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W am N 9 mm 31 Bodies Located At Air Crash Scene 44 Men Aboard Sfratotanker on Way To Spokane Searchers Press Hunt for Bodies Spokane, Wash.-WPD - The search for victims of the crash of a KC13S jet Strato tanker with 44 men aboard re sumed at dawn today in a rug ged ravine on 5,310 foot Mt. Kit Carson 20 miles northeast of here. The Washington State Pa trol said 31 bodies were found before the search was halted Monday night. The Air Force Three Oregon Men On Crashed Plane Rapid City. S.D. - HOT -The list of 44 ptrtons aboard the KC-135 Air Fore tanker plan which crashed near Spokane Mon day shows four men from the Northwest area. The Washington man was Airman 2C David A. Bolen, Bremerton. The Oregon men wure Airman 1C Douglas Sutton and Airman 3C Robert G. Ivey. both of Portland, and . 1st Lt. David E. Alexan der, Forest Grove, refused to confirm the figure but said it had no indication anyone survived the crash. Hit Mountain The big four-engine jet from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S. D., disappeared from a radarscope as it was ap proaching Fairchild Air Force. Base west of here for a land ing Monday. The plane ap parently slammed nose first into the fog-covered moun tain. The debris was scattered over an area 500 by 200 yards along the sheer wall of the ravine. Most of the wreckage burn ed but the fire did not spread into the forest, dampened by a day of rain. j ine plane was en route iu Fairchild with four crewmen and 40 combat crew and maintenance personnel from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ells worth. The 28th is tempor arily assigned to Fairchild while construction is under way on the Ellsworth run ways. Ordered Into Pattern An Air Force spokesman said the plane had checked in by radio while north of Spokane and was ordered to enter the approach pattern for Fairchild. It began to descend, swung north, then east in the pattern, then dis appeared from the radar scope. It was some six hours before the wreckage was found. The Air Force said there had been no indication before the crash that the plane was in trouble. The S3.5-million KC135 normally is used for aerial refueling of jet bombers but can also be used as a troop or cargo transport with a ca pacity of 80 passengers or 25 tons of cargo. ' HS)BRIEFS rrtMS from U2 PLANS UNANNOUNCED BY FREE CHINA Taipei, Formoi-4PI-Nationlit military officials refuted to lay today whither thty would continue lights over the Communiit-controlled Chines mainland with their remain ing U2. UNION SHOP ACCEPTANCE RECOMMENDED Washington-ITI'-A presidential board on labor-manag-ment problems in th aarospac industry hai rcommendd acceptance of tht union ship, it was learned today. CATTLE. HOG SHIPMENTS INCREASE Chicago-lPIL-Cattle and hog shipments to major Midwest markets jumped today dspit a campaign by th National Farmers Organisation to kp livestock out of th market place. BEN BELLA AGREES TO BALLOT MAKEUP Algiers, Algeria-tPt-Vic Premier Ahmd Btn Ball moved Algeria a step clot to th long-awaited parliamentary lections today with an agreement with th army on th makeup of th ballot. ulicuill linutNlTtQN Wathinglon-lrWTh nomination of Thurgood Marshall "-""" h"-" m-i y lo a f.deral judgeship raehd th Snat floor today nrly ice ,or downtown busi a year aftr President Knndy first asked that it b ap-.ness ,rea proved. I Special mail boxes and spe- Stnslt Democratic Ladr Mik Mansfitld, Mont., saidicial vehicles will be used to h would call up th nomination of th Ngro integration j collect and distribute mail In .leader for dbat and wait for soulharn unatori to tick the downtown area within off thir objections. I (our hourf . 'v fW. ipj. .