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8 A 10-Year Record Low Frequency of Accidents Noted Accident prevention p r a c tices of employers and work ers covered under the Work men's Compensation Law have resulted in another 10 year record law accident fre quency, according to H. W. McCauley, regional manager at Meriford, of the State In dustrial Accident commission. The 36 accidents per mil lion man days of employment, established last year, has been equaled again for the 1961-62 fiscal year ending June 30, he noted. The significance of the low accident frequency is that aft er last year's record drop from 45 to 36, which was low enough to be easily raised by another year's accidents, the rate remained the same, which proved a consistent ap plication of accident preven tion measures by employers and workers alike based on safety practices recommended by SIAC's accident prevention division, McCauley said. Low Record Noted Also this past year showed one of the lowest records of 116 fatalities since the 1958 59 fiscal year of 110, and bet tered the last year's record of 125, second best record since (he 1959 fiscal year was closed. Lumbering, one of the most hazardous of occupations, al though increasing its fatali ties from 45 to 48, is still lower than an previous year since 1952-53 fiscal year closed with 86. Few occupations in Ore gon's economy have made a greater effort to curtail acci dents than those in the lum bering industry. The over-all picture is en couraging as safety efforts continue, McCauley said. Taking into consideration that each year an increasing number have been employed in lumbering, the record drop In fatalities .is evidence of more than lip service to safety and an ability, as some safety oxpcrls put it, for manage ment "In see tile woods for the trees," he said. D E P U T YC O M M AN D E H Salem IllHi Col. Karlry Mo gan, Salem, has been named deputy rnmmnnder of an Army reserve group In Port land, the 364th civil affairs area headquarters, "B" unit, it was announced today. Mognn is slate police captain , in charge of traffic. ouiiUAi, auvbi4o&it 16. XtJb2 MbUFORD MAIL 'lhlBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Af yJL'-.l r"r its fii V V VI' L ...,,. ruHfLm4 d .LJ EBd I - L PRESENTS PLAQUES - Congressman-Elect Robert Duncan, Medford attorney and Dem ocrat, recently presented plaques to the St. Mary's school in Medford. The engraved brass plaques will be attached to the two chairs in the picture in which sat President John F. Kennedy and his wife when they visited the school when Kennedy was a senator. The visit followed his speech at the 1959 Roosevelt Memorial dinner in Medford. From left are Sister Mary Colina, teacher, holding a plaque; Sister Naadene Ann, grade school principal and convent superior, Dun can, and Sister Francis Marion holding a picture which Kennedy autographed. THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA Navajo Indians Argue They Are Entitled to Use Peyote John Nuich says, ft DIAMOND on- U DIAMONDS 1! GOLD CASC 'J2t Thii Elgin original basa modem, round dial encircled in o wreath of gleaming diamond. Superb 17-jewel movemenl 69 A GENUINE ELGIN ORIGINAL diamond watch Easy Terms OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS 'TIL 9 331 East Main Phone 773-6763 United Press International Can a drug that causes tech nicolor dreams and hallueia- tions legally be used in prim itive religious services - or should it be banned as a dan gerous narcotic? That question faced a mid 20th century judge last week when three Navajo Indians ar gued they were entitled to use Peyote in religious serviccs despite the state's claim the use of the drug was in viola tion of California's health and safety code. On I rial were .lack Wondie, 28, of Dinnehito Trading Post, Ariz.; Dun Dee Mez, 52, Lud low, Calif., and Leon B. An derson, Parker Dam, Calif. The three were arrested at a religious service of the Native Church of North America. Of ficers said they found 30 per sons there, some in a stupor. Entitled To Drug The defendants claimed they were entitled to use Pey ote under a charier granted by the stale. But the stale charged the drug, made from a caclus, was a narcotic. A professor, Dr. Omer Slew art of the University of Colo rado, testified during the San Bernardino- trial I hat he "saw" ancient sailing vessels and the Golden Gate Bridge when he sampled the drug during an experiment. Prosecutor Kenneth Pike said If "we permit use of Pey ote, it could open the door to national chaos. Some religious sects would eventually be us ing heroin." Bui A. L. Wiren. a defense attorney, charged the Indians were denied due process of law, and said the case