Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 16, 1962, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texts Castro R Stool i nranens 18 Crew Dim Mormy Sailors Tossed Info Ocean as Lifeboat Sinks. Plane Searches For Survivors ' New York (UPD Eighteen crewmen of a Greek freighter, hurled into high seas and swept out of sight when their lifeboat capsized moments be fore rescue was at hand, were missing and feared dead today in the gale-tosed waters of the Atlantic. A Coast Guard plane, which began a new search for the 18 seamen at 6 a.m. today, ra dioed Coast Guard headquar ters here that conditions for survivors in the towering waves were "very poor." The seamen were tossed into the sea at dusk Thursday and hope was fading that they would be found alive. Seven Rescued Seven other crewmen aboard the 422-foot freighter Captain George, bound for Port Said, Egypt, with a cargo of explosives when it caught fire Wednesday night, were rescued by two other vessels Thursday night. The 24 crewmen and their captain fought a heroic 18 hour battle against flames be for abandoning ship and tak ing to lifeboats. The fire was still burning today aboard the freighter, located about 340 miles northeast of Bermuda and 500 miles east of New York. Much of the cargo of ni trates, sulphur, dynamite, and other explosive material was tossed overboard Thursday but the threat of an-cxplosion aboard the abandofel Jjihip still existed. " ; . Saturn Rocket Scores Success Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPI) -America's mighty Saturn su per rocket, the key to the na tion's plans for conquering the moon, roared 104 miles into space today and scored its third straight success. The 540-ton rocket also dumped 95-tons of water into space as a bonus experiment to punctuate the dramatic per formance. The 162-foot rocket vaulted from a launching pad and be came the largest and heaviest object ever to fly into space. At the end of its flight, the Saturn was deliberately blown up to release the water it carried as ballast in its up per stages. The water formed a mas sive white ice cloud that could be seen from the ground. Snow Reported on Mountain Highways Oregon stale police report ed rain and snow falling on Highway 09 over the Siski you mountains this morning and light snow on Highway 66 over the Green Springs with one inch of new snow on the highway. Police recommended that motorists carry chains. A foot of new snow was re ported on the Diamond Lake highway where it was snow ing hard. Snow was reported on the highway north of Union Creek. lib Iff W IT IMS FROM XX u. S. TO WITHDRAW THAILAND TROOPS Washington tPli The United Slates agreed today to faced with law suits, and in withdraw ill ground combat troops from Thailand but made: ig4g jt was (he scene of the it clear it was ready to return them if the Communim again j ,rst teachers' strike in the threaten the country, 'country. .....t.t.Tf imtiii rMiur, u emu i Dr. Becker said he was im- TALUADkb rAIII linug 1 UU1I U 111 Dnitjl Paris I PI1 Fifty-six paintings valued at $2 million which were stolen from a museum at Saint Tropes in July. 1961, have been found in a barn SO miles outside Paris, police announced tonight. MISSILE FORCE TO BE CONSIDERED Paris I PI The United States told its NATO allies today it will "give serious consideration" to helping lhem create a medium-range nuclear missile force if they want one. ABDUCTION OF SOLDIERS PROTESTED Berlin I PI The U. S. Army today protected to the Soviet high command in Germany the "abduction at gun point" by Communist German police of three Ame.ican soldiers who wandered into East Germany by mistake, an American spokesman said. .""""''" l,IILI"-IL 4 V'.K','-' " LUNCHES WITH BOARD Dr. Harry A Becker, Norwalk, Conn., superintendent of schools, second from left, is shown here during a lunch yesterday with school board members. Medford board members shown are Mrs. Carroll Haupert, Keith Hockor- School Improvement Projects at Norwalk Reviewed by Becker Dr. Harry A. Becker, su- perintendent of Norwalk Conn., public schools, said here yesterday that despite the fact that today's schools are better than they were a few years ago there still is a need to make them better. ' Dr. Becker discussed the Norwalk Plan, considered one of the outstanding educational programs in the country, with area school administrators, certified school personnel from the valley and school board members yesterday. He was in Oregon to speak at a meeting of the Oregon Association of School Admin- Heintz Continues Testimony in Case Heintz Construction com pany, Portland, continued its testimony today during the eighth day of a Jackson coun ty circuit court jury trial. Ray Vaughan, assistant Medford city engineer, testi fied this morning as to field notes and a dairy kept on the