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Newspaper Page Textolice Seek Driver for Smallpox Vaeeinati First Baby Death Believed From Use of Thalidomide Washington OIPD The Food and Drua administration re ports it may have found the first baby death in mis coun try caused by experimental use of thalidomide. FDA Commissioner George P. Larrlck said Monday he suspected the mother was one of 207 pregnant women known to have been given the American-produced drug for test purposes. Larrick declined to identify the mother or even say where the baby was born. "It looks rather serious but we haven nailed it down yet," he told United Press International Hearings Continue His disclosure came as the House Commerce committee continued hearings on a new drug control bill. The Senate Judiciary committee Monday approved a measure giving President Kennedy virtually all the authority he asked to protect Americans from un safe drugs. At a session Monday night, the House group was told that the United States is ahead of the Soviet Union in producing needed drugs and Congress should be careful about tam pering with the U.S. system. Raymond A. Bauer, a Har vard professor, testified that Russia's socialistic system of producing drugs "Is function- Investigation of Teamster Pension Fund Scheduled Chicago (UPD The Justice Department today launched a new and far-reaching inves tigation into the operations of the $180 million Teamsters Union pension fund. Charles Z. Smith, one of five special assistant attor ney generals assigned to the Investigation, said it would cover possible mail fraud, fraud by wire, and conspiracy with various persons, compa nies, corporations, firms, or ganizations and associations. Smith said the federal grand jury investigation was the latest step in a long-range program which has been pressed in Washington, Los Angeles and other major : cities over a period of months. Federal officials have said they believe tlie operations of the pension fund are domi nated by teamsters. President James R. Hoffa even though the fund is officially con trolled by a 16-man board of trustees, eight appointed from management and eight from the teamsters. Hoffa is one of the trustees. The pension fund has made numerous loans to resort ho tels and gambling spots in Las Vegas, according to the federal investigators. U.S. Atty. James P. O'Brien said the Investigation would be conducted during the Au gust session of the Chicago Federal Grand Jury. To Cover Program He said the investigation would cover the workings of the pension program in the central stales, southeast and southwest divisions, all head quartered in Chicago. He would not reveal who would be called to testify be fore the grand Jury or how many subpeonas would be issued. The investigation was re garded as a new Justice De partment attack on ttie opera tions of the teamsters and Hoffa. ing worse for them than ours is for us." He urged the com mittee to consider the ad vantages of U.S. drug manu facturing before Imposing ad ditional regulations. The new case disclosed by Larrick was the first linked to the use of U.S.-produced thalidomide. However, five de formed babies have been born to American mothers who said they obtained the drug abroad. Larrick, in reporting the baby death, said the doctor who may have administered thalidomide to the mother was out of the country and could not be reached. Larrick said the mother "doesn't know of her own knowledge what she took." He said the baby probably was a girl. She was born with "congenital deformities" of the kind that have been widely associated with use of thalidomide in Europe, where babies were born with stunt ed, deformed arms or legs. Regional Edition Page 2-A MEDFORDtJSIWrRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. 1962 Foreign Briefs BIKINI IN SPAIN CONTINUES TO BE ISSUE London-ll'll-A bikini bathing suit ii causing troubla on the diplomatic front between Britain and Spain. Four Englishmen on vacation in Barcelona hoisted the bikini atop a flagpoU in placa of tha Spanish flag. Thty wara arrested and deported. Two of the men complained to tha Foreign Office her they had no part in the incident and considered themselves unfairly treated. The Foreign Office has taken up the mallor with au Ihoritiei in Madrid. WRITERS MISSING FROM SCOTLAND CONFERENCE Edinburgh. Scotland-UIPII-Malcolm Muggaridge, spokes man for the International Writers' Conference which open ed hare Monday, reported about half of those who acceptad invitations have failed to show up. He said the abienteei Included Jean Paul Sartre, Ten neiie Williams, Mckhail Shokolov and Alberto Moravi. "Some may have been kidnaped on the way and others may have coma part of the way and found something mora amusing to do, the London columnist explained. BRITAIN TO INCREASE 'NO SMOKING' COMPARTMENTS London-m-Brilish Railways reported Monday it plans to Increase the number of no