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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1962)
Violent Explosion Rocks Utah Powder The Beauties of Scenic Oregon " (Oregon State Highway Commission PHolo) Plant; Three Workers Presume .il.r ..4. -ClJmt,'kJ d Dead r - 5 "fir-v;'Vj--v kXft; v!2n5?i,s3'' '7Tr - Fort Rock is a natural formation accessi ble by a county central Oregon's plateau country. Johnson Assures Lebanese During Goodwill Journey Eejrut. Lebanon- IUPII -Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a Middle East Rood will tour here today by assur ing Lebanon that the United States has "abiding and un chaDging interest in the inde pendence and integrity" of this small country. Johnson's remarks in a pre pared arrival statement at the airport were considered sig nificant in view of the con tinuing uneasiness in this half Moslem-half Christian nation regarding its Arab neighbors, Syria and , the United Arao Republic. "The people of my country would have me express to you their feelings of affection, ad ministration and friendship for the people of Lebanon, " the vice president said. 16-Day Tour Johnson's arrival for a one day courtesy call on President Fuad Chehab and Premier Rashid Karame was the first top-off on a 16-day tour which also includes Iran, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Italy. With the vice president were his wife. Lady Bird, and 18-year-old daughter, Linda Bird. The American leader told the Lebanese it was "our good fortune in the United States to have many of your people come to live and work among us." "They have enriched our national life and helped to make America stronger," he said. "Our devotion to the Lebanese people who are part of America adds to our af- fection for the land which sent them to us." Agency Notified Concerning Trailer The Jackson county court has notified the Oregon state employment service that this will be the last year the serv ice will be permitted to have a farm labor trailer at the county fairgrounds. The court made the decision following a study of the situa tion this week. Late last week. Cily Parks and Recreation Director Rob ert L. Ha worth protested fruit pickers using Maple Grnve park. He told the county court that the labor trailer attracted pickers. "They camp there over night and completely take over the area, crowding other groups out," Haworth said. Haworth said his depart ment spent $800 last year on the park because of migratory labor use. Wendl said the court hai notified the state employment office here that this is the last season they may place the trailer at the fairground site. NEVS(!)BRIEFS ITEMS fOM jjr J AKOUNO THI OlOII WORKERS RETURNING TO SPACE PROJECTS Huntiville. AU.-'lPI'-StTiking electricians who have held up conitruction on space projects et Redstone Artenal for more than week began returning to work today. MORE EARTHQUAKES HIT ITALY Naples. ltaly-'tn-Two mare imell earthquakes hit the ttricken are of southern Italy Wednesday night and early today, but they were 10 slight they were icarcely felt. HOOT GIBSON DIES AT AGE 70 Woodland Hilli. CHI.-(ri-01dtime Western movie star Hoot Gibson, who figured he earned, and spent, about J6 million during his hey-day st t the ige of 70. New Petitions May Be Circulated in School Districts Frank Van Dyke, lawyer representing people interest ed in joining Phoenix and Medford school districts, in dicated last night that new petitions would be circulated under the amended stale re organization law. At a Jackson county rural school board meeting County School Superintendent Alf Mckvold reaffirmed his opin ion that reorganization pro cedure is the only legal mean? available for joining the two districts. Mckvold said that action to annex the soulh Barnctt rd. area to the Medford district could not be hailed now even though a possible reorganiza tion of Phoenix and Medford districts would make this un necessary. Hearing Scheduled A hearing on the Barnctt rd. area proposal is scheduled Sept. 13. Remonstrances can be filed by either side within :ifl day? after the hearing. This would mean an election would be called for all of the residents of both districts abonl Oct. 13. i Submarines Meet Under Arctic Ice Washington -'UPD- Two U.S. nuclear - powered submarines have demonstrated America's leadership In underwater fighting techniques by carry ing out an historic rendezvous at the North Pole. The rendezvous, announced by President Kennedy at his news conference Wednesday, was accomplished Aug. 2 by the Skate and the Sea Dragon, both of which had made pre vious underwater history in the Arctic. With the Skate entering Po lar waters from the Atlantic and the Sea Dragon from the Pacific, the 2,600-ton submar