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FORECAST: Partly rlotidv thtt
afternoon. IncreaHnr. cloudine
tonixbi with a chanr? of ram
by midnight. High tudav Si to
to. Low tonight 10 to 45. Huh
Monday 55 to SO.
Temperature
Highest Yesterday 59
LouCbl Yesterday 3s
Precipitation
To i p.m. Yesterday Trace
Section A 56 Pages
WALKWAYS DAMAGED
bridge in Portland and parts
Pear Growers
Organize to Pick
Last of Harvest
Medford pear growers and
shippers Saturday were or
ganizing in an effort to get
the last of the fruit crop off
the trees, weather permitting.
They noted in the overall
storm damage report to Gov.
Mark Hatfield that 100.000
boxes had blown off the trees
so far and approximately an
other 100,000 boxes or the
equivalent had been down;
graded. Growers also cmpha
. sized, however, this is not a
panic situation.
One grower estimated that
he was able to get 2.300 boxes
off the trees Saturday as
weather cleared. Quite a few
other picking crews were also
out in local orchards, it was
reported.
"We know there are a lot
of pears left to pick and many
of these are badly damaged,
but we will pick through Oc
tober if we have to," a grower
said.
Running Out
Some transient pickers are
till in the Rogue valley, plus
several hundred Mexican Na
tionals brought in earlier. The
contract on these, however, is
running out, it was noted.
A grower said some volun
teers arc picking in answer
to a plea from C. C. Hoover,
veteran farmer and Jackson
county civic leader. Wednes
day, Hoover had asked all cit
izens able to pick to turn out
and help the orchardists.
Growers are not asking that
schools be closed yet to help
them in this emergency. How
ever, this may be necessary
if the weather remains fairly
clear today (Sunday) and the
rest of the week. Schools are
closed in the Yakima. Wash,
valley in similar situations, it
was noted.
Some picking will be done
today (Sunday) weather permitting.
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DEBRIS Nearly all of Medford was lit
tered with leaves and limbs of trees (and in
many ca?cs the trees themselves) after Fri
day's rip snorting" wind storm. City crews
Medford
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Metal decking on Hawthorne
of wooden walkways were
Rogue Basin Bill
Passes Congress-
Waits JFK
The rivers and harbors om
nibus bill which included the
Rogue basin project was
passed by Congress Friday,
and Saturday awaited the
President's- signature. Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) con
firmed by telegram Saturday.
Morse wired Clifford J.
Driscoll, chairman of the Jo
sephine county Democratic
party, also, that a $100,000
appropriation for pre-con-struction
and planning was
passed by both Senate and
House.
"If it had not been for the
effective work of Ben Hilton
(of Grants Pass, and president
of the Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources as
sociation) and Ben Day (Med
ford attorney and association
director.) the basin project
would not have been includ
ed," Morse said. He also
praised the work of other cit
izens in the area who sup
ported the project.
Morse apologized to Dris
coll for not being able to at
tend Saturday night's Demo
cratic banquet and said, "I
could not leave Washington
with this important measure
pending. As late as yesterday
(Friday) morning, I had little
hope for the passage of any
omnibus bill. Of equal impor
tance arc the increases Sen
ator Neubergcr (D-Ore.) and
I obtained in the Senate over
and above the S72 million
public works appropriation in
the budget for the fiscal year.
This is the highest appropria
tion for public works for Ore
gon since the previous Dem
ocratic administration in laai
It was not until this after
noon (Saturday afternoon)
that we were assured of the
additional funds I Insisted be
included in the appropriations
bill before adjournment.
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damaaed by the storm Fndav. making it necessary to close
the bridge temporarily.- (UP1)
Signing
Congress adjourned Saturday
afternoon.
The Rogue oasin project
includes three multiple-purpose
reservoirs: Lost Creek,
Elk Creek and Applegatc, and
auxiliary works. Total esti
mated cost is S107 million.
