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FACTORY LEVELED This is a general
view of a fire and explosion which rocked
a two-story paint factory at San Leandro,
Calif., Wednesday. Fire units from nearby
Nine Reservists
Die in Crash of
Patrol Bomber
Seal'Beach, Calif.-flJPD-Nine
Navy reservists from Georgia
were killed Wednesday night
when their twin-engined P2V
Neptune patrol bomber crash
ed and burned after skimming
over the rooftops of homes
in heavily populated residen
tial areas.
Names of the dead pilot and
his crew of eight were with
held by the Navy pending no
tification of the next of kin.
The aircraft, ' designed for
antisubmarine warfare, crash
ed in an open field at the Na
val Ammunition and Net De
pot shortly after taking off
from nearby Los Alamitos Na
val Air Station.
Second Crash
It was the second time in
four years a Los Alamitos
based Neptune had crashed in
southern California. A P2V
collided with a military air
transport C118 over Norwalk
Feb. 8, 1958, killing .48 per
sons. In each case, the Neptunes
were manned by reservists on
training flights. -
Wednesday night's flaming
crash occurred moments after
the airplane had skimmed less
than 200 i feet above homes
with one of its engines on
fire.
Witnesses said the plane
trailed a ribbon of flame as
it roared over rooftops of
Hossmore Leisure World, a
housing project for elderly
citizens.
Some debris from the burn
ing aircraft rained down on
the project.
Fortunately none of the
depot's explosives was touch
ed off, although the plane
plummeted to earth in an area
where explosives were stored
In concrete bunkers.
Three Bus Routes
.Abandoned by Firm
No opposition to the request
for abandonment of three
routes of the Pacific Trail
ways bus lines in the Crater
Lake, Diamond lake and Med
ford areas was presented this
morning at a public utilities
commissioner hearing in Med-
ford.
Examiner was Malcolm L
Jones. Salem.
It was stated that the bus
lines discontinued service in
this area about two years ago
following the sale of the
Crater Lake lodge which start
ed its own bus service. The
hearing today was a formality,
it was explained.
TAX COLLECTIONS UP
Salem - (UPI) - The Oregon
Tax commission said today it
collected S20.7 million in the
first two months of the new
fiscal year. This is a 9.3 per
cent gain over the same per
iod of the previous fiscal year.
HEWS(QhBRIEFS
ITEMS FROM f AROUND THI OlOII
BOARD NAMED TO MEDIATE AEROSPACE DISPUTE
Wahington-ilW-Preiident Kennedy today named lee
end board to mediate a dispute In the aerospace industry
which threatens to delay the nation's missile program.
NUCLEAR-POWERED ROCKET TEST DELAYED
Waihington-JlPI'-The nation'i first flight test of a nuclear
powered roekel has been delayed several months until some
time In 1967, Congress was lold today.
SATELLITE TO STUDY RADIATION PLANNED
Waihingion-IH-The space agency plant to launch a satel
lite this T ,,udv ,h in,,n f'eil radiation belt
which high altitude nuclear explosion created around the
earth.
uruicsmr.R HALL OF FAME DEDICATED
p..wir!r. Md.-FtwA national newspaper hall of fame
monument, honoring great
c'.d today b Mainland Co,
Oakland and Hayward were seni 10 baule
the blaze which injured at least a dozen
persons. Shock waves from the explosion
blew out windows in nearby homes. (UPI)
Sky Lakes
Suggested
As Wilderness Area
Eugene A proposal was
submitted Wednesday to the
U. S. forest service that a 28
mile long strip of high Cas
cade lake country extending
south from Crater Lake Na
tional park to Mt. McLough-
lin be made a new wilder
ness area.
The proposal was made
jointly by the Federation of
Western Outdoor Clubs and
the Oregon Wildlife Feder
ation.
The Federation of Western
Outdoor Clubs is a federation
of 38 hiking and mountaineer
ing clubs in six western
states, and the Oregon Wild
life Federation is composed
of sportsmen's clubs in 33
Oregon communities.