ines engaged in complicated electronic-controlled maneuv ers in the pitch black under the ire cap before their meet ing. After they had established communications over under water telephones, the Navy said, the submarines "pro ceeded in company to the point where surfacing was ac complished through a small opening in the Ice." Low Temperature Sets Record Here Today An all time low tempera lure for Aug. 2:1 was record ed this morning at the Med ford station of the U.S. rath er bureau. The reading was A$ de grees. Previous low for this dale was 4fl dearees in 1037. an actor, died of cancer today road near Silver Lake in Referring to the reorgani zalion proposal. Van Dyke commented that "it's too bad we can't take a short cut and hold an election now. Anoth er hearing will mean more wild exhortations. And peo ple on both sides feel strong ly about this matter." A petition for reorganiza tion must be signed by at least 10 legal voters within "the territory affected," ac cording to law. Following petition filing, reorganization plans for the two districts must be drawn up by ihc rural board and forwarded to (he slatp board of education. Then, upon state board approval, the ru ral board would call a hear ing after which a decision on joining the Iwo district would be made. Following tne rural board's decision, which need not be made at the hearing, either side can file a remonstrance and call for an election. Re montrances are bound to be filed. Van Dyke added. The school reorganization committee has been dissolved and the rural school board has assumed the functions of both the school district boun dary board and the reorgani zation committee. Van Dyke said he could seek a declaratory judgment from Jackson county circuit court on the attorney gener a Is opinion which makes the consolidation petition filed by Van Dyke invalid. But it would be better to proceed with the required procedure as rapidly as pos sible and "disrupt the educa tional processes a. little as possible." Van Dyke said. A declaratory judgment would be designed to clarify the at- j lorney general's opinion. Last night s meeting of Phoenix and Medford school boards with the rural board was for "purposes of expla nation of the proper proce dures to follow," Mek void said. I Snider to Discuss ! Affiliation Program Medford Mayor John W. j Snider has accepted an invi tation to participate in a panel ! discussion at a meeting of the American Municipal associa tion in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 2fi i Snider will discuss means nf increasing participation at i the state level in the town af filiation program. Howard Gardner, associate director of .the League nf California Cities, will join him on the panel. Snider has been a pioneer in the sister city program and is now chairman nf the pro , gram for the League nf Ore gon Cities. Albany Man Picked for Representative Race Lebanon - OTIi The Linn County Democratic Central , Committee selected Ross Mc Cormick, Albany attorney ; Wednesday night as a Demo cratic candidate for state rep resentative from the county. McCormick will r e p la c e Nelson Jones. Brownsville. Jones won the nomination at ' the May primary but has since i withdrawn. BOARD-TOMEET Salem 'IPI'- The executive board of the Oregon AFL-CIO opens a three-day mcptini - here today. FOREST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW - i 21. s. KEEP OREGON GREEN 1 28 pa9es MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1962 'Rolling Motion' Earthquake Felt Throughout Area No Damage Is Reported in Region A "rolling sensation" earth tremor was felt throughout southern Oregon about 11:30 o'clock this morning. Law enforcement agencies and residents in Medford, Grants Pass and the Galice areas reported a mild rolling sensation. Residents in the Brookings area reported a substantial shake and rumbling, where it was estimated the quake last ed 15 to 25 seconds. No damage has been re ported in this area. The tremor was strong enough to sound door chimes hanging on a wall at the home of Orville Bendure, 216 Chest nut st., Medford, who also reported it was strong enough to sway a floor lamp. Reports of the tremor were received from all sections of the valley. Damage Reported The earthquake apparently was centered off the. coast of northern California. Some damage was reported in the Crescent City area, according to United Press International. There were no reports of in juries. There were no reports of Yreka,' Calif., area residents feeling the quake, according to the Siskiyou county sher iff's office, and no reports of the tremor were received east of the Cascades. Dan Patch, valley contrac tor, said three separate people reported feeling the tremor, all of whom described it as a rolling sensation. Residents of Rogue Valley Manor also re ported feeling it. One state policeman here said he felt two separate tremors, each of relatively short duration. Oregon State university of ficials indicated they planned to check their seismograph, but results of the check prob ably would not be available until later this afternoon. 