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Newspaper Page TextPrice 10 Cents Subscribers To report improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med lord, phone 772-6141; Ash land call at 1324 Iowa st. or phona 482-3002; Montague and Yreka. phone Globe 9-3171, be fora 8:45 p.m. daily and 10 JO a.m. Sunday If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. Weather Tribune MEDFORD FORECAST: Ttf through Monday- Hih both tit near tt. Low tonight Ai. . , . Temp. Highest Yesterday 87 Lowest Yesterday Moraine 41 No precipitation to ft p.m. yes terday. United Prcu lntcnuuonil Full Leased Win United Press International full Leased Wtr Section A 68 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1962 Six Sections No. 152 57th Year Freeman Praised For Remarks On Lumber Problems Industry Leaders Laud His Approach Portand, Ore. -IUPIU Praise for Agriculture Secretary Or- ville Freemans remarks on lumber problems came Satur day from leaders of the West ern Pine association. Secretary-Manager W. E. Griffee said Freeman demon- BlTcUcU LIIUL 11C uiiuuomiiiuo the problems of the industry and is willing to act wher ever possible. "Our members were very much pleased," Griffee said. Freeman addressed the asso ciation here Friday and then answered questions for more than an hour. Studied Problems "The long, friendly discus sion . . . showed clearly the secretary has personally stud ied our problems," he said. Association President J. B. Edens of Phoenix, Ariz., said Freeman showed a "coopera tive and constructive ap proach." "We were impressed by his keen perception and ability to discuss technical timber ap praisal matters and their in fluence upon community sta bility," he said. M. B. Doyle, executive vice president of the National Lumber Manufacturers asso ciation, commented: "He gave us to understand he was taking a personal hand in industry-government rela tions, and where there was a wrong he would correct it. But where his policies were right he would sustain them. No one could ask more than that." The Western Pine associa tion, representing about 350 mills in 12 western states, has complained frequently about policies of the U.S. Forest Ser vice, which comes under Free man's department. "While solutions to our problems have yet to be worked out," Griffee said, "we now know Freeman under stands the urgency of the eco nomic and employment situ ations in our industry and its dependent communities." Sports Bulletins Philadelphia -ItPD- Kenny Lane of Muskegon, Mich., scored a ninth-round techni cal knockout over Len Mat thews of Philadelphia in a nationally -televised bout last night to even an old score and boost hii bid for a title shot against light weight champion Carlos Or tis. Kansas City. Mo. TlPt Thirty-one year-old right hander Bill Fischer set an all lime major league rec ord last night by hurling 68 13 consecutive innings without a walk. SATURDAY NIGHT BASEBALL National League Milwaukee 9, Houston 8 American League Detroit 7, Los Angeles 3 Washington 3, Chicago 1 Kansas City 4-5, Balti more 3-4 SATURDAY NIGHT. FOOTBALL American League Denver 23, Buffalo 20 HIGH SCHOOL Shasta (Redding, 42. Ashland 7 Calif.) COLLEGE SOC 27, Alumni 19 nS(BRIEFS IT IMS FROM m 1 MOUND TNI OlOM SPY'S WIDOW RETURNS TO U.S. New York -'I IT- Mrs. Dina Soble, widow of runaway Sov iet Spy Robert A Soblen, arrived Saturday from London. She hopes to resume her career at a piychialrist in New York. GOULART MOVES TO END STRIKE Rio de Janeiro -.VI- President Joao Goulart, victorious In a bitter battle with congress for a referendum on Brasil't parliamentary style government, moved quickly Saturday to stop a general strike called by Communist-led unions. ALGERIAN TROOPS OCCUPY OIL PORT Algiers -111-- Government troops occupying the oil port city of Bougie withdrew Saturday without bloodshed alter a battalion of tough Kabylia mountain troops opposed to strong man Ahmed Ben Bella took up positions outside the city. KRISHNA MENON DELAYS New Delhi, India in Defense Minitlor V, K. Krishna 1 Menon postponed his scheduled York because of the fresh incursions by Chinese Communist troops of India's Northeast Frontier Agency, a spokesman said Saturday. RETURNS TO ALBA Pino Dutto, Alba, Italy, attorney who has been visiting in Medford for the last seven weeks as a good will ambassador between the two sister cities, said goodbye to Medford Mayor John W. Snider and his 13-year-old daughter. County Court Slates Work At Fairgrounds Ball Park Jackson county court mem bers Friday made public their proposal for "modest" im provements at the fairgrounds ball park site costing possibly $75,000 to $80,000 and geared to baseball with emphasis on youth. "This should be the capital improvement project for this year," said County Judge Earl Miller, in announcing the pro posal to Medford Linebackers at their noon luncheon. Miller said that the court has considered grandstand fa cilities for seating 2,500 to 3.000 people as a beginning size. Construction would