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Newspaper Page TextHatfield Releases Wi thycombe Alio Repor Rogue Valley Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections CARDINALS IN ROME American Cardinals attending the 21st Ecumenical Council at Vatican City are shown as Ihey strolled in the garden of American College in Rome during a break in conference duties. They are, from left, Ben Bella To Confer Medal on Cuban Premier Havana - HIPP, - Algerian premier Ahmed Ben Bella was expected to confer his country's first "Medal of Honor" on Premier Fidel Cas tro before leaving Cuba this afternoon. In a speech Tuesday, Ben Bella said the Algerian "Na tional Liberty Front" had awarded its only medal so far to Castro. Ben Bella was the guest of honor Tuesday night at a pri vate banquet given by Castro and President Osvaldo Dor licos. Excerpts of his speech were broadcast at half-hour intervals by the Castroite tel evision network. Caslro welcomed Bpn Bella on his arrival here Tuesday with a speech heaping abuse on the United States. The bearded Cuban told the Arab Algerian premier. who had been a guest of Pres-1 iucui ft.-nui.u,Y (tl me vvnue House only 24 hours earlier, that his visit to Cuba in the face of "Yankee imperialist hostility" was a "gesture we shall never forget." Castro's brief speech was his bitterest anti - American attack since he seized power in 1959. His hearers included thousands of workers turn ed out by his revolutionary re gime to give Ben Bella a warmer welcome to Cuba than he received in the United States. "To make this visit at a time when the powerful Yan kee empire ... is using the j threat of blackmail, bribery, j criminal trade and economic1 blockade in an effort to make nur revolution surrender through hunger ... is an act nf courage on your part, Mr. Prime Minister." Castro said. Moon Shot Reset For Thursday Cape Canaveral, Fla. - UPP -The Federal space agency, prompted by tropical storm Ella's change in course, did an about face today and decided to go ahead Thursday with an attempt to shoot its Ranccr 5 spacecraft toward the moon. The shot was hastily squeezed back into the range firing schedule today, and in formed sources said "right now. it looks good." HEWSd)BRIEFS rriMi from m J ASOUNO THI OlOII FIRE RAZES AMMUNITION BUILDING Memphis. Tenn.-tPI'-Fire flashed through en ammunition assembly building here today where ebout 30 employees were working alter en incendiary-type bomb ignited and touched off other bombs. The sheriff's office said all of the workers escaped but lour women were hospilalised for treatment of shock. CUBA TRADE CRACKDOWN DISCUSSED WashingtontPI-The Stele Department hes sent its top lawyer to Peris to discuss with NATO officials the U. S. crackdown on ships trading with Cube. RUSSIA FIRES MULTI STAGE ROCKET Moscow-IPI-The Soviet Union fired new type ol multi siege carrier rocket more then Srget eree in Ihe t,enirai recr'c ihio.t m cfliciel Tass news agency said.' MEDFORD, Officials Discuss Jefferson School Combination Class A first and third grade com bination class at Jefferson school was discussed at the Medford school board meet ing last night. Selected children from each grade were placed in the combination class to relieve crowded conditions in the two grades. Enrollment exceeded expec tations at Jefferson, and the Missing Woman, Children Found Dead in Vehicle The Jackson county coro ners office plans an autopsy today on the body of Mrs. Nancy Carol Rohl, 27, Grants Pass, and her two sons who were found shot to death yes terday afternoon in a car parked at Gold Hill's Rocky Point cemetery. The car was locked. Mrs. Rohl, who had been missing with her two children since Oct. 7, apparently shot Eric, 5, and Carl, 2, then shot herself, the Jackson county sheriff's office reported this morning. The two boys were shot through the head, but an au topsy is needed to determine where the bullet entered Mrs. Rohl's body, deputies said. A .22 caliber revolver with five empty chambers in it was found near Mrs. Rohl's body in the front seat of the car, deputies said. The coroner's nffirt nctimatcri Ihe !rin had been dead for six to eight ! days. ' The car covered with leaves from the recent storm, was found by a Gold Hill couple about 3:50 p.m. yesterday when they were placing flow ers on a grave. Mrs. Rohl and the two boys were reported missing by her j parents. Mr. ana Mrs. ueorgc High, 605 East Park St., Grants Pass. Oct. 7, when Mrs. Rohl said she and the boys were going for a drive. Both' her husband and her parents said Mrs Rohl had been despondent. She and her husband had separated. 