smoking compartments on its trains because of requests from passengers who wrote in following the release of a doctor report on lung cancer. NEHRU TO VISIT NIGERIA Lagos, Nigeria-m-Foreign Minister Jaja Wachuku said Monday Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru will visit Nigeria Sept. 23-26. Electronics Higher On Mixed Market Now York-IUPII-Electi'onics moved higher today In an otherwise mixed stock market. Martin-Marietta, prime con tractor for development of Titan III space booster, was extremely active on the tape with a gain of about V4. Also In this group, IBM Jumped more than 3 and Beckman about 1. Steels were easier, chemi cals and oils firm and autos slightly lower where changed. Some utilities moved lower while a few foods and rails gained a point or more. Singer Manufacturing rose more than 1 on higher earn ings and Ilarris-Intcrtypo added approximately a point after declaring a 10 por cent extra stock dividend. Xerox, Walgreen, Polaroid and Campbell Soup were among the point sized gainers. Tex as Instruments dropped about 1. DOW JONES AVERAGES New York-lliril-Dow Jones final stock averages! 30 in dustrials 612.86, up 2.84; 20 railroads 121.74, up 0.30t 15 utilities 120.43, up 1.32, and 65 slocks 211.55, up 1.21. Sales Monday ware about 4.58 million shares compared with 3.43 million shares Friday. BUILDING HOME Illinois Valley - Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thornhill and family arc building a new home In the Pine Knolls sub division and hope to have It cnmnleted by the early part of September. Thornhill Is shop teacher at Illinois Valley High. Portland IUPD A worker was rescued in a construction cave-In here today near where one man died In a cave-in last week . Five Saved From Willamette River Portland ll'PII - Five young people were rescued from the Willamette river here Monday evening by Harbor Patrolmen after their 28-foot sailing bout overturned under the Ross Island bridge. All five clung to the sides of the craft until they were rescued, police said. None was wearing a life Jacket. Rescued were Molly Wheel er, 18; Martha Wheeler. 18; Andy Wheeler, 12; Helen Lookwood, 15. and fiiwgo Peters. 18. All arc of Port land except Miss Loikwood, who is from Big Rapids, Mich. Peters, who was at the til ler, said a gust of wind swept under the bridge, swung the boom around and tangled the sails. fWQiyWanlaU' Mamorlal Park ond Funeral Home 1395 Arnold Lone Phone 773-7338 3 NAr i e 0 m to "More Understanding" a P-i Dy "-V ru Modny'i p rlcn on selected ttocka: Allied Chcnifml 3B Alum Co Am bi "a American Air Lines i8' Ainerlc-nn Can 4.1 Amcricnil Motors 17 A T At T lM't Amertcnn Tohncco 31 3 Anaconda Cupper 40TB Arinco 4!l, Bench x Corp 5fl Belhlohem Steel 32 i Hoeing Air 4l t Brunswick lf)- Ciiterptllar Corp 3ft B Chry,.r Corp M't Coca Cola fl'a C-B S 3B'i Conilncntal Can 42 Crown Zellerhach 40a Crucible Steel ifl Curtis Wright 20 Dow Chemical 47 'j Du Pont tn'i KHStmnn Kodak too' Firestone 31 1 Ford ,. 44 i a General Electric (l General Foods 7i)-'i Gene ml Motors ,W Georgia Tactile art1 Greyhound 2H Gull Oil 3.V4 II omnia ke 31 J, Idiiho Power - 2: i n m '4 Int Paper 26 Johns Manvllle 42 Kennerott Copper 71 ' Lockheed Aircraft M 4, Martin 2,V Merck rirt', Montana Tower 32 4 Montgomery Want 27 t Nai l Biscuit 3!l', New York Central 11 Northern Pacific ?U Pc Ghb FAcc - - 2!1, Pennev J P 41 Penn Hit 11 ' Perma Cement I3i Phillips 4ft , Procter St Gamble 70 Hadio Corporation 4ft1 j Hirhfietd Oil 3l Safewav , ;ip t Santa Fo 21 ' Senrs 7ft Shell Oil Sm-ony Mnhit Oil M 1 ( Southern Co 4i)'t Southern Pacific Sperrv Rand U Standard California ?R Standard Indiana 44i Standard N. J. .si!"-, Sink lev Van Camp 21 Sun Mines . 10', Texas Co .VI ' Texas Gulf Sulfur 11', Texas Pac Land Truit Thiokol 30 Trans America ...... 3ft , Tri Continental 40 Cnton Carbide fM ' Colon Pacific 2)1', Cnlted Atrcrart 4 R t'nitert Airliner 30', I R Pl wood 42 j C S Rubher 42 CS Steel IV, West Hanh Corp 31 i , Wettnehoino aM B Young town 79 BILL APPROVED Portland -4TI- A bill which would prohibit debt consoli dation agencies in Oregon af ter July 1. 1963, was approv ed here Monday by a subcom mittee of the Legislative In terim Committee on Small Business. Personal Plea To Cabbie Sent Throughout Area New York-fllPD-A cab driv er who may have contracted smallpox from a Canadian youth today was urged to come forward by police who promised him immunity for a violation of taxi rules. A personal plea to the un known cabbie, one of 38,000 in the city, was broadcast by radio stations in the metro politan area. The request came from police who feared he may not have volunteered to be vaccinated in fear he would be cited for trying to overcharge the boy's family for a 40-minute ride from In ternational Airport Aug. 11. Can Forget Violation In the message, police told the taxi driver that he could "forget any possible violation of the cab rules