be undertaken in a way which would permit expansion as fu ture needs arise. The improvement project is subject to approval of the county budget committee. Court members make up half its membership. The court "has come up with an idea we think will be approved," declared the county judge, Stating that the ball park issue has "quite a history," Miller stressed that the court has not entered blindly into it since it is a matter of ex penditure of county funds. Give Consideration He brought out that the matter was brought to the at tention of the court when it had other programs in the making and not until recently could the judge and commis sioners give it their consider ation. Now, however, the court is in a position to do something about improve ment. Miller said. Medford Boy Hurt In Scooter Crash A 16-year-old Medford boy was treated at Rogue Valley Memorial hospital Friday night after he suffered a head injury when a motorscooter he was riding struck a parked car. The boy was Charles O. Williams of 1466 Grand ave. The accident was reported at 8:35 p.m. in front of 619 South Oakdale ave. DEPARTURE departure Saturday for New Mary Ann, Saturday morning at the munici pal airport. A crowd of well-wishers and friends was on hand to wish bon voyage to Dutto, who was the first person from Alba ever to visit in Medford. The judge told Linebackers, who met at North's Chuck Wagon, that the court's prob lem is to meet needs lacking in the county. He pointed to Crater and Medford stadium improvements as meeting foot ball needs. It was thereby de termined that ball park im provements must meet the needs of baseball with the emphasis on youth. Miller declared, "I have been challenged to make this a political issue. I don't think this has anything to do with politics." JFK Lauds Woman On 100th Birthday Mrs. Ella Piercy, a resident at the Jackson county farm home, received a note from President John F. Kennedy Saturday during activities that celebrated her 100th birthday. The note from the Presi dent congratulated her on the event. Mrs. Piercy received numer ous flowers and a large cake with 100 candles was sent to her by the Crater Lake post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ira Canfield, past commander of the post, made the presenta tion. Four of Mrs. Picrcy's five living relatives attended the event. They were Mrs. George W. Jacobs, Lafayette, Calif., and Mrs. Warren Kaley, Port land, both nieces, and Mrs. Charles Crane, Fairfield, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Brooks, Lafayette, Calif., grandnieces. Another grandniece, Mrs. Ben Parkinson, Palo Alto, Calif., was unable to attend. Also at tending was Mrs. Canfield. Mrs. Piercy was born . in Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 15, 1862, and moved to Oregon City with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Russell Rincr when she was five years old. She made her home in the Port land area until about 15 years ago when she moved to Med ford with her sister, the late Mrs. Frank Northrup. The two lived with Mrs. Jacobs until the Jacobses moved to Cali fornia. Mrs. Pierce's husband, a veteran of the Civil War, died 65 years ago and her only child, a son, died as a youth. Portland Graduate Center Discussed Portland (UPt Business and industry will benefit most from a proposed graduate study and research center in Portland, Reed College Pres ident Richard H. Sullivan told the legislative interim com mittee on small business here Saturday. Dr. Sullivan is chairman of the governor's cdvisory com mittee on the center. He told the legislators his group al- ready has recommended con- struction of the center and has been told Gov. Mark Hat field will accept the recom mendation. Commissioner Ed Taylor, in expressing his support of the proposal, pointed to the value of youth baseball programs in keeping boys out of trouble Take Care of Youth Commissioner Chester Wendt said he felt the propos al now being made will take care of youth baseball needs and needs of high school championship games. He fa vored plans for a top playing field. I think it will be an asset to the county," Wendt remarked. , Lee Ragsdale, supervisor of physical education in Medford schools, commended the court for its practical approach and Paul Haviland, Linebacker program chairman, praised it for its realistic view. Bud Par sons, Linebacker president, said he believed the court is thinking in the right direc tion. Ragsdale, in expressing the thoughts of school officials, said that the ball park as pro posed is a facility needed im mediately actually long past overdue and will do more to augment the school and summer recreation pro grams than any other project. The school man maintained that this community docs not have the population now to come out to pro games on a regular basis. He said that, when need outgrows the facil ity as proposed by the court, "we will have the wherewith al" to build something larger and the fairgrounds facility will keep on serving the