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5 Americans From Pathet Released Lao Jails Vientiane, Lao fllPIl Five Americans were flown to freedom today from pro Communist jails where they got so hungry ihey sometimes ate weeds. The Americans arrived here in a Soviet Illyushin transport plane from the Plain of Jars after their re lease by pro-Communist forc es which captured them more than a year ago during the Laotian civil war. One of the men, NBC news cameraman Grant Wolfkill, said during a brief stop in Bangkok on his way to New York thai he was treated like a "wild animal" during the first part of his J5 months in captivity. Wolfkill, who lost BO pounds during the ordeal, said that Laotian rebels had marched him 200 miles with a leash around his neck and had imprisoned him in wood en stocks like' those used in American colonial days. The prisoners were denied med ical care, he said, and got so hungry they sometimes ate weeds. . Names of Prisoners Those released In addition to Wolfkill, Shelton, Wash., were Army Maj. Lawrence R. Bailey, 3, Laurel, Md Sgt. Orvllle R. Ballenger, of Spring Lake, N.C.; John Shore Jr., 30, Galloway, Tenn.; and John B. McMor row, 21, Brooklyn, N.Y. All were freed under the terms of the agreement end' Ing the Laotian war that was signed in Geneva last July 21. Bailey, who spent almost 17 months In the hands of the Pathet Lao, said his captors did not beat or torture him. But he said he was made to stand during hours of inter rogation and he sometimes fell to the floor from exhaus tion. Confined in Stocks Wolfkill, a cameraman for the National Broadcasting Co., told of being confined in the stocks. He did not say whether the other captives received similar treatment. The prisoners were allowed to talk only briefly with the newsmen during a brief stop over here. Wolfkill left by commercial airliner for New York while the others were flown lo Clark Field in the Philippines aboard an Air Force DC6 transport. Bailey had been held the longest. He was captured on March 23, 1901. when an Air Force C47 carrying him and seven others was shot down. He said he did not know what happened to the others. "I'm not sure but 1 think they are dead. I never heard Rogue Valley Edition Page 2-A MEDFORDiiTRIBUNE M ED FOR DQ R KGOn7f R 1 DAyTa UG UST 1 77l9fi2 Stocks Close Higher With Electronics, j Chemicals, Oils Up Trade Group Cautions Against Lumber Restrictions on Canada New Policy Is Given For Social Security Funds Disabled people receiving social security benefit can now receive payments for up to 12 months after they return to work, according to Edward B. Jacobson, district manager of the Mcdford Social Se curity office. "The law works this way. If a person returns to work, even though his condition has not improved, he must report his work lo the Social Se- curity administration. His checks will not be stopped. After he has worked nin months the Social Security administration will review the situation to see whether the beneficiary has regained his ability to work. If he is found able to engage in substantial work, and therefore is no longer disabled within the meaning of the law, he will still be paid his benefits for three more months, or a total of 12 months in all. Then the social security checks will be stopped. This means a disabil ity beneficiary can receive benefits up to 12 months after he returns to work." Jacobson slated, "The 12- month trial work period gives financial support to the dis abled beneficiary when he returns to work. He knows he can count on his social se curity benefits while he finds out if he can work." For more information about disability insurance benefits or any other aspect nf Social Security, contact your Social Security office at 100S East Main St., the Mali Building, Medfnrd. anything about the others the , whole time 1 was in prison," j he said. j The major said the Com-! munists never tried to change his political thinking. He said he spent most of his cap-j tivily in a hotel room in Sam-1 neua Lily where he was given j npw York - IIIPH - Stocks Trn World Air a "bed to sleep on and clothes : coaed higher today paced