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Section A 60 PAGES
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1962
Six Sections
No. 127
57th Year
MEDF0RDfflMl
Hatfield Refuses
Commutation For
Convicted Killer
Execution Slated
For Early Monday
Salem - flJPU - Oregon exe
cutes its first murderer in
nearly 10 years Monday.
LeeRoy Sanford McGuhuey,
44, will die in the gas cham
ber of the Oregon State peni
tentiary for the hammer slay
ing of a 23-month old Central
Point boy, Rod Cameron Holt,
in February, 1961.
Police described the Holt
boy's slaying as one of the
most brutal in recent Oregon
history. Testimony at McGa
huey's first degree murder
trial showed that he admitted
slaying the boy after killing
Uie youngster's mother, Mrs.
Lois Mae Holt, because he
was worried about the baby's
welfare.
Police said McGahuey, an
ex-logger, had been living
with the woman.
Gov. Mark Hatfield Friday
refused pleas of McGahuey
and his lawyer, William Kel
lington, for commutation of
the death sentence.
Hatfield said "I have pray
erfully considered all the evi
dence in this case and do not
find any basis upon which to
exercise executive clemency."
Hatfield's office said the
governor would be available
in case any new appeal should
be directed to him during the
week end.
Otherwise the only avenue
for appeal would be to the
Oregon Supreme Court, which
turned down one appeal, or
to the federal courts.
McGahuey was informed of
the governor's action by let
ter in his cell on death row.
Warden Clarence Gladden
said McGahuey had no com
ment when informed of the
governor's action. Gladden
said McGahuey appeared
"calm and resigned to it."
Kellington had Indicated
the appeal to the governor was
the final action he would take.
There have been three mov
es in recent years to end capi
tal punishment in Oregon.
Voters defeated a measure by
12,000 votes1 in 1958. Anti
capital punishment bills were
defeated in the legislature in
1959 and 1961.
Hatfield is an avowed oppo
nent of capital punishment as
was his predecessor, Robert
Holmes. But Hatfield indicat
ed he would not take the
move of Holmes, who in the
closing months of his term of
office commuted to life im
prisonment the death sentenc
es of three condemned slayers
-George Sack, Billy Junior
Nunn and James Norman Jensen.
Strike At Missile
Arsenal Settled
Huntsville, Ala. WPP A
strike at a Redstone arsenal
that was costing $1 million
a day and hampering the na
tion's space program was halt
ed Saturday by federal court
order.
Officials of striking local
558 of the International Elec
trical Workers union ordered
their pickets away from (he
gates and the way was clear
ed for the return to work of
1.500 non-striking workers
who had honored the picket
lines.
The union called the ..trikc
last Tuesday to protest tnr
employment of non - union
workers by several firms
which have contracts at ihe
big arsenal and missile center.
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ITIMS FROM N AI(0UNB THI 0l0H
FINKBINE ABORTION PERFORMED
Stockholm IPC - Mri. Sherri Finkbin tuccessfully un
derwent a legal abortion in a Swedish hospital Saturday
and doctors said afterward an examination showed the un
born child would have been born deformed as the parents
had feared.
HIGH DEATH TOLL FEARED
Bogota, Colombia 'IPt- - Rescue workers feared lhe death
toll might exceed 100 Saturday in a flood that roared
through lhe mountain city of Florencia Friday night.
TROOPS MAKE SURPRISE STRIKE
Soc Trang, South Viet Nam. 1PI - Four thousand loyal
troops flown into battle and supported by U.S. Marine
helicopters killed or captured more than 150 Communist
guerrillas in a surprise strike through the swamps near
here this week.
PACIFIST DEMONSTRATION BROKEN UP
Grolon, Conn., IPt - Police and Nary shore patrolmen
Saturday broke up an "inTasion" attempt by pacifists who
tried to disrupt launching ceremonies for this nation's
newest Polaris submarine. Five demonstrators were arrest
ed, and the launching of the nuclear sub Alevander Ham
ilton went off without a hitcb.
