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The Beauties of Scenic Oregon
Medford
TRIBUNE
(Oregon State Highway Commission P'-o.oi
Four Sections
No. 138
KEP OREGON GREEN
36 Pages
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962
AFL-CIO Delegates Not
To Endorse Candidate
FOREST FIRE
DANGER TOMORROW
Skiers survey the sndNv
'
Inicrmountain Area
Rocked by Temblor
Salt Lake City - (UPIt - AnSan Francisco earthquake at
earthquake rolled through the,
Intermountain area todW,
knocking down bricks, dishes
and plaster from buildings in
three states, but no injuries
were reported.
The temblor was recorded
at a magniture of 8.1 on seis
mographs at Caltcch Seismo
logical laboratory at Pasa
dena, Calif., and University of
California at Berkeley.
Heaviest damage of the
quake in Utah, Wyoming and
Idaho was reported in the
Cache valley of Northern
Utah. Power was out in the
valley, including Logan,
fourth largest city in the state.
A school was closed at Rich
mond, near Logan, when plas
ter fell.
A slide was reported on
Highway 89 through Logan
Canyon, between Logan and
Montpelier. Idaho. Most of the
bricks on the roof of a meet
ing house of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints at Logan fell inside the
building.
The earth tremor, first of
any consequence in Utah since
Aug. 17, 1959, when Utahans
felt a quake centered near
Hebgen Lake in Montana,
brought hundreds of calls
from homeowners. Some in
Salt Lake City said their beds
rolled across the floor.
The shock hit at 5:35 a.m.
(PST) and lasted about 10 sec
onds. Buildings shook percep
tibly as far south as Vernal,
located in the southeast psrt
of Utah.
The Yellowstone quake of
1959 which took 10 lives and
left 19 missing had a reading
of between 7 5 and 8 and the
! WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair ltti lilt If
chance in temperature throuch
Friday. I.nw Ionic lit 45-50.
IliEh Friday $K-92.
I Temp.
! HicheU Yesterday .. fi
Lowest Ttm Morning 46
i Our Skies Tonight
, fttint today
- Sunrise tomorrow
'. Monnsrt today
t rir?.t Qtiarier
fi;3fl p.m
.V3S a m
7:2fi n.m
Sept. ft I
The planel. Junlter.
now ries j
i In thf evrntiu twtlleht and Is
h littl ovfr 30 million miles
from the fcarlh. the nearest It
has heen since 1951.
ITEMS FROM
WJSfWiBRIEFS
FIRE FIGHTERS MAKE STEADY PROGRESS i Salem - 1'Pli - Bright skies
Loi Angelea-lPI-Two thouiand lire fighters mde iteady and temperatures up to 90 are
progress today in their battle to contain two giant brush lira ; expected for the opening of
which have chirred more than 17.000 acres of raluable the 97lh Oregon State Fair
watershed since Tuesday afternoon. ; Friday.
j Gov. Mark Hatfield will
SENATE DEBATES TAX REVISION BILL I officially open the main gate
Washinglon-tH-The Senate entered its fourth day of i at 10 a m. to start the nine
debate today on the administration's tax revision bill with 1 day run.
liberals still trying to win their first victory,
Th. hherali honed to score their initial triumph by de
feating an amendment proposing lax deductions for lobbying.
K- BELIEVED TO FAVOR MEETING
Moscow - in - Acting United Nations Secretary General
n.ni irl lodav he believed
tSrh.v would fevor a mectirg with President Kennedy "if
:hc occasion tc:.ur. '. '
terrain in the Spout Springs
northwestern Oregon.
the turn of the century had a
reading of 8.25.
.4
Duncan Leaves for
Settle Meeting
Robert B. Duncan, speaker
of the Oregon house and can
didate for Congress for the
fourth district, left for Seat
tle, Wash., today where he
will address the Western Con
ference of Slate Governments
Friday, Aug. 31.
Duncan was invited as a
member of the President's ad
visory commission on Inter
governmental Relations to
speak to the conference on the
work of the commission and
the problems of the various
levels of government in cor
relating their work and func
tions with each other.
Duncan was appointed to
the commission by President
Kennedy in March this year,
The commission is made up of
members of the Cabinet, mem
bers of the U.S. Senate and
the House of Representatives,
representatives of city and
county governments, several
private citizens, and two oth
er members of stale legisla
tures. Kennedy Chooses
Goldberg Successor
Washington - (UPI) - W. Wil
lard Wirtz, 50. a tall, crewcut
New Frontiersman, was select
ed by President Kennedy to
day as new secretary of labor.