sewer project the construction company performed for the city. Jack Budd, Heintz construc tion company general super intendent, testified yesterday. The Portland company is suing the city of Medford, seeking $04,462.74 plus 6 per cent interest for money they claim is due the company for a sanitary sewer the company installed in the Kenwood Grandview and north Laurel hurst area in 1959. ce Cream Seized For Lack of Weiaht Salem - (UPP - The Oregon i Agriculture Department says it seized two lots of ice cream last month, one in Portland and the other in Newberg, be cause they were under the weights required. The ice cream was later ro- leased for reprocessing and re-1 packaging. iBRIEFS AROUND THI OLOIt men Lost Atlantic fw,. n - r i p" rrrr ft.?- zin t-wvm i istrators in Eugene. He invited to visit Medford by Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, su perintendent. Dr. Becker said schools need to be made better for two reasons. . One is that "an explosion of knowledge is taking place." The explosion is occurring "so rapidly," he continued, "that k is almost terrifying." The other reason is because of a technological revolution. This revolution, he said, has not yet touched education as much as it will in the future. Because of these, he indicat ed, schools and educational programs mu:;t become better to provide the student with more knowledge and better opportunities. Education must be made more effective, he said. He reviewed aspects of the Norwalk Plan, which includes not only team teaching situa tions, but also school improve ment projects, participation in both of which is on a volun tary basis. New Combination The improvement projects, of which there are 19 now being carried out in the sys tem, may involve new combi nations of old projects, but they are all designed to im prove education or the means of education of the student. Team teaching at Norwalk is actually a redeployment project, Dr. Becker said. Through redeployment, the system gets "more millage out of the dollar," receives better staff utilization, and obtains better space utiliza tion. A team, he said, can teach some subjects better than the subriect enn be tauSnt the self-contained classroom. The team utilizes the teacher's tal ents, and students can be bet ter grouped. Pioneer in Team Work Norwalk was one of the pioneers in experimenting with team teaching. It was introduced at Norwalk through the work of Dr. Beck er with assistance from a Ford foundation grant. Prior to Dr. Becker's arriv al in Norwalk, the schools were poor, the district had difficulty in obtaining money to provide an education for children, there were local con- Itrovcrsies, the district was pressed with the Medford sys tem its administrators, its board and Ms teaching staff. He also said he u-as impressed with the organization of the uregnn I'rogram. a a mil- lion Ford Foundation financed project to improve education He said he believed this TO FILL VACANCY organization the state dc- j La Grande 't PI' Harold partment of education, col- . Beach of Hermiston has been leges and universities and pub- i elected to fill the unexpired lie school districts all cooper- two-year term of the late Wi ating in one program is 1 Icy Cluwers of Madras as the only one of its kind in the j president of the Oregon Farm country. Bureau Federation. smith and William Barker, far right. Also attending the lunch were Dr. David Boals of the Medford board, Bill Anhorn of the District 6C board, Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, Medford superintendent, and Ruis Acheson, assistant superintendent. (Knackstedt photo) Screening Group Seeks Postmaster Applications County Clerk Marvin Mad den and Alva Bradford, Med ford barber and city council man, are the leading contend ers for Medford postmaster, James Redden, Medford law yer and state representative- elect, declared to the Jackson county Democratic Central committee last night. Mrs. Alice Rulter, a mom ber of the postmaster candi date screening committee, re torted this was a premature statement since the screening committee has not made any recommendations yet. Madden has not submitted a formal application for the job. He was reelected county clerk Nov. 6. Bradford said this morning he had made formal application. The two Democrats were mentioned after William Deatherage, Medford lawyer and Democrat, suggested the screening committee be aban doned and let Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) and Congress man - Elect Robert Duncan (D-Ore.) make the selection from applications submitted. Morse, as senior senator from Oregon, normally would make the postmaster recom mendation to the U.S. Postal Service. This recommendation plus results of a civil service examination would decide the appointment. Following a series of mo tions and