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PRESS PLUHGER - President John F. Ken- plosives, marking groundbreaking cere-
ncdy, left, closes his eyes, and California monies at San Luis dam and reservoir site
Governor Edmund (Fat) Brown grimaces as in Los Banos, Calif., Saturday. (DPI)
both press the plunger that detonated ex-
JFK Urges New Con
Los B-no-, Calif.. C!i -President
Kc-.ncdy climaxed
a fast tour of Western re
source development projects
Saturday by calling for broad,
new- i'cdov.tl-S'.nte conserva
,ion pro: r. r and men such
as Calif- : Gov. Edmund
G. Brown to help run them.
Kennedy's last ri a j o r
sv-ccch Ot trip that bejan
. 'riday v..i appearances in
South Da', la and Colorado
was a col nation endorse
ment of rrivnnced water dc
vclopmen. Brov. l who
is runnin': for re-c'?e.;on
ppain.'t former Vice President
Richard ?I. Nixon.
Site of Kennedy's ar-P-T-ance
was 'be vast San Luis
Dam and r.cscrvoir ;:) be
built at an estimated ccst of
more than S-300 million. The
President and the Governor
joined in breaking ground
for the project by pushing
twin plungers In explode a
17,000-font line of earth mark
ing the axis of the new Dam.
"It is a pleasure to come
out here and blow no this
valley." the Preside-!'.' said to
broad laughter from the audi
ence gathered in hot sun and
I Eugene Policeman
Draws Suspension
Eugene. Ore. - Wli - Capt.
; Donald Clark of the Euucnc
Dolice department has been
suspended pending investiga
tion of charges of "conduct
unbecoming a police officer,"
it was disclosed Saturday.
The suspension was effec
tive Tuesday. Clark was sus
pended by City Manager Hugh
McKinicy and Cnpt. W. G.
Crease, assistant chief of po
lice. The action came after an in
vestigation of charges in an
anonymous letter mailed to
the. department July 30.
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terrrie-slurc '. pius-OD. Mer
ced County police estimated
ih? crowd at San Luis at
about 13,000 persons.
Saturday's phase of Ken
nedy's "non - political" trip
bcRan during tiie morning
with a one-hour conference
in Yosemite National Park
between Kennedy and Brown
who Inter flew with the Chief
exec.;;'' e by Helicopter to
an ir-rovised pad on the
San Lt:is project site.
Kennedy rep oi l. ' to his
s u n .'?a;e.i audience outside
Los r.. n.is that his trip was
Thrca In Oregon
Aiiio Accidents
By United Press International
Three persons . . .two from
Oregon . . . died in traffic ac
cidents in the state Saturday.
The victims were Hilario
Vasciucz, 70, Mercedes, Tex.;
Mrs. Maxine Ham, 23, Foster;
and Curtis Fuller, fi. Brooks.
Vasqucz was killed in a
one-car accident near Mc
Minnvillc. Six other persons
were' injured in the crash. The
car went out of control and
overturned.
Mrs. Ham died when she
was struck by a car as she
stood beside her stalled ve
hicle near Sweet Home and
the Fuller boy lost his life
when he rode his bicycle into
the path of a car near Brooks.
Owen Leathers. 35. Hepner,
was killed in a motorcycle
accident near Heppncr Friday
night. He was testing his
motorcycle in a field and
went over an eight-foot bank.
Army 2nd Lt. Lavid Cor
don of Roscburg was fatally
injured n a two-car collision
near Coeur D'Alenc, Idaho.
He died at a Kellogg. Idaho,
Hospital.
Governor Urges New
Academic Freedom
Monmouth -TPE- Gov. Mark
Hatfield ha CHllcd for "a new
kind of academic freedom for
all of our public school teach
er;;' In a talk here he said thai
teachers should have freedom
to speak arrd act as mind and
conscience dictate on arty so
cial and political issue.
His view came when he
talked to a workshop of pol
itics held at Oregon College
of Education.
"I would like to see more
teachers take positions nn the
issues of the day making those
positions known and defend
ing them aeainst all comers.
I would like to see them
throw caution to the winds
insofar as deference lo local
authorities, school administra
tors or public opinion might
go in those matters of honest
conviction relating to the wel
faii of the social body,' the
k- ' - r ('c -In red.
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servaison
fruitful and inspiring in that
it showed him what was pos
sible when the public, and
State and Federal Govern
ments forget regional differ
ences and worked together.