kids. The county court proposal looms as an enlargement on the "American Legion plan" developed and projected by Claude (Shorty) Miles, Med ford. Number of Proposals Wendt reported that the court had received a number of proposals on the type of ball park facilities which should be provided. "Some, I think, are way beyond the needs of the area," he said, adding that these "were never considered very seriously." One proposition was for large multipurpose stadium which ranged from several hundred to around two million dollars in scope. Miller commended Miles and the city of Medford em ployees for their work on the ball field this summer. The fairgrounds ball park until a few years ago had served semi-pro baseball for many years. It was the home from 1948 through 1951 of Medford teams In the pro Far West league. The old grand stand burned down in 19511 and was replaced by "tempo rary" stands finally torn down this year. The park, used by Cheney Lumber company sponsored semi-pro and American Le gion junior teams, became known as Cheney field. It has been utilized by the Jackson County Softball association for the past couple of seasons since being taken over again by the county and used by the city recreation depart ment. Because lighting has deteriorated, the park has not been considered safe for night hardball games. Allies Bar Red Armored Vehicles From West Berlin Penalty Unstated If Ban Is Defied Berlin-IUPll-The Big Three Western powers Saturday bar red Soviet armored cars from entering West Berlin without prior authorization from the commandants of the Allied Berlin garrisons. A statement issued by tne U. S., British and French commandants did not mention what the Western Allies would do if the Soviets tried to defy the ban. It was the third time in less than two weeks that the West had cracked down on the Rus sians on the issue of the armored cars. Friday the Russians bowed to an Allied demand to stop using armored vehicles to transport guards to the Soviet war memorial in the British sector. On Sept. 4, the Rus sians submitted quietly to an Allied order forbidding them to send armored cars through "Checkpoint Charlie" , in the U. S. sector and ordering them to use instead the shorter route over the Sandkrug bridge in the British sector. In bowing to the Allied de mand to switch back to the use of the regular bus for the guard changes, the Russians beat a Western Allied dead line by 24 hours. They used the bus again Saturday. It was escorted to and from the memorial in Tiergarlen park by two West Berlin police patrol cars and a British mili tary sedan. The Russians began sending in three armored cars daily on Aug. 21 after their bus was stoned for three days by Western Bcrliners protesting the fatal shooting of a young East German refugee. They sent the armored cars into West Berlin without seeking Western permission, Berlin's Allied comman dants said this practice could not be repeated in the future. Prior. Authority "It has been and still Is the accepted practice for any sector commandant who, for one reason or another, wishes to send an armored vehicle into another sector to seek and obtain the prior authori ty of the commandant of the sector concerned," the joint statement by the Western commandants noted. "This practice has been fol lowed consistently by the Al lies since the start of the oc cupation. It is not the inten tion of the three commandants to modify it." The Russians recently abol ished the post of the Soviet commandant of Berlin and an East German general was ap pointed in his place by the Communists. But the West has refused to recognize the unilateral action and has been dealing with the Soviet com mander in East Germany. Soviet UN Workers Expelled From U.S. Washington -fllPD- Two Rus sian employees of the United Nations have been expelled from this country for trying to recruit a young New York state political candidate to spy lor mem, the Justice depart ment announced Saturday. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken nedy said that Richard A Flink, 27, a Republican candi date for the New York nusnm. bly, was given $3,000 by the men for his political cam paign. He pretended to help them get the information they wanted, but kept the FBI ad vised of each move. The Russians, who already have left the country, were identified by Kennedy Yuri A. Mishukov, 31, and Yuri V. Zaitsev, 38. In return for the $3,000 paid in three installments thii summer, the men sskr-H Flink to "advocate certain policies. it cieclca, in speeches to or conizations." provide informs lion about the internal oper ation oi u. S. government agencies and set nemnnnl Hata on influential members of the Republican party. Wilderness Proposal Made to Foresters Eugene - flJPt - The U.S. Forest Service has been asked to designate a 28-milc-long strip of the Cascade plateau south of Crater lake as a "sky lakes wilderness area." I The Federation of Western Outdoor clubs and the Ore- I gon Wildlife Federation made I the 'proposal