- mt RETURNS HOME Martha Louise Wyatl, a tired but happy beauty queen, returned to the Rogue valley Monday to be greeted by crowds of friends. She spent the past week in Atlantic City, N.J., where she competed in the 1963 Miss America contest. During the contest she was chosen as one of the. IQ.semiifinalist winners, ship. (KnackStedt photo) .: --i ..u.vl--i ""'-r''-':-! Martha Wyatt Back After Week on East Coast for Pageant A tired but happy Martha Wyatt arrived in Medford Monday . night, just, a 'little more than a week after she left Portland International air port for Atlantic City, N. J. Wearing a brown coat and brown fur hat, Miss Oregon ran down the ramp to greet her grandmother, Mrs. Coy Watson, who arrived from Los Angeles to surprise her. She was accompanied from the east by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wyatt. A large crowd was on hand to greet Miss Wyatt. She was presented a bouquet of roses by E. O. (Curly) Graham, mayor of Jacksonville. Last Leg of Trip This was the last leg of the trip home from the Miss Amer ica pageant in Atlantic City for the Jacksonville girl. She spent a week there, competing in the various divisions of the contest, and was honored as one of the top 10 semi-finalists in the pageant. As a semi-finalist, Miss Wyatt was awarded a $1,000 dollar Miss America scholar- AROUND THI OLOM REACHES SENATE .receiving . $1,000 scholar ship. She also competed in all three divisions again on Sat urday night, both to give the Judges another view and to provide entertainment for the millions watching the tele vision broadcast. Miss Wyatt will now return to a somewhat more normal life, continuing to college and with her duties as Miss Ore gon. She plans to continue classes this fall at Southern Oregon college, where she is a third term freshman. Six Fires Fought By State Crews State forestry department crews controlled six fires in Jackson county this morning, one of which burned over be tween eight and nine acres. The other five burned less than an acre each. The largest of the fires was along Rogue River dr., north of Dodge bridge in the Shady Cove area. Reported about 10:15 o'clock this morning, it started from the cross arm of a power noil, department of ficials said- Four small fires were re ported along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks be tw'en Rogue River and the Jackson - Josephine county line about 9:54 o'clock this morning, believed to have been started by a passing train. Crews had them under control later in the morning A trash fire that got out of control burned about a tenth of an acre at Arnold and Bel linger lanes about mid morning. A forestry department dis- t patcher warned residents that the fire danger is still high despite the cooler tempera tures of the last two days. Portland Chosen for Quickie Mail Service Portland -ASK- Postal au thorities say Portland is one of three large cities chosen United States Scoffs at Soviet War Rumblings Policy on Cuba Said Unchanged Washington-ffiPP-The United States today dismissed as "obvious propaganda" Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's warning that the United States keep hands off Cuba or risk nuclear war. State Department Press Of ficer Joseph W. Reap said U.S. policy on Cuba was still that enunciated in a White House statement last Tuesday declaring that any aggression by Cuba in the hemisphere 'will be prevented by what ever means may be neces sary." Utter Nonsense Reap rejected as "utter non sense a Soviet claim that United States could not nego tiate on the Berlin crisis until after the November congres sional elections. Earlier, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and congressional leaders of both parties united in declaring that the Krem- iin s warning will not shake U.S. firmness in opposing Fidel Castro. Rusk told newsmen on Capi tol Hill he had not seen the complete Soviet state m e n t. But he said: "We are a great country. We are not nervous or afraid. We will proceed as we find necessary." Called Naked Threat Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen endorsed this view. He termed the Russian claim that nuclear war could start over Cuba an "unveiled and naked threat" which must be answered in kind. "Let there be no timidity . ., Dirksen said. Democratic and Republi can members of Congress similarly scoffed at Khru shchev's announcement that he would put off any Berlin negotiations until after the November balloting. They called it a crude at tempt by the Russians to in trude into the American elec- tpraLsystpmt.-,.