It was within this frame
work that he was unstinted in
his praise of Brown for hav
ing contributed so much to
Ihe water development of
California. Sneaking ahead
of the President, Secretary of
Interior Stewart L. Udall
oraiscd Brown even more
'avishly than Kennedy, put
ting Brown "in a class by him
. cif as-the best water Gover
nor of all our 50 Governors."
While the White House
stuck to its "non-political"
classification of K e n n cdy's
trip, California is a state
where Democratic lead crs
hope to pick up as many as
eight new House Scats this
fall. Kennedy will return to
the, Slate, probably in Octob
er, to help this effort.
The California House Dele
gation of 30 Representatives
i. now split between 16 Dem-
ocrats and 14 Republicans,
t Eight new seats arc up for
I election this fall due to ap
portionment, most of them
f i ii the Los Angeles area where
j the President planned to
, spend the rest of this week
! end.
! Air Line Prepares
To Resume Service
Miami (UPI) - Eastern Air
Lines announced Saturday it
i will resume full service on
'Sept. 13, but with 25 per cent
j fewer workers than when the
jliight engineers first called
their present strike 57 days
ago.
I Eastern's president Mal
,colm A Maclntyre estimated
:at a news conference the loss
. in jobs, in all departments of
i the nation's fourtn largest air
carrier, would total between
4,000 and 5.000.
A large number of these,
he added, would be recalled
, by Dec. 15 when the airline
, normally steps up Its service
;for the lucrative winter tour
ist season.
I But Eastern wont soon
i reach the level of 18.000 cm
Iployces it had on the payroll
jwhen the flight engineers in
ternational association (FEIA)
. went on strike June 23, Mac
' Intyre said.
Branchfield Named
To Veterans Post
Salem - 1PI'- The advisory
committee to the State De
partment of Veterans Affairs
Saturday named Edward
Branchfield. Medford. chair
man of the group. He succeeds
Samuel M. Bowc. Grants Pass.
Other officers named in
cluded Harry E. Williams.
Portland, vice chairman, and
John Schum, Portland, secretary.
rn Swing
Ex-Truman Aide
Offers Defense
For Humphrey
Young Declares No
Favors Extended
Washington -(UPI)- Former
Treasury Secretary George M. !
Humphrey was staunchly de
fended Saturday by a Truman
administration official who
okayed a nickel stockpiling
contract that brought the one
time Eisenhower cabinet
member under Senate fire.
Howard I. Young, now pres
ident of the American Zinc,
Lead & Smelting Co., St. Lou
is, said Humphrey, multi-millionaire
Cleveland industrial
ist, "received no greater con
sideration in the contract
award than if he had been
plain John Jones."
Young is a fellow towns
man of Sen. Stuart Syming
ton (D-Mo.), who angrily de
nounced Humphrey Friday
during the Senate stockpiling
subcommittee's inquiry into
the contract.
Deputy Chief
At the time the contract
was signed, Young. 3 Repub
lican, was deputy chief of the
defense minerals production
administration (DMPA) under
then President Harry S. Tru
man. "He's one of the finest men
in the United States," Young
said of Humphrey who served
in former President Dwighl
D. Eisenhower's cabinet for
four and a half years. "He's
absolutely square in every re-!
spect."
Young jumped to Humph
rey's defense in a long dis
tance telephone interview
with United Press Interna
tional from his office in St.
Louis. He said Elsenhower's
election victory in November,
1952, and Humphrey's desig
nation as secretary of the
treasury 10 days later, had
no effect whatever on stormy
negotiations that led to a gov
ernment stockpile contract
with Humphrey's Hanna Min
ing Co. on Jan. 16. 1953, four
days before the Republicans
took office.
"As far' as I'm concerned
the political situation had no
effect whatsoever," he added.
"Politics never entered into
it as far as our shop was
concerned. We (the govern
ment) needed nickel and need
ed damned it badly and they
had some. '
Humphrey Headed
Young was talking about
the M. A. Hanna Co. and
mining subsidiaries, compa
nies which Humphrey headed
before he came to Washing
ton. The contract, which provid
ed for the sale of more than
$100 million worth of nickei
to the strategic national stock
pile, are under fire by Sy
mington's Senate investigat
ors. According to the Mis
souri Democrat's interpreta
tion of earlier testimony, the
contract permitted Humph
rey's companies to realize
"windfall" profits of up to
$19 million. Humphrey de
nied the profits were exces
sive. Symington charged Friday
that after Humphrey was
named to the treasury and
just before he took office,
somebody on high gave word
to "make this deal as the
Hanna peop'.e want It." He
shouted lha "we are going
to find out who that was"
after he and Humphrey had
engaged in a bitter exchange.
