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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. The committee agreed with
Industry claims that certain
U.S. laws have hurt the U.S.
industry. It specifically sup
ported the industry demand
for revision of the Jones Act,
a 1920 law that forces West
ern lumbermen to use high
cost, less efficient U.S. ves
sels when shipping lumber to
the east coast by sea.
It also noted lumber in
dustry claims that while the
Canadian government has a
determined policy to aid its
lumber industry and expand
exports, present U.S. govern
ment policies actually lend
to restrict the industry.
"If there is any merit to
these claims, the deficiencies
in U.S. policy should be cor
rected," it said.
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