote
In Fall Election
A measure p r o v I d i ng for
the addition of fluoride to
Mcdford's drinking water will
appear on the ballot in the
fall election as a result of ac
tion by the Medford cily coun
cil laai night.
Medford Attorney Ronald
Ricketls, representing a group
who petitioned the council to
place the fluoridation meas
ure on the ballot, said that
his clients "did not seek an
indication from the council
approving fluoridation," but
merely asked that the people
of Medford be given an op
portunity to vote on it.
He reminded the council
that it has been six years
since a fluoridation proposal
has been put before the peo
ple for a vote.
City Manager Robert Duff
told the council that the peti
tion contained 212 signatures,
but that 16 of the signatures
were from people who lived
outside the city limits.
Verne Shanglc. 1445 Kings
highway, said he did not
think this was the "proper
function" of the council.
"If this measure is put on
the ballot by council action."
he said, "it will give the vot
ers of Medford the Impression
trrat the council is in favor of
fluoridation."
Following Shangle's re
marks, the motion to place
the measure on the November
ballot was amended by Coun
cilman Donald Hansen and
the words, "without recom
mendation," were added to
the resolution.
Council vote on the meas
ure was unanimous.
Meanwhile In Ashland pe
titions are being circulated to
obtain some 800 signatures by
Aug. 28 so that the fluorida
tion Issue may appear on the
November ballot there.
Logging Truck Backs
Over Worker at Mill
Centralia, Wash. -lUPfu Jo
seph W. Suter Jr., 21, Mineral,
was killed at the St. Regis
Paper Co. operations about 14
miles east of Mineral Thurs
day when a logging truck
backed over him.
Sports Bulletin
Helsinki - KNI - Davey
Moore of Columbus, Ohio,
made the fifth successful
defense of his world feather
weight boxing champion
ship at the outdoor Olympic
stadium tonight when he
beat Oil! Makl of Finland
on a technical knockout
after 2:31 of the second
round.
held in death row. (UP1)
Mail Tribune Reporter To
Witness McGahuey Execution
By GEORGE H. BELL
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
I've never seen a man die
before.
But Sunday afternoon I'm
going to get in my car and
drive to Salem for the ex
press purpose of watching
LeeRoy Sanford MaGahucy
draw his last breath on earth.
I will be covering the exe
cution of the convicted mur
derer for the Mail Tribune.
I cannot say the assignment
was thrust upon me. I volun
teered for it.
For the last two weeks,
ever since I was told I would
be going, I have been trying
to imagine what it will be
like, with the supposition that
if I can see it in my mind's
eye before It happens, the ac
tual impact of the sight will
be lessened.
But secretly I know this
is a fool's notion. It won't
work, and I'm really only
kidding myself that there is
any preparation one can take
beforehand to steel himself
against the sight of a man's
death.
I should say that I am now
- and have been for years -completely
and totally oppos
ed to capital punishment. I
am unable rationally to Justify
the taking of a human life.
Put me down as a dewy
eyed bleeding heart if you
like, but I do not see how
Kennedy Calls for
Power Awareness
Pierre, S D. -JOT- President
Kennedy campaigned in the
water - conscious West todny
for greater public awareness
that the massive government
hydroelectric projects are of
national, and not merely re
gional, importance.
The President stood at the
base of the huge Oahe Dam,
constructed and operated by
the Army Corns of Engineers.
and told an open-air audience
that continued resource de
velopment is as important to
national security "as any mili
tary alliance or missile com
plex." "The key to this century is
power," he said, "power on
the farm as well as the fac
tory, power in the country as
well as the city."
This was the first sIod on a
cross-country Jet tour that will
take the President to Pueblo,
Colo., Yosemlte National Park
and Los Angeles before re
turning to Washington Mon
day. SALES TOTALED
Salem-dPH-Sale of products
from state lands administered
by the Slate Forestry Depart
ment amounted to $3,111,778
In the year ending Jun 30.
