Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 02, 1962, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textjii M fn G"3 U r Wi Six Missile xperts Die n Air Santa Maria, Calif.-mPH-Six missile er.perts and a pilot were killed when a twin-engined charter plane crashed in a grove of towering eu calyptus trees while making a landing approach Monday night. The pilot of the plane was identified as Leonard R. Ragles. Other victims were L. A. Fierman and L. B. Byers, both of Santa Maria; John C. Cos tain, Laurel, Md.; R. H. Busch, Littleton, Colo.; R. J. Statement Entered As Evidence in Assault Case Trial A signed statement in which Robert Lee Rylcs. 37, formerly of Columbus, Ga., admitted setting fire to some excelsior in a boxcar Aug. 28 in Medford in which a man was seriously burned, was entered as evidence laic yesterday in a trial under way in Jackson county circuit court. The resulting fire burned Clair Amlon Camp, 51, Leb anon, Kan., who was sleeping in the boxcar. Ryles is charged with as sault and battery by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury- The sign ed statement, given to Med ford city police, was admitted as evidence over the objec tion of the defense attorney, John Ross. It was admitted after a lengthy discussion in judge's chambers, jury Selected A jury of seven men and five women was selected shortly before noon Monday, with the state starting to p.e sent its case after the noon recess. Testimony was heard from Medford Fire Capt. Allison M. Moulton, Medford Police Sgt. Larry Tusow, and Med ford Police Detective Lt. Lylo C. Perkins. Among Items entered as evidence were photographs of the burned boxcar and a charred s-hirt identified by Irvan Christian, employee of the Pacific Motor Trucking company, 202 South Front st., as the one worn by Camp at the time of the incident. Christian was the first person at the boxcar after the fire was reported. Testimony by Perkins, which started Monday after noon, continued until mid morning today. He testified as to the questioning of Rylep the morning of Aug. 26 and resulting signed statement. Duncan Urges Part In Public Affairs Blue River, Ore. - HiPIl -Robert B. Duncan. Democratic candidate for Congress in the fourth district, Monday night urged the fullest possible par ticipation in civic and public affairs by the general public. He said this may well deter mine survival of the American way of life, its heritages and its system of education. Bulletin Washington IW The Atomic Energy Commission announced today that It let off the firit U.S. nu clear lest explosion in the Pacific since lait July. HEVS(&B.IEF$ ITtMS MOM m D A" U. S. APPEALS IN SCHIRHA'S BEHALF ! Washlnglon-'tPI'-Thii United States appealed to Russia i today not to eonauci any nucicer :u wmtn raijm rilte astronaut Waller Schirra's scheduled lix-orbit flight Wednesday. ....... .ivs tin nm rOBTHrOMINC Washington-'ITIi-Secrelary of State Deen Ruik told the Latin American Foreign Ministers Conference today that the United Sta'ei would not make any deal with the Russians on Berlin or other cold war issues to settle the Cuban problem. WALKER CONFINED IN HOSPITAL CELL Springfield. Mo.-tPIFormer Army General Edwin A. Walker occupied cell at the U. S. hospital for tedertl prisoners here today charged with "rebellion, insurrection and seditious conspiracy." I f Crash Wcimer, Denver; and L. Beckett, Evergreen, Colo. First reports by officers at the scene placed the toll at 8 and possibly 11 victims. Investigators said there was a possibility one other person had been aboard the plane, operating as a shuttle flight from Hawthorne Airport near Los Angeles to this missile and space center. Two nearby homes were missed by the crashing Cen tral Airways plane and the bodies were so mutilated and battered that the scene still was being probed. The victims were technical men from the Martin Aircraft Co.'s Denver plant on their way to duty at Vanderberg Air Force Base, prime West Coast missile launching facil ity near here. The chartered De Haviland Dove apparently was complet ing a circle of Santa Maria Airport in its landing pattern when it lost power. It either spun into a eucalyptus grove in the isolated area or its un dercarriage caught in the tow ering branches. Fuselage Pancaked As the plane