The clubs proposed that the
Sky Lakes Limited area,
south of Crater Lake park, be
reclassified as the Sky Lakes
Wilderness area. The limited
area classification is a tem
porary one which holds areas
of high scenic value in status
quo pending complete study.
The forest, service is now
studying the Sky Lakes area.
Propose Enlargement .
The two federations, acting
through their representative,
J. Michael McCloskey of Eu
gene, proposed that the Sky
Lakes area be enlarged from
82,000 acres to 103,640 acres,
with the addition of Mt. Mc
Loughlin accounting for the
increase. McCloskey said he
fell that it was desirable to
add Mt. McLoughlin to a wil
derness area to prevent fur
ther encroachment of logging
up the lower slopes of the
mountain.
The proposal to preserve
the strip of high plateau coun
try speckled with small lakes
(28 miles long and averaging
six miles in width) as a wil
desness area was submitted in
the form of an 1 1 page report,
which included a map. The
report was sent to both the
regional office of the forest
service in Portland and to the
Rogue River and Winema Na
tional forests,' which manage
the area.
The report reviewed prob
lems relating the manage
ment of the area and predict-
DurnoTo Leave for
Washington Tonight
Rep. Edwin R. Durno, Med
ford, plans to leave Portland
tonight for Washington, D. C,
to vote on the Hanford atomic
reactor project bill, according
to word received this morn
ing from Pendleton.
Dr. and Mrs. Durno are in
Pendleton attending the
Round-Up.
Mrs. Durno will remain in
Pendleton where she will help
judge the Indian beauty con
test Friday. She plans to re
turn to Medford this week
end.
journalist of the past, was dedl-
i. wuiara ikk
Region
by Groups
ed that averuse by recreation
ists would be the principal
problem in managing the
area. The report said there
are little timber values in the
area.
The report determined a
number of steps would be ne
cessary to prevent overuse.
To preserve delicate lakeside
camping sites from overuse,
it suggested the construction
of primitive sanitation facili
ties, fireplaces, and other
equipment. The report ex
plained that the provision of
such facilities was compatible
with forest service regula
tions for wilderness areas.
"The Sky Lakes area is al
ready readily accessible to
the public, and wilderness
Classification would prevent
usage from increasing to de
structive levels," the report
concluded.
Access Is now provided by
an extensive interior trail net
work taking off from 21 well
distributed roadheads which,
the report said, average less
than a mile's distance from
the boundaries of the pro
posed wilderness area.
Most principal lake. group
ings are now not more than
three miles from a roadhead.
Among the best known lakes
in these groupings are Cliff
lake, Margaret lake, the Hea
venly Twins,. Island lake.
and Blue lake. The proposed
wilderness area would in
clude most of the gorge of
the Middle Fork of the Rogue
river.
The two groups, represent
ing more than 35,000 affiliat
ed members, have invited
other groups and individuals
to join them in sponsoring
this proposal. Additional in
formation can be secured
from J. Michael McCloskey,
309 Tiffany building, Eugene.
Ordinance Copies
Are Being Mailed
Copies of the zoning ordi
nance for the Southwest Phoe
nix area are being mailed this
week by the Jackson county
planning office.
Each resident within the
area should receive a copy of
the ordinance and a letter
from County Judge Earl M.
Miller by this week end, ac
cording to Planning Techni
cian Jack Eaton. Residents in
the zoned area who do not re
ceive a copy should contact
the planning office in the
courthouse.
In the letter, Judge Miller
encouraged all residents to at
tend a public hearing sched
uled at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept
18, in the courthouse audi
torium. Purpose of the hear
ing will be to consider the
ordinance, and whether it will
permanent.
Persons having questions
about the meeting should con
tact Judge Miller, questions
about the ordinance should be
directed to the planning staff,
Eaton pointed out.
Goldberg Answers
Senator's Questions
Washington - (DPI) - Arthur
J. Goldberg assured senators
today that he believes strong
ly In capitalism, detests com
munism, and would not in
trude on the rights of Con
gress or the states if he is
seated on the Supreme Court.