7.S00 miles into e preerranged the OREGON, WEDNESDAY, Albert Gregory Cardinal .Meyer, Chicago; Richard James Cardinal Cushing, Boston; Francis Cardinal Spellman, New York; James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre, Los An geles, and Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter, St. Louis. (UPI) combination class was organ ized to reduce other first and third grade classes to within state standards of not more than 30 pupils to a classroom. Mrs. Peter B. Shogrcn, 1705 South Columbus ave., Med ford, told the board she be lieved there was too much distraction between first and third grade pupils being in the same classroom, and won dered if such an arrangement was common practice in school districts. Other Combinations Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent, noted that similar combinations have oc curred previously, not only in the Medford district, but also in other districts in the state. "It is our job to see that the child docs not suffer scho lastically" in such a situation, Dr. Mayfield said. He ex pressed confidence that pupils in the class will not suffer educationally. Elliott Becken, assistant su perintendent, pointed out thai pupils in the classroom were selected on their ability to work individually, and all of them "arc progressing well." He noted that Ruch and West Side schools have used the combination class arrange ment in the past, and no ad verse affects on the child had been noted when they enter ed junior high school. Classrooms Planned Dr. Mayfield said at least two new classrooms are plan ned at Jefferson by next fall in the district's regular build ing program, and the present arrangement is not a proma nent one. Both Dr. Mayfield and Bec kon stressed that if parents of pupils in the classroom are concerned about their child, the pupil can be moved to one of the other classes. The board authorized a let ter to the Jackson county rur al school board expressing its objection to the rural board scheduling a public hearing without consulting school boards involved in the issue The rural board called a public hearing Oct. 29 on a proposal to join thc Phoenix and Medford school districts. Neither board apparently was consulted, and all but one member of the Medford board will be on an in-service servation trip on the east coast at that time. The trip In study teaching techniques In schools is part observe and methods and the eastern of Medford's participation in the Oregon Program, a S3 5 million Ford Foundation financed project lo improve teaching methods and teaching itself. Becken reviewed plans for the trip of school personnel and board members lo Lex ington, Mass., and Norwalk, Conn , to study teaching meth ods. He pointed out that the district is under no obligation to adopt any one of the meth ods or programs observed. STORM TOLL NOW 17 Portland - 'IP!' - Tie acci dental death toll from last Friday's windstorm in Oreson rnf to 17 today with two mo.T deaths reported. Tribune OCTOBER 17, 1962 Vi Pope Receives Large Audience; Requests Prayers Vatican Cily-ll!PP-Pope John XXIII today received about 10,000 persons in a general audience in St. Peters Basilica and asked them to pray for the success of the Ecumenical Council. Those attending the public audience filed past the empty tiers of seats erected on either side of the basilica to accom modate the more than 2,500 cardinals, patriarchs, arch bishops, bishops and abbots attending the meeting. The Council itself was in adjournment while officials counted ballots handed in Tuesday by the church "fa thers" for election of commis sion members. These will be announced, or new elections held, during the general congregation set for Saturday. Church experts said the first discussion item on the agenda of the council offers a good chance to show how much can be done towards the idea oft Christian unity. The 2.500 - plus Roman Catholic group is to begin dis cussion Monday on a new constitution on sacred liturgy. The subject, the experts said, could play a major role in bringing Christians of dif ferent faiths togcthcr-or keep ing them apart. Liturgical reform concerns the forms of prayers, acts and ceremonies used in public worship, particularly the Mass. Part of Pope John XXIH's expressed reason for calling the council, the first In al most a century. If to bring the church into step with mod ern times. Jackson St. Will Be Closed This Week Jackson st. between River side ave. and Biddle rd. will be closed part of Thursday and Friday and all day Sun- a.dy' .reler rv'uwu " sircuun company oiuc.ai, au- nnd today, ! Thc closure ,s to pr0,cct i vc'nlclcs from tne Palnt wnlch , wlM bc sprayed on thc beams , on tnc freeway structure over . Jackson si. ! Hours for Thursday and ,)b-iFriday when the street will bc closed are from 1 to 4 p.m and 5:30 to 7 p m. The opening during the late afternoon will accommodate peak traffic in the area. City officials en couraged motorists not to 'isp Jackson st. on these days to avoid congestion in the area. Tax Revision Bill Signed Washington - 1OT President Kennedy signed into law Tuesday the tax revision bill left on his desk by thc session of Con gress that adjourned last Saturday. In signing the tax meature Kennedy praised thc $l billion tax credit for busi ness. He hailed it as an "important bill, one possessing many desirable features which