swirled through the trees it sheared off a tree with a 12-inch trunk 30 or 40 feet from the ground. The fuselage of the aircraft pancaked into a small area and four bodies were thrown clear. The other bodies were pinned in the wreckage. The engines of the plane were wrenched loose and bur ied in the earth. There was no fire. $55,343 Reported In United Drive - A total of S55.343 was re ported collected or pledged at the second report meeting of the United Crusade of Jackson county yesterday. The total is 33.8 per cent of the goal of $168,683. according to Rob ert D. Heffernan, campaign chairman. Division chairmen present made optimistic report as to what may be expected in the next week, Heffernan said. He noted that several sections in all but two divisions had made no reports to date. George Tucker, of Pacific Power and Light company, re ported that his company has gone over its goal, and has not yet completed its cam paign. Mrs. Scott V. Davis, chair man of the special gifts di vision, said the solicitation at Rogue Valley Manor is under way, and that returns are gratifying. Luncheon was provided by the Crater Lions club and served by the Crater Lady Lions. The next report meet ing will be held Monday at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., Mefdord, with the Medford Kiwanis club providing lunch. Medford Man Caught In Art nit Pnhhfru Trv ! .,, .. Roseburg - (UPI) - Two men were arraigned on charges of burglary here Monday in con nection with a break in at the Oakland, Ore., bank during the week end. State police said Gordon B. Hibbard. 29, Roseburg, and John Addison North. Medford. were caught late Saturday in the record room of the bank attempting to bore through the concrete ceiling to the money vault. Burglary tools were con fiscated, police said. FOPEST FIRE DANGER TOMORROW t f KEEP OREGON GREEN 18 p Two Sections Tariff Commission Told Lu UnemDSoved Should Be Coo B B rM?mp&: i -.me raj. M ' Ki;-,'V w. rA ' n ?.- vj.;-rfts.'-."! i TIME FOR REST U. S. Army soldiers, on duty throughout a long but quiet night on the University of Mississippi campus at Oxford, catch a few moments of rest. The troops were ordered to keep the peace after Jemes Meredith, a Negro, enrolled at the Holum Tells Group Rogue Project Is National Program The Rogue Basin project is not just for a small com munity, but is a national pro gram," Kenneth Holum, as sistant secretary of the in terior for water and power reminded members of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources associa tion last night in Grants Pass. Approximately 40 persons at tended the meeting. Holum', who is attending a conference in Portland, flew to the Rogue valley yesterday to talk with association board members. He returned to Port land later that evening. Holum reviewed the Ken nedy administration's policy in water conservation, citing the president's recent trip to South Dakota, Colorado, and California dedicating and starting water reclamation projects. Compliments Residents He complimented residents on their diligence in promot ing the basin bill so it reach ed Congress in record time, and added that they should be "completely optimistic" about its passing both the House and Senate this ses sion. Holum explained that he knew the background of the Rogue basin bill due to the "constant reminding by Ore gan's senators." He added that once the bill is authorized. Christmas Valley Group Told To Desist San Francisco-Wii-Califor-' Lloyd Selby and Wally Iver nia Real Estate Commission-1 son. er W. A. Savage announced i Development of the Ml. today that he had issued a Ashland ski area appeared desist and refrain o r d e r virtually assured with approv against the H. Tcnn Phillips I al last Thursday of road con Co., developer of the mucn ; struction funds by two corn advertised Christmas Valley j mittees of the Association of subdivision in Lake County. . O and C Counties. Ore. I The committees approved a The order directed the $463,000 allocation for start firm to cease accepting de-! of construction of a nine-mile posits from prospective pur- road into the ski area. The chasers in California before i allocation must still be ap giving them a copy of a pub- proved by the association as lie report required by Call- j a whole in November, how fornia