Wirtz, now undersecretary
of labor, will be nominated to
succeed Arthur J. Goldberg.
Kennedy Wednesday an
nounced Goldberg's selection
as an associate Supreme Court
Justice.
Wirtz, former Chicago law
associate of Adlai E. Steven
son, has been Goldberg's right
hand man during Goldberg's
19 months in the cabinet.
CITY MANAGER
Bend - HTIi - Hal Puddy.
known in Oregon sports cir
cles, will become the new
citv manager of Bend.
AROUNO THI OlOII
Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khru -
snow sports area
PRESENTED AWARD Medford Mayor
John W. Snider is presented with an Ameri
can Municipal Association award In Phila
Snider Receives AMA Award
Medford Mayor John W.
Snider was presented with an
award in Philadelphia, Pa,
Tuesday in recognition of his
work in the sister city pro
gram. The presentation was made
by Gordon S. Clinton, presi
dent of the American Munici
pal association, at a luncheon
meeting of about 1.400 Peo-plc-to-People
program repre
sentatives from throughout
the United States.
DAY Adjutant Visits
In Medford Region
David W. Lloyd, adjutant
for the Department of Ore
gon, Disabled American Vet
eran?, conferred with J. P.
Graham, local service officer,
here Tuesday and Wednesday.
Gerald S. Kclscy accompa
nied Lloyd to Medford. He
conferred with county Vet
erans' service officer Elmer
Donahoo.
Lloyd succeded Kclsey in
his position as department ad
jutant. He was transferred
from the Veterans Affairs Re
gional office in Seattle, Wash
to Portland, and is now in
charge of the Portland office.
Kelscy ir now employed by
the Oregon Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Blue Skies Expected
i For Opening of fair
PUD ON BALLOT
Salem - 'I'PI - A petition to
place the formation of a pro
posed Josephine County peo
ple's, utility district on the
1 November ballot has
been
lurned into the slate
I ''
offi:
For Oregon
Salem - HOT - Delegates to
the Oregon AFL-CIO conven
tion voted against the recom
mendation of their executive
board today and decided 225
57 not to endorse a candidate
for governor.
The executive board had en
dorsed incumbent GOP Gov.
Mark Hatfield.
The motion not to make any
endorsements came from Joe
P. Hargraves, a delegate from
the Portland stcamfitters, who
argued that the convention
should not spend its time
fighting over the endorsing of
Hatfield and "should get down
to the business at hand."
George Brown, state AFL
CIO political director, ex
plained that the executive
board has a pojicy of endors
ing incumbents who have
done a good job.
He said Hatfield would fit
into that category.
Objection to the resolution
calling for the hands off
policy came from Charles
Westergard of the Salem
Building Trades Council.
Joe Willis, representing the
Slate Building Trades Coun
cil, said he was supporting
the motion not to endorse
"with great reluctance."
He said it should not be
taken as a reflection against
Anthony J. Celebrceze, for-!
mcr mayor of Cleveland,
1l.i .r,ll., nnnklnl I
snrrelarv r h-allh eriiwution
and welfare by President !
Kennedy, was the main speak
er at the luncheon.
One of Four
Snider was one of four per
sons in the United States to
receive the top award of the
association.
The aware certificate said:
"This Is to certify that
Mayor John W. Snider has, by
virtue of extreme diligence,
vastly furthered the cause of
international peace and un
derstanding through dedicat
ed participation in the town
Medford Man Arrested
By Sheriff's Officers
Byron Irvin Peffly, 27, of
2171 Meals dr., Medford, was
lodged in Jackson county jail
after his arrest yesterday on a
charge of contributing to the
dclinnuencv nf a minor, ac-
I I'nrrtinn In llio .tarlrEon cmin.
ty sheriff's office. He was ex
pected to be arraigned later
today.
Deputies also lodged a 18-year-old
Phoenix girl in the
juvenile detention home in
connection with the incident.
The youth had been reported
missing since early Tuesday
afternoon.
34 Firms Listed as
Identical Bidders
Salem HOT Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton said to-
l day 34 firms doing business
I in Oregon are listed in a fed
icial report as having submit
j ted identical bids in compeli-
live bidding
i The list included lumber.
; asphalt, paper, oil, woolens,
j school supplies, chemicals,
glas and service firms.
EOUIPMENT DAMAGED
Portland - 0.PI) - Fire broke
out on a barge here Wednes
day night and caused an esti
mated $6,000 damage to car
30 handling equipment.
"our great governor.
