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Newspaper Page TextAid 772e Beauties of Scenic Oregon (Oregon Statf Highway 0"',!,n Ptx scaping East Berlin Refugees U.S. Posts Ambulance SO Neahkahnie Golf course Game Fish Group i May Intervene in j Ballot Lawsuit Salem - H'PH - Marion Coun- j ty Judge Val D. Sloper Mon day ruled that "Make Steel head a Game Fish, Inc." may intervene in a suit that seeks to strike the steelhead meas ure from the November ballot. Granting of the petition makes the group a defendant in the case, along with Secre- lary ol aiaie nuwc.i "w"s i Jr.. who certified the measure , or me oauou ; me gdiiie nan -"" i posed of sportsmen, circulated me initiative pcuuun io, measure, which would declare steelhead an Oregon gairie I fish, and restrict the Colum-1 ltd I ivti inim. Measure Said Illegal Commercial fishermen strongly oppose the measure. which they say is illegal. The suit was filed against Appling by the Columbia Riv er Salmon and Tuna Packers Association, and others, who contend that a large number of signatures on the initiative petition are invalid, obtained under a faulty ballot title that j County Democratic Central the Oregon Supreme Court j committee. Chairman Jean changed during the campaign ' Mills said this morning, for signatures. I During its meeting last Appling's counsel. Asst. night the executive committee Atty. Gen. John J. Tyner Jr.. i nf the central committee voted said he will file the state's ; to write both the postal de brief later in the week, and ! partmcnt and Oregon Senator will ask for an early trial Wayne Morse requesting in- date. Salem Population Tops 50,000 Mark Salem - iLIPH - The popula tion of Salem has finally passed the 50.000 mark, ac cording to an estimate by City Recorder David Dockham. Dockham said he has sub mitted a population estimated of 50.495 to the State Board of Census, about 800 more than last year's estimate, and about 1.300 greater than the official I960 census of 49.1-12. The estimate is given to the state board to aid in appor tioning highway and liquor revenues. Even at the new figure. Salem is more than 5.000 short of the new Eugene esti mate of 55.700. Eugene took over the spot of Oregon's sec- ona largesi cuy in i.-mv census, making Salem third. T.V. Highlight President Kennedy', newi conference Wednesday will be carried by KMED-TV (ch. 10) at 1 p.m. and by KBES TV (ch. 5) at 3 p.m. ITIMS FROM BALLOON TO STUDY ATMOSPHERE Chico. Calif.-IIM-A giant balloon was launched today at part of a continuing joint air forca-civilian project to itudy lht upper leel, of Ihe atmosphere. , SOME ROCKET WORKERS BACK ON JOB HunHville. Ala.-IH-About 70 per cent of Ihe 1.500 con .truciion worker, al Ihi, rocket center who walked off their job, last week relumed today but striking electricians stayed away, the federal space agency said. PROBE PUSHED IN X1S FAILURE Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.-IPI-Spact scientists iii- tcnsified their investigation into X15 "electronic brain" failures today because of the rocket ship's second control breakdown within a week. .set r ; near Manzanita is lypical of Public Hearing May Be Called on School District Proposal A pubftc hearing on a pro- posal to join the Phoenix school district with the Med ford district will be held early in September, according to present plans, County School Administrative Assistant Deal ous Cox said today. Petitions seeking consolida tion of the two administrative ; school unjls were submitted ,0 Jackson coumy sdloo, u. perin,enden(-s i a s i week A rccent sUte attorncy gcn opinion rules that any i . v . . AMr,rt. t nQw comg under thfi . . rii.,ri. rnrBani7.ation law Fraink Van Dyke, Medfnrd I No Suggestion Yet MsHp for Pnifmadsri ln pcp'e inihe arpa affccted 1'iaUC IUI riOIMCUlU !(Medf()rdor phoCnix)ean peti- No recommendations for Medford postmaster have been made yet by the Jackson structions. "We need to know the qnal i ifications for postmaster :ind if there is any urgency about the appointment." Mills said, i George Loftin. Sams Valley. ' former central committee chairman, last night nomi nated Mrs. Moore Hamilton, widow of the late postmaster who died Aug. 11. for a tem porary appointment. But Mrs. Hamilton had declined either a temporary or regular ap pointment when approached earlier by a member of the executive council. Mills said the central com mittee's reeomm e n d a t i o n would go to Senator Morse after instructions are re ceived. Then, Morse, as senior senator, will make his recom mendation to the postal de partment which will make the i appointment. Congo Delegation To Visit Olympia Olympia -H'Pli- A delegation of members of the National Parliamenl nf tho Cnttttn will .visit here Aug. 27, it was an ; nounced Monday. Ihe Atncan lawmakers wm be welcomed Gov. Albert D officially Rosellini. hv AROUND THI 010(1 several seaside courses along the lawyer representing citizens, seeking the joining of the two ; uiMnci.s. sum im.s opinion would be open to litiua,tion. Meeting Scheduled He and those seeking consolidation or rcorcaniza-i I tion will meet with