through its representative, Michael J. Mc Closkey nf Eugene, it was an nounced Saturday. Officials Advise Adults Against Type III Vaccine POLIO VACCINE Mrs. Richard Skeelcrs (center) and her sons David and Chuck, and a niece, Gail. Smith, are shown above as they received their final Sabin polio im Accused Murderer Of Medford Man To Go on Trial Reno, Nev. - IUM - Lester E. Morford III, 18, Santa Rosa, Calif., waived preliminary hearing Friday in justice court and was bound over to district courts for trial on charges of the fatal shooting of a honeymooning Oregon man. Morford, appearing in pri son coveralls and clean shaven, was ordered held without bail by Justice of the Peace William Beemcr. Police said Morford, al legedly hopped up from sniff ing glue, kidnapped Jack Foster, 23, Medford, Ore., and his bride of two days, Patri cia, 2d, from a Reno motel the morning of Aug. 22. He forced them at gun point to drive to Truckee and then around Lake Tahoe where he shot Foster and dumped him out of the car. . Officers said he then raped Mrs. Foster twice. Foster was later found by tourists and taken to Washoe Medical Center in Reno where he died the following day. Mrs. Foster escaped from Morford when she jumped from the car in Carson City. Morford was arrested near Silver Springs east of Carson City. . New Astronauts To Be Presented Houston, Tex. UPD Amer ica's nine new astronauts will be presented to the public Monday and indications are that some may be civilians and all will be younger than the present crop. The National Aeronautics and Space administration maintained secrecy on the identity of the new astronauts. But the new astronauts themselves know, of course, because they must sign ac ceptance statements and also must come to Houston to ap pear at a news conference at 3 p.m. (EDT) at the Univer sity of Houston. M-T Bargain Days To End Tomorrow Bargain D e y i, the an nual Mail Tribune event which allows subscribers io obtain subscriptions at a re duced rate, will conclude Monday. The circulation depart ment on the first floor of the Mail Tribune building, on North Fir St., will be open until 10 p.m. Annual subscriptions art available for residents of Jackson and Josephine counties in Oregon and Sis kiyou county in California for III by carrier and IIS by mail, S3 reduction from regular rates. f)m County Oral Polio Vaccine Clinics to Use Type Sabin oral polio vaccine clinics will continue throughout Jackson county today where Type II vac cine will be administered from noon to 6 p.m. Dr. William J. Miller, chairman of the sponsoring Jackson County Medical so ciety, stressed Saturday that the vaccine being offered is not the same type as that, withheld Saturday by t h e Public Health service. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, coun ty health officer, stated Fri day that he had been assur ed by the state board of health that the Type II vac cine is safe and was not being questioned in the Public Health service re evaluation of the Sabin oral vaccine. . Dr. Miller pointed out that everyone who has start ed the Sabin program should obtain the Type II vaccine, thus completing the three-point program. Type I and Type III were offered at clinics earlier this sum mer. The clinics today will be offered at Ashland High school. Phoenix Elementary school. McLoughlin and Hedrick Junior High schools in Medford, Shady Cove school. Crater High school in Central Point and Rogue River Elementary school. Type II clinics were also held in Josephine county Saturday. Dr. D. G. Mackie. presi dent of the Josephine Coun ty Medical society, explain ed thai original plans called for administering Type III, Glenn Jackson Terms Crater High Stadium a 'Guideline, Inspiration' Central Point - Completion of Crater High school's sta dium should serve as a guide line and an inspiration, Glenn L. Jackson, chairman of the state highway commission, de clared at the stadium's dedi cation here Friday night. Dedication ceremonies, be fore a crowd of some 2,000 persons, preceded Crater High school's first football game of the season. In his talk, Jackson de scribed the Rogue valley as an area endowed with many advantages. He said its use and llvability are brought about "by people such as us." The livability depends on the people, he said, and the answer lies in collective ac tion. Jackson called the Cra ter stadium an example of such action. . At the close of the ceremo nies, Otto Bohncrt, stadium cnmmlltce member, "present ed" the stadium to J. W. Fitz gerald, chairman of the dis trict 6 school board, who in r munizations at Phoenix grade school yes terday. All Jackson county immunization clinics will be open from noon to 6 pjn. today. II Today but that a switch to Type II was mad when the com plications became known late this week. Davis Wins Trophy At Pendleton Rodeo Pendleton, Ore! (UPIJ Roper Sonny Davis of Kcnna, N. M., captured the all-around cow boy trophy in the Slst Pendle ton Roundup here Saturday. Davis also won the calf-roping