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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.
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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.
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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."
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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 !
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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
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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.
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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
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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). ,
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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.