law. i ever. iRegional Edition Medford your work is not finished, but must continue local lead ership to see the project com pleted." The Rogue Basin project, if approved as now written, will be constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Holum slated that Congress seems "receptive" to the non reimbursable fishery benefits in the bill. During a question and an swer session he said he would check into the status of the proposed Sucker Creek Irriga tion district project for the Illinois valley. He also said he would check into projects for Jose phine county since it is eligi ble for special money approv ed by Congress for econom ically depressed areas. Group Organizes To Promote Ski Area Ashland-A group of per sons interested in the develop ment of a ski area here last night determined to make an effort to locate an individual or organization to come in and take on the project. At the same time, the group also decided to be ready to form a corporation of its own should efforts to bring in outside help fail. ; Bill Patton was elected chairman of the group. Se j iected to serve with Patton on 1 a steering committee were ; Richard Cottle. Edd Rountree school. As a result, riots have broken out in which two persons have been killed, many injured and several arrested. Meredith is shown inset at right, on his way to classes today, his second day at the school. (UPI) Bill Authorizing Construction of Agate Dam Signed President Kennedy today signed into law a measure authorizing construction of a SI, 803. 000 Agate dam project, according to Sena tors Maurine B. Neuberger and Wayne Morse. The dam, which will be a unit of the Rogue river reclamation project, will be located on Dry creek north east of Medford about 2'i miles east of Crater lake highway. The project will provide irrigation water for 1.810 acres of dry land in the Rogue River Valley Irriga tion district, and provide supplemental water to more than 3.000 acres. Mrs. Neuberger said that despite the closeness ol ad journment, she would con tinue to seek favorable ap propriation committee ac tion on her request for funds to start construction this fiici.l year. Business Tax Relief Approved Wa?hingionajPi:--The House . ... ... cave i tit Una annrova loaav to about $1.3 billion a year in tax relief for business. The bill would also put new restrictioas on tax deduc- linn, fnr evnen.e arrnunl.e The' Senate was expected to complete action on it soon, also. The bill represents Con gress' response to the contro versial lax rrlorm program! President Kennedy sent lo j Congress nearly If) month' ago. 1 Some critics said it had j little in common with the President's original program,! but administration officials I called it a first major step I toward tax reform. It would give businessmen 1 tax cuts of up to $7 for every SI00 spent on income - pro ducing tools and equipment. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, Meredith Continues Classes; Campus Under Heavy Guard Oxford, Miss. -IUPII- Negro Jantcs Meredith, 20, began his second day of classes today at a u ill VL'l .MLy iil m mpus ugmiy guaracn oy 5.000 U. S. troops. There were no incidents. Meredith was accompanied by Chief U. S. Marshal James McShanc and a number of other officers. To reach the Graduate School building for his 8 a.m. class in American colonial history he was driven past the debris of Sunday night rioting that left two dead, 75 injured and more than 200 arrested. No Derisive Shouts Meredith left his first class at R:55 a.m. and was driven to his next class. A few stu dents glanced curiously as he passed but there were no de risive shouts as there were Monday The car contoining Meredith was followed by an Army truck containing six lifle-bcnrlng soldiers. Although the campus was quiet, there were reminders that it was the armed might of the tcdcral government that kept it so. During the night, 27 per sons armed with shotguns, baseball bats and lead pipes were arrested at some of the numerous road blocks around the city. A machete was found in one car. Those arrested were taken In Ihn olrnnrt anrt nal-tA in compound The campus was anything but a typical college scene. Besides the litter, including i burned-out automobiles and : mounds of tear gas cannlstcrs, j 'd'"s with rifles and com WEATHER FOmtCAST: Cloud v with rutn tfinijtht, kklrt hrr'imlitf parity rlmidy with icnttrrfd shower Urdnrvtiav mnrnlni. Low to ri U hi ntir 53. Iitmorrow high Temp. flfrhfat Vfttfrdav l.nwtit Thli Mornlrlf Our Skies Tonight fttimrt today .1:5.1 p.i iinrlf tomorrow ft:IQ a.i Moirtft wmirhl . . 