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Newspaper Page TextI I RUSSIA BEGINS ROCKET TEST I MB IN PACIFIC i:Q HiHu.pfW fe: State Department Defends ;n3wN Fore gn Service Officer c&-i prs .."vv :W , . : ; ; R"al Edi,in Ar.AXr 57,hYear Price l0Cen,s r--. (u 1 I iv' te&J V& L- ' - ' J W V,,'9' 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1962 No. 178 f fli:h vvVrsS' Outages In Area . . - ,Xry ; O?! --4 a ; WH-7": :fowsa Repaired; Home , m?m - : 'U;,V- r kZ Atlrf Residents Cleaning - . ? ' llO - A'! V ' i. nJl- Debris From Storm XJ - - f-J CALL ON PRESIDENT Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. and members of his family Catholic Council Selects Members 01 Commissions Vatican City-ll'PH-The more than 2,500 "fathers" of the Ecumenical Council cast bal lots today for members of- 10 vital commissions that will determine whether the strong ly Italian Vatican administra tion will dominate the great conclave. Then they adjourn ed until Saturday. The balloting signaled an end to the deadlock in voting procedure that had marked the opening session last Satur day when a liberal group of cardinals urged a postpone ment then so that the dele gates could become more fa miliar with candidates. The council cardinals, arch bishops, bishops and abbots filed out of St. Peter's Basilica one hour and 20 minutes after they had convened. Work Said Achieved One of the bishops told United Press International "the work was achieved." "The council fathers voted for 10 commissions, filling out 10 separate ballots with 16 names on each," he said. A simple majority of 50 per cent of the vote can elect. Af ter two unsuccessful ballots, a plurality is sufficient. Achille Cardinal Lienart of France, who abruptly brought a suspension of Saturday's first working session by ques tioning the method of select ing candidates, coincidentally presided today. The presiding post alternates among 10 car dinals of the council presi dency. Damage e Estimated At Stale Colleges Salem- (UPD -The governor's office today released a break down of estimated damage to the nine state-owned colleges and universities by Friday's storm. Total damage was $617,000 plus $214,000 in cleanup costs. Oregon College of Educa tion was hardest hit, with $275,000 worth of damage. Other estimated damage: Oregon State university. $250,000; including $150,000 in damage to OSU forest lands: University of Oregon S64.000: U. of O. Medical school $10,000; U. of O. Den tal school $2,000; Southern Oregon college $1,000; Ore gon Technical Institute $10, 000; Portland State college $5,000; Eastern Oregon col lege, none. Of the $617,000. some $372. 000 is covered by the state restoration fund and another $31,000 is covered by insurance. IIP WStBRSEFS rrii.u from .Jjfr RADIOACTIVE DEBRIS FALLS ON ISLAND Honolulu-'IPI-Joinl Tk Force 8 announced lodey thai "a number of imall piecei of radioeclive contaminated debri" fell back on Johnston Island Monday night after the rocket-borne nuclear device wai destroyed in flight. BABNETT CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT New Orleant-'iri'-The U. S. Fifih Circuit Court of Ap .!. iod tekei under adviiement the contempt caie of Misi"ipp Johnson. Got. Ro R. SOVIET CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO MEET MocowlPI-The Central Committee of the SoTiet Com ..;.( nariT will be called to meet Not. 15 20 to diicuu internal and international affair probably including Berlin. well informed tourcei laid visit with President Kennedy People of Monaco Unite in Political Fight With France Monte Carlo, Monaco -IUPH-The people of Monaco united behind Prince Rainier and Princess Grace today to stave off the catastrophe that this tiny Riviera principality might lose out as a tax-free paradise because of a diplomatic fight with France. A spokesman at the palace said the mailman i.ad been bringing messages of good will from the various local and foreign residents of this 360-acre country. So far, no foreign country has come forth with any state ments of solidarity for toy- Losses in Storm Said Deductible Salem - IUPD - Oregon law permits state income tax de ductions in the same amounts as the federal law for provable losses from Friday's hurricane winds. Gov. Mark Hatfield noted today. Damage to houses, cars and other property not covered by insurance is measured by the difference in value of the property immediately prior to the storm, and immediately after the damage was done. Hatfiele, said this often can be measured by the cost of restoring the damage. But he added the loss can never ex ceed value of the property be fore the damage. For ex ample, a $100 car cannot be damaged beyond its $100 value, even if it takes $200 to repair it. It also was pointed out that tax losses are reduced by the amount of any insurance pay ments received by the owner. A chief problem is proving the value of ornamental trees and shrubs. Hatfield urged taxpayers to obtain loss data as soon as possible, and back up values with persons with special knowledge, such as realtors, nurserymen or praise rs. ap- Bggesf Douglas Fir Suryives Big Storm . Astoria - (UPD - Oregon's record size Douglas Fir sur vived Friday's storm without heavy damage, a spokesman for Crown-Zellerbach said to- day. Earl Weed, personnel super- visor for the firm's Clatsop Tree Farm said the 15.48-foot diameter tree, which is some 1.000 years old. was "doing fine.' ' AIOUNO THI OlOII Barnett and Lt. Got. Paul B. tonight. Walter III, 12; Schirra, Suzanne, sized Monaco, embroiled in a tax war with France. But a ralace spokesman said never before in the history of Monaco had t:ie citizens so enthusiastically demonstrated patriotism. The National Council (par liament) has often been in dis sension with the prince about various matters but now they are "solidly united, ' the gov ernment official raid. Little Monaco awaited an invitation from France for ne gotiations to resume. Meantime, citizens bravely continued business as usual. The official attitude was to icsue optimistic statements to outsiders. No Money Withdrawn The palace Insisted no for eigners had picked up their money and left town in view o the fact that they may have to pay taxes. The spokesman .it Barclay'r Bank told reporters that no businesses had withdrawn their money. One union leader, present at a meeting of trade union executives Monday mpht, said he was not worried that for eign businessmen would close their doors. Duncan Asks Aid For Three Counties Eugene-iUPI'- Oregon House Speaker Robert B. Duncan (D-Medford today asked President Kennedy to cut three Oregon countkj in for a share of funds under the emergency public works bill recently passed by congress. The counties are Josephine. Coos and Douglas. In a letter to the White House Duncan, Democratic nominee for congress in the fourth district, said each county has been hard hit by mill closures and high unem ployment and each qualifies for aid. Duncan also said that the "type of work that would do the most long-range good In these areas would be ' road construction for both recrea tional and timber access pur poses, reforestation by plant ing or seeding, experimenta- I tion in intensive forest man- agemeni and the development i of trails and additional for- i et recreational facilities." : Moon Shot Set For Wednesday Cape Canaveril -1TP- U. S. space scientists, working un der an ever-tightening time restriction, pusheo an "all-out drive" today to get a 755 pound probe rejdy for a shot at the moon Wednesday. The probe, a gold- and chrome-plated spacecraft nam ed Rangfr-5. will attempt to get some 150 clos.rup pictures of the moon and try to "crash land" a packaue o' scientific instruments safely on the lu nar surface. The moon is in the rUht position for such a shot only about five days t: i is month. Scientists saw the first day of that "window" i'rp by when the launching of rtanger-5. or iginally set for t ).'!;. was de ! laved for 24 hours because of i payioad prooirm 5, and the President. (UPI) Stumbo Trial on Charge of Setting Fire Is Postponed The Jackson county circuit court jury trial of Harry War ren Stumbo, 34, of Wolf Creek, who has been charged with setting fire to forest land was continued this morning. The trial was scheduled to start today. A -stipulation to continue the trial and have the case reset at the next circuit court docket day was signed before ""'' "J : ney man a. nninies, xvieaiora Lawyer Robert Boyer. repre senting Stumbo, and Circuit Court Judge Edward C. Kelly. Docket day is scheduled for the first Monday, in Novem ber. The jury trial ni Walter Chase, 41, of route 2, box 68B. Central Point, on similar charges is scheduled Oct. 30 in Jackson county circuit court. . A third man, Leo Vincent Thompson, 30, Rogue River, who pleaded guilty Sept. 11 to a charge of setting fire to forest land, is awaiting sen tencing. He is being held in the county jail in lieu . of $2,500 bail. Stumno and Chase have been released after de claring their innocence, and posting $2,500 bail each. The charges involve a series of fires which broke out in an area north and east of Grants Pass extending into Jackson county during a two hour period on the afternoon of July 16. Twelve were small and quickly extinguished, but one burned 250 ai.res in the Granite hill p.rea, ore mile north of Grants Pass. United Crusade Gels 55 Per Cent of Goal The United Crusade of Jackson county