title with a total time of 43.6 seconds on three calves. Mark Schrickcr of Sutherlin, Ore., was leading going into the finals, but he missed his calf with his first loop today and then had the animal kick loose after he caught it with the second loop. Schricker's misfortunes took him out of contention and al lowed Olin Young, Albuquer que, N. M., to take second place with a time of 44.2 sec onds. Dean Oliver of Boise was third with 44.3 seconds. Freckles Brown, Dawton, Okla., won the $500 prize for the top all-around cowboy in the "big four" shows, at Walla Walla and Ellensburg, Wash.; Lewiston, Ida., and Pendleton. Brown, the national point leader in Brahma bull riding, finished second in his special ty Saturday behind Ronnie Rossen of Broadua, Mont. Lar ry Hutchinson, Calgary, was third. A crowd estimated at 12, 000 watched the finals. The rodeo crowd for the four days was about 42,000. turn "presented' it to Charles A. Meyer, district, superin tendent. Meyer recognized three persons as strong support ers of the project; H. P. Jew ell, former superintendent; Everett Faber, general chair man of the stadium commit tee, and Bohncrt. Then Meyer "presented" the stadium to the students of Crater High school. Arthur Straus, principal, accepted. Par ticipating throughout the ceremonies was the Cra ter High band. Faber served as master of ceremonios. Cliff Ayres, finance chairman, in troduced publfc officials who were present, including May ors Freeman Mason of Central Point and Milton Steinmetz of Gold Hill. Numerous org anizalloni and individuals were recog nized for their contributions and volunteer efforts. Don Patterson, manager of the Grange Coop of Central Point, Introduced bead ei All Three Types onsidered Safe For Youngsters Types I and II Okay for Adults Washington - (UPO - Federal ' health authorities recommend ed Saturday night that adults i stop taking type III live-virus ' polio vaccine except in emer gencies. They said there was evidence the vaccine had caused the disease in a very few cases. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry, said the nation's mass immunization program using Sabin vaccine should continue with all three varieties for those of school age and under, and with types I and U for adults. Following a day-lone con. ference he said the ultimate decision on how to admin ister the oral vaccine would be up to state and local health authorities, since only one in every ' million persons who took all three types later con tracted polio. Awaiting Word Local officials in many cities where mass immuniza tion programs were scheduled to start today delayed their plana while awaiting word of the government's decision. These , cities included Dal las, Texas; Terre Haute, Ind.; Batavia,, N.Y.;.- and Paines ville, Ohioft-.,. -, Terry said there were U cases in which it "cannot be assumed to be coincidental" that those receiving the type III vaccine had come down with the disease. In these in stances, he said, the time that expired between the dosage and appearance of polio cor responded to the incubation period of the disease-causing virus. . ' . ' He said a special report on the investigation was being prepared and would be sent to members of the medical and public health professions, and made public, "within the next few days." ' Terry called the confer ence, which lasted nearly 12 nours, after Canada tempo rarily withdrew the type III Sabin vaccine from use be cause it was suspected of causing the disease. "Plans for mass programs using type I and II vaccine In all age groups should con tinue," the surgeon general said. "Furthermore, type III vaccine is still indicated for use among adults in high risk groups which include tourists of hyp erendemic areas (those with outbreaks) and persons residing in epi demic areas (where polio is widespread). Another official explained that children should continue using type III because they are more likely than adults to contract polio from natural sources. In light of the ex tremely few connections be tween the vaccine and the disease, he said, younger peo ple should receive this pro tection, which is not needed so much by adults. committees responsible for the stadium fund drive, which raised money through dona tions and sale of three-year season tickets. Among those introduced were Archy Purdy of the sta dium construction committee and Bill Askwllh of the light committee. Master of Ceremonies Fa ber gave recognition to such organizations as the Central Point and Gold Hill Lions clubs, Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce and the District 6 Teachers organ ization for their efforts. Specific individuals recog nized for their work Included Dr. Bruce Turner of the Cen tral Joint Jaycees; Don Meis tcr, president of the Gold Hill Lions; Ed Christie, president of the Central Point Lions; Warren Holbrook, who han dled numbering and marking of stadium seats, and Don Miller, activities director at Crater, who was In charge of ticket sales and Publicity.