-r-T-7v-ir Thompson Pleads Guilty to Charge Leo Vincent Thompson, 39, Rogue River, pleaded guilty this morning in Jackson coun ty circuit court to setting a fire on forest land. A pre-sentence report was ordered by Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly fol lowing Thompson's arraign ment. Thompson is the third man arrested in connection with a series of fires in Josephine and Jackson counties July 16. He is being held in the county jail in lieu of $2,500 bail. Thompson turned himself in to state police in Salem. and was returned to Jackson county early yesterday by state police. Two other men are charged with the same crime. They have been released after de claring their innocence, and posting $2,500 bail each. District Attorney Alan Holmes said Thompson has ad mitted setting 12 fires. How ever, details of his statement will not be revealed prior to the forthcoming trials of the other two men involved, he said. The district attorney praised the investigative work of the state department of forestry and Oregon state police assist ed by the FBI. Officer Surprises Thief in Laundromat A Medford city police offi cer surprised a thief in the act of breaking open a laun dromat com changer early this morning, but the man made his getaway before the officer could stop his car and get to him. According to his report, Lt. Jack Sanders was patrolling North Riverside ave. about 1 o'clock this morning when he observed a man acting in a suspicious manner in the Little Dutch Launderette, 710 North Riverside ave. Sanders stopped his patrol car and ran into the building, but the thief, who apparently had seen Sanders as he drove past, escaped by Jumping through an unscreened win dow at the rear of the estab lishment. ELECTED AGAIN Miami, Fla. A former Portlander, Mrs. Fred J. Tooze, was elected here Mon day to her fourth straight term as president of the na tional Women's Christian FOREST FIPE DANGER TOMORROW I 21 3 KEP OREGON GREEN Envisioned Need For Area Colleges Said Ridiculous Money Lacking, Portia rider Says Salem - HJPfl - A member of the State Board -of Higher Education today described as "preposterous" and "ridicu lous" a suggestion , by the State Education Department that Oregon will need 13 com munity colleges by 1971-73. John Merrifield, Portland, said it is "perfectly obvious" there isn't enough money for such a network. "We need 13 community colleges in Oregon about as much as Rep. Joe Rogers needs 13 udders on his milk cows," Merrifield declared. The statement came only hours before an annual joint meeting with the State Board of Education, which adminis ters the community college program. Scop Questioned Rogers, an Indepen d e n c e Republican and dairyman, was among members of the Legis lative Interim Committee on Education who ques t i o n e d scope of the growing com munity college program Mon day. The higher education board, unanimously approving a mo tion by Allan Hart, Portland, directed Dr. Roy E. Lieuallen, chancellor of the state system of higher education, to pre pare a basic study of post high scnool needs between now and the 1963 legislature. The board also: -Approved a preliminary plan for $1.5 million worth of instructional shops at Oregon Technical Institute, and or dered architects to proceed with preliminary. plns,. -Approved . a preliminary scheme for a (383,000 addi tion to the library at Eastern Oregon college, ordering pre liminary plans. ' Profusor Appointed Appointed Dr. Miles C. Romney, University of Oregon education professor, executive director of the coordinating council for a proposed Port land graduate center. Romney also was named associate dean of the U. of O. education school. -Accepted more than $2 million in gifts and grants made in July and August. Favored requiring academ ic members under the state public employees retirement system ta contribute to the re tirement fund on the first $4,800 of their annual salaries. This requires legislative ap proval. They now pay on the first $2,400 income. -Adopted a standard oil and gas lease form similar to those drawn up by the State Land Board and State Forestry De partment. OSU has been ap proached by several parties in terested in oil leases on higher education property. (St story on Pag All) Alcoholism Said More Acceptable Portlana-niPll-Lewis F. Pres. nell of New York, an indus trial consultant of the Na tional Council of Alcoholism, said Monday that alcoholism is being "more and more ac cepted and less of a shame." Prcsnall, who was born in Salem and who served as a church official at Grants Pass, spoke at the ninth an nual Pacific Northwest Occu pational Health Conference here. Presnall said "a conserva tive estimate shows that 3 per cent of all business and industrial employes have al coholism." He added that sur veys show that "persons who have alcoholism" do not move from job to job as homeless men do but "stay right on Jobs." WEATHER FORECAST: Itirreailnc rloudl- tonight, some iflht rain late tonlfht and early Wrdnta day. Partly tunny Wednesday arternmin. Low tonlsht near SO. Hlih Wtdneiday )t. Temp. Hllhtit Vnwrday 17 Loweat Thla Mornlns SS Our Skies Tonight Sunatt today ' f:t In. Suarlia tomorrow . .. 