But Willis argued that Hat
field would be campaigning
for Sig Unandcr, the general
election foe of Sen. Wayne
Morse, and for opponents of
other Democrats who have
labor support.
"We cannot carry water on
both shoulders," he said.
Hatfield's Democratic op
ponent is Atty. Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton, to whom labor
has been cool.
Early in the week-long con
vention a losing floor fight
was staged to get the conven
tion to invite Thornton to ad
Strike Ties Up
idwest
Chicago - IIOT - The nation's
biggest rail strike in 16 years
shut down the 10,565-mile
Chicago and North Western
Railway today and there was
little hope of an early settle
ment. The iron wheels on the
North Western's nine-state
Midwest network stopped
rolling as last-ditch efforts by
Labor Secretary Arthur J.
delphia, Pa., Tuesday by AMA President
Gordon S. Clinton (right), mayor of Seattle,
Wash. (UPI)
affiliation program of the
President's People -to - People
PIHIH.
I oui.uuy nun, ailllicr BO
dressed a gathering of the as
sociation members and out
lined Oregon's approach to the
sister city program, The state,
Snider noted, has a higher sis
ter city representation per
capita than any olher state in
the union.
The conference extended
from Saturday until Wednes
day. Three governors and
about 700 mayors participated
in the meeting.
Traffic Counters To Be
Installed at Lakes
Traffic counters will be in
stalled at Howard Prairie and
Emigrant lakes tomorrow, ac
cording to Nell Ledward,
Jackson county parks and re
creation director.
Ledward said the counters
will be placed at the two re
creational areas on a perma
nent basis to provide a day-by-day
count of the number of
cars that pass the Iwo points.
'Tiger in the
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
As the Chinese elders told
us months ago, this is the
Year of the Tiger and Ore
gonians will have special rea
son to observe this between
now and Nov. 8. when the
Tiger in the Senate comes up
for another confrontation with
j The tiger, of course, is Sen.
. Wayne Morse, so-called by
'many of his Senate colleagues
and appropriately memorial
ized in the title of the sena
tor's unauthorized biography,
"The Tiger in The Senate," by
(his correspondent.
The name seems destined to
stick, not because the senator
specially likes lis. but because
neither side in the forthcom
ing Oregon Senate campaign
is unhappy with it.
r
overnor
dress the convention. Hatfield
made the opening address but
was invited as governor, not
as a candidate, labor officials
said.
This is the first time the
convention itself has made the
recommendations. In the past,
the executive board has made
all political choices. This year,
the nearness of the election to
the convention date was the
reason for choosing the candi
dates in open session.
The convention also was to
start grinding through 122
resolutions that have been
presented this week.
Railroad
Goldberg failed to head off
the walkout of 1,000 tele
graphers at 4 a.m. (PSV).
Another 16,500 North West
ern employees refused to cross
picket lines and the railroad
went through with plans to
cease operations. Talks were
scheduled to resume today
but National Mediator Fran
cis O'Neill, who took over the
negotiations after Goldberg
gave up, said the railroad and
the striking AFL-CIO Order
of Railroad Telegraphers were
still far apart on the basic is
sue of job security.
The strike cut off transpor
tation to one-third of Chi
cago's army of suburban rail
road commuters and threaten
ed economic hardship across
the Midwest and the Great
Plains.
The walkout came when
the nation's 180 railroads
were threatened with a nation-wide
rail strike over the
thorny issue of featherbed
ding. Five operating rail brother
hoods representing 210,000
employees have threatened to
call such a strike if the rail
roads go through with plans
to put sweeping work rules
changes into effect. The work
rules arc designed to elim
inate featherbedding - the
railroads terms for unneed
ed workers and work pro
cedures. If the rules go into
effect, they will result in the
elimination of at least 65,
000 jobs on the railroads.
Oregon Traffic
Toll Reaches 67
By Uniiod Preii International
Portland was cited for traf
fic safety today in the wake
of three more traffic deaths
in Oregon that sent the month
ly toll to a new record of 67.
The National Safety Coun
cil said for July Portland had
the third lowest traffic death
rate of cities in the 350,000
to 500,000 population bracket.
A one-car accident north of
Dallas Wednesday night killed
Willy Arthur Russell, 45,
Auinsvillc.
Near Grcsham, a car -log
truck crash at an intersection
killed two elderly Portland
women, Marie Mlchels, 78,
and Alma Gutowsky.
The Slate Traffic Safety
office said the official toll this
month eclipsed the previous
record month of November,
1957.