Construction funds have yet
to be appropriated
Lost creek and Elk creek
reservoirs would be operated
as an integral unit to provide
flood control, irrigation, fu
ture water supply, fish and
wildlife enhancement, water
quality control, power genera
tion and recreation benefits
Applegatc reservoir would be
operated independently for
flood control, irrigation, fish
and wildlife enhancement
and recreation.
The reservoirs could supply
irrigation water for more
than 39,000 acres of new land,
and an additional 25.000
acres now inadequately irrl
gated would receive a supple
mental supply.
Medford Youth Dies
Of Crash Injuries
An 18-year-old Medford
youth died Saturday of In
juries suffered In a traffic ac
cident a little over a week
ago.
Funeral arrangements are
pending at Perl Funeral home
for Terry W. Tod, of 1525
Grand ave.
Tod had been hospitalized
since Oct. S when he was in
jured in a motorcycle-truck
collision on Interstate 5 two
miles north of Grants Pass. A
motorcycle Tod was riding
struck the rear of a lumber
truck.
worked into the night to clear streets of
debris and traffic lights in some areas were
not functioning due to power outages. The
picture above was taken on South Ivy st.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER
Kennedy Attacks
Cuba Policy Foes
On 3-State Swing
Louisville. Ky. -IUPD- Presi
dent Kennedy, in the fierce
fighting form of his 1060 cam
paign and striking back at
critics of his Cuba policy, Sat
urday denounced "those self-
appointed generals and admir
als who want to send someone
else's sons to war."
In a vigorous three-state
campaign swing, he accused
GOP Kentucky Sen. Thurston
B. Morton as being ashamed of
his own parly and unleashed
his bitterest attack at In
diana's Sen. Homer E. Cape-
hart, one of the Senate's most
outspoken advocates of mili
tant action against Cuba.
"This is a time for men who
talk softly and carry a big
stick." Kennedy said in. a
paraphrase of Theodore Roos
evelt "This is nn lime for rash
and irresponsible talk which
strengthens the claims of our
adversaries."
In Indianapolis, Kennedy
levelled his sights on Cape-
hart, an advocate of naval
blockade or even invasion of
Cuba and said:
Ultimata Responsibility
"This is no time for con
fused and intemperate re
marks on the part of those
who have neither the facts nor
the ultimate responsibility."
In Louisville, before a pep
py partisan throng of some
10,000 at Freedom hall on the
State Fair Grounds tonight,
Kennedy said sarcastically he
wanted to put in a word in
defense of Morton.
"He has been criticized un
fairly because he refuses to
put the word 'Republican' on
his signs though he once was
chairman of the Republican
National committee," Ken
nedy said. "But I ask you, if
you were a candidate for of
fice in 10B2, would you put
the word 'Republican' in your
signs'.'"
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CAR CRUSHED Luckily, no one was in
this car when a good sizod maple tree came
toppling down on top of it Friday, crush
ing the lop and blowing out both rear tiro.
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Hatfield Seeks
County Residents
Work To Clean Up
Debris From Storm
Winds Reported Up
To 58 MPH Friday
Area residents Satur
day swept away leaves, clean
ed up broken tree limbs, clear
ed felled trees, and surveyed
damaged cars and buildings,
while electric power crews
continued repairing broken
lines in the wake of what may
have been the nearest thing
to a hurricane ever experienc
ed in southern Oregon.
Saturday's rainless day
gave area residents a breather
from a series of storms which
have left 6.24 inches of rain
since Oct. 1. Normal rainfall
in Medford during the month
of October is 1.91 inches.
Some more rain may fall
in the Rogue valley late to
night or Monday morning,
but no new storms of any
magnitude are expected in
this area during the next
few days.
The wee k-long series of
storms, which began last Mon
day evening, was climaxed
Friday afternoon with the
winds ranging up to 58 miles
per hour.
The storm was a remnant
of a Pacific typhoon, al
though it was not classed as
cither a hurricane or typhoon.