by ..V'c.r'pt iu ....... .,U ..... electronics, cnemicais, ons Wolfkill joked with news-1 and aerospace issues, men he had known before he . Among the chemicals, East was captured by the Laotian i man Kodak added more than rebel forces along with Shore j ) on a dividend boost. United and McMorrow when their Carbon, trading ex-dividend. helicopter went down in Communist-held territory. Shore and McMorrow were civilian helicopter pilots. Wolfkill said he was not certain the helicopter actual ly was shot down. He said the rear rotor failed and "we marie a hasty descent from 3,500 feet we don't know yet what caused the failure." He said none of the three men were Injured In the forced landing. He said they ran into a hail of machine gun fire when Ihey landed but "it was a miracle none of us were Injured." He said the craft was immediately surrounded by Pathet Lao gue. illas. Wolfkill said the Commu nists took them first to the village of La Thong, then moved them lo Nong Het, both in Xieng Kkouang prov ince, which was the Pathel Lao stronghold. Now Open for Business IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER DKIWJ Still Fimoui liandi of Mffn'l Waar at Stmiblt Prtcl. MUNSINGWEAR J. B. STETSON HATS LEVIS FOR EVERYONE and Many Othari You Know. WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING lis Draws Convenient Revolving Charge Account SINCE Hit ' DREWS Manstore IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Sewage Disposal Construction Set Jacksonville The U.S. Public Health service h ap proved a federal grant of $16, 470 in connection with a sew afe disposal system to be con structed here next year, it was announced today. Senators Manrine NcuberK er and Wayne Morse notified the Mail Tribune of the grant in telegrams this morning. The money represents ap proximately 35 per cent of the cost of the sewer system's stabilization pond. Construction of the sewage system here is expected lo gel under way next spring. City councilmen chose to wait until that time so that the six months of work necessary to complete the installation could be done in dry weath er. Jacksonville voters have au thorized bonded indebtedness of up to $250,000 to finance the project. rose over I on higher earn ings, and Allied, American Potash, and Union Carbide both performed well. IBM led the electronics higher with gain of about 3 followed by jumps of at least 2 In Litton, and Perkin-Elmcr, and gains of 1 or more in Texas Instruments and RCA. Among the aircrafts, Boe ing, Douglas and McDonnell rose 1 or better. At least a half dozen oils rose 1 or more while in the aulas, Chrysler and General Motors added at least 1 apiece. DOW JONES AVERAGES New York-rtJPIi-Dow Jonei final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 610.02. up 3.31; 20 railroads 121.44, up 0.19; IS utilities 119.17. up 0.28, and 65 stocks 210.34, up 0.83. Sales today were about 4.3 million shares compared with 4.18 million shares Thursday. Union Pacific United A (rem ft ... United Air Llnei . U. S. PlywwxJ .-. II. S. Rubber V. S Steel West Bunk Corp ... Wmtlnghouie . Younfigtnwn Today 'i prices nn selected itocki: Alum Co. Am . fl.H. American Air Unci American Moton ... A T A T American Tobacco . Armco University Report Used In Study Of Progress Alliance Eugene - President Ken nedy's Alliance for Progress in Lalin America needs great er emphasis on the mobiliza tion of human resources, ac cording to a study prepared for the Senate Foreign Rela tions subcommittee on Latin America, The study was prepared by Raymond F. Mikesell, profes sor of economics at the Uni versity of Oregon and asso. eiate director of the univer-1 da would probably suffer Washington (UPU- A private free trade group has cau tioned the government I against imposing import re ' strictions on Canada in its ; efforts to aid the ailing Pa cific Northwest lumber in- dustry. j The group, the committee ! for a national trade policy, i said in a "background paper" I prepared this week that im i port restrictions would not I solve the industry's problems land could hurt the econo 'mies of both countries. The United States and Can ada will open