Goldberg answered ques
tions for two hours before
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee about his beliefs, exper
ience and qualifications to re
place ailing Associate Justice
Felix Frankfurter.
PSC SETS RECORD
Portland - lUPli - A record
fall term enrollment of more
than 6.000 students was fore
cast for Portland State col
lege today by registrar B. C
Baumgartncr.
Regional Edition
MEDF0RD
40 Pages Four Sections
Kennedy Wins
Big Victory
In Trade Act
Washington-IUPD-The Senate
Finance Committee handed
President Kennedy a substan
tial victory today when it de
feated a series of "protection
ist" amendments to the admin
istration's trade expansion act.
The actions, clearly demon
strating that administration
forces were in control, came
during three hours of closed
hearings on the bill. It stands
high on Kennedy's list of must
legislation to be completed
before Congress adjourns.
Chairman Harry F. Byrd
(D-Va.) later told reporters
he hoped to finish work on
the bill by Friday. It already
has cleared the House.
The commjttee, by a 9-7
vote, first defeated a move
to restore to the bill the exist
ing peril point mechanism. It
then killed, 10-6, an amend
ment limiting extension of the
trade act to three years, in
stead of five years.
The House voted, in effect,
to abolish the peril point
mechanism. Under this pro
cedure, the Tariff Commission
fixes a point below which the
President should not cut tar
iffs of any products in order
to protect domestic industries.
The Senate committee by a
Two United Funds
Start oh Monday
Two united fund campaigns
will start in Jackson county
Monday, Sept. 17.
They are the United Cru
sade of Jackson county and
the Ashland-Talent United
Fund.
The United Crusade, cover
ing all of the county except
that area served by the Ashland-Talent
United Fund, will
start at a kick-off breakfast
at 6:20 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17,
at the Medford Elks club, 202
North Central ave.
The Ashland-Talent United
Fund will start at a kick-off
meeting at 8 a.m. Monday in
the Ashland YMCA building
with Howard Wiley speaking.
Goal for the United Cru
sade is $167,683; the goal for
the Ashland-Talent United
Fund is $22, ISO.
The United Crusade is seek
ing its 10th consecutive suc
cessful campaign. Medford is
the only area in the state in
which the United fund drive
has been successful for so
many consecutive years, ac
cording to United Crusade
officers.
Funds collected in the cam
paigns help support 25 to 30
health, welfare and youth
agencies, some of them locally
based, some state-wide and
some national organizations
which have local chapters.
Duncan Urges
Durno To Vote
Eugene -HIPD- Oregon House
Speaker Robert B. Duncan
(D-Medford) sent a telegram
today to Rep. Edwin R. Dur
no (R-Ore.) urging Durno to
return to Washington quickly
for a crucial vote on the Han
ford atomic reactor bill.
Durno has teen In Oregon
this week.
Duncan, Democratic nomi
nee for Congress In Durno's
fourth district, noted that Dur
no previously voted In favor
of the legislation.
Vote on Hanford
Power Plant Delayed
Washington - HTIi - A
House vote on a proposed
electric power plant at the
Hanford atomic works was
delayed today until at least
Friday.
DST RECOMMENDED
Portland - HT - A study
committee of the Portland
City club said today it hat
recommended that the club
endorse the daylight saving
time November ballot meas
ure.
9-7 vote approved an amend
ment by Sen Paul H. Doug
las (D-Ill.). It would permit
the President to cut tariffs
to zero in some cases, regard
less whether Britain joins the
European Common Market.
Douglas said the feature
"relieves the pressure on
Great Britain to enter the
Common Market."
Under the House - passed
bill, the President may cut
tariffs to zero on products in
which the United States and
the six-nation Common Mar
ket make up 80 per cent of
world trade. Only airplanes
and plane parts actually would
be affected if Britain does
not join the Common Market.
County Planners
Approve Area for
Interim Zoning
An area covering approxl
mately 28 square miles in the
Anderson and Wagner Creek
and Yank Gulch rds. area
was approved for interim zon
ing last night by the Jackson
county planning commission.