neared 55 per cent of its $167,683 goal yes terday when pledges amount ing to $22,658.81 last week brought the total contributed so far to $95,963.71. Robert Heffernan, campaign chairman, said "reports from division chairmen indicate that many sections are near- ing their goal." He urged all solicitors to complete their contacts this week. Two firms were added to the list of valley businesses which have earned plaques for united giving. They are KMED-TV and the Pacific Northwest Telephone central office, which has received the award for the fifth consecu tive year. Specially recognized for sec- linns which have exceeded 100 per cent of their goal dur ing the week were Byron Puhlcr. White City Veterans Domiciliary: Mrs. Ruth Arndl, licensed beverage operators; and Andy Hampster, Butte Falls representative, who said that with contributions still to come, the town should reach 200 per cent of its goal. The next report meeting will be held Monday noon at the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford. Largest Multnomah Tox Assessment Listed Portland L'Pl1- The largest tax assessment in Multnomah county history, $76,800,762, wag certified Monday and de livered to the sheriff's office for collection. It was more than $.1 mil lion over the figure for last -.ear. Residents Cleaning Debris From Storm Southern Oregon residents were settled back to a more routine way of life today, still cleaning up debris from Fri day's storm, the last of the power outages expected to be repaired, and an estimate made of the storm damage to residences in the Medfnrd area. Most electric power lines in Jackson county knocked out have been repaired and power restored, Pacific Power and Light company officials said today. 11 was expected the line into Union Creek will be fixed by this afternoon. Power has been off since the storm at the Union Creek Ranger station, several rest deuces there, Becky's cafe and about 15 summer homes The lines at Howard Prai rie. Hyatt Lake and Red Blan ket road area near Prospect have been repaired, PP&L of- ficials said Many Hospitalized ! Raymond Heidenricch, of 954 SE N St., Grants Pass, a 1 PP&L linesman reported Monday as shaken up when a pole on which he was work ing toppled, was injured ser iously enough to be hospital ized in the Josephine County hospital. He was later trans ferred to the Rogue Valley hospital here for treatment of head injuries. He is reported in fair condition. The Oregon Association of Insurance Agents today esti mated residential storm dam age in the Medford area about $50,000, including some 300 dwellings. But local insurance men said this estimate is probably too low. One indicated that several independent adjusters have each gone over the 100 dwelling unit mark, and that the total involved may be sev eral times that estimated by the association. Also, they pointed out, the association makes no mention of the roofs of commercial buildings, automobiles, boats, and other items covered by specific insurance clauses or extended coverage. New Money In Area They point out that, as damaging and tragic as the storm had been throughout the state, the widespread insur ance coverage will bring con siderable new money into cir culation locally, to assist con struction and manufacturing payrolls, and material deal ers' income. Not only will these benefit, but so will in surance agents, one of them said today, in asmuch as they can now expect an increased volume of business from peo ple who were inadequately insured. uamage to cabins, power lines and water systems in the Diamond lake resort area from Friday afternoon's storm is estimated about $8,000, ac cording to John Koch, man ager of the resort. Uprooted Huge Treei Gale winds toppled and up rooted huge trees, he said, some of them landing on the better cabins of the area. Twenty-eight units, -which are scheduled to be torn down tl fall to make way for construe-1 tember of last ve. :. Tass re Hon of 30 new units, went un- J portr.d hi(,h d,.Krf.e , ac. "UL' Ule """' rvocn saia nis crews rjravea the height of the storm to turn off gas appliances, water heaters and to move vehicles from among falling trees, cut ting down on the amount of damage. Friday's wind caused fivr foot waves on the lake, he said. S. J. Fagonc, 629 Pine St.. Medford, who has a cabin at Diamond lake, said several boats broke loose, and one Doat was smashed on rocks f.t the north end of the lake. He said several cabins have trees either leaning on them or through the roofs of them Power lines in the area are down, and Pacific Power and Light company officials are surveying damage. 