1:47 a.m. Thr Moon haea . SrIS p.m. today. At IS:37 p.m. It will In Uir outh and about halfway between Ihe planeta, Jupiter and Saturn. Jupller. on the left, la the. brighter of the two. Full Moo Thurtday. night Rogue Valley Edition Medford 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1962 No. 148 Sob Fugitive Spy Loses Five-Day Battle for Life London (UPD Fugitive So viet spy Dr. Robert A. Soblen, 61, died unconscious and in convulsions today five days after taking a massive over dose of barbiturates to foil his deportation to the United Slates. The New York psychiatrist was pronounced dead at Hil lingdon hospital at 1:40 a.m. (PST) with his wife, Dina, at his side. Escapes Life Term To all appearances, the Lithuanian-born espionage agent had taken a last desperate gamble and lost - miscalculat ing the effect of the sedatives he consumed in a final bi zarre attempt to escape serv ing a life term in a U. S. fed eral prison. A U. S. embassy spokesman said he did not know whether arrangements would be made to fly Soblen's body to the United States after the requir ed autopsy and coroner s in quest. "This man never came into American custody here," the spokesman explained, "a n d awkward as,it is, It is a Brit- ish problem." Dr. Soble, a psychiatrist like her husband, was report ed In "great distress" and was put tpbed in the hospital. for lreaf mfif nf ihnpk . v.: Tails of Dilh Dr. C. G. Barnes, consultant physician at the hospital who ite iu save ouuien s llie through a five-day coma, told of the end. After a series of increas ingly severe convulsions, Dr. Soblen died," Barnes said. Mrs. Soble was at his bed side. "His death was not due to drugs. It was due to exhaus tion following convulsions which were due to brain dam age." . Barnes had told newsmen Monday that Soblen probably had suffered the brain dam age because of a lack of ox ygen shortly after he took the overdose of sedatives. The damage to the brain, Barnes said, was caused by hemorrhages. Operation of Hiatt Lake Recreation Area Is Discussed Operation of a county-administered Hiatt lake recrea tion area snould be covered under one joint contract with the bureau of land manage ment and bureau of reclama tion, the county parks and recreation commission recom mended last night. The county court should have such a contract drawn up by the district attorney and submitted to the two fed eral agencies for their approv al, the commission suggested. County Parks and Recrea tion Director Neil Led ward said it would be difficult to operate under two separate contracts as proposed by the two federal agencies, one cov ering the area regulated bv the bureau of land manage ment and the second for bu reau of reclamation property. Two Artu Exempted Exempted from county ad ministration would be two areas: approximately 30 acres owned by the Talent Irriga tion district at the dam at the south end of the lake, and the small homes tract operated by BLM at the northeast side of the lake. The county operation would establish camping and picnic grounds around Hiatt lake. A week-long workshop to train Oregon parks and recre ation personnel may be estab lished at Southern Oregon col lege, Ashland, next spring or early next summer, County eiro Dies (Ul'l) DR. ROBERT SOBLEN Overdos Fatal U.S. Plans Final Nuclear Blasts In Atmosphere Washlngton-OIPll-The Unit ed States plans to begin its final nuclear tests in the at mosphere over tue Pacific late this month or early in Oc tober. The Atomic Energy commis sion and the Pentagon said Monday the final explosions near Johnston Island "will in clude a few high-altitude events and a few In wnich the devices 'will be dropped from an airplane. ' The announcement said the restricted area around John ston- Island would be re-estab lished Sept. 22, but a spokesman- said actual resumption of the tests may not come until "the last of September or in early October." On Underwater They will wind up : the series of weapons tests Presi dent