the Jack- 1 son county rural school board ! tomorrow night in the county j school office to determine ; what procedure should be 1 ; followed. Cox noted that state law l provides that after July 1 7qK a " V" i, r two art any joining of two ad ministrativp school districts ganization law. However, laws ganization law. However, laws pertaining to school district boundaries, reorganization or consolidation, all or any of which could apply to this case, have not been repealed. tion for joining the districts. It was estimated that 2(i0 Med ford residents and 130 Phoe- nix residents have signed peti tions for joining the two dis ' t ricts. Petition Not Forwarded These petitions, however, ' have not been forwarded to the state department of educa 1 tion by the county school su- perintcndenl's office because , space developments, particu the procedure to be followed i larly those involving large is not clear. j boosters." The petitions must be ap-1 McNamara said the Kennc proved by the state depart-! dy administration set out in menl of education before a early 19B1 to overtake and public hearing is called if the ; surpass the Soviets. A pri districts are joined through i mary example of this effort, the reorganization process. ' said, was the huge Titan The districts could be joined ! space booster ordered into by changing the boundaries of ! production Monday, one district or through con- Further efforts to "over solidation, and the petitions01"0 th'S deficiency" of the would not have to be forward-' American booster rockets will ed to the state department of education for approval Meanwhile, efforts to get the area south of Burnett rd. into the Medford school dis trict are continuing. Van Dyke said. This pertains to the area south of Rarnett rd. and in side the Medford city limits, plus a small area extending along Charlotte Anne rd out- side the Medford city limits. ""."""J WUB ",al "mc" hi iniH,. .h Phneniv ,-hnnl ca 8 high-altiture nuclear tests district. The Rogue Valley Manor is not included. j I J A "1 ; UnSnCGr ADDOintS " Harold Livingston - rnrvaiii- mpn . Rpnuhlican Senate candidate Sig Unander Monday named one nf his chief primary election oppon ents to coordinate his cam campaign in the cenlral Willa mette valley. Puked by tnander wa Dr. Harold Livingston, a speech professor at Oregon Slate Uni versity. L'nander termed h.s new lieutenant, whom lie de feated soundly in tile six-candidate primary, ' a lough, ar ticulate opponent '' L'nander announced the ap pointment of Livingston a area coordinator at a Benton County Republican picnic. STOP REDESIGNATED Washington - V PI - The Civil Aeronautics board today made final its redesi gnat ion of Wt-st Coast Airlines stop as Astoria, Ore . as Astoria-Seaside This d' notes both cities are served t'.rnngh the 'jiup airport. 400-mile Oregon coast. Russia Ahead in Space Program, McNamara Says Washington - lUPH - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNa- i mara said today that Russia is t "substantially ahead" in some ' space developments and indi the I cated he would expand the U.S. military space program again next year to overcome the gap. Answering c o n g ressional criticism of the military space effort, McNamara told a news conference the Kennedy ad ministration was spending three times as much on such programs this year as was spent in fiscal 19ti0. He said the figure was twice that of fiscal 1961. McNamara made the state ments when questioned about criticisms leveled by Sens. Barry Goldwatcr (R-Ariz.), and Howard W. Cannon (D Nev.), both Air Force Reserve brigadier generals. 'Great Accomplishment' . McNamara said the twin or bital flights of Soviet cosmo nauts Andrian Mikolayev and I Pavel Popovich were a "great j accomplishment." But he said they would not in themselves spark an expanded space ef ( fort in this country. The defense chief added, ! however, that he did not want j to create a "misimpression" ! in giving that answer. He said ! "we are behind in certain i De maae ln new military budget which President Ken nedy will send to Congress next January, he said. Americans Blamed For 'Dirty' Space j Moscow OiPli Russian sci- "dirtied" space, delayed So viet space flights, and "did space exploration an 111 service." Speaking nf the American "rainbow bomb" test hun dreds of miles in space, the president of the Soviet Aca demy of Scienelcs, Mstislav Keldysh, told a news confer ence at which Russia's twin spacemen appeared: "We know well the situa tion that took shape after the American nuclear blast at great altitude. "It was impossible to send ! Named to the u-meinncr a man into space for a long : policy-making body for three time after the American ex- i Vr term were James O. plosion. At present, too. it jj , Goodwin, Oregon City; R. F. impossible to send a man into ! McLaren. Klamath Falls; higher orbits in space (than R w- Nahstoll. Portland, those of Andrian Nikolayev and Donald T. Myrirk, Grants and Pavel Popovich)." Pass. Wendell Wyalt of Astoria Kennedy Names Two wa reelected a the Oregon Oregon Postmasters Washington T'PI-- President Kennedy