negotiations on the North American lumber trade during the week of Aug. 27 in Ottawa. Many spokesmen for the ailing Northwest lumber in dustry have called for restric tions against what they term "excessive" Canadian lumber exports to the United Stale?. The demand has been echoed by many Northwest congress- men. The committee said that lumber import restrictions by the United States could ham I per Canada's effort "to adjust I the Canadian economy to the changing facts of internation I at economic life." ! "If the Canadians are suc j cessful in achieving a new equilibrium," it said, "both 'countries will benefit." If Canadian lumber sales 'in the United States are cut, I It said. U.S. trade with Cana- It !Rl. .. IS', -III'. Prisoner Willing To Talk on Hijack Boston - fllPIl - The spotlight in the search for the handils who hijacked a U.S. mail truck and escaped with 51, 551.277 swung to Rhode Island today. Slale polite at Scilalue, R. I., said they had a man in custody who claimed he knows who staged the robbery and is willing to loll authorities. The man is an rx convict who said Wilcoxson baum, two bank robbers whose names have been link ed with the biggest cash rob , bery in the nation's history. 4fl 'i Bendix Corn ... S4-? Bethlehem Steel .lit' Boeing Air 42 Brunswick . 2(1 Caterpillar Corp 33 Chrvaler Corp .14 ' Coca Cola .V CBS 1ft' Columbia Gas 2.V, Continental Can 4:i'( Crown Zellerhach 40 Curtis Wright 20 Dow Chemical 47 i Du Pont 1H9 Firestone .11 Ford 43, General Electric liR1, General Foods 70 'a General Motors S3', Georgia Pacific .11 Grevhonnd ''R 1 , Gulf Oil 34 Hnmestftke SI Idaho Power 30 I B M 3Rf ' j Int Paper 2ft1, Johns Mnnville 42 'i Kennecoii Copper 71 Lockheed Aircraft SO Martin 24 'i Merck fi7 i Monlann Power 32 MontRomerv Ward 27';i National Biscutl 30 ' New York Central 121, Northern Pacific 33 Pac Gns Elec 2lt'l Penney J. C. 40, Penn BR 1 1" Pei-ma Cement IIP; Phillips 4.1 'i Procter A Gamble fifl 'i Radio Corporation 47 '( Richfield Oil 30', Showhv 3 , Santa Fe 21 , Sears 74 Shell Oil .13 Southern Co 4 - Southern Pacific 2-V ( Sperrv Rand IS Standard California S7'n Standard Indiana 44 ' Standard N.J. M Stokelv Van Camp 21 Sun Mines 10 Texas Co S4 Texas Gulf Sulfur I.Vi Te Pac Land Trust 1 7 1 j Thiokol 21', Trans America . 3)1 Social Problems Court Suggested sity's Institute of Internation-i said that in the past three Overseas : years the United Stales sold al Studies and administration. He prepared the report on observations of the first six months of operation of the Alliance for Progress at the request of the subcommittee on the basis of a recent visit to Latin America. During the visit he served as a consult ant to the subcommittee. "Our money alone will not achieve development and po litical stability in Latin Amer ica," Mikesell reported. "We must give greater attention to the staffing of our missions, to the coordination at the country level of the various sources of external assistance, and to mobilizing non-governmental sources of personnel, including people from Ameri can and European universities, from labor unions, and from private business. "This job can only be done by capable and dedicated peo ple, and not simply by writ ing checks." While Mikesell's report i critical of various aspects of the Alliance for Progress, he said the program has not been a failure. "If social and eco nomic reforms are to take place in an orderly manner snd under constitutional and rlemocratic procedures, they are going to take time." Students Graduated From Eugene School Six valley pcnple were graduated al the end nf the summer session by the Uni versity of Oregon, EuRene. They were Raymond L. Proc tor, master of arts; Willis Alvin Coffccn, master of edu cation; Charles Scott Philips, master of music; and Donald A. Walker, bachelor of sci ence, all from Medford; and Evenlyn J. Winningham, mas ter of education and Alan J. McBeth, bachelor of science, Jacksonville. Commencement was held by the university nn Aug. 11. This was the first, summer exercise held by the school, and Dr. J. Douglas Brown, dean of the faculty at Prince ton university, delivered the kev address. Highway Commission Issues Revised Map Salem - IUPII - For the first time since 1024, the Oregon Slate Highway Commission has issued a completely re vised slate highway map. Previous editions have been revisions nf former maps. Foreign Briefs )DE GAULLE PLANS SPEECHES IN GERMANY I Bonn-ilNi-Franch President Charles de Gaulle plans lo $10 foe charged fur i each divorce complaint filed. SAVE THAT LAWN! Brown Patch, Dollar Spot, Rust, many other Diseases, can wipe out Your Lawn in a hurry! orth3)Lawn t"?