18 Drown As Boat
Swamps In Lake
Quincy. Fla. -HiPH- A IB-foot
fishing boat Jammed with Ne
gro children off on a church
picnic swamped under the
heavy load Saturday and 18
of the 19 persons aboard
drowned.
All but one of the victims
were children ranging in age
from 6 lo 12 years.
The lone survivor was 11-year-old
Jerome Maples, who
was saved by a fisherman
who managed to push a cane
pole within the boy's reach.
The only adult aboard was
Joseph Rouic, 25. who was
operating the small motor that
drove the small, green, flat
bottom boat.
Witnesses said the boat had
Just left Jessie's landing on
nearby Lake Talquin when
the heavily loaded vessel be
gan filling with water in the
stern.
Bouie raced the molur in
hopes of raisii g Hi; crnft in
the water, witnesses aid. hut
instead it caused the wa'cr
to rush forward and the boat
icnt under.
Candidate Dearth
Noted In Central
Point Election
Central Point - This city
may wind up with a shortage
of candidates for city council
and other posts unless more
nominees are forthcoming
within the next 10 days.
As of today not a single
candidate has filed for the six
positions that come up for
election this November.
Only three candidates have
taken out nomination papers,
and two of them are seeking
the same post.
Filing Deadline
Deadline for filing nomina
tion papers Is Aug. 28, one
week from Tuesday.
The six city posts that come
up for election are mayor,
treasurer, recorder and coun
cilmen from Wards I, II and
III.
The six incumbents have
either announced they do not
plan to run for re-election or
have not yet indicated what
their plans are.
To add to the situation, a
fourth councilman, whose
term does not expire this fall,
is reported planning to re
sign at the next council meet
ing, because of a provision in
the city charter,
The three Incumbent city
councilmcn are Bill Cowllcy,
Leslie Bigham and Don Pat
terson, all of whom reported
ly have indicated they do not
plan to run for reelection.
About lo Resign
Councilman Chester Ayres
is reported about to resign be
cause the city charter pro
hibits persons from doing bus
iness with the city while in
office. Central Point buys
gasoline from a service sta
tion owned by Ayres.
The Incumbent mayor.
treasurer and recorder are
Freeman Mason, Edward
Jones and Lyle Paull, respec
tively. None of them has in
dicated publicly whether or
not he plans to run for re
election. Candidates who have taken
out nomination papers are
Bert Adams In Ward I and
Dale Bartley and Keith Wil
liams in Ward II. None of
them has filed yet.
PLANE DAMAGED
Bonn -illPli- An East Ger
man jet fighter plane Satur
day shot at and damaged a
West German navy plane, the
West German defense minis
try announced.
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recn mantle of vegetation
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RICHARD H. TRAVIS
Files For Council
Travis Files For
Councilman From
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Richard H. Travis, 44, ol
1100 Mira Mar ave., Medford,
has filed for city councilman, ,
Medford's fourth ward, it was j
announced Saturday. '
iravis is me sue.. ia pu, mi
to file for a council position,
Robert J. Cunningham, 43, !
of ,24 North Groveland ave., -,
Medford, earlier filed for
Ward 1. Deadline for filing!
is Aug. 31. !
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Travis is married and has
inree sons tie nas uvea in
IWiecuoro tor 1 1. yoais, oM ebomnton . Pnlnnrt China tor
was oorn in inuiiinu. rn:
employed by Mechanics laun
dry. The cily council candi
date was a World War II pi
lot. Travis is past president and
campaign chairman for the
United Crusade, past president
of the Public Library of Med
ford and Jackson county and
School of Hope, president of
the Oregon United Appeal and
campaign chairmnn for Jack
son county of the Carl Fisher
for Congress committee.
He is also a member of the
Elks, Masonic Lodge 103, Hil-
lah Shrine and American Le
gion. SULLIVAN OKAY
' New York - (UPI) - Ed Sul
livan, nationally syndicated
columnist and television per
sonality, was reported in ex
cellent condition Saturday
after a gall bladder operation
at the Mayo clinic, Rochester,
Minn., the Columbia Broad
casting System announced.