5,000 Attend Fair In GP Wednesday Grants Pass Approximate ly 5.000 persons attended the Josephine County Fair Wednesday, opening day, ac cording to Lee Pruitt, fair manager. This was about 1500 more than attended the first day of the 1!)61 fair. To facilitate traffic flow at the 41st annual fair, a new parking policy was initiated this year, he noted. Public traffic and exhibitors enter the fair Grounds, located south of Grants Pass along Highway IHfl, by separate gates. Beside the usual exhibits at. the fair, entertainment is highlighted by Singer Dennis Day. Hearings Start Today On 'Balloon' Bread Salem UPr In a surprise : move today, the Oregon Agri culture department called in ; James T. Brand, retired Ore i gon Supreme Court justice, to act as hearing officer in the ; controversial "balloon" bread i loaf case. The department convened a ! hearing this morning on a 1 petition by two Portland bak eries. Langendorf and David sons, for a change in stale 1 regulations to makp the bal loon loaf legal. "Die balloon loaf is a one pound loaf baked in a one and a half pound pan. making it , fluffier. WEATHER 1 FORECAST' Vr thrmifh VrU Any. I ow tnnlrtil 4R. Huh FM- I div 91. i Tmp, ; , I.AHril Thi Morning .. . S Our Skies Tonight i Sunirt ldav 7 M C m i Sunrli tomorrow ,V:J j.m. I Monnri tomorrow 13 I.i a.m. sw Moon Aui- I PROMINENT STAJt j Allair. huh In toii.h p.m. j I vrar afo Saturn wn rlfhl br- I lnw Altalr: Uinlxht thf nunrl ; ! li vri dnrM fMnrd of ' tail vfim portion nH nx1 ' ' vtr Us orhit it ill hie rt-rinl ' I Saturn Mill further awav from ' : ltatr , Regional Edition Jack A. Foster Hospital From 0 JACK A, FOSTER Found by Tourist Idea of Lumber Export Curbs Still Considered Washington CUPli The Unit ed States has not ruled out the idea of asking Canada to limit its lumber exports vol untarily, but U.S. negotiators will carry other suggestions to lumber talks in Ottawa next week, highly placed sources said today. Joint talks on lumber, an economically and politically sensitive issue in both coun tries, will begin Tuesday. Re ports from Ottawa have said Canada would reject any pro posal for voluntary quotas on its $250 million-a-year lumber sales to the United States. "We haven't ruled out this idea," one U.S. source told UPI today, "nor would we consider this the only aspect of the problem we would like to discuss with the Cana dians." Other Possibilities Other possible areas of ac tion mentioned Included steps to equalize competition be tween lumber producers in British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and meas ures to develop additional markets for lumber. ' Pacific Northwest lumber spokesmen contend that Ca nadian lumber sales in this country have forced many U.S. mills to shut down. They say Canadian lumber has cap tured an excessive share of the U.S. market. They blame the devaluation of the Cana dian dollar, Canadian govern ment programs to bolster the lumber industry, and certain U.S. regulations which they say hamstring their efforts to compete. On the Canadian side, offi cials in Ottawa say lumber sales are an extremely impor tant element in Canada's ef fort to improve its balance of payments. They indicated they felt any limitation would run counter to the emergency austerity program imposed in June. 250 Acres Burned In Grants Pass Fire By United Press International A brush fire which started close to Grants Pass Wednes day was classed as trailed and contained this morning after burning more than 250 acres. The State Forestry depart ment said the fire burned In steep terrain. Three hull dozers and 35 Southeast Ore gon district men fought it during the night. Six other fires were con trolled on state lands Wednes day, all man-caused. The department warned of increased fire danger today. Property Taxes To Increase in Portland Portland - (UPli - Portland property taxes arc going up 1.3 per cent for 1062 63. Multnomah County Asses sor Joe Hawkins announced the 8 1 mill hike, bringing the total to 72 A mills. tl A TT Shooting Suspect Jailed; Victim's Bride in Hospital Couple Kidnaped At Nevada Motel Reno, Nov. - IUPII - A 23-year-old Oregon man, shot by a kidnaper who allegedly raped his bride of two days on their honeymoon, died early today. A spokesman at Washoe Medical Center said Jack A. Foster, a Medford bartender, had remained in extremely critical condition since he un derwent