Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 24, 1962, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textam m V Jvll V J j HA Postal Kate increase, IPay Hikes Win Approval FOREST FIRE OANGER TOMORROW KEEP OREGON GREEN LBTi! I" L..i ft 4 IN WW Mil & HOTEL DESTROYED '- Firemen arc-shown p6iirlng-vater".v on the century-old Golden Eagle hotel in Redding. At least three persons died and 25 were treated at Redding Me- morial hospital, mostly for light burns and smoke inhal- ation. Some 51 guests were forced to leap from windows Motel Explosion Burns Portland Man and Wile Taft, Ore. - (CPU - A cigar ette match sparked an explo sion inside an auto court unit here at dawn Sunday, badly burning a vacationing Port land couple. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle E. Sinley ran outside in their night clothes, most of their hair burned off. They were rushed to the Pacific Communities Hospital at Newport to undergo emer gency treatment for first de gree burns on their faces and upper bodies. Later they were moved to Permanente Hos pital at Portland. They said the middle-aged couple apparently did not know how to operate the pro pane kitchen range and went to sleep with the burners turn ed on. The pilot light was off. During the night the gas filled the apartment. Chief Elmo St. Clair of the Taft-Nclscott-Delake fire de partment said Sinley awoke about 6 a.m. and started to light a cigarette. The spark ignited the gas, sending a blast through the unit and starting a flash fire. Venetian blinds were blown through the windows. The fire burned for about 10 min utes until the gas was gone. Baker - WPD - Rep. Al Ull man (D-Ore.) returned to his home district Saturday for the first time since an auto acci dent last December cost him his left leg below the knee. MEWS( BRIEFS ruMs not m wo mi toti U. S. HELICOPTERS HIT BY GUNFIRE Tra Vinh. South Vitt Nam - VPIi - Three U. S. Army helicopters were hit by Communist ground fir during a battle on tht coait southeast of htrt Sunday. PAKISTAN PRESIDENT VISITS KENNEDY Newport, R. I. - 'IPli - President Mohammed A rub Khan of Pakistan discussed problems of mutual concern with Pres ident Kennedy today. U. S. CONVOY DETAINED AT CHECKPOINT Berlin - art1 - A U. S. Army Berlin-bound convoy was held up for more than an hour at the Soviet checkpoint on the western end of ins Berljn f East Germany today, the ArivV Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1962 No. 159 1 Hii " - i II mm. M Vinson Cautions House on Judgment III VUMCl Washington -OTP- Chair-, II I if II ,al 1 V 1119UII Ul l"C liwuiJi. Armed Services committee today cautioned lawmakers against letting emotion or na tional pride supplant sound judgment in dealing with Cuba. The Georgia Democrat said there were powder kegs with ready fuses all over the world, and that Communist harassment in Berlin "still stands as the greatest chal lenge to world peace." SrTi Notice Vinson served notice anew on Russia and Cuba that this country would not tolerate creation of a Communist of fensive military base in this hemisphere. His remarks came in a pre pared statement for opening of House debate on President Kennedy's request for author ity 10 call up 150,000 military reservists in event they are needed after Congress quits work for the year. Vinson urged the House to approve the request by unani mous vote, as the Senate did last week. He said the reserv ists probably would not have to be called, but that the au thority to use them if needed would strengthen the Presi dent's hand. Most of the scattered ear lier objections to the legisla tion appeared to have been satisfied as the House pre pared to act on the bill, and - Helmstedt Highway through said. A, DQ 54 to escape the flames, which gutted the entire inside of the structure. Three persons who leaped to the ground from upper story ledges were in critical condition. The fire broke out early Saturday. (UPI) ' : its overwhelming passage was j ucjui t vj . "Certainly we are all grave ly concerned about Cuba, and it bears the closest surveil lance," Vinson said. "The President hap made it quite clear that there are circum stances under which we will intervene in Cuba. . . . "At no time will we per mit Cuba to become a Soviet beachhead for military ag gression in the Western hemi sphere. At the same time we must be careful that we do not permit our emotions and national pride to overcome sound judgment. Will Take Action "If a naval blockade be comes necessary, we will lake that action, knowing full well the possible