olice 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.
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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.
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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."
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Cruiser Capsizes
Tillamook-IUPII - A 42-foot
pleasure cruiser, the Pisca II,
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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.
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Salem-iVPP-The State Board
of Architect Examiners and
the State Board of Landscape
Architect Examiners are sep
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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
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