counter motions, the central comn.Utee re ferred to the execul.'ve com mittee a motion to allow the postal department to decide on a rural carrier appoint ment without recommenda tions. The screening committee has received more than 50 applications for postmaster. Those wishing to apply may obtain more information from Robert Boycr, 28 North Oak dale ave. The committee ex pects to make a recommenda tion in December. Ashland Boy Hit By Pickup Truck Ashland - A nine-year-old Ashland boy suffered a com pound leg fracture and other injuries yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a pick up truck. Reported in good condition this morning at Ashland Com munity hospital was Keith Ray Cameron, 945 North Mountain ave. The accident occurred at 3:26 p.m. when the boy ap parently darted out in front of a pickup truck driven by Walter Ray Wycoff, 21, of 5350 Highway 66, Ashland police said. The truck was eastbound on East Main St. near ' No ci Dewey st. at the time. talions were issued. Surveillance of Cuba From Air To Be Continued Warplanes May Protect Flights Washington -ft'PIl- The State Department said today U. S. aerial surveillance of Cuba will continue despite Fidel Castro's threat to shoot down the reconnaissance aircraft. Earlier, other administra tion officials said the United States was prepared to send heavily armed warplanes to protect the reconnaissance planes. The State Department made no mention of whether war planes would be used, but said this country would take whatever steps are necessary until a "better" means is avail able to protect against threats from Cuba. "Individual countries of the hemisphere must take what ever steps are necessary to guard against threats to their peace and security," a spokes man said. Asked whether this meant U.S. aerial surveillance of Cu ba would continue indefinitely until a better system of verifi cation was worked out, de partment press officer Joseph Reap replied, "precisely." The department statement reinforced early reports from other sources which said there was no weakening of Presi dent Kennedy's determination to defend high level and low level surveillance flights over Cuba. Flights to Continue The other sources said these flights would continue until the Communists complied with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's pledge to per mit United Nations verifica tion that all offensive weap ons have been removed from Cuba. Government sources said there has been no firing at the U.S. reconnaissance planes over Cuba during the past two weeks. The Slate Department based its justification for the sur veillance squarely on resolu tions approved by the Ameri can hemisphere nations Oct. 23. These resolutions gave full backing to Kennedy's actions to meet the threat of offensive missiles in Cuba. "The crucial importance of surveillance for the peace of the Caribbean," the State De partment said, "was demon strated by the events of Oc tober." "All efforts to obtain better means of observation and veri fication in Cuba have so far been rejected by the Castro regime." U.S. officials said the Unit ed States probably would lose little time In issuing a formal replay to Castro's threat, made in a letter to UN Secretary General Thant. Chlorine Added To Medford Water The Medford water depart ment is adding small amounts of chlorine to the water sup ply as a precautionary meas ure to maintain the water purity since t h e extreme heavy rains in October, Rob ert L. Lee, water superintend ent, has announces. The chlorine was first add ed Thursday. Lee noted that since the heavy October rains the water has not measured up to its usual high standards. While the rainfall has since returned to near normal, the water quality has not. Lee explained Hit the neces sity for chlorination is hoped to be only temporary. The wa ter is regularly tested for quality and chlorination will be discontinued as soon as possible. The addition of chlorine to the water supply was ap proved Thursday by the Med ford water commission. Lee noted that the amount of chlorine added is one pound per 10,000,000 pounds of wa ter. At this concentration, he continued, only a few people can detect the presence of chlorine In the water. The chlorine is added as a point below Big Butte Springs and is generally dissipated before the water gets to the users. Firemen Stand By As Plane Lands Medford firemen slood by with two trucks about 4:30 p.m. yesterday for the emer gency landing of a San Diego bound Navy S2F airplane. A warning light had indi cated a fire in the right motor of the two-engined plane and smoke had been smelled in the cockpit. No fire was found after the plane landed, firemen report ed. Pilot was Lt. D. A. West-brook. Regional Edition Medford 22 Pages Two Sections ." . " . ' . 