The commission will recom
mend to the county court that
the area be Interim zoned
with the property Uses being
held at status quo until an
interim zoning ordinance can
be prepared.
The recommendation was
made following the discussion
of a petition submitted by
residents of the area to the
county court last month. The
petition asked that the area
be interim zoned for residen
tial and agricultural purposes.
To Protect Property
Nine residences of the
sparsely settled area stressed
that they wanted to protect
property values and to pro
hibit auto wrecking yards in
the vicinity.
Both residences and mem
bers of the planning commis
sion commented on the "nat
ural beauty" of the area.
Boundaries of the area in
question are south of Talent
city limits along the west
edge of the present South Tal
ent interim zoned area south
approximately seven miles to
the national forest boundary
at the summit on Wagner
Creek rd., along the summit,
then north for three miles
along the section line, then
two miles west along the sec
tion line to Anderson Creek
rd. at Its summit, and north
along the section line that
forms the west boundary of
the Southwest Phoenix inter
im zoned area.
(See Story on Page SD)
Yard Operator To
Review Ordinance
Following a meeting with
the Jackson county court Wed
nesday, David L. Marcy, op
erator of the Talent Auto
Wrecking Yard agreed to
meet with the planning com
mission staff to review the
South Talent Interim zoning
ordinance.
The Talent Auto Wrecking
Yard has been the center of
a controversy for several
months, regarding the place
ment of some of the wrecked
cars.
Last week a new six foot
painted board fence was con
structed to replace one that
was knocked down recently.
County Judge Earl M. Mill
er said members of the court
will confer with olficlals of
the motor vehicle department
seeking to obtain a clarifica
tion of the state statute as to
the height for car bodies be
hind the fence and the condi
tion of cart that may be
placed outside the fence.
following Marcy's meeting
wiih the planning staff and
Miller talking with the motor
vehicle department officials
the Talent operator will again
meet with the court.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1962
If i tf'US"':3
ALL ABOARD Larry Condon, O m a k,
Wash., leaves the chute aboard a bull named
High Noon is action at the Pendleton Round-
Unander Attacks
Administration's
'Failure' in Cuba
,UOP Senatorial Candidate
Sig Unander today attacked
what he called the adminis
tration's "failure to support
the Bay of Pigs invasion at
tempt in Cuba last April.
Unander said the U.S.
should have done "whatever
was necessary" to insure the
success of the attempt. At a
minimum, he said, air support
should have been provided.
Speaking to a news confer
ence here this morning, the
candidate urged Congress and
the administration to take a
strong stand on the Cuban is
sue. "The chips are down," he
said. "This is a turning point
for the United States. We
can't weasel and cringe before
Soviet power."
Should Be Alert
Unander said this country
should be alert to every future
military and diplomatic op
portunity to overthrow the
Castro regime in Cuba.
"Our failure to support the
Bay of Pigs invasion attempt
may end up costing us 100,000
American lives," he said.
He scored his Democratic
opponent, Sen. Wayne Morse,
for his stand on the Formosa
Resolution in 1955, and said
that if Morse goes by his past
record, he will vote against
taking a strong stand on Cuba
Unander conceded he is
waging an "uphill campaign"
against Morse in the Senate
race, but said he is making
gains and expects to win in
November. 1
Yesterday in Klamath Falls,
Unander blasted the "sterile
record" of Morse In producing
for Oregon.
Our timber Industry is stag,
nating, Unander said, and no
effective relief has been eith
er tendered or accomplished
by Morse.
Jaycees Schedule
Seatbelt Campaign
The Medford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce will tponsor
"Operation Seatbelt II" at the
Medford Shopping Center
parking lot Saturday and Sun
day, Sept. 22 and 23, the Jay
cees have announced.
The Jaycees last year, in
the first such drive to have
seatbelts installed In automo
biles, distributed more than
1,300.
Seatbelts will be sold and
installed for $5 per set, ac
cording to Bob Burton, Jay
cee chairman for the project.