emergency surgery for a ,22-calibcr bullet wound in the head Wednesday at noon. Lester Morford, 13, an un employed Sanla Rosa, Calif ranch worker was arraigned on charges of assault with in tent to kill in Reno justice court Wednesday night, but Dist. Atty. William Raggio said he would Immediately seek a murder complaint if Foster died. Bride Escapei Morford was remanded to the county Jail in lieu of $25, 000 bond. Morford was arrested by the Nevada Highway Patrol less than an hour after the victim's bride, 23-year-old Pa tricia Foster, escaped from her assailant's car In Carson City soulh of here and told how she and her husband had been kidnaped while Ihey were preparing to leave their Reno motel room early Wednesday morning. She said the kidnaper shot her husband and dumped him from their car alongside the Mt. Rose road near the north shore of Lake Tahoe and Ihcn raped her twice before she managed lo break free in Carson Cily. Mrs. Foster was taken to Carson-Tahoe hospital in Car son City and placed under se dation. Raggio said he suspected Morford was addicted to snif fing the intoxicating fumes from model airplane glue and that he may have been under their effects when he alleged ly commitled the crime. The district attorney said about a dozen tubes of glue were among Morford's possessions. The suspect was slaying at the same motel as the Fosters. Found by Tourists The wounded man was found by a group of tourists who heard his moans when they slopped to pholograph Lake Tahoe scenery. Morford was said to he. armed with a German-made 22-caliber pistol when ar rested. Police said the suspect was "cool, calm and collected" when ordered to take aulhori ties to the place Foster was shot, and that he cvidrnced no emotion when (old Foster was still alive. Jack A. FoFter, who died in a Reno hospil-il of gunshot wounds today, was the son of Mrs. Irene Turner, 210 North Oakdale ave., and was reared in Medford. where he allcnd. rd hi?h school, Following mllilary service, he was rm p'nyed for about a year at a downtown hotel. At the time of hi Heath Foster was employed as a bartender at the Yrrka Inn Yrrka. Calif. McGahuey Buried In Salem Cemetery Salem 1TP- Funeral serv ices were held here late Wed Ices were held here late Wednesday for l.eelluy San ford McGahuey. Central Point slayer who was executed Mon day. Burial was at a local cemetery. Relatives had claimed the body earlier In the day. VETERINARIANS TO MEET Coos a Bay -HOT- Oregon's animal doctors meet here ! Sept. B 8 for the annual fall meeting of the Oregon Veter inary Medical association. Tribune uies in Eieno unshot Wounds Il l is . it ft1 !' i t e 4 s ? vs i a -ji IMA i HELD IN JAIL Lester Murford, left, 18-year-old Santa Rosa, Calif., ranch worker, is escorted to a Reno, Ncv., Jail cell by sheriff's detectives after questioning about the kidnaping of a honeymooning Medford, Ore., couple, rape of the bride, and killing of the husband. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foster were forced to drive their assailam from Reno to Lake Tahoe where the shooting and rape allegedly occurred. (UPI) East Germany Picks Commandant To Fill Russian Vacancy Berlin - HOT - Communist East Germany today appoint ed its. own East Berlin mili tary commandant to fill the spot vacated when the Soviet Union abolished Its Berlin military headquarters. The official East German news agency ADN reported thai Maj. Gen. Helmut Poppe was named Easl Berlin com mandant. Poppe will make his head quarters in the Karlshorst area where the Soviet mili tary commandant for East Berlin had his headquarters until the Soviets abolished Ihe post in a surprise move Wednesday. The action was seen by Western observers as another move in a gigantic power piny to t'ot Britain, France and Ihc United States oul of Berlin and force the West to (leal with the Easl German regime. , It came as American Ironps halted three Soviet armored personnel carriers at the Checkpoint Charlie crossing point in Ihc Berlin wall when the Russians refused to accept Indianapolis Mystery of Blonde Little Indianaoolis. Ind. IUPII Gentle questioning and painstaking police work brought oolice no closer to- ' day to solving the mystery of "Little Miss Q. "Miss Q." Q for question, is a blonde, wistful little girl no bigger than a nurs ery rhyme and probably no older than 4 years. No one knows for sure. "Miss Q" can't, or won't say how old she Is. w h r r e she comes from, or who her mommy and daddy are. She was found standing in t downtown doorway near a bus depot Monday night. She has been com forted by her "Aunl Bar bara," a motherly police woman, two dolls named "Fuzzy" and "Jane," and the institutionalized hospi tality of the County Home 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 132 ' . 