7 jit . , ROGUE VALLEY HOSPITAL The annual meeting of the completed this fall. The 175-bed Hospital includes an in board of directors of Rogue Valley hospital Monday and tensive care unit, the first of its kind in southern Oregon open house Tuesday and Wednesday of the hospital's new northern California. The tours, open to all interested per wing will highlight activities there next week. This aerial sons, will be from 2 to 4 p.m. both Nov. 20 and 21. (Knack view shows the new $2,000,000 wing (right) which was slcdt photo) Morse Campaign Most Expensive One in Oregon Salem -IUPII- The most ex pensive campaign in Oregon's Nov. 6 election was the one which reelected Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), filings here showed today. Morse's com mittee spent $146,181, run ning nearly $5,000 in the hole. Not far behind was the Un ander for Senator committee, which spent $132,322 in the unsuccessful bid for Repub lican Sig Unnnder to unseat Morse. Unander's committee had $1,455 left over. Robert H. Wamplcr of Ore gon City, who was the inde pendent candidate for gover nor, spent $1,612, taking in the same amount. Robert W. Chandler, Bend, who lost out for Congress In the second district, spent $14, 594. This included an expense of $12,344 by Chandler's com mittee plus a personal expen diture of $2,250 by the candi date. Other Expenses Listed Chandler, a Republican, was defeated by Rep. AI Ull-man(D-Ore), whose commit tee listed contributions of $!), 8H6 and expenses of $8,775. Ullman's personal expense re port was not available. Democrat Norman O. Nil- sen's supporters spent $5,278 to reelect him as state labor commissioner. The biggest chunk of money in Morse's campaign was $31, 566 derived from a dinner in Los Angeles. A similar dinner in Washington, D. C, netted another $10,871. Labor support was heavy, totaling $24,000, including $10,000 from the Oregon AFL CIO. Private Contributor The Democratic senatorial campaign committee gave $15.U00. The biggest private contributor to Morse was Har vey Gunderson, Washington, D. C, with $4,000. Unander's biggest contribu tor was the National Republi can Senatorial committee, with $7,000. A "Welcome to Oregon" dinner In Portland brought in $5,000, and four ! persons gave $5,000 each. They arc Harold A. Miller, T. W. Collins, A. R. Watzek and Edmund Hayes, all of Portland. C. F. Swigert Jr., Portland, gave $4,000. Today was the deadline for filing expenses. WEATHER FORECAST: I'arllv rluiidy I h much Hal h Mr v. Vallf v fog or low rloiiiH K turd ay morn ing tw lorn i hi 1H-2J, HUh Saturday JO-55. Temp. lltthMt Yf1rt1v 4R writ Thin .Mornlnc Pret. to a.m. 'today .21 Our Skies Tonight ftunirt today 4:19 p.if-. ftunrU tomorrow .. 1:01 a. 'in. Moonriftp tonljtht . . r,.m l.it ffuartrr . . Nav. IK PKOMINKNT STAR IVtHcriitr. low In fait 1:44 p.m. IMHl.E Pl.ANM H JupUM, In the kmith 1:21 p.m. Katurn, low In toulh- wt . p.m. Min, hlih In tituih . S.45 am. MEDFORD, OREGON, Annual Meeting of Directors Valley Hospital Set Completion of the new wing at Rogue Valley Memo rial hospital, which raised its bed capacity to 175, will high light reports Monday us the board of directors holds its annual meeting at 4 p.m. in the hospital auditorium. Purpose of the meeting is to inform the community, as well as the original 5,000 donors, of the hospital's op eration during the past year. A special feature of the new wing, to be described at the meeting, is tne "intensive care unit," a new concept of care which enables critically ill patients to be treated on a group basis. It will begin service next Ten Injured in Two Accidents Three persons were hos pitalized at Ashland Commu nity hospital this morning following a lliree-vchiclc col lision on Highway 00 about 1 V miles south of Siskiyou summit. According to Oregon state police, the injured persons were Roy L. Morrison, 30, of Riddle, driver of the vehicle, who was thrown through the windshield in the impact; his wife. Jewel Morrison, 30, and his brother, Paul Morrison, 48. of Riddle. Drivers of the other ve hicles were Joseph Herbert Taylor, 47, of Pleasant Hill, Calif., operating a Oregon Nevada - California Freight lines truck, and Richard Douglas Gunthcr, 24, of 2525 Highway 66, Ashland. Police reported that the southbound Morrison car skidded on the snow slick highway and struck the left rear trailer wheels of the truck. The Gunther vehicle, also southbound, attempted to avoid the other two ve hicles, anl was trapped be tween the truck and the Mor rison car, police said. Seven persons were Injured, two of whom were treated al Sacred Heart hospital, after a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Central ave. and Main st. about 0 a.m. According to Medford po lice, drivers of the automo biles were Marie Elizabeth Ingle, 23. of 320 Bush St., Central Point, who was cited by police for disobeying a traffic signal, and Glen Lewis Fabrick. 