1 ! ,(' ( S HtV iN 1 VISITS GRANDSON Former President Dwight Eisenhower says goodbye to his grandson, David Eisenhower, right, after he paid a visit to the boy at Phillips Exeter Target Areas 1,000 Miles From Launching Sites Moscow -lUPII- The Soviet Union, aware of President Kennedy's challenge to a race to the moon, tndr.v began a six-week period of test-firing new space rockets into t h e Pacific ocean. The rockets wre to be fired from Soviet soil to two target areas 7,000 miles away in the Pacific, one cloi,c to the area where the United States failed in an attempt to lire a nuclear test device todi'y. The official Soviet news agency Tass announced the shots Monday as including "new variations of multi-stage carrier rockets for cosmic ob jectives." Such tests in the past have preceded new Rus'ian space achievements, although West ern experts here said the rockets could !o ntvc mili tary significance. Issues Warning Tass warned all foreign ships and airplanes to stay out of the two target areas from today though Nov. 30. One area, about 100 miles square, is about 1 000 miles southwest of Hawaii and 500 miles from Johnston Island, the U. S. nuclear testing site. This is the same g" neral target area used by the Ruuians for previous tests. The second target area Is located in the northern Pacif ic, about 600 miles northwest of Midway Islmd. It Is rec tangular, measuring roughly 200 by 400 miles. It has not been used before. I Fourth Time The announce:! tests mark the fourth series over the Pa cific ocean by Ihe Soviet Un ion. Russia previously tested long-range boosters in Janu- arv and .lulv. 10KI) anrl W curacy achiev.-d in each test series. Tass said the multi-stage rockets in the current series will not fire their last stages. WEATHER rOHKCAIT: Pair thnmKh Hrtnflay txrrp! fur morn ing vallv lot. Low tnnlKht 11 to 'in. Iltih lumomiw 65 to to. Temp. Iflfh'Rt Ylrilav . . 59 l.owrftl Trill Morning 31 KtintrM loo-av 5:20 p m. Hunrlte tomorrow t.m. Our Skies' Toniqht Moonrl tonight . . I.au Ontrtrr ritoMISKNT STAK Alrlr-haran. Iran thl VIMIIIT. PI.ANKTU Jnpllrr, In KiurhraU Salnrn. dor moth Mar, 'rtrt Mrrrury, rtiM 1:11 p m. lift. 20 Moon. S:fla p m. 7:9 p.m. 1 1 :S p m. . 5 5 i m. if t w Hatfield Requests S2.7 Million To Alleviate Damage Portland-fdrh-Rep. Edith received word from Ihe White has allocated SI million to disaster relief because of last By United Press International From the Ptesident to the private citizen moves were under way today to case Ore gon's storm parlaysis. President Kennedy was the recipient of a request from Gov. Mark Hatfield for $2.7 million to start repairing pub lic damage. A presidential disaster team was deciding whether to rec ommend that Oregon get aid a "major disaster area." The typhoon-spawned storm Friday left 22 dead In Oregon. Losses were estimated at $170 million. Hatfield put state foresters at the disposal of local of ficials to survey forest dam age and remove dangerous weakened trees. He appealed for harvesters for fallen pears in Southwest Oregon and nuts in the Willamette Valley. More schools reopened to day, including most Portland schools and many In other communities. Adjusters Busy An army of Insurance ad justers was setting up head quarters and getting down to the task of settling "catas trophe area" claims. An insurance spokesman said, however, "patience Is the watchword." In spite of efforts by II men described as "frantic and fantastic devotion to duty" by the governor, outages continu ed to be a major problem Some 2,000 power and tele-1 phone crewmen worked on lines from the coast through the Willamette Valley and in Southwest Oregon. Portland had most of its power restored. Some outly ing regions still lacked power. Thousands of telephones re mained dead. Spokesmen for power and telephone firms said some areas might not get service before next week. The Small Business Admin istration set a special disaster loan 'program In motion. Stricken farmers turned for help to the Farmers Home Ad ministration. Hatfield said some 26,000 veterans in Oregon could seek help from the Bureau of Vet erans Affairs. Emergency Fund OK'd The State Emergency Board, an agent of the legislature, made the entire balance of Its emergency fund, $320,000, Academy at Exter, N.H. The youngster is a freshman at the school. Mr. Eisenhowed continued on to Manchester to make a po litical speech. (UPI) . Green (D-Ore.), said foday ihe House ihat President Kennedy Oregon in Initial funds for Friday's storm. i ava,abe to ,he govern0I... of. 1 fiCe for damase reonlrs. The State Agriculture De partment was instructed to make special meat and milk inspections to prevent the sale of any supplies spoiled by lack of refrigeration. Hatfield said his Initial re quest for a $2.7 million fed eral grant