It started in the Pacific with
a low pressure system left ov
er from a western Pacific ty
phoon.
The low pressure system
built up some crossing the
Pacific north of Hawaii. It
moved into another low press
ure system off the coast of
Southern Oregon and north
ern California and was great
ly intensified, bringing with It
as it crossed southern Oregon
one of the worst wind-storms
in many years. Areas to the
north suffered greater damage
from stronger winds.
The barometric pressure at
the Medford airport dropped
to 28.99 inches of mercury,
corrected to sea level, for one
of the lowest readings ever
recorded in Medford.
Winds during Friday after
noon's storm ranged generally
from 35 to 45 miles per hour,
with the strongest gust re
ported at 58 miles per hour at
2:40 p.m.
An estimate of the dam
age is virtually impossible.
It blew trees across cars,
houses, house trailers, tele
phone and Pacific Power and
Light company lights, result
ing in power outages which
lasted up to more than 12
hours in places.
Medford police received 61
calls reporting storm damage
Friday afternoon, and Med
ford made 18 runs to answer
calls of fallen tree and limb
reports. Several power lines
were broken, leaving hot lines
exposed.
(See pictures and stories on
pages 2A and 9A)
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PATROLLING PORTLAND STREETS Grove. This picture shows two guardsmen
Gov. Mark Hatfield called out the National patrolling Portland streets to prevent loot
Guard Saturday and moved units into Port- ing of shops whose windows were smashed
land, Salem, Albany, Newport and Cottage by the storm. - (UPI)
Johnson, Morse
Due to Arrive in
Medford Friday
Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson and Oregon Sen.
Wayne L. Morse arc scheduled
to arrive in Medford by pri.
vate plane between 4:30 and
5 p.m. Friday; Oct. 19, repre
sentatives of the Democratic
party here said Saturday. .
A reception will be held at
the airport, and a dinner is
scheduled at 6 p.m. at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
A public rally for Johnson is
scheduled at 8 p.m. at Hcdrick
Juinor High school.
Senator Morso will accom
pany Johnson on the trip to
Medford. A breakfast for Sen
ator Morse is scheduled Sat
urday morning, Oct. 20, party
officials said.
Tickets for the Johnson din
ner may be obtained at Walt
Young's and at Puruckcr's.
Tickets will be available else
where, but locations have not
been arranged.
Senator Morse's scheduled
appearance at Southern Ore
gon college today has been
cancelled, according to David
Elliott, president of the Young
Democrats of SOC, which was
sponsoring Morse's visit to the
SOC campus.
Trailer House Burns
Friday Afternoon
White City A trailer
house at 208 West Gregory
rd. burned down Friday after
noon while no one was home.
It was a total loss.
Firemen theorized that the
fire might have been caused
by an oil stove. Occupant of
the house was Jerry Givcnns.
mrii" T" is 3
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The car was parked on South Holly st. near
Eighth st. The tree tore up large sections
of sidewalk as it fell.
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Congress Adjourns;
'Pork Barrel' Bills
Pass Both
Washington -IUPIU The 87th
Congress adjourned sine die
Saturday, ending its longest
and angriest session in 11
years, -
The wind-up came after
both the Senate and the Houe
broke a deadlock and passed
the so-called "pork barrel'1
bills that had delayed the pre
election getaway far beyond
(he target date.
The Senate adjourned sine
die. at 3:41 p.m. (EDT). The
lfouso followed at 4:46 p.m.
With that, the 87th Presi
dent Kennedy's first Coiib'cis
passed Into the history
books and the members who
had stayed to the last were
free to start camapigning for
the Nov. 6 elections now a
lilllc more than three wccks.
Scores of others had Ig
nored the closing and go-ie
home ahead of time.
The new 88th will convene
on Jan. B, 1963.
When the final bills were
passed, the traditional word
was sent to the President that
Congress was ready to ad
journ unless he had "further
communication."
He had none, he told Sen.it.
Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield and Sen. Levcrett
Saltonstall (R-Mass.). In fact,
Saltonstal told the Senate,
"He said, 'If it's all right by
us, It's all right by him.'"
The end hove in sight wlicu
the House approved a $5 bil
lion money bill carrying funds
to finance continued construc
tion of rivers and harbors im
provements the so-called
"pork barrel" projects. Seven
TREE DOWN A large weeping willow
tree in the back yard of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Harbison, 2125 Orchard Home dr., went
down with a crash during the early part of
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, of the projects were wrapped
into the bill to end a House
Senate dispute that had held
up adjournment.
1 lie Senate then passed
$2.2 billion bill authorizing
207 additional.rivers and har
bors projects across the na
tion.
It remained then tor the
Senate to approve the $5 bil
lion money bill, and then pjss
t.ic formal slnc-die adjourn
ment resolution to write the
87th Congress into the history
books. .
When work was finished on
the public works money bill,
the House approved a resolu
tion that the 88th Congress
will meet on Wednesday, Jan.
9, 1963. The Constitution re
ouires that Congress meet nn
Jnn. 3 unless it votes otner-
wise.
UMC Sets Fourth
Report Meeting
A fourth report meeting
will be held by the United
Medford Crusade at noon
Monday in the Red Cross
chapter house, 60 Hawthorne
ave., Medford.
Total collected so far is
$73,284.98 which Is 43.7 per
cent of the goal, according to
Robert Heffcrnan, UMC chair
man. Sport Bulletin
Phoenix High echool de
feated Illinois Valley high
28 to 7 in a football tangle
at Phoenix Saturday night.
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Sections
No. 176
Rescue, Service
Units Pour Info
States To Mop Up
35 Persons Dead
In Wake of Storm
Portland, Ore. - (ITP - The
federal government Saturday
night promised "all poss'ble
assistance" and the National
Red Cross geared Us entire
resources to help battered
Oregon, while the Pacific
Coast mopped up from a
killer storm which was blow
ing itself out in British Co
lumbia. Assistant Red Cross disaster
director, E. V. Bighinatti said
in Washington that disaster
workers from the Pacific area
office in San Francisco were
aiding relief efforts in Ore
gon communities. He added
other disaster workers from
the Midwestern and Eastern
areas would be sent if needed.
Considering Request
Oregon Gov. Mark Hatfield
has asked President Kennedy
to declare Oregon a major
disaster area. While the White
House was considering this
request, Edward A. McDer-
mott, director of the office of
emergency planning, tele
graphed Hatlleld promising
1 assistance.:
I Oregon was the hardest hit
by ,ne typhoon-spawned storm
which left 35 persons dead
in California, Oregon,; Wash
ington and British Columbia.
"In my opinion, this catas
trophe is a major disaster,"
Hatfield said in a telegram
to the President asking assist
ance. Paeiic Telephone and Tel
egraph Co. said it was send
ing 114 men and 107 vehicles
to Oregon to help restore ser
vice Hill disrupted by the
storm"
In his telegram to Gov.
Hatfield, McDcrmolt said the
regional director of the emer
gency planning office in Ev
erett, Wash., was instructed
to offer all possible assistance.
Is Concerned
"The President Is concerned
about the people who have
suffered as a result of this
storm and hopes that the situ
ation rapidly improves," Mc-
Dcrmott said.
In addition to those killed
In storm-connected accidents,
six persons died of heart at
tacks possibly related to the
storm.
Property damage ran into
hundreds of millions of dol
lars along the area battered
by the storm, extending 1,000
miles from central California
to the southern edge of
Canada.
Hatfield said damage in
Oregon alone was estimated
at more than $150 million. He
said more than 1,000 National
Guard troops and state police
were on duty to maintain or
der in the western part of the
state, where the storm struck
Friday with full fury.
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standing near where It fell only a few mo
ments before. Outside of smashing the
clothes line, the falling tree did no dum
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