consequences. If invasion becomes necessary, we will . take that action, knowing full well the poten tial consequences ... "But we must not overlook the fact that the crisis in Ber lin still stands as the greatest challenge to world peace. This administration has made it crystal clear that we will stand firm in Bcrlin-and the American people arc firmly behind the President on the Berlin issue, just as they will stand behind the President in his determination to keep any part of this hemisphere from becoming a Soviet beachhead for aggression." SOC Registration 3 Exceeds Last Year Ashland-Fall term enroll 1 ment at Southern Oregon col lece is approximately 16 per i cent hiffher than the compar able date last year, it was an nounced by Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, registrar. Freshmen registrants con tributed to the greatest gain with a total of 509 enrolled Saturday. Sept. 22. compared to 462 a year ago. Total stu dents enrolled passed the pre vious year's figure. of 1,168, with a tally of 1.364 an in crease of 196 rtudents. Students may continue to enroll through Monday, Oct 8. Mrs. Winston said. 5 Final enrollment last fal4 reached 1.46J. Price 10 Cents Tribune 1 I 1 ....I J HMuMWiiiii iiWiiwi Eisenhower Takes Poke at Nation's Space Program Pinchurst, N.C. -(UPD-For- mot nrncirlnnl nuitfhl TV FlS. en,,ower stumped (he Car0. Unas during the week end for Republican congressional can didates and took a swipe at the Kennedy administration's space program and fiscal poli cies. "Let's find out what is good for the earth first" before getting overly concerned about sending a man to the moon, Eisenhower said. He spoke at a lunch here Satur day and then watched the finals of the U.S. Amateur Golf Tournament. The former GOP chief ex ecutive said there was "noth ing to apologize about" in the Republican space program. And then he chided the Demo crats. "I don't sec why we are going to gamble $40 million on a stump race although 1 do think we should be first in space," he said. Boosts Candidacy Eisenhower spoke earlier In the day from the statehouse steps in Columbia, S.C.. to boost the candidacy of Wil liam D. Worman for the U.S. Senate and Floyd Spence for South Carolina's 2nd Con gressional District. Eisenhower levied his sharpest criticism of the ad ministration, which he did not mention by name, for its spending policies. He said that in 1980 "they promised us a balanced budg et but we are told to forget a ! "'a"';fd budget . ..the debt is really not that big. He noted that the interest '0" ,hc national debt is $10 jniilinn a year ana asxca, "Are we putting it in a rat i hole? Are we making a de- posit on the moon?" Children Start Fire In Old Oil Shed Central Point - An old oil shed was extensively damag ed by fire Saturday morning at the Ficldhome orchard on Scenic avc. Firemen said that young sters playing with matches had started a fire in grass. The blaze then extended to the shed which was 24 by 21 feet In pize. Two 55-gallon nil drums ex- lplodcd. Senate Committee Gives Blessing To Proposal First Class Letter Would Be 5 Cents Washington - (DPI) - The Senate Post Office Committee today approved a bill coupling an across - the - board in crease in postal rates with a $1 billion pay raise for 1.5 million government workers. The measure would boost the cost of mailing a first class letter from four to five cents and airmail from seven to eight cents. Mailing rates on newspapers and magazines also would go up. - The bill would produce an estimated $603 million a year in new revenue and help overcome the chronic Post Office Department deficit. Amendment Scrapped In a last - minute action, the committee scrapped an amendment to bar Communist political propaganda from the first, second and third class mails. The committee voted In stead to direct the Customs Bureau to screen Communist origin mail before it is deliv ered. Intended recipients would have to ask for its de livery. This procedure was in ef fect under the administrations of President Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower but was lifted by President Kennedy in March, 1061. Chairman Olin D. Johnston (D-S.C.) said the panel voted unanimously to clear the bill for Senate action. . . Follows Plan Closaly Johnston said the bill's pay provisions hewed closely to a White House pay reform plan except that higher-paid ex ecutives would receive less than Kennedy had proposed and lower - paid employees would receive more. Under the bill, pay boosts totaling $1,054,000,000 would go into