1:14 p.i Mm Q.mrtrr . On. i PKOMINKNT STARS rrtnrtm. rl p.m. j Alrirharan. rlt 9:ft p.m.) VIMHI.fc I'lANrTH ! Saturn. tMi t?:l1 u.m.t Mm. rUe l!:ll n.ni. t ftipltrr. rt 2:17 a.m. Tribune OCTOBER 2, 1962 bat fatigue uniforms lounged where coeds normally stroll ed. Many of the coeds were not around today. Many of them were taken from the campus by anxious parents. Troops Ready A professor who came early to his lecture In the Graduate School building turned and stared almost In disbelief at the line of military equipment parked outside the building. The troops were obviously ready to put down in a mo ment any outbreak of trouble ovcr Meredith's arrival. The federal government was n firm linden ah e ron. trol. Downtown, the college town of Oxford also was tightly guarded by armed troops. Sol diers slept overnight on the courthouse lawn in sleeping bags, and foxholes were dug on a hill overlooking the air port highway. Cars were stop ped in a search for arms and drivers who didn't stop Imme diately were brought up short with a sharp command to "halt!" Governors May Support Barnett Hollywood, F 1 a. IIPP, Southern governors today gave their attention to behind-the-scenes consideration of a resolution barking Gov. Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi in his stand against desegre gation. Two general sessions of the annual southern governors' conference were scheduled. The segregation question was nowhere on the agenda, but the Mississippi crisis was getting the major share of private attention. The five day conference opened Mon day. Gov. John Patterson of Ala bama was Barnctt's most out spoken supporter. He said the blame for Sunday night's rioting on the Oxford campus "should be placed squarely on the doorstep of the U. S. at torney generol and his broth er, the President." 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 166 ruber sidered NLMA Executive Calls for Import Quota on Canada Problem Regarded As 'Grave Matter' Washington -lUril- The lead- off witness for the U.S. lum ber industry told the Tariff commission today that the hu man clement of unemployment should be its major consider ation in deciding whether to restrict imports of Canadian softwood lumber. Mortimer B. Doyle, execu tive vice president of the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers association, called for an im port quota of 10 per cent of the U.S. consumption - which would cut Canada's U.S. lum ber sales by about one third -imposition of a "maximum tar iff" and for reviving the re quirement that Canadian lum ber be stamped "Canada." Employment Drops Doyle said in his prepared testimony that direct employ ment in domestic softwood in dustry had dropped from 467, 700 In 1947 to about 306,000 last year. "We contend that the policy of pormitting unrestricted Im ports of softwood lumber, with resultant sharp declines in do mestic operations, virtually amounts to exporting the jobs oi our employees," he said Clash Marks Hearing ' Doyle's opening testimony was marked with a clash with the chief counsel for Canadian lumbermen over whether un employment actually was high ana protits were low in U.S. limbcrlands. ! Herbert A. Ficrst, a Wash ington attorney representing the Council of Forest Indus tries of British Columbia, said many claimed as jobless were In allied industries, not lumbering itself. Rep. Clem Miller (D-Calif.) saia in a statement before tes timony began that Congress regarded the commission hearing and the lumber prob lem as "a very grave matter." Drastic Affect He said a "sudden tremen dous increase" in imports of Canadian lumber had had a drastic affect on unemploy ment in lumbering districts of Northern California, and in other lumber-producing areas. The Tariff Commission hearing is expected to last through next week. Representatives of the Ca nadian lumber Industry will present their case- after U. S. industry witnesses have con- cludedbul therwere expec - . . .' J cxpeci- ed to try to set the stage for their presentation by cross examination. Norblad Rapped for Minimum vVoge Vofe Scoppoose-flJPI) - Democratic Congressional candidate Blaine Whipple Monday night scored Rep. Walter Norblad, (R-Orc.), for voting against the minimum wage bill passed by Congress. Whipple said Norblad earn ed $22,500 a year and called it "Inconceivable" that he would oppose a minimum $1.25 an hour for workers cov ered by the bill. STUDENTS COUNTED Astoria - HIPP - Enrollment al Clatsop college here reach ed 201 at the end of the first week of fall term. Schirra Ready for Launch Wednesday Cape Canaveral, Fla.