will stimulate the economy and pro vide a greater measure of fairness in our lax system." ) The bill, Irimmed-down vey.inn of lh administration s original proposal. alw tight- 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 179 Power, Telephone Service Continues To Be Disrupted More Than 70,000 Claims on File Portland - WD - Many homes and businesses in West ern Oregon were still without power and telephone service today, five days alter the worst windstorm in the re gion's history. Power and telephone com pany repairmen were doing their best, but a complete re turn to normal is not expect ed before next week. President Kennedy Tues day declared Oregon a "ma jor disaster" area and au thorized an immediate SI mil lion in federal funds. "If if determined that addition al funds are needed I shall take action to provide such funds," the President said. This money goes to repair state facilities damaged by the storm. The Oregon Association of Independent Insurance Agi nts reported that property own ers had filed more than 70,- 000 claims totaling $20 mil lion by Monday night. $9 Million in Portland Damage in the Portland- Vancouver area alone result ed in 41,020 claims exceed ing $9 million. About 90 per cent of the claims involved dwellings and the rest were industrial or mercantile. Figures did not in clude insured cars, airplanes or boats. The number and amount of claims ouisine Portland in cluded: Albany-Corvallis. 8,000, $2 million; Salem and vicinity, 7.000, $2,300,000; Coos Bay North Bend, 6,500, $1,750,000; Eugene-Springfield. 6,250, S2. 275,000; Gold Beach-Port Or ford, 1.550, $1,500,000; Ban don, 1,525, $875,000; Asloria Tillamook, 350, $200,000, Medford-Grants Pass. 300, $50,000; Roseburg, 300, $50, 000. West Coast Telephone Co. reported it had restored 13, 000 of the 25.000 telephones knocked out of service. A spokesman said thc Coos Bay division suffered thc heaviest damage with 4.930 of thc di vision's 22,240 telephones still out Tuesday afternoon. Only 30 telephones remained out in the La Grande division. Gov. Mark Hatfield's office estimated damage at $1.1 mil lion lo aircraft with 251 planes destroyed or damaged. Thc Agriculture Depart ment designated 19 Oregon counties as areas where thc Farmers' Home Administra tion may make emergency loans through Dec. 31, 1963. Thc counties are Benton, Clackamas, CJatsop, Colum bia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson. Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Mullnoamh, Polk, Tillamook, Washington and Yamhill. Thc big cleanup job contin ued here. Trees and limbs were being burned in the South Auditorium renewal area. WAREHOUSE BURNS Grandview, Wash. - HOT -A warehouse containing 75, 000 boxes of apples and win ter pears belonging to the Yakima Fruit Growers asso ciation was destroyed by fire last night. Loss was estimated at $375,000. WEATHER FOR F. CAST: Fair lhrmiBh Thurkday. A f w patrhM nf vallfv fog and frost a I expo-icri orations ery Thiirhdav morn In. Warmrr daytime leniprra tiirrs. I.nw lonl(ht 23-31, lllch Thursday 73-7. Temp. HlxhrU Yrstrrdav 7 Lowest Thts Morning Our Skies Toniqht Sunset today V jl p m. V?7 a.m. 9:01 p.m. UM. 20 ! Sunrtse tomorrow Moonrlse tonic hi I, ai (Quarter Thr planet, Mrmiry rises .V'M a.m. and Is now on that part of Us nrntt nrareot to the Sun. Mer rurv's distanre from Ihe F.arlh ton lent is about an million mile.. I1 . ' . -. "III 0 1 ( WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Ken nedy is shown as he conferred with West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Sehroe der, left, at the While House. The two con- Storm Will Have Effect on State's Financial Picture Salcm-IIM-Goy. Mark Hat field said today last week's hurricane will have a "sig nificant effect" on thc stale's finances for thc rest of Ihe biennium, but thc magnitude will nol be known until furth er information is available. This was reported in a state ment of thc state's financial condition prepared by the Fi nance Department and Tax Commission. The statement is required by law 20 days before the gen eral election. The statement shows the exact figures reported some weeks ago by State Finance Director Freeman Holmcr that the state will wind up the biennium in June, 19B2 with a thin balance of $590, 427. At that time, the stale's in come is estimated at $360, 8119,446, and expenditures at $360,279,019. Additional Expenditures i Hatfield said storm losses lo i state property not covered by the state restoration fund "will require additional, un anticipated expenditures." "The losses to individuals and firms as a result of storm damage will affect income and other revenues. The magni tude of thc impact of these and other fiscal results of the hurricane will not be known until more complete data is available," he said. Thc report estimates thai state revenues in the next biennium will run somewhere between $325 million and $375 million, compared to thc estimated $334 million In 1961-63. Hatfield gave no estimate on how big his propose ! 