1 a U.S. military escort through West Berlin. The incident at the wall came shortly after two U.S. Army patrol ears had cruised unhampered through East Berlin in a test of Russia's virtual renunciation of Ber lin's four-power status. The fears were caused by the Soviet Union's abolish ment Wednesday of Its Ber lin military headquarters in an abrupt cold war move. It was considered the most dras tic attempt lo undercut West ern authority In the city since erection of the Berlin wall a year ago. The unexpected Russian move destroyed the channel used by the Western Allies In the divided cily to settle local Easl West disputes. Some Western officials feared it set the stage for possible new Communist restrictions. VACCINATIONS SPURT Portland - tUPII - A smallpox scare on the East Coast has promoted a spurt in vaccina tions here. Police Unable To Crack Baffled police had a wealth of tips but no solid clues as to Ihe never-never land where "Miss Q" came from. A boarding house opera tor said he was sure he saw "Miss Q" In the bus termin al Monday with a woman who said she was from South Bend, Ind. The wom an told the boarding house man she was on her way to visit a sister who lives In Indianapolis, works at a Ra dio Corporation of America plant. Police planned to check RCA personnel records in hopes of finding such a woman. Reporters dubbed the lit tle girl Miss Q because of the life-sized question mark about her. But Indianapolis DU, fWnrr In Curing Unit 01 Storage Area Plant Has Long Record of Safety Bacchus, Utah-'VPIV-A vio lent explosion rocked the Salt Lake Valley today when a test rocket propulsion unit exploded in the Bacchus plant of Hercules Powder Co. R. G. Sailer, assistant works manager, said three men were missing and presumed dead. Three others suffered minor injuries. The Injured men were identified as Cal Peter son, abrasions and shock-; Bennett Gundersen, abrasions and shock; and Dick L. Size- more, foreign object m his eye. The accident was the first involving a fatalily in 30 years of dynamite and i issile manufacture at Bacchus. The plant was to have received an award next Tues.'ay for achieving four million man hours worked without a lost lime accident. Small Firet Started The blast started small fires in the area but they were quickly extinguished. The explosion occurred in i so-called "curing unit" where propulsion charges are stored for aging after their chemical components have been pour ed into shells. The device that went off was described as a "sub-scale" experimental unit and appar ently was not specifically con nected with the Minuteman or Polaris missile engines that Hercules manufactures here for the government. The explosive weighed 40 pounds. Morse Forces Delay In Committee Task Washington - IUPII - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) for the second day in a row, Wednes day forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to put off consideration of legisla tion requested by the State Department. Morse coupled his action with a charge that the depart ment "seems to think the treasury is a bottomless pit" by asking Congress to approve bills this late in the year that would cost the taxpayers more money. Morse broke up the com mittee session by objecting to its sitting after the Senate convened. In most cases, com mittees can meet during Sen ate session only by unanimous consent of all senators. The Oregon Democrat ob jected to a bill making several changes in foreign service reg ulations. He aimed his fire at a provision permitting use of government vehicles to trans port U. S. personnel on over seas posts when public trans portation Is unsafe or un available. Morse contended it would cost the taxpayers m o r t money. Search Continues For Hospital Patient Salem - OJPD - State police continued their' alert today for Guy Earl Cramer, 83-year-old state hospital patient who walked away from the insti tution Tuesday. The ailing Cramer, commit led after fatally shooting a welfare worker five years ago in Klamath Falls, is believed to be somewhere In the Salem area, police said. 'Miss Q' policewoman Barbara Han- ley calls hcr,"Eatie." "She loves to eat," ex plained Mrs. Hanley - or Aunt Barbara in Miss Q'l world. "She eats every thing. She even eats pick les." Authorities first though the girl was a deaf mute, but tests at the Indiana school for the deaf disclosed she could hear air), after a while, she showed she could talk. But her talking has not included any clues to her Identity. "When she talks, it Is more like soft whisper," Mrs. Hanley said. "She acts as though there were a lit tle shock there, possibly from wandering the street and not being able to find her mother.