BODY FOUND
Astoria -HOT- The body of
Mrs. Mary Steiner, 61, Astor
ia, was found on the banks
of the Lewis and Clark river
by two boyt here today.
Tribune
New Mexico Cowboy
Narrowly
Pe ndleton
' Pendleton - WTO
- Sonny
Davis of Kenna, N.M., came
-within one-tenth of a second
of tying the show record In
calf-roping Wednesday as the
51st) Pendleton Round - up
opened.
Davis tied his calf in 11.5
seconds,, just missing the rec
ord of ;il.4 set in 1958 by
Leonard Sayre.
The New Mexico cowboy
also grabbed an early lead in
the steer -roping competition.
His time was 14.3 seconds,
seven-tenths of a second bet
ter than that turned in by Joe
Snively, Pawhuska.
Started Early
The first go-around in all
events was not completed un
til today because of the large
number of entries. A total of
215 cowboys entered, forcing
rodeo officials to start the
competition five hours earlier
than scheduled Wednesday.
Larry Condon, Omak,
Wash., took the early lead In
Brahma bull riding. He scored
175 points on the seldom-rid-din
High Noon. Bill Law
rence, Missoula, Mont., Is the
leader In bareback riding and
Enoch Walker, Bend, Ore.,
took the lead in saddle bronc
riding.
Wilbur Plaugher, Prattler,
Jury Chosen in
Thompson Trial
Martinez, Calif. -MMl-A Jury
was selected Wednesday for
the superior court trial of
Donald Martin Thompson, 40,
formerly of Klamath Falls,
Ore., charged with the armed
robbery of three grocery
stores In Contra Costa county.
Ihompson, who said he had
been living In Walnut Creek,
Calif., since November, 1939,
is accused of robbine a San
Pablo store in November 1958,
an El Cerrlto market In Jan
uary 1959 and a Concord store
In October 1959. Deputy Dist.
Atty. . Hammond Holt said
Thompson had taken a total
of $4,495 In the robberies.
The defendant's attorney,
James Ring, said Thompson
had lived In Klamath Falls for
a part of 1959. While there,
Thompson was tried and ac
quitted on an armed robbery
charge, Ring stated.
Thompson was found Inno
cent In Jackson county earlier
this year of the 1959 Labor
Day week end holdup of the
Safeway store in the Medford
Shopping Center. He had been
sentenced to life Imprison
ment following a trial In 1959
on the Medford Incident, but
successfully appealed hit case
to the state supreme court.
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 150
Up today. The rodeo is to continue through
Saturday. (UPI)
Misses
Record
, CaUl.. led In - tniUdoggtna,
with Mark Schricker, Suther-
lln, Ore., second. Schricker
also trailed Davis in calf-
roping. ' ' '
Oregon Cowboys Win '.
The wild- horse race was
won by Norm Berhorst, St
Paul, Ore., with Ron Currin,
Hcppner, Ore., second. . '
Teresa Humphrey, Okrek,
S.D., won the girls' barrel
racing competition, with Judy
Curcio, Milton - Freewater,
ore., second. ' ,
Winners in the two riding
club baton relay races were
the Mllton-Freewater Pioneer
Posse and the Walla Walla,
Wash., Wagon Wheelers. The
Walla Walla riders also cap
tured the riding club' Pony
Express race. - .
Today's events, in addition
to the rodeo, included a Miss
Junior American Indian beau
ty contest and the Happy
Canyon pageant, '
Public Hearing Set
On Change off Zone
A public hearing on a re
quest for a change of zone on
property located near the In
terstate 5 interchange at Bid-
die rd. will be held by the
Medford planning commission
at 7:30 o'clock tonight in city
hall.
The request involves about
10.5 acres and Includes the
International Harvester com
pany property on the west
side of Biddle rd.
The applicant seeks to have
the property rczoned from sin
pie family to limited commer
cial. The city's generalized land
use plan suggests the proper
ty for tourist commercial development.