56, of 2316 Hill crest rd. Taken to Sacred Heart hos pital by private car, where they were treated and releas ed, were Marjcry Ann Turn bull, 1020 Court St., and her 16-mnnths old daughter, Pam ela K. Turnbull, both passen gers in the Ingle car. Passen ger In the Fabrick car was Gene Merrilt Williams, 1017 Rcddv ave. Tribune FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, .llvMr " i . of Rogue month as the first in any hos pital in the southern Oregon northern California area. The seven-bed unit will give in tensive care on n round-the-clock basis with highly-trained nurses and special techni cal equipment, according to Administrator Charles Gustaf son. The annual meeting also will include reports by the medical staff and the Ladies Auxiliary which contributed 16,000 volunteer hours in the past year through its many services in the hospital. Interested persons are in vited to tour the new wing during an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wed nesday. In addition to the in tensive care unit, they will be shown several new fea tures of hospital care design ed to be convenient to the patient and labor-saving to the nursing staff. Included arc an electric bed and a "pillow-speaker" system which gives the pa tient direct communication with the nursing station and control over radio and tele vision sets. Completion of the new wing and expansion of labo ratory departments in other areas of the hospital brought the total cost to $2,000,000 and has enabled the hospital to give care to twice the num ber of patients than was pos sible previously. Altogether, the total community invest ment in Rogue Valley hos pital is $5,000,000. Infant Killed in West Salem Collision Portland - 0IPII - Russell Wacken, 11 months, Albany, died late Thursday night in Providence Hospital from in juries suffered in a two-car accident in West Salem earli er In the day.' LEBANON MAN KILLED Lebanon tUPli Orval Gallo way, 46, of Lebanon, was kill ed near here Thursday night when hit by a car on the South Santiam highway. Jeannace Freeman Case May Go To Salcm-iDPIi-Thcre were in- dicatioiis today that the first degree murder conviction and death sentence of Jeannace June Freeman, 21, might be taken to the U S. Supreme Court. Attorney Steve Anderson, Salem, said Miss Freeman signed an affidavit Wednes day for use in requesting the Jefferson county circuit court to delay her Dec. 6 execution so an appeal can be studied. The motion requesting a delay in the execution date was to be filed In Madras to day by one of Miss Freeman's attorneys in Bend, William 57th Year Price 10 Ccn's 1962 No. 205 - r . rv Chinese Launch Biggest Attack 01 Border War New Delhi " (UPI) - Chinese Communist troops today launched their biggest attack in more than three weeks on the eastern front and a 'fierce battle is 'raging," an official Indian spokesman said. The massive Red assault ap parently was triggered by a successful Indian attack on Red hill positions In the bor der area of the North East Frontier Agency. It coincided with reports that Prime Minister Jawahar lal Nehru had rejected Red Chinese conditions for a cease fire as a prelude to negotia tions to end the undeclared Himalayan border war. 927 Indians Captured The Communist Chinese Foreign Ministry today re ported that 927 Indian offi cers and enlisted men have been captured thus far. In a Peking broadcast, mon itored in Tokyo, the ministry said captives included Brig. J. P. Calvi, commander of the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade. Earlier this week, Nehru told parliament that about 7,000 Indian troops were put out of action - killed, wound- ' ed or missing - at the height of the battle that raged after the massive Red invasion on Oct. 20. Reparable Toys Sought by Firemen Firemen reported today that they still need broken but re parable toys for their annual Christmas projects. The firemen repair and paint the toys for distribution to youngsters of needy fami lies. There is a need particular ly at this time for wheel toys and for those which need re painting. Toys may be brought to the main fire station. Persons who have toys but no way to bring them may call the fire station on its business tele phone and arrange to have them picked up. High Court M. Holmes or Cash R. Per- rine. Anderson said it has not been determined who would lake the case before the high court but he said at least one Portland attorney was Inter ested in doing so. Anderson is active In the American Civil Liberties Un ion but there was no Indica tion that the ALCU have de cided to enter the case. Miss Freeman, convicted of throwing a 6-year-old boy to his death in the Crooked Riv cr Gorge In Central Oregon last year, would be the first woman to be executed in Oregon.