19H3 65 budget will bc, but he said it will bc balanced. Autopsy Scheduled To Determine Death An autopsy may be made on the body of Paul Dee Rcyn- olds 61, of route 3, box 212, Metlford, who died in a truck accident yesterday afternoon at Phoenix, the Jackson coun ty coroner's office said today. Investigating officers said Reynolds possibly died of a heart attack. The flatbed truck he was driving, owned by Highcroft Orchards, Tal ent, went through a stop sign on First St. In Phoenix, cross ed Highway 99 and went into Bear Creek. Reynolds had a history of ,li .IKI- honrl allele stale police said. Phoenix police. Jackson county sheriff's officers and stale police investigated the accident. ens rules governing lax deductions for ex pense account spending. It also raises taxes on savings institu tions, mutual fire and casualty companies and (arm cooperatives, and would bring in more taxes from U S -controlled sales sub sidiaries operating in "tax havens" abroad. Thc hill docs nol provide for witholding nf income taxes on dividends and interest, a key proposal in the Kennedy plan. But it sets up new interest and dividend reporting rrriuirmcnts to co'cl such taxes. JFK-Khrushchev Meeting Possibly Could Ease Tension Washington - IDPH - Wesl German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder said aft er a White House conference today that a meeting between President Kennedy and Ni kila Khrushshev could be helpful if the Soviet leader is in the right mood. Schroeder made the com ment as he left a 00-minute mnfnrnnt.p with Ifnnnnrlv which apparently was exclu- sivcly devoled to the Berlin crisis. He said thai "I would nol like lo give an opinion as to whether a special meeting of the two leaders on Berlin at this time would be useful whether it would be helpful depends on the mood in which Khrushchev comes here." "Certainly talking is better than fighting," the foreign minister added. No announcement has been made thai Khrushchev will, in fact, come to the United Slates this fall. But there has been speculation he would attend sessions of the UN General Assembly In New York. Kennedy has expressed willingness to meet him if this happens. Schroeder met the Presi dent today as the high point Clear Lake Cutoff Dedication Held Clear Lake, Ore.-IUPIl-A $3 million section of U. S. 128, formerly known as the Clear Lake cutoff, .was dedicated south of here today, giving Oregon a new all-weather highway through the Cas cades. Thc route is 20 miles from the McKcnzic highway north to thc Sanliam Highway via Belknap Springs and Clear Lake. Only a few years ago, il was a primitive mountain road. Chief speaker at the dedi cation ceremonies, at Sahalie Falls south of here, was Glenn L. Jackson of Medford, chairman of thc Oregon High way Commission. Other dig nitaries came from Linn, Lane and Deschutes counties. Completion of the route eliminates Ihe deadend that has resulted in past years when winter snows close thc McKenzie pass. Boy Injured in Bike-Car Accident Patrick Alan Jacobson, 12. !LWLV'li V ,,, ,iwji !' thl MMjimiiK mr a ncaa f",1 8n? 1,1 Pr released. He was n),'rpd bicycle col I pd with an automobile at I W1 Fourth ""d Oakdale i avIl, . l ne Diiy loin ivicninrn po lice that Bruce Wayne Bailey, 81S West Main st.. was riding on the handlebars of his bi cycle at the time of the acci dent. Driver of thc westbound car was Mildred Amanda Ray. 38, of 710 Pennsylvania ave. Young Jacobson told po lice he was eastbound on Fourth si. and as he ap proached t h c Intersection looked left, right and rear, then saw the car in front of him. The bicycle hit the left front fender of the Ray ve hicle, officers said. No citations were issued. ferrcd on Allied military and diplomatic preparations to meet any new threat to Berlin by thc Soviet Union. (UPI) of a five-day visit here about the Berlin situation. It is in preparation for thc Nov. 7 visit of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Officials said thc meeting gave Kennedy an opportunity to get the latest West German assessment in preparation for his conference late Thursday with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko which is ex- pected to focus on the Ber lin problem. It also gave Ihe President a channel tor conveying his own views on Ihe possible course of events to Adenauer. Schroeder has made it clear in discussions here with Sec retary of Slate Dean Rusk and other high officials that his government docs not nec essarily share the Kennedy administrations view that Khrushchev is preparing to whip up a new Berlin crisis as soon as the U.S. elections are over. Reports on Meeting While still predicting new Soviet military, economic or diplomatic pressure on Ber lin in late November or De cember, U.S. officials ac knowledge they found no such threat In Ambassador Foy D. Kohler's report from Mos cow on his three-hour meet ing Tuesday with Khrush chev. Khrushchev was said to have ranged across a wide variety of East-West prob