HOME PLANNED
Portland - HOT - Plans for
a 21-story, $6 million retire
ment home on the University
of Portland campus have been
announced here by Senior
Citizens, Inc., a non-profit
organization.
Senate' Name
The Republicans, as a mat
ter of fact, like it so well that
Morse s challenger, Sig Unan
dcr, is Issuing wallet-sized
cards showing a tiger skin
nailed to the wall. In bold
black tvpc across the top the
card says: TIGER HUNTING
LICENSE.
The "license" certifies that
the bearer "has contributed to
the purchase of ammunition
and is entitled to help hunt
the tiger on Nov. 6, 1962."
Anyone can purchase a tiger
hunting permit by making a
financial contribution to
Unander's campaign.
Morse forces apparently
have done nothing to spread
the tiger image of their favor
ite, but he has done all any
one might expect In that re
spect during the recent satel
lite filibuster when he was
flashing out in the fiercest tilt
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APARTMENT DAMAGED Smoke arises
from the Walker building, 4 1 9 ' East Mum
St., where an apartment was damaged by
fire yesterday evening. Firemen said that
the blaze occurred when a gasoline can
Central Point Man
Suffers Burns in
Fire in Medford
Charles Johnson Jr., 29,
route 2, box 526, Central
Point, was hospitalized yester
day evening when he suffered
burns from a fire which caus
ed considerable smoke and
heal damage to Apartment 2
the Walker building, 419Vi
East Main St., Medford.
Fire department and Sacred
Heart hospital reports said
that Johnson suffered burns
on his hands and on his left
leg and fo,ot. His condition at
the hospital was described as
good.
Firemen said Johnson told
them he had put gasoline in
a car from a can and had car
ried the can to the apartment.
iWhcn he lit a cigarette, the
can ignited and he attempted
to put the fire out in the bath
room. The fire was spread in
that way to a bed, to a rug to
a clonics ciosci and to a pain-
room, according to firemen.
The firemen, called at 6:05
p.m., look tne aerial laaaer
truck to the scene. They said
that occupants of the apart
ment vcre Mrs. Eleanor Parr
and Mrs. Mergic Offord.
Voodoo Jets Plan
Flyover at Event
A squadron of four super
sonic F-101 Voodoo Jets from
Klngsley Air Force base,
Klamath Falls, will "buzz"
the city Saturday afternoon as
part of Medford s Alba Day
activities, city officials said
today.
Confirmation of the flyover
was received today by Mayor
John D. Snider from Col. Ed
win J. Witzcnbcrger, com
mander of Kingslcy field.
Permission for the flight
was received by the base com
mander from Washington,
D.C.
The flyover is scheduled for
2 p.m., the time that dedica
tion ceremonies will begin at
Maple Grove park, Stewart
ave. and Barnctt rd.
The park will be renamed
"Parco d'Alba,"
June Robinson Loses
In Golf Tournament
Mrs. Helen Davics, Mcd
ford, spilled Miss June Rob
inson, Albany, the defending
women's champ, 2 and 1 this
morning in the opening round
of the Southern Oregon Golf
championships at Rogue Val
ley Country club here.
Mrs. Shirley Mitchell,
Chlco, Calif., the medalist
beat Mrs. S. A. Peters, Med
ford, 5 and 4.
for Wayne Morse Liked by Both Parties
gerish fashion.
And when Meier & franks
downtown Portland store dec
orated an entire window re
cently with a huge orange ti
ger, surrounded by an abund
ant number of copies of the
Morse biography, one of the
senator's strategists said
frankly they loved it.
So if both the Morse lovers
and the Morse haters can at
least agree on the suitability
of his nickname, this is a
mark of progress in Oregon's
passionate political combat.
This seems to have been un
derlined by some unsolicited
comments offered during a se
ries of autograph parties in
Oregon book stores which the
author of the book participat
ed In recently. Friends and
foes of Wayne Morse showed
up to buy a book, or to get
an autograph on a copy pur
ignited as a cigarette was being lighted.
Charles Johnson Jr., 29, of route 2, box 526,
suffered burns on his hands and a leg and
foot. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital.
(Knackstcdt photo).
Representatives of
Rogue Basin Group
May Testify in D.C.
Representatives of the
Rogue Basin Flood Control
and Water Resources associa
tion expect to be called to
Washington, D.C, soon to test
ify before Congress on the
proposed Rogue basin project.