because the police will. We are not inter ested in penalizing but in immunizing." He is a white man with a dark complexion and speaks with a foreign accent. He was driving a light taxicab on Aug. 11, when he chauffeured James William Orr, 14, and Orr's family from New York International Airport to Grand Central terminal. He was in proximity to James for 40 minutes. Thus he may be infected with the dread disease smallpox, as was James, and the potential carrier of an epidemic, through the hundreds of per sons he contacts each day. Danger to Others His incubation period, if he is infected, is due to expire this week. Health officials say he is "a danger to himself today . . . and possibly a dan ger to others tomorrow." Yet this cabbie has refused to turn himself in, possibly because, according to Mrs. Orr, he tried to overcharge the family for transporting them and their luggage. He could face discipline from the hack bureau for this. As authorities intensified their hunt for everyone who might have crossed James' path during his trip from Brazil to Canada, by way of New York, this unidentified driver stood out as the per son outside the boy s family most likely to have caught the disease. Health officials pleaded in the press for his appearance. Each of the city's 101 cab companies was contacted. Vaccinations Mount The number of Americans and Canadians receiving vac cinations mounted into the thousands, as officials sought to close off every potential carrier of the highly contagi ous disease. The Public Health Service reported that all 74 passen gers on the Argentine Airlines flight that carried James from Brazil to New York on Aug. 11 hud been located and im munized. The family took a train to Toronto the same night. In cities where the train had stopped, doctors and health clinics reported a steady flow of persons coming in for vaccination. Persons who had left the train at nine stops in New York state before it entered Canada were urgod to contact their local health authorities. Cndoti Immunised More than 400 cadets from the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Trenton, Ont., who were passengers on the train were immunized Monday. O r r's missionary father, James Orr Sr., said in Toronto that Brazilian officials gave immunization clearance to the boy although he had not been vaccinated for at least six years. "If we had been Bra zilians or Argentines." the fa ther said, "they would have us take off our shirts, but with Canadians and Ameri cans thev just take your word for it." ' Rusk Proposes Talks Aimed At Easing Berlin Tension Washington. - (UPD - Secre tary of State Dean Rusk urged Russia to agree to four-power talks on ways to reduce ten sions touched off by Com munist gunfire against refu gees fleeing East Berlin. Rusk advanced the proposal in a 20-minute meeting with Russian Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin, who was sum moned to the deteriorating situation in divided Berlin. He called for meetings of the U.S., British, French and So viet military commandants in Berlin "to find ways to reduce tensions in the city." The move came as Washing- Use of Inmates On Certain Jobs Upheld in Brief Salem-IUPD-The state's brief in the prison labor suit here was filed In Marion County Circiut court Monday, argu ing that use of inmates on certain projects is public pol icy in Oregon. The brief, submitted in be half of the State Board of Control by Asst. Atty. Gen. Walter Barrle, struck at a suit by organized labor to for bid future use of convict la bor by the board. The labor suit, for a de claratory judgment, was filed early this summer by the Portland Building Trades Council, after the board used convicts to erect a green house at Dammasch State hospital. The board, which oversees state institutions, plans to use inmate labor to build the new women's prison here. This was a 2-1 decision by the board, with Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr., and State Treasurer Howard C. Belton favoring use of in mate labor, and Gov. Mark Hatfield opposed. Opening statements were made before Judge Val D. Sloper by Barrle, and by Donald Richardson of Port land, representing the coun cil. The complaint says that in mate labor competes adverse ly with free labor, and cites unemployment In the coun cil's operating area. Richardson called three witnesses-Fred Manash of the Portland Building Trades: Charles Westcrgard, Salem Building Trades Council: and J. N. Peet, Board of Control secretary. The state called no witnesses. Labor's brief is due by Aug. 31, and the state's reply brief by Sept. 10. Sloper set Sept. 17 as the date for final arguments. Portland Youth Dies in Tumble Miniature Racing Is Newest Hobby Form New York-IUPD-Auto racing in the living rooms is the new. est hobby of hundreds of Americans. Introduced only a few years ago, it is currently the fastest growing segment of the $450 million hobby indus