-IU.TV-A break In threatening wetither today gave man-ln-space officials what they called a "good chance" of sending astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., off into space Wednesday as planned. The word on the more favorable forecasts came shortly after technicians loaded Schirra's silvery Atlas rocket with 73.000 pounds of rocket fuel. Project Mercury officials said that tropical storm Daisy, which had posed a major menace Monday, took an abrupt turn which apparently cleared nearly all the planned emer gency landing areas in the Atlantic ocoan. Schirra ran through a late-hour engineering review with scientists at Cape Canaveral as man, machine and weather reported ready for a planned launching Wednesday between 2 and 6 r.m. (PST). , I ! Chartered Boat Breaks Up Off Mouth of Umpqua Eight Rescued; One Body Found Winchester Bay, Ore. -nJPD-Damp and foggy weather to day hampered search for four persons feared drowned after a 32-foot charter boat over turned and broke up in chop py seas off the mouth of the Umpqua river late Monday. Three of the eight persons aboard were rescued and one body was recovered. ' The accident occurred as the vessel Valaurls was returning from a salmon fishing trip. Weather graved ' The Coast Guard said the weather today was fogging up and rainy. An amphibious plane, two 36-foot rescue boats and beach patrols were as signed to the search. Small Coast Guard and ci vilian vessels braved breakers, fog and darkness to search through the night but found no more survivors. The Coast Guard said the body of a woman, identified as Bonnie Walker, 43, Win chester Bay restaurant oper ator, was recovered. Missing were Dale Crafton, 28, and Ken Abbott, about 45. Winchester Bay, member of the boat crew; Marquita Wal lace, 13, Springfield, Ore., and Ted Berry, listed from Laguna Beach, Calif. Tony Martinez, 23, Santa Ana, Calif., his wile Rose marie, 19, and Pendleton Wal lace, 14, Springfield, Ore., were rescued; Clinging To Raft Martinez and the Wallace boy were rescued by two workmen on the south jetty. Mrs. Martinez was picked up bj the tug Fearless while clinging to a cork life raft. The three were taken to a NoI Bend hospital The Coast Guard said the Valauris capsized as it cime Into Winchester- Bay toward Salmon Harbor at the mouth of the Umpqua. Saturday Last Day For Registration Saturday, del- 6, will be the last day residents plan ning to vote In the Nov. 8 general election can register, County Clerk E. M. Madden reminded residents today. The county elections de partment on the second floor of the courthouse will remain open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday for persons desiring to register. He also reminded voter registrars in the county to turn in their " registration cards that day so a tally of the voters may be obtained as soon as possible. As of last night a total of . 37,587 persons wore register ed to vote in Jackson county. A breakdown shows that there are 18.858 Democrats, 17,705 Republicans, and 934 others. Persons wishing to register this week are encouraged to do so prior to Saturday to avoid waiting In line. Dobbyn Withdraws As City Candidate Jacksonville-W.C. Dobbyn, who was announced yesterday as a candidate for the Jack sonville City Council, said today he is withdrawing his candidacy. Someone apparently circu lated a nominating petition without his knowledge, Dob byn explained. He had not intended to run for election. "I appreciate the compli ment," he commented, "but I do not wish to run." Dobbyn's withdrawal leaves four candidates in the run nings for three seats on the council. They arc Incumbents George Brewer and Lynn Mc Bcth and new candidates John L. Sullivan and Arthur Davics.