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WAITS EXECUTION LeeRoy Sanford McGahuey, above,
convicted of killing a Central Point child In February, 1061,
is scheduled to die in the gas chamber at the state peni
tentiary in Salem at 12:15 a.m. Monday. (UPI)
the dead boy or his mother
will be served by killing Mc
Uahuey.
Certainly It is not going to
deter - even for a single sec
ond - any potential killer now
walking our streets. Statisti
cally, the majority of mur
ders arc committed in com
pulsive fits of passion or by
psychotics, who in the instant
they take a n o t h e r's life,
couldn't care less what will
happen to them afterwards.
But these are old argu
ments. They've been pro
pounded many times before.
Some people are moved by
them; others are not. Appar
ently, judging by what hap
pened to an anti-capital pun
ishment measure every time
it has been put to a vote in
recent years, the majority of
the citizens of Oregon still
believe in the efficacy of re
venge. Midnight
And so It in that sometime
around a quarter past mid
night Monday, a human being
will be scaled in an air-tight
chamber Into which, at a
given signal, deadly cyanide
pellets will be dropped.
I don't know anything about
poison gases, but I'm sure it
was most humanely selected
from among the several ones
available. Doubtless, it is col
orless, tasteless, odorless and
maybe even painless. But we
know it will kill.
Probably It will be all over
within a few minutes, and
those of us who were there
in one capacity or another to
watch it, will file out.
Maybe I'll be sick (I've been
warned that I will be), or
Requests Are
For City Sidewalk Sale
Requests from the down
town merchants to conduct
a sidewalk sale during Aug.
30 and 31, and to have all
parking meters in the city
hooded on those two days
were granted at last night's
meeting of the Medford city
council.
The request for the side
walk sale passed the council
without comment, but the
parking meter proposal evok
ed considerable discussion.
The measure was passed, on
a motion by Councilman Stan
Stark, with the stipulation
that the Park and Shop lots
be opened up for free use by
the public during the two
days.
Downtown Medford mer
chants Eugene Orr and Mrs.
Phil Brainard addressed the
council in support of the re
quests. Mrs. Brainard said she felt
the suspension of the parking
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1962 ' No. 126
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maybe I'll be crying - that
- often happens too, I hear.
Somebody will say, "Let'
go get a drink." So that's
what we'll do. I expect I'JI
have more than one.
Tell the Story
I. And all the while my mind
will be jumbled with Impres
sions and thoughts: How can
I tell them (you, the readers)
about it? What can I say?
Will I be able to bring it home
to them?
When I finally do sit down
at the typewriter to do the
story, I will have to resist
an impulse to over-dramatize
or sentimentalize the execu
tion. I will have to be careful
to Just tell the story as simply
as possible.
But, then, perhaps that is
all that will be necessary.
Border Police
Trade Tear Gas
Berlin -flJPD- East and West
Berlin police fought a tear
gas duel today over the body
of a refugee shot and killed
by the Communists as he
tried to scale the wall.
The 'wounded man died
with bullets In his stomach
and back. He lay screaming
for help for 45 minutes while
the Communist police who
shot him made no effort to
go to his aid.
The Communists hurled
tear gas grenades over the
wall at West Berliners gath
ering there shouting "murd
erers" and West Beriin police
retaliated with tear gas of
their own.
Approved
meters for two days would
attract business to the down
town area and would provide
"a shot in the arm for our
merchants."
City Manager Robert Duff
estimated that the loss in rev
enue to the city from the two
day suspension of Ihe park
ing meters would amount to
about $500.
Mrs. Brainard was asked
by Councilman Donald Han
sen why the merchants them
selves didn't put money in the
meters during the sale to pro
vide free parking for their
customers. She replied, in ef
fect, that the merchant)
couldn't afford it.
Councilman Robert L. Van
Sickle, who joined Hanson In
voting against the proposal,
warned that this was isi.np y
a "stop-gap measure," and
that sooner or later the dov n
town merchants were gslng
to have to take steps to solve
their own problems.
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