today nominated two Oregon postmasters and sent their names to the Senate for confirmation. They are Law rente J Armbrusl, Creswell, and Ray F.. Shaw, Junction City. Duty Will Be Rotated Among Top Three Powers Men Massed To Stem Rioting Berlin -Ilini-The U.S. Army sent an ambulance to the East West Berlin border to night to offer aid in the event refugees are shot down while trying to escape from East Berlin. The ambulance arrived at Checkpoint Charlie at the Friedrichstrasse crossing point. The small ambulance was dispatched to the border shortly after the Western Al lies announced they would post a mobile medical unit at the Friedrichstrasse cross ing point for foreigners. A western communique said the ambulance would "at tempt to give medical aid to refugee victims nf Commu nist bullets on the eastern side of the wall." To Rotate Duty An American spokesman said that while today's ambu lance was from the U.S. Army, the duty would be rotated among the three powers with the British and French tak ing part, too. East German border guards a few yards away on the other side of the white-painted bor der line showed no sign that they had noted the ambulance arrive and drive into the courtyard of a building used by U.S. military police. Barricades Erected The decision to render help to any refugees wounded while trying to escape came as West Berlin police threw up barbed wire barricades and massed hundreds of men along the wall to stem further anti Communist rioting. The vio lence followed the shooting by Communist guards last Friday of an 18-year-old youth fleeing to the .West. He was left for about an hour with out help and bled to death. West Berliners have rioted for parts of three days in the wake of this tragedy, direct ing much of their anger at the Americans for not help ing the wounded youth. The mobs also stoned a Russian bus and West Berlin police Irying to maintain order. Local Girl Gets Gifts From Alba Maria Antoinette Mete . 6 and year-old daughter of Mr. Mrs. Sam S. Mete, 1036 West Eleventh st., Medford, who represented the City of Alba. Italy, in the 1962 Pear Blos som Festival parade, this ; week received gifts and let ters from Mcdford's sister city and its mayor. Young Maria, a festival princess, was chosen to ride on a float furnished by the City of Medford in the Pear Blossom Festival parade, and to represent Alba. Newspaper clippings and photographs of the princess and the float were sent to Alba's mayor. The gifts received were an Italian doll and a large box of cordial-filled chocolates. The doll, which carried the name of "Mariella," is in mod ern Italian attire with sun dress and jacket, and with braided hair to form a coronet decorated with small flowers. 7he chocolates were made in the Ferrero and company factory which was visited by a Medford group who last fall visited the City of Alba. In the letters from the may or, one in English and one in Italian, Alba's mayor ex pressed the hope that he would meet with the young princess and that she could visit his city. State Bar Names New Governors Portland Wli - Oregon at torneys named four new mem bers to the Oregon State Bar's jl ooaro Ol guvemuis ill vihiiis . which ended Monday. ni i.Kniv w .1.. -. " Association's House of Dele- gates. PRESUMED DROWNED Astoria -ITIi- Einer 11. Le Back of Ilwaco. Wash., was presumed drowned today af ter falling from his fishing boat Monday night. FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN CHURCHILL GOES HOME FROM London - 'ITl - Sir Win Hon Churchill, 87. carried into a hospital on a stretch er nearly two months ago. went home today in a wheelchair waving a big cigar and grinning at the wellwisher who cheered at he left the hospital. Churchill, dressed in his favorite gray suit and a Hamburg hat on his lap, was Soviet Spacemen Tell Experiences At Conference Moscow UPI Russia's twin astronauts disclosed today that they came within three miles of each other in their record - breaking flights' through space and floated back to earth by parachute. But they said there was no attempt and no plan to link up their five-ton space ships in orbit. Maj. Andrian Nikolayev, 32. who made 64 orbits of the earth, and his "space twin, Lt. Col. Pavel Popo vich, 31, who completed 48 orbits, gave details of their tandem journey at a joint news conference at Moscow University's Main Hall. The marathon conference lasted three hours and 43 minutes. Slowed by Rockets Nikolayov told the 1.500 newsmen and observers at the televised session that retro- rockets first slowed the speed of his space ship, Vostok III, while it still was in orbit more than 100 miles above the earth. Then he said he was "separated in a capsule" from the instrument compart ment of the ship, making a blazing reentry into the earth's atmosphere safely in side. At an undisclosed height, he said he then was ejected to float to earth by parachute, landing near Karaganda In Kazakhstan, 1,500 miles south east of Moscow. Popovich said he also came down by parachute from his ship, Vostok IV, and said he and Nikolayev landed about 124 miles apart. Previous an nouncements