represented one- tenth of the estimated damage to public property in Oregon. He said the state would seek more federal aid later. He estimated private dam age at $133 million and said his figures did not include a "very high uneatimated amount" of damage to private and federal forests. Hatfield said if the federal grant is made, regional offices will be set up In Portland, Salem, Eugene, Roscburg, Medford and McMinnvillo to brief local officials on eligi bility for federal aid for pub lic damage. Hatfield praised Oregon's response to the storm. "The destructive power of the ele ments could not match the constructive power of the will, Initiative, neighborlincss and determination of our peO' pie," he said. " Welfare Commission Will Meet Oct. 26 Salem - IUPD - State Welfare Administrator Andrew F. Juras said today the Oregon Welfare Commission will meet in Portland Oct. 26, in the public service building. Multnomah Repudiate Sen. Grenfell Portland -UPC- Democratic State Sen. William Grenfell stood repudiated by his party today for making a false statement to the police. County Chairman Frank Roberts said the Multnomah Democratic executive com mittee voted to withdraw support from Grenfell because his recent statements do not give the public a basis for trust and confidence In him as a public servant." Grenfell is running for the Multnomah County Commis sion. Partial Blame For Success by Castro Reported Subcommittee Criticizes Officer Washington -fllPH- The State Department today defended the continued employment of Foreign Service Officer Wil liam E. Wieland, criticized Monday by the Senate inter nal security sub-committee. The subcommittee said in a formal report made public Monday that Wieland must take part of the blame for the Communist takeover In Cuba. It charged he was lacking In "integrity and general suit ability." State Department Press Of ficer Lincoln White said Wie land had been kept on after a "full review of all the evi dence" by Secretary of State Dean Rusk a year ago. He said Wieland is serving as a management analyst in the department's Office of Management. But as a foreign service officer of class one, he Is subject to other assign ments at any time. Received Clearance White said Wieland re ceived a security clearance after last year's review of his case, which was requested by the subcommittee. The subcommittee has been critical of Wieland's activities i as an expert connected with the Cuban situation from 1941 until a couple of years ago. It said Wieland's case was an example of "much of what is wrong with the State De. partment from a security standpoint." Loyalty, it said, was riot' involved; rather "such factors as integrity and general suitability." Kennedy Found Nothing President Kennedy was ask ed about the Weiland case and that of another State De partment official at a news conference In January. At that time he said he had looked into the cases and found noth ing to substantiate charges against the officials. In my opinion," Kennedy said, the officials can carry out their duties "without detriment to the Interests of the United States." But neither State Depart ment officials nor Wieland's office made any comment Monday, on the subcommit tee's charge. In a 200-page report, the subcommittee said: "Mr. Wieland was not 're sponsible' for the Communists' Cuban takeover in the sense that he alone brought it about. Neither can he escape a share of the responsibility." Some Reports Withheld It said that exact pinpoint of blame for certain failures in the department can not be made because some official re ports were withheld. The report complained that Wieland had seen intelligence data for years Indicating that Fidel Castro was pro-Communist, and had Communist associates. At least as early as 1938, the report said, Wieland was telling friends that Castro was a Communist surrounded by Communists. "Yet he never told his su periors officially or wrote In any department paper down to the day when Fidel Castro stood before the world as a self-proclaimed Marxist, what he told friends privately . , ." the subcommittee said. HEARINGS OPEN Portland (UPI) The Civil Aeronautics Board opened part two of hearings on West Coast Airlines here today. Democrats Grenfell, recovering in a Portland hospital, replied, "There is nothing that any one can do to me, including Mr. Roberts and the Demo cratic executive board, which can hurt one-tenth as much as the knowledge that this acci dent has taken the life of Mr. (Harold) Jones." Grenfell and a Portland housewife were in a car in volved in the Jones death last week. Grenfell, found hours later, at first said he was kid naped, then admitted his in volvement In the accident. f.