Kennedy ordered. The tests began in April and so far have consisted of 27 an nounced shots one a high altitude blast launched from Johnston, 25 around Christ mas Island In the Pacific, and one underwater in the eastern Pacific. The scries will presumably overlap the latest Russian at mospheric test program. Since Aug. 5, the AEC has announc ed detection of 10 Russian tests. The Johnston Island tests were suspended when a bomb carrying Thor missile blew up July 26, requiring major repairs to the launching pad. Pama Commission Chairman Laurance V. Espey reported. A tentative agreement was made with Dr. Lynn S. Rod ney, associate professor and chairman of the recreation and community leadership curriculum, U n I v e rsity of Oregon, at a luncheon yester day, Espey said. Establish Program Dr. Rodney would estab lish the program and South ern Oregon college would set up the classes, possibly pro vide some instructors and pro vide the space. Dr. Elmo Ste venson, SOC president, sup ports the proposal, Espey re ported. The Oregon County Parks association, of which Espey is executive secretary, has felt for some time such a program Is needed to train park per sonnel below the level of di rector, he said. Dr. Rodney said 75 people would attend the first session of the workshop. The commission last night discussed the possibility of al lowing water-fowl' hunting at Howard Prairie lake, hunting regulations to be established there, and arrange,r.nts for a bridle trail concession. Washington - UH - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Orc.) voted with the majority Monday as the Senate passed the emer gency public works bill 45- 22. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune JFK Hears Vow of Moon Expedition, Sees Saturn Test Huntsville, Ala.-flirtl-Presi- dent Kennedy today heard a space official vow an Ameri can moon expedition this dec ade and he witnessed the earth-trembling test firing of a huge Saturn space rocket that will pave the way. The President visited Red stone Arsenal and the Mar shall Space Flight Center here on the first leg of a two-day inspection tour of this coun try's stake in the space race with the Soviet Union. Shown Rocket Booiler The President was guided on a tour of the civilian space agency's Installation here by Dr. Wernher von Braun, German-born director of the Space Flight Center. Von Braun showed the President the Saturn CI rocket booster and explained it was the pre decessor to a C5 saturn with 7.5 million pounds of thrust, now in the development stage. Von Braun said the C5 would fulfill Kennedy's prom ise last year that an American would land on the moon with in 10 years. 'And by God, we 11 do it We very definitely will do it this decade," Von Braun said. tvenneay men was "men to a site about 2,000 yards from a Saturn CI and watched as the 1.3-million pound thrust engines Ignited with an ear- splitting roar in a static test during which -the booster is bolted to tn test platform. Kennedy then continued on to Cape Canaveral, Fla. Separate Planes ' The President and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took off in separate jet planes from Andrews Air Force Base, Md to survey America's ef forts in the missile-rocket race with Russia Accompanied by Defense! Secretary Robert S. McNa- mara and other administra tion and congressional lead ers, Kennedy and Johnson planned a two-day tour of space sites at Huntsville, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Houston, Tex., and St. Louis, Mo. Kennedy s announced rea son for making the Journey was "to study the work being done in this most important area and in connection with the preparation of the fiscal year 1964 budget which will be submitted to Congress in January." Unander Criticizes Medicare Proposals Bend-dHi-Rcpublican U. S. Senate candidate Sig Unander told doctors and lawyers here Monday he is tired of a pa tronizing government attitude that substitutes central con trols for local initiative. Unander spoke to the Tri- county Medical and Bar As sociation. He criticized the Kennedy administration for its pro posals for medicare, federal aid to education, and a depart ment of urban affairs. These, said Unander, are "medicine show tactics" that undercut local government. 