effect in two stages -the first on the first pay day after Kennedy signs the bill and the second on Jan. 1, 1964. For postal employees the average raise would be 8.6 per cent (S446) in the first stage and 2.6 per cent ($138) in the second stage. City let ter carriers, who make up the bulk of postal employees, would get raises of $414 and $126. Jaycees Install 950 Seat Belts Between 950 and 975 seat belts were installed Saturday and Sunday by members of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce during their sec ond seat belt clinic held at the Medford Shopping center parking lot. Robert Burton, project chairman, said that many of the persons were "repeaters," who had front seat belts in stalled last year and returned to have them installed In the rear seat. He explained that the rear scat belt installation is more work than for the front scat, so they were unable to install as many during the week end as last fall. Burton added that there were more customers than they could accommodate. The clinic was open from 9:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and until 9 p.m. Sunday. Burton considered the proj ect a "tremendous success" and commended the members of the Order of the M and the automotive shop students both from Medford High school for assisting the Jaycees in the project. Burton said that the group is now considering another clinic, but plans have yet to be formulated. WEATHER rottr. CART: Fair and dry thrtmh Tuidiy. Warm dy time trmp'raturtt. Low tonight II. Mlh Tuesday II. HI f ( YMtrdiy 14 Lowest ThU Morning 45 Our Skies Tonight Aiintet today ... I:M p.m. ftiinrlie tomorrow I:2 a.m. Moonrite tomorrow 2:31 a.m. New Moon -nepL 21 The Invisible stars In the Sun's dlttant barkf round today are those of the constellation, Vlr. Moon's background tonight arc in Lto. rr- tf(j -j . , J Alt IV ' . " f i 1 ?r. jt$4m " ' J C L f ill I i:' T f- ' 1 I J. 1 !-' ' V , v;J ; SEARCHERS RETURN - American pilots of the USAF Air-Sea rescue unit are shown as they returned to Prcstwlck, Scotland, Senator Accuses JFK of Bowing to Organized Labor Washington -IUPII- Sen. Bar ry Goldwater, chairman of the Senate GOP Campaign com mittee, accused President Ken nedy today of bowing to or ganized labor in return for its j political support. I The Arizona Republican said he will introduce new I legislation in January "to re store a more reasonable and workable balance in the na tion's labor-management re lations." He did not spell out its terms. Goldwater said Kennedy was "resorting to government intervention" in labor disputes in an effort to do something about work stoppages without involving new legislation to curb, union power. He cited the steel price crisis and the railroad, airline and aero space labor disputes. Kennedy Listens Goldwater said "The labor bosses have turned thumbs down" on labor-management legislation now and added; "Of course, when the labor bosses speak, President Ken nedy listens. He must for he owes much of his political life to the labor unions. His text included a letter from an unidentified Oregon worker, who complained about construction union prac tices. He said they require a $360 initiation fee and three months dues before becoming eligible to go on a hiring list for government projects. The worker said he would have written to his own sen ator, presumably Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), but said "It is a well-known fact that he is nothing but a union stooge who accepts their campaign money . . ." Girls Hurt in Accident at Park A White City girl suffered a broken finger on her right hand and her younger sister received bruises In an acci dent Sunday afternoon on the old trail at Crater lake. Injured was Raine Miller, 15, daughter of Mrs. Isnbelle Miller, 2252 Fowler rd.. White City. Her sister, Lana, 13, suffered bruises. According to National Park service rangers, the two girls and three boys walked down the old trail, which has been closed to the public since the new trail was opened in 1960. The two girls continued on to the bottom and when they at tempted to return were Un able to locate the trail. Rang ers said the girls started to climb a rock slide, dislodging some of the larger rocks. Both girls were knocked down, and their pet dog was killed. Hie screams of the girls at tracted the attention of the ranger at the rim, who assist ed them up the trail. The park rangers explained that the old trail is marked by a sign, "Danger, do not pass." They said that the trail is not maintained and is very dangerous due to loose rocks and being very narrow in places. Californian Killed In Rifle Accident Alturas, Calif. - I!P1.