said said they came down within six min utes of each other in the previously planned landing area. Stress Peaceful Alms Both men stressed the peaceful aims of Soviet space experiments, and Popovich urged greater international co operation in space and even tual group space flights of ships belonging to different nations. He said Soviet Premier Nl kita Khrushchev already had proposed to President Ken nedy in a letter that the Unit ed States and Russia engage in wider space cooperation. He mentioned cooperation with tracking stations and commu nications networks, and great er exchanges of space infor mation. Floated Freely Both spacemen said they had carried out their duties without any problems due to weightlessness or other reas ons. In fact, Pnpvich said he had an advantage In being the second one to go up, since Nikolayev "could communi cate some of his experiences." This speeded up his work in releasing himself from his harness to float freely in his space ship cabin. Both men spoke, as have all previous Russian and American spacemen, of light particles flying past their ships. The Russians said these particles were exhaust from the engines WEATHER PORKl'AflT: Partly rloudv anil mild wllh a slow t-ltaring trrnd nl(ht and W'dnriday. I.iiw 1nnlht 411 In $2. High to morrow XI In 92, Trmp. HlthMt VMtrrrfiv 3 t.owMt Thi Morning HI Our Skies Tonight Stint tnfUv 1:M p.m. Aiinrttr tomorrow V?S am. MoonrH t'lntihi 1 1 p.m. I,ait fjiiartrr to morrow a.m. PROMINENT KT,R RMHf 'M. low tn rait 2:14 a.m. VlKllll.F PLANKT -Baliirn, low In touth- au 11 pm- Vrniit. low tn witt 11:12 p m. Jupitrr, In (hr oulh att l:lft P m. Mart. Men In it 4 U a m. I Regional Edition Medford 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST greeted by hundreds of "V" for victory signs from a cheering crowd outside Middlesex hospital. Churchill look the cigar out of his moulh, broke into a big grin and waved his stogey. In the past, Churchill has survived two world wars, pneumonia, broken bones and injuries suffered when Brazilian Jetliner Crash Leaves 13 Dead Morse Will Try To Block Bills for Spending Washington - IUPII - Sen Wayne L. Mors-e (D-Ore.)l broke up a session of the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee today and served notice he would try to block any more bills to spend U.S. funds abroad this year. Morse's move came as the committee was conducting a routine hearing on House-ap- Josephine Fair Starts Tomorrow Grants Pass-The Josephine County Fair, highlighted this year by an appearance of singer Dennis Day, gets under way tomorrow morning. The fair will run through Satur day. Day will headline a grand stand show tomorrow and Thursday, The show will be prevented twice each day, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Other features of the fair will include puny trotting and chariot races, several horse shows and numerous exhibits, contests and demonstrations. The fair will open at 8:3U a.m. tomorrow. Home econom ics and livestock displays, demonstrations and contests will dominate Wednesday and Thursday activities. Races are scheduled at 2 p.m. rriday and Saturday. There will be square dancing at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Satur day. Caller will be "Singin' ." Sain Mitchell of Tucson, Aru. Exhibits by 4-11 clubs will highlight Friday's activities. There will be a 4-H horse show in the covered arena Fri day evening and a junior stock auction in the juniou sales arena the same night. An open horse show will lake place in the covered arena at 8 p.m. Saturday. Harold DeGarro, clown who walks on stilts, will enter tain daily on the midway. The Josephine county fair grounds are located along Highway 1BH southwest ol Grants Pass. Young Nurse Sought In Olympic Park Olympic National Park, Wash. -IUPII- The search for a young nurse who went camp ing alone two weeks ago and vanished concentrated today on an area up the Hon Trail. A horse packer and his wife said they had seen a girl fit ting the description of Carolyn Wolbert, 27, Seattle, about 13 miles up the trail. Miss Wolbert left Seattle Aug. 7 for a camping trip. Her ear and gear were found at the Hob River campgrounds, Fifty Scouts and 50 Army rescuers were sent to join the search. Bean Pickers Sought In Willamette Valley Salcm-H'PIi Bean growers in the mid-Willamette Valley have sent out an urgent call for 1,000 more pickers. The first shortage of pick ers this season developed Monday at Salem, Woodburn, Silverton, Stayton and Inde pendence, according to Ron Ewing of the Oregon Farm Labor Office here. ha was hit by a New York taxicab. The exit from the hospi pital was another personal victory for Churchill in his frequent contests with ail mentft and injuries. This time he is on lhe way to re covery from a broken left thighs suffered in a fall June 28 during a vacation on the French Riviera. The former prima minis Abroad proved legislation to author ize $53,898,000 for U.S. diplo matic buildings abroad and some related bills. The Oregon Democrat told fellow committee members he was opposed to all the bills except one forbidding