lems, but without devoting undue emphasis to Berlin or any other single Issue and without repeating his de mands for "liquidation" of the Allied position on thc city. The Soviet leader was un derstood to have spoken at some length of his efforts lo develop Russian economy. All In all, offcials said, it was not. a tough confrontation at all. Jeannace Freeman Rehearing Refused Salcm-iUPIl-The Oregon Su preme Court, without a writ ten opinion, today rejected a petition for a rehearing In the first degree murder convic tion and death penalty hand ed to Jeannace June Free man. 21, who threw a child Into a Central Oregon gorge last year. This left standing the high court's decision which af firmed her sentence. Thc court's mandate will now go to Jefferson County 1 T. ,7. " '., Z ... The only aVenue open ,o im. Freeman now is an ap- peal for clemency Mark Hatfield. to Gov. Tropical Storm Turns To Northerly Miami, Fla.-WD - Tropical storm Ella, skirting thc Flor ida coast, turned to a more northerly direction today but still kept thc South Atlantic Seaboard within range of its 70-mile-an-hour winds. The Weather Bureau said the storm showed signs of zig zagging and warned coast al residents from Cape Can averal, Fla., north to Cape llatlcras, N.C., to keep in touch with adversorics. Tie direction change brought an all-clear report for Unauthorized Sale of Surplus Goods Disclosed Thornton Demands Inventory Release Salem - OJPH - Gov. Mark Hatfield today released the state's audit of missing prop erty at Camp Withyeombe in Clackamas county showing thc unauthorized sale of SB. 488 worth of surplus gocris from thc Tongue Point Naval Station, Astoria. Thc action came almost simultaneously with a de mand from Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton ior release of the inventory. The audil indicated that $3,576 in furnishings were sold to junk dealers anJ others. Another S-,712 was derived from sale of logs at Tongue Point. In addition, the audit report said, $398 was derived from a "falsified claim" drawn on slate funds, and another $163 was derived from a refund of money originally paid from federal funds. Douglas F. DcCew, super visor of state audits, said all of this money, totaling $7,054, was put into an "unauthorized cash fund" set up on orders from the late Oregon adjutant general, Alfred E. Hintz. Fund Set Up DeCew said the former commanding officer of Camp Withyeombe, Lt. Col. James J. Anderson, told authorities he set up the fund on instruc tions from Hintz. Anderson "further stated that $4,000 of the moneys of the unauthorized cash fund were turned over in cash by him personally to Gen. Hintz," DeCew said. DeCew said all but $4,472 of the fund has been account ed for. He added that disposi tion of the $4,472 "has not I been definitely established " DeCew noted a military audit is still under way. Thornton complained that "legal slops should have been taken long before this time to recover this property or Its fair market value from the responsible parties." "It further appears," Thorn ton said, "that some or all of this loss may be covered by official bond." Johnson To Arrive Friday Evening Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson will arrive in Med ford Friday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. and Immediately leave for the Rogue Valley Country club where he will be honor ed at a dinner sponsored by local Democratic organiza tions. The vice president's sched ule was announced today by Jackson County Democratic Party Chairman Jean Mills. Chairman of the dinner Is Tom Reeder. Also attending the dinner will be Sen. Wayne Morse, who with Mrs. Morse, will drive lo Medford from Grants Pass where the senator will speak at the dedication of a Grants Pass plywood mill at 3 p.m. They plan to arrive In Medford in time to greet Johnson at the airport. Also present will be Ed Spencer, state Democratic chairman Bnd other officials. Vice President Johnson and Senator Morse will address a public rally at Hedrlck Jun ior High school at 8 p.m. They will be Introduced by Oregon Speaker of the House Robert B. Duncan. Demo cratic party officials and state and local candidates will be introduced. Tickets for the dinner are available at the Democratic headquarters, 414 East Main st., Puruckcrs Music House, Medford Stationery Store and the Lusk Piano company. DAY OF PRAYER Salem - IUPII - Sunday nas been designated by Gov. Mark Hatfield as a day of "prayer. rededication, and as a tribute to those who lost their lives a result of '.he storm." Direction the cast Florida coast south of Cape Canaveral. The storm center at 11 a.m. (PST) was located about 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral. The Florida east coast was receiving heavy showers and gusty winds from the extreme outer edge of the storm. Garden City, Charleston and Georgetown, S.C., also were receiving gusty winds and rough seas, the Weather Bureau said. Tides were high from Daytona Beas Fla., tn Cape Hattcras, N.C.