- FUNGICIDE Stops most Lawn Diseases FAST! i I'OI'tlanfl lim llie l.CgISM- ,, fu,. .n,rh in German Hurina hi. ilal. visit he knows Bobby live Interim Committee on i h,r, ,, monthi ccording to an official announcement, and Albert Nuss-1 Social Problems today rccom-1 D. G.un. ,..,. German lo worker, in the Thvssen mended a new state concilia- ! se, Work, ln Dui,burg Sepl. 6. and to members of a youth lion court system to be paid i rn , r.,,1.,).,,.. ,. it,.ri s.ni. 9. u.. tin r.. l.n.....t,J I..- i r 3 " 3 r mi uj f JAPAN TO GET TITLE TO U.S. DESTROYERS Tokyo-Jirit-Tht United Slatei will turn over 18 former j U. S. Navy destroyers to the Japanese selfdefense force j Aug. 28, the Japan Times laid today. The ships, which were leased under a 1952 Japanese-U.S. thip loan agreement, currently are in the possession of the new Japanese navy. The Timet said the United States will j relinquish title to the World War II ships. ' FIERCE POLAR RAT FOUND Wellingborough. England-ITIi-A three-foot, 25 - pound white polar rat said to be to fierce it could easily kill a dog was found Thursday night near the fairgrounds cage from which It escaped earlier in the day. Police, who said the rodent had inch-long teeth, had I broadcast warnings to the public to beware of the animal. It was found by its owner crouched wet and hungry near its cage. GAITSKELL IN ITALY FOR VACATION Portofino. Itnly-I Tl-British Labor Party Leader Hugh Gaitskell arrived here for a vacation Thursday, accompanied ' by his wilt and children. TURKEY WARNS IRAQ ON ATTACKS Ankara. Turkey-l 'Pit-Turkey het warned Iraq that further Iraqi air attacks on Turkish border positions could lead to ' retaliation. The Turkish government issued the warning in a protest I note handed to Iraqi Ambassador Talip Mastak Thursday after attacks by two Iraqi jets on positions along the fron tier. CHIPMUNKS Young Frisky ALSO Cages Exercise Wheels Food - Sunflower Seed TURTLES - GUINEA PIGS Poodle Collars Leads Pet Beds Wahl and Oster Clippers Slicker Brushes Nail Trimmers LARGEST SELECTION OF PET SUPPLIES IN SO. OREGON GARDEN SUPPLIES! Plant Stakes Ties Redwood Planters Gloves Earwig Killers PI AN" Enjoy Your Patio at Night with a Tripp Lite Bug Lamp kJ "Everything for Your Garden but the Rain!" Stop Mosquitoes Indoors and Patios with LION BRAND Mosquito Coils VOGUE FLOWER HOLDERS BUY BEFORE SEPT. 1st s AIRSTREAM 24 Foot LAND YACHT Save on this world fa mout Travel Trailer. List Price .. $5275 FIESTA PRICE YOU SAVE . $4775 $500 WALKER THE WEEPER Canada an average of $3.7 billion worth of goods a year, and bought in return only about $3 million worth. Less than two months ago, Canada instituted an auste rity program because of bal ance of payments problems. Canadian exports of soft wood lumber to the United States have been growing steadily in the past 10 years. Last year, they totaled more than $250 million and ac counted for 13.1 per cent of U.S. softwood consumption. The trade committee de nied, however, that Canadian lumber was the cause of the U.S. lumber industry's trouble. It blamed primarily "the changing patterns of lumber economics." It said the U.S. lumber In dustry had o v e r - expanded during and directly after World War II, and that many of the mills which have closed down succumbed to competition as much as from larger U.S. mills as from Canada. It also said many of the smaller mills, with no diver-: sification of product and I small sales forces were un- j able to weather a two-year i industry depression coupled ' with increased competition from substitute building ma terials. 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