Ben Hilton, president, and
Ben Day, a director of the as
sociation, are ready to make
the trip, perhaps this week
end. The roadblock to consid
eration of the omnibus rivers
and harbors bill has been
cleared with passage of the
Festival Season
To Close Sunday
Ashland - The 10625" Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival
season will close cpt, 2.
Following the final per
formance of the season, a spe
cial closing ceremony en
titled, "The Players' Last
Goodnight," is scheduled.
The closing rites consist of
the entire company appear
ing on stage equipped with
lighted tapers, and rimming
the audience area.
Veteran actor and past Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival
company member Richard
Graham will deliver Pros-
pcro s haunting 'Our revels
now arc ended" speech, and
the 1902 company will sing
a special version of "Green-
sleeves."
Good renting still remains
for the September 2nd per
formance of "Cor.olanus" and
the annual closing night cere
mony. Ticket information
may still be obtained at the
central box office, or at one
of the branch box offices in
Southern Oregon.
10 Acres of Brush
Burn Near Roxy Ann
Three pumper truck crews
of the state department of for
estry and one from the Med
ford fire department fought
a 10-acre blaze which burned
through grass and brush and
an old pear orchard about
6:30 p. m. yesterday.
The blaze was about one
fourth mile cast of the old
civilian conservation corps
camp at the foot of Roxy Ann
and the state department of
forestry listed it as possibly
smoker caused.
City firemen put out a grass
fire about 12:25 p.m. yester
day along Hillcrest .d. cast
of Lyman ave.
chased earlier.
One gentleman, who makes
no pretense about admiring
Tiger Morse, said he had al
ready bought 10 copies and
given them away to make
certain the story of their con
tentious senator is known by
as many Orcgonians as pos
sible. He bought an 11th copy
for himself - and at $4.95 per
book, an author can only ad
mire that champion of enlight
enment. One lady who had already
read the book brought it in
for an autograph and a word
of assurance that she was "for
the senator all the way, and
I could tell on every page that
you admire the senator."
On her heels came two
sturdy chaps who said they
were engaged in discrediting
the senator in his reelection
campaign. Said one of them: "I
2wIM&tAUlleame
$900 million public works bill,
Hilton said Wednesday. ,
A telephone conversation
with Rep. Edith Green (D
Ore ), revealed that U.S. Corps
of Army Engineers officials
testified Wednesday before
the Senate public works com
mittee, Mrs. Green also had
contacted the bureau of the
budget and learned It had no
opposition to the bill, and
would give it clearance in the
next few days.
Ona of Many Projects '
Since the Rogue, basin pro
ject is one of many projects
Included in the omnibus bill,
Hilton said he -would contact
the entire Oregon delegation
today to request their influ
ence in getting priority con
sideration for the project. Thf
omnibus bill is expected for
study next by the House sub
committee on rivers and har
bors under the public works
committee.
There are two bills, both
containing the Rogue basin
project. They were Introduced
into the House and Senate al
most simultaneously to save
time.
Hilton's report Wednesday
afternoon is much more opti
mistic than the one presented
the basin association's direc
tors' meeting in Gold Hill
Monday night. Then it ap
peared the omnibus bill would
be delayed for some time until
the public works appropria
tion bill cleared the House.
Four Medford Men
File for City Posts
With the approach of filing
deadline at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
four Medford men today an
nounced their Intention to run
for seats on the city council
in the November election.
Filing today were Richard
K. (Die) Walsh, 32, of 2580
Springbrook rd., Ward I: Wil
liam H. McKinley, 47, of 124
Newtown St., Ward 2; Joe R.
Hosick, 39, of 1516 Jasper St.,
Ward 2; and Edgar B. Van
Horn, 49, of 605 Franquette
St., Ward 4.
This raises the total to nine
of those who have filed for
the four council vacancies.
So far, only Robert Baccus,
present councilman from
Ward 3, is unopposed.
ASSISTANT CHIEF
Salem - HOT - Promotion ot
Harold J. Foster to an assis
tant chief of the State De
partment of Agriculture wai
announced Wednesday,
keep that book under my bed
at night; it makes me sleep
well."
Later came an elderly man,
a retired railroad worker,
who had already plowed
through much of the book and
was at pains to assure me
that, "I'm for Wayne Morsd
because he's for the little
guy."
So It went with the readers
of "The Tiger In The Senate,"
and so it will go In the fall
campaign ahead. Undoubtedly
there are exceptions to this
state of agreement - such as
one of the senator's aides who
thinks it should have been
"the lion In the Senate" and
one volatile reader who told
me It should have been "the
polecat In the Senate." But It
wouldn't be Oregon without a
few vigorous dusenters.
M
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