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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.