try. Sales are approaching those of electric trains. The great appeal of electric car racing is in the competi tive angle. The model cars run side-by-side on lanes (the equivalent of train tracks) with separate controls for each car. The cars are exact models of autos in use around the world. The prize - winning Mercedes-Benz 300 SL sports car, for example, is copied on a l25th scale for the ITC Electric Roadways racing set. The cars 7'a inches long achieve a scale speed of 200 miles per hour. Track layouts often are ex act copies of internationally famous racing courses. One ITC kit includes such courses as Le Mans, Sebring, Monza and Daytona Beach. ton officials apparently ap proved a plan for Western forces in Berlin to provide ambulances for East German refugees who are fired on as they attempt to flee across the Berlin wall. The ambulances would be authorized to drive into East Berlin territory on mercy mis sions to pick up victims, such as an 18-year-old East German youth who fell wounded on the East Berlin side of the wall last Friday and was left there to die. Wes: cerliners, angered by the case, have conducted four days of tense demonstrations which at one point involved some 10,000 persons. They stoned both American and So viet military buses entering West Berlin. Officials here said the mercy ambulance plan was being discussed in Berlin to day among Allied comman dants who apparently will have the final voice in the matter. "It is and has been our position that the situation can best be dealt with by those on the scene," said State Depart ment spokesman Joseph Reap. Rusk's bid for a four-power commandants' meeting paral leled efforts by the U.S. com mandant in Berlin, Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II, to set up such a meeting. The acting Soviet commandant, Col. P. Siganov, rebuffed the proposal Monday. The United States proposed June 25 that representatives of the four powers meet to discuss ways of reducing ten sions, of reducing incidents of violence along the wall, and of freeing the movement of persons and goods. Reap told newsmen that "certainly the incidents of the last few days have underlined the importance of getting to gether." Asked whether he thought Russia would now agree, Reap said, "there is al ways hope." Now Open for Business IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER DREWS Sells Famous Brands of Men's Wear at Sensible Pikes. Martin of California Jackets Pendlton Sportswear Wolverine Work Boors and Many Others You Know. WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING Use Drews Convenient Revolving Charge Account SINCE 1918 5. DREWS Manstore IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Five Dunked When Cruiser Capsizes Tillamook-IUPII - A 42-foot pleasure cruiser, the Pisca II, with four doctors and a youth aboard, capsized on the the bar here today. The five men were rescued but one. Dr. Ken Bourquin, 42, of Hillsboro, died later of heart failure. He was uncon scious when pulled from the surf. Also in the boat were Dr. William E. Eubanks, Portland; Dr. C. M. Rasmussen, Hills bro; Dr. Vernon E. Hall, Esta cada; and Brad Davis, 16, Green Bay, Wise. 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For more complete details call 773-7711, or write to: HAWTHORNE CONVALESCENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER 625 STEVENS STREET Medford, Oregon Thornton Rules on Separate Agencies Salem-iVPP-The State Board of Architect Examiners and the State Board of Landscape Architect Examiners are sep arate and independent agon- Robert Y. Malibu, Calif. - ll'PH - A 15-year-old Portland, Ore., boy (ell to his death in a reser voir below Malibu dam Mon day, sheriffs investigators re ported. Detectives were not imme diately able to determine It Stan Gaumer died In the fall from tho 300-foot cliff, or rlrnwnrrl In the reservoir, i ncs. Ally. uen. One investigator said drwon- Thornton said today ing was the apparent cause Thornton said this is the of death. case except in only a tew in- Scott MacGregor, IB. Mall- stances defined in the statutes. bu. notified the sheriff s of- i I he Board of Architect Ex fice that he and Gaumer were j "miners requested the opin walking along a path when lion. the other boy slippe ' and fell Thornton noted that the Into the reservoir. Firemen Landscape Architect Examiu used grappling hooks to re lers groups Is referred to m cover the body. i the law as "sub-board." but The victim had been stay- Thornton said a reading of the Ing with the MacGregors dur-.entire law indicates this Is a inn vacation. I misnomer. J ? li ! 1 ' , , V " , v - i r t t, if , ' i V , ' ' , rS V. ' , i ) ' " V S - l ' ' " ' N ' v " 7 - ti , ' ' v . i - s . t ' , K '-.. 1' s' ' i i t t - ' - - 4 - t l-4 t ') '-tH A ' : t. - 'fir ' - r , ' : ' -tJv i: t... v. , 1 1 , di . .. x L. 2.. .: " ' ' -x, ' I'M! . 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