- Ken ncth L. Patrick. 37, El Monte, Calif., was killed Instantly Sunday when his .30-30 rifle accidentally discharged near Staffer mountain 27 miles southwest of here. after a search mission for survivors of a crashed Super-Constellation carrying 76 American servicemen and dependents. (UPI) Senate Approves Foreign Ship Use In Hauling Lumber Washington - IUPD - The Sen ate today agreed to legislation to allow U.S. lumber produc ers to use foreign vessels to ship lumber to Puerto Rico. The Senate approved the legislation after Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger (D-Ore.) com plained that Pacific North west lumber producers had been driven out of the Puerto Rican market by British Co lumbia, Canada, producers. The legislation was in the form of an amendment to a merchant marine subsidy bill which was passed and sent to .conference,,. iA, ..,..,., , . Sen. E. L. Bartlctt (D-Alas-ka), floor manager for the sub sidy bill, reluctantly agreed to Mrs. Neuberger's amend ment in what he said was a desire to aid the hard-pressed lumber industry! Extends One Year The bill, passed by voice vole, would extend for one year a 55 per cent subsidy for the construction of merchant ships in U.S. yards. Mrs. Neuberger's amend ment would permit the secre tary of commerce to allow use of foreign flag vessels to car ry lumber to Puerto Rico whenever he determined that no U.S. vessel was "reason ably" available, The amendment was view ed as an opening wedge to ward a wider relaxation of a century-old policy. West Cost lumber producers have complained that they cannot compete on U.S. East Coast markets because the Canadians can ship lumber on lower cost foreign-flag ves sels. Mrs. Neuberger told the Senate that In the case of Puerto Rico the Pacific North west had supplied 92 per cent of the commonwealth's lum ber imports in 1951 but today Pranksters 'Fire Up' Old Locomotive The old Medford corpora tion locomotive donated to the city of Medford was fired us Saturday, but lacked the water to get up a head of steam. City firemen said the fire box of the old logging train engine, at Jackson park, was fired up. apparently by prank sters. They stuffed the fire blx full of grcss, weeds and brush. Firemen found smoke puff ing out of the stack. Said one of the firemen, "It looked pretty comical. It looked like she was all fircil up ready to go." Talent Grade Crossing Request Turned Down Salem- (UPI) -Joncl C. Hill, Oregon public utility commis sioner, today denied a request by Jackson county for author ity to build a railroad grade crowing at Talent near Med ford. Hill said the angle of Inter jection at the proposed cross ing would be so acute that It would require motorists to look sharply to the right to see oncoming trains. This as pect, coupled with steep ap proach grades, would make it crossing too dangerous, mil said. was shipping . nothing. She said all of the Pacific North west's Puerto Rican market had gone to British Columbia producers. Mrs. Neuberger's amend ment was to a bill which was amended last week to in clude repeal of a 6 per cent differential in favor of West ioasi snipyaras blading on government - subsidized con struction. The House, has ap proved separate legislation re pealing the differential. Group's Approval The proposed Rogue basin project has been approved by the flood control subcommit- tee of the House public works committee without opposition, Congressman Edwin R. Dumo (R-Ore.) reported this morn ing. Next step will be presenta tion before the House commit tee as a whole. A similar bill is also being considered by the Senate and has been ap proved by the Senate public works committee. In August the omnibus riv ers and harbors bill, of which the Rogue basin project Is a part, was hung up In a House committee. Then, John A. Blatnlk (D-Minn.), chairman of the House subcommittee on rivers and harbors, said no action would be taken on the bill by his committee until the $900 million public works bill cleared the House. The roadblock was cleared with passage of the public works bill Aug. 30. Sept. 8 Rogue Basin Association Pres ident Ben Hilton and Director Ben Day flew to Washington, D. C, to be ready to testify on the bill. Hilton returned home about a week later with word that no opposition to the bill was expected. The bill provides for mul tiple purpose dams, one on Elk creek, one on tho main stem of the Rlgue river and one on the , Applegate river below Copper. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Holum is scheduled to fly to Medford from Portland Oct. 1 to talk with the basin association di rectors. , All Oregon Clocks To Read Same Next Monday Portland -UPD- All of Ore gon will be back on standard time i week from today, but some week end confusion is due first. The 1981 .legislative act which allowed Multnomah county and four contiguous counties to go on daylight time states that fast time will end at 2 a.m. Sept. 29. Sept. 29 is Saturday.. Other areas around the nation which return to standard time next week end set the clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday. A spokesman for Multno mah county commissioners said there was nothing that could be done about it - as that was the way the Oregon act was set tip. a'he other counties on legal fast time are Washington, Servicemen on Chartered Craft Bound for Europe Fears Felt for 21 Still Missing Shannon, Ireland flJPD An armada of planes and ships rescued 49 of 78 Americans from life rafts tossing in the gale-whipped North Atlantic today after a chartered U.S. airliner flying them to Ger many ditched skillfully into the sea 550 miles northwest of Ireland. 21 Reported Missing The Royal Air Force Control Center near Plymouth, Eng land, said at least six persons who were aboard the Flying Tiger Lines Super Constella tion were picked up dead and at least three survivors were Injured. Twenty-one others were missing as night fell and there were grave fears for their safety as a "horrible sea" continued running high. The airliner, with three of its four engines dead, came down In the stormy sea short ly before midnight Sunday while carrying 68 U.S. service men with women and children dependents and a crew of eight from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., to Frankfurt, Ger many. A spokesman for the Flying Tiger Lines here said that sur vivors - all picked by a Swlst freighter - Included 45 men and 4 women. He said the two children aboard the plane were not yet listed among the survivors. Plane Floated for Hour The spokesman said the air liner floated for almost an hour before plunging to the oottom - allowing ample time for all aboard to get out of the plane. In Washington, the Civil Aeronautics Board said its in vestigators will check the pos sibility of fuel contamination in the ditching. CAB spokes men said failure of even two engines on a four-engine air" liner Is a. rarity and a triple malfunction was considered a one-in-a-million shot. Assignment in Europe ' - '- The Army said the soldiers aboard the ditched plane were being sent to Europe for at- - ' l"m enl ,ne, Army ,nere' Lived." RAP Flight T.lo.iw ant Alan Hickling, who flew i over 'he scene, reported back to his base. It was the second Flying Tiger Lines .plane tragedy at sea this year. Last March, one of the line's planes carrying 107 persons was lost in the Western Pacific. An intensive search found no trace of the plane or those aboard, includ ing 93 American soldiers bound for South Viet Nam. Unander Attacks 'Performance Gap' Portland WPD Republican Senate candidate Sig Unander Saturday night attacked what he called the "performance gap" In the record of Sen, Wayne Morse (D-Oro.), Speaking at the state com mittee meeting of the Young Republican Club of Oregon, Unander defined the "per formance gap" as the differ- , ence between what Oregon needs and has a right to ex pect from a senator and what it has obtained through the ef forts of Morse. The Republican nominee pointed to the difference In de fense expenditures for Ore gon, California and Washing ton. He said Washington now obtains 30 times the amount of defense dollars spent in Oregon, while California gets nearly 100 times as much. Unander also charged that Morse failed to protect the in terests of Oregon's fruit and timber Industries when he voted tor the Trade Expansion act. Columbia, Clackamas and Hood River. The retail trade bureau of the Portland Chamber of Commerce said it was sending out a bulletin to its members advising them of the Satur day time change and recom mending they open their stores on standard time Sat urday. Corvallis will Join with Portland in return to standard time Saturday morning, retail merchant said. However, Oregon State Uni versity will remain on day light time until Sunday morn ing,. Dean of Administration Milosh Popov Ich said it would be Impossible to change hours only for Saturday classes and It will be Mondav morning before the campui glasses are on standard time.