2,650 Students Enroll In District 6 Central Point A total of 2.650 students enrolled in schools in the school district 6C Monday. The district in cludes Central Point, Sams Valley, and Gold Hill. The highest enrollment fig ures were at Crater High school, where 807 students registered. Of the total, 238 were freshmen, 238 sopho mores, 166 Juniors, and 155 seniors. A total of 10 special student! also are enrolled.. In the Central Point Junior High school 322 pupils en rolled, 155 In the seventh grade and 167 In the eighth grade. The full first-day en rollment at Central Point Ele mentary school was reported as 810. Of these, 172 were in the fourth grade; 170 In the fifth grade; 186 in the sixth grade, and 11 were special students. NudearWar Could Result, Premier Claims Castro Says U. S. Preparing Attack By United Press International The Soviet Union warned the United States today that nuclear world war could start over Cuba, but softened this with an offer to delay talks on Berlin and Germany until after the November elec tions. The two points were linked in a long statement read to more than 100 for eign correspondents at the Soviet Foreign Ministry iu Moscow and later broadcast by Moscow Radio in the lat est Kremlin move in the cold war. Moscow's threat of a nu clear holocaust followed by a few hour charges by Cuban Premier Fidel Castro that the United States is preparing to attack his country. Almost si multaneously, Havana Radio announced that two Cuban ships and one British freight er were attacked by "pirate craft armed by "imperialist Americans." In Washington, the Whitfl House had no comment on the statement, which also ran the gamut of cold war issues from Cuba and Berlin to com ments on the U2 spy planes, nuclear testing, military man power, and the flow of Soviet arms and so-called "techni cians" to Cuba. Calls It Propaganda Secretary of State Dean Rusk also declined comment. But Democratic Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, the Senate majority leader, de scribed the' latest Kremlin ef fort as "sheer propaganda." He salH the Soviets "know fun Well they are erecting a 9lraw man for the purpose of Knocking it down." He added that we do not-need or want any gratuitous advice or coun sel from the Soviet Union. We are fully capable of making decisions for ourselves. - Yet,-officials itr Washington conceded that Buula't item warning en Cuba would in crease demands Jn (ha United States for stronger action by President . Kennedy . in the ' worsening Caribbean s 1 1 u a tion. But they ruled out for now, at least, any invasion or blockade of Cuba. Russia said President Ken- ' nedy's call for standby author- ity to mobilize 150,000 reserv- Ists was part of "preparation! for an aggressive act," and said an assault on Cuba "will be the beginning of the nu clear war." Go-Slow Policy Sn Despite the strong language used in the statement on Cuba, western observers noted that Soviet leaders repeatedly have claimed that the Berlin and German questions were the most Important threats to world peace. In the light of the Berlin comment, some observers in terpreted this as a possible indication the Kremlin is un dertaking a go-slow policy on Germany, at least for tht time being. , This view was reinforced by the fact that the Kremlin statement concluded on this conciliatory note: "The Soviet government has declared more than once and declares now, we are stretch ini t a hand of friendship to the people and government of the United States." FALSE ALARM Portland OJPB Police cars . converged on the Bank of California in downtown Port land shortly before 10 a.m. today when a holdup alarm sounded. Police said a teller inadvertently set off the alarm system. Schools Jewett Elementary school In Central Point registered a total of 556 children Monday. In the first grade were 176 children; second grade, 186; third grade, 179; and special classes, 15. Patrick and Hanby school! in Gold Hill also reported -first-day enrollment figures. Forty-eight enrolled in the first grade; 45, second grade; 44, third grade; 35, fourth grade; 46, fifth grade; 31, sixth grade; 54, seventh grade; and 80, eighth grade. This makes a total of 352 student! In the Gold Hill schools. Sams Valley school report ed 19 pupils in the first grade; five pupils In grade two; 23 In grade three; 16 in grade (our; 17 in grade five; and 13 in grade six. A total of 93 students have registered for classes in Sams Valley, Temperance Union. li