future construction of foreign chanceries in residential areas of the District of Columbia. He also said he would ob ject to the committee meeting while the Senate was in scs-1 sion. Morse later went to the! Senate floor to make his ob jection official but Chairman J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) already had recessed the meeting. First, however, the .commit tee tentatively opproved the foreign buildings bill with the restriction of future chanc eries here added as an amend ment. Morse told the Senate he was unimpressed by State De partment arguments that the buildings are needed to keep up the standard of U.S. reprc- senalion abroad. Domestic needs such as slum clearance, he said, should come ahead of any foreign lyildlng. Medford Girls Tell Police of Assault Three Medford girls told city police they were assault ed by an unknown man last night as they walked along Mt. Pitt ave. between Plum and Hamilton sts. One of the girls, a 13-ycar-uld, said thai after a short chase, she was caught by the man. After a brief struggle, during which she repeatedly called for help, the man sud denly let go of her and walk ed away. The girls said thai as they were walking along the man suddenly appeared a short distance behind them and called out. They told officers they Im mediately began to run. A 15-year-old girl said she hid be hind a car. Another also hid. but upon hearing her friend cry for help, she ran to a nearby house and asked the occupants to call police. , The girls described the man as being 18 to 20 years old They said he had black hair and wore a red shirt and black pants. According to police reports, the Incident occurred about 10:40 p.m. Candidates On Withycombe Probe By United Press International Oregon s two major pariy gubernatorial candidates con tinue to swap shots on the handling of a shortage at Na tional Guard Camp Withy combe. Democratic Atty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton today accused Republican Gov. Mark Hat field of "sitting on the fads for months." An estimated shortage of tn nori in surnlus eauipment was announced earlier this I year. A Clackamas county grand jury declined to return any Indictments. Hatfield named three retired military officers to a special board of 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 21, 1962 No. 130 HOSPITAL ter's release after 54 days in the hospital so touched the hearts of the British people that the event was tele vised. Churchill was transferred from the hospital to his home in London's Hyde Park Gale region, where a special apartment has been built on the ground floor so he can convalesce with out undue exertion. Disabled Craft Plunges Into Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro - lUPB -A Brazilian DC8 jetliner with 104 persons aboard ran oft the runway at International Airport here Monday night and crashed like a fiery rock et into Guanabara Bay. Airlines officials reported that 13 persons were killed, and 9 were listed as missing. The known dead Included 12 passengers and one crew .member. Eighty-two others survived 1 the cras-h, the officials said, I and are now in hospitals or homes. ' So far as was known there were no Americans . among the 93 passengers and 11 crew members aboard the American-made four-jet air liner that was taking off for Europe. Engine Failure ' ' The big airliner, apparent ly crippled by engine failure, screeched down a runway at the airport, smashed over a low wall at the end of the runway and hurtled into the bay. Witnesses said the fuselage "sailed like a rocket" over the waterfront drive. The wall scraped off the plane's landing wheels and one of its engines. It was the fourth major crash to occur in Brazil with in the past 10 months and the second disaster involving the airline during that period. McGahuey's Body Still Unclaimed Salem - fUPD - The body of Leeroy Sanford McGahuey re mained unclaimed today at the stale hospital. McGahuey was executed early Monday for the 1961 slaying of a 23-month-old boy. A relative of McGahuey's in California Indicated earlier she might make funeral ar rangements, but the warden's office had not been contacted. The body was taken to the state hospital morgue imtrie- ' diatcly following the execu tion. The warden's office was checking with the Veterans' Administration to determine it McGahuey was entitled to any benefits for burial. McGahuey served In the Army in World War II and was a corporal. If the body goes unclaimed, It will be cremated at the hospital, according to law, and the remains kept there. Swap Raps inquiry which now is looking into the case. Hatfield Monday termed Thornton "a candidate who rushes to the headlines while a military inquiry is under way." Thornton said earlier a source near the case told him the shortage Is nearer $80,000 than $6,000. Hatfield said. "Justice should be meted out only on the basis of facts, not sus picion, innuendo or hearsay." Thornton said today Hat field should make public a list of the missing items. He said results of a state police probe ordered by Hatfield also should be disclosed.