The Beauties of Scenic Oregon
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Australian Entrant
Wins Beauty Contest
Long Beach, Calif. ( L I't '
Tania Verstak, 21-year-old
brownhaired lovely
from Sydney, Australia,
Saturday night was named
Miss International Beauty
of 1963.
Chosen from a starting
field of 52 from all over the
world, Miss Verstak was
crowned in a colorful cere
mony after being selected
from five finalists.
County 4-H Fair
Climaxes With
Saturday Events
The week-long Jackson
county 4-H and FFA fair
reached a climax Saturday
with a barbecued beef dinner,
sheep auction and general
livestock auction.
Under the guidance of
Francis Krouse, Applcgate
'"anchor a"d 4-H leader, 1,200
I people were fed in approxim-
lately 40 minutes Saturday
evening.
Crater FFA chapter's Den
nis Cornutt sold his FFA
grand champion choice South
down sheep for the high price
of the sheen auction. A
. n(, SaUirdiiy afternoon. i
i K ., .. , Tal.n, ,
sold her 4-H grand champion
choice Suffolk sheep lor
$1.20.
The general livestock auc-
i lion louowea aooui i p.m.
,,., vlr Hals(, vo1 pnml
with Vic Halscy, Eagle
( FF A chaptcr, seiUng ni, Brand
champion. - Poland
China,
$1.01 a pound. '
Champion Duroc
Top 4-H hog, the 4-H Grand
champion Duroc exhibited by
Mary Ann Barker, Ruch,
brought $1.17 a pound.
The top selling FFA steer, i
the FFA Grand Champion
Hereford, exhibited by Lloyd
Campbell, Phoenix, sold for
60 cents a pound.
Candy Gail, Gold Hill, sold
her 4-H Grand Champion
steer for $1.03 a pound.
A larger crowd than ever
overflowed the sale barn Sat
urday night and spread out
onto the grounds.
Bidding was brisk during
the livestock sale which
wound up the week-long fair
south of Medford.
A 4-H leader summed up
the fair as having few prob
lems, but the large hog and
sheep entries required doubl
ing up with three animals to
a pen.
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create a dramatic color pattern
andttlcep blue ocean water.
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Presence of NATO
Forces In Berlin
Scored In Speech
Stand Taken During
Fete For Cosmonauts
Moscow (UPll - Premier Nik
ita Khrushchev, raising the
stakes for a Berlin settlement
in the wake of Russia's new
space feats, demanded Satur
day that U.S., British and
French troops get out of Ber
lin, He withdrew an earlier
offer to let smaller Nalo coun
tries station troops in Berlin,
The jubilant Soviet leader
addressing a Red Square rally
in honor of the Soviet space
twins, also threatened ant'iv
to sign a separte peace treaty
with East Germany, but he
did not set a deadline.
For the first time, however,
Khrushchev spelled out a re
fusal lo permit NATO troops
to participate, even under
United Nations auspices.
The refusal was a sudden
switch from a proposal made
by Khrushchev last month
that the Soviet Union would
be willing to have a joint
NATO Warsaw Pact fuice
keep the peace in West Berlin.
Berlin Settlement
Khrushchev's switch was
taken' (o mean he now waj
prepared to concede only a
neutral force In the cily un
der. U.N. command to replace
Western Allied troops under a
Berlin settlement.
At the same time, Khrush
chev pointed to the recent ne
gotiated settlements of the
Laos and Dutch New Guinea
controversies and said the
Berlin problem should be
solved "in a similar fashion. '
He said the Soviet Union
had as milch or more might
than the "imperialist" nations
and the Western Powers
would be committing suicide
If they tried to settle the issue
by force.
The Soviet Premier spoke
for 50 minutes to cheering
thousands in Red Square after
decorating cosmonauts Maj.
Andrian Nikolayev and Lt.
Col. Pavel Popovich for their
marathon twin voyages in
space.
Divided City.
Khrushchev declared that
to settle the "ripe" and "ur
gent" problem of Germany,
"NATO war bases in West
Berlin" must be liquidated
and Western troops with
drawn from the divided city.
HiQhway Committer. Ptvo
with the frothy surf, pale sky,