Russian Armored Cars
Given Friday
Berlin -ItlFll- The Russians
sent armored troop carriers
into West Berlin again today
but they had only one more
day to do so without trouble.
The Western Allies told the
Russian commander In Ger
many Wednesday the armor
ed vehicles would not be al
lowed In after Friday.
Three armored carriers
crossed the East-West Berlin
border today. They were es
corted by British military po
lice Jeeps.
When the armored cart ar
rived It the Russian War Me
morial i British colonel read
y
Cuba Declaration
Resolutions Held
Until Thursday
Swift Action Sends
Measure To House
Washington -0JPI)- The Sen
ate today approved President
Kennedy's request for standby
authority to call up 150,000
military reserves between now
and next Feb. 28. The vote
was unanimous, 78-0.
Moving with unusual speed,
it sent the bill to the House
after postponing for one week
action on a series of proposals
calling on the President to
fight if necessary to keep
communism from spreading
out of Cuba.
Lasted Two Hours
Senate consideration of the
reserves bill - which lasted a
scant two hours - was inter
rupted only briefly while the
leadership worked out an
agreement which sent all the
Cuba declaration resolutions
to committee until next Thurs
day noon.
Senate Democratic leaders
had indicated they would join
in supporting some declara
tion of Intent to take action
on Cuba if necessary. But they
resisted GOP efforts to tack
it onto the reserves measure.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mike Mansfield told reporters
a resolution authorizing the
President to use force as he
sees fit is "all right." He add
ed, however, that "we've got
to be very careful in the use
of language."
To Have Statement
Democratic ' Whip Hubert
H. Humphrey told newsmen
that Kennedy would have a
statement on the Republican
Cuban proposal at his 2 p.m.
(PST) news conference. The
Minnesota Democrat said
there would be no "ambigu
ity" about the statement,
Humphrey cautioned Re
publicans against trying to
make nolftfcal camrjaiffn usa
,ot the Cuban Issue.
"It anyone wants to talk
about Cuba," he said, "I'd
remined them that Cuba slip
ped, into, the hands of Castro
and, the Communists in 1958. fx
ii s not a guoa party issue iur
them."
Other developments:
-A Canadian spokesman
said recent Soviet aid to Cuba
included at least three trans
Atlantic cargo, flights that
passed through Gander, New
foundland. In accordance with
safety regulations, a Canadian
pilot-observer boarded each of
the planes for the flight to
Cuba.
Must Judge Situation
-Secretary of State Dean
Rusk was reported to have
told congressmen Wednesday
that the United States would
not tolerate Cuba becoming an
offensive military base and
would act If it did. Some law
makers thought he meant U.S.
military action, but Rusk -..is ';
said to have added that the
situation had to be judged on
the circumstances at the time.
In a broadcast beamed
around the world and trans
lated Into 37 languages, the
Voice of America said Russia's
warning against U.S. action in
Cuba reflected "a lust for
power and disregard for
truth." The broadcast said the
United States threatened no
nation nor "is it to be intimi
dated by threats."
WEATHER
CORKCAST: Cloudy tonight
and Friday, chancfe of a few
sprinkles tonight In Grants
Pais area. Low tonight 50-43.
High Friday 70.
temp.
Higher Yesterday 75
l,o wett This Morning M
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 8:2 p.m.
Hunrlie tomorrow .... 5:49 a.m.
Moonrlae today 6:36 p.m.
Full Mnnn tonight . . 6:12 p.m.
Thlt, the Harvest Moon, rises
the next lew nights before
the end of evening twilight.
Next months Full Moon, act
Ing in the same way, Is called
the Hunter's Moon.
Deadline
a statement to the convoy
commander.
The statement was believed
to be a repetition of the West
ern Allied note.
Western officials here
thought the Russians would
bow to the Western demand
to return to buses to carry
their guard to the Russian
War Memorial in West Berlin.
The Ruiisians began to use
armored vehicles Aug. 21 aft
er their buses carrying guards
were stoned fnr three atralght
days by angry West Berliners
protesting the fatal shooting
of a refugee on the border,