may de cide whether the white man lakes away the Indians' re ligion as he did Indian land. Superior Judge Carl B. Mil liard said he would hand down a decision Nov. 21). Klsewhere. there were these devclopmcnls: Princei Prince Philip o f Great Hrilain visiled San Francisco lo attend that city's "London Week" celebration and a meeting of the English Speaking Union. During the week-long sIh.v, the prince viewed a display of modern art. look in the University of California, and presided over a discussion of the pros ami cons of Great Britain's entry into the European Common Market. He expressed partic ular interest in a plaque which commemorated the ar rival of Sir Francis Drake in northern California waters in 15711. Communist: A plump, grand motherly I. a i h r op, Calif., housewife tcslilioit she re ceived up to S225 a month plus thr cost of pics and cakes she baked at parly meetings during nine years as a Com munist, informer for Hie Fill. Mrs. Lulu Mar Thompson tes tified before the Federal Sub versivr Activities Control Hoard in San Francisco. Thr hoard held hearings on a uov ernment demand that Albert .1. Lima. M. Oakland, alleg edly Ihe northern California dislrirt chairman of the Com munist parly, tie required to register as a Communist. Nnrcolici; The Supreme Court refused to reconsider lis decision o( June 2.) striking down a California law which made it a crime to lie a nar cotics addu-t. The June opto ion held H 2 that to nnpi isuii a man lor merely bring an addict is "cruel and unusual punishment" and in violation of the eonsliliition. Rockets: The American Rocket Society held its annual convention In Los Anclr During the mrellng thsrirtv lists discussed, among other things, the possibility of exist ence of intelligent life on planets other than Earth. O'Brien: Academy award winner Willis H. O'Brien, who created the classic movies "King Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young," died at the age BLM Sells Three Tracts of Timber Three tracts totalling 17, 804,000 board feet of timber were sold at an oral auction held by the Medford district of the bureau of land man agement last week. The total sale price was $373, 1 rtG.HS. Tract No. 1 in Curry county contained 8,216,0011 hoard feet and was purchased by the Robert Dollar company of Glendale, without competi tion, for $13,(170.40. Bale Lumber company of Merlin purchased a tract of 0,2,13,000 board feet on Silver creek in Josephine cnunly for $200,795. There were no competitive bids. Lehrmann Logging com pany of Gold Hill submitted the high bid for the Moon Prairie salvage sale In Jack son county, northeast of Hyatt lake. .This tract of 355,000 board feel of Douglas-fir and while fir brought a price of $8.(171.25. Continental Lumber com pany was the unsuccessful bidder. The Medford district will offer seven tracts, totalling 40,712.000 board feet for sale December 13. The ap praised price of the tracts is $(i.'!3,37(i.l0. Medford Man Appears In Central Poinf Court Central Point -- Gregory Blair Wolfe, 18, of 55 Quincy St., Medford. was given a six months suspended sentence when he appeared In Central Point municipal court last week on a charge of illegal possession of alcoholic bever ages. The case of Arthur Hill Gil inure, 111, of 45 South Barne burg rd., Medford, who is charged with illegal posses sion of alcoholic beverages, is pending. of 7fi in Hollywood. O'Brien also used his unusual camera techniques in many other novel films, including "Lost World," and "Last Days of Pompeii." Chessman: The estate of Caryl Chesman, kidnap-rapist executed in 1960, was divided among those who fought to save him from the San Quen tin gas chamber. The estate, mostly royalties from h i s books, amounted to $12,488, but expenses reduced this to $7,593. Rosalie Ashcr, Chess man's chief attorney, received $2,839; attorney George Da vis, $2,072; attorney A. L. Wiren, $1,837, and private de tective William Linharl, $R42. Plane: Two private air planes collided In flight over the southern California desert near Baker, killing four oc cupants of one plane. The sec ond plane made a successful emergency landing and none of its four occupants were hurt. Both planes were bound for Las Vegas, Nev., from Los Angeles county. LoCigno: Sam Frank Lo Cigno, twice tried for murder in the 1959 slaying of Jack (The Enforcer) Wlialen, was convicted in Los Angeles of vol u n t a r y manslaughter. A judge handed down the de cision on the basis of the tran script of LoCigno's second trial earlier this year. LoCigno was convicted of murder in I960 but the decision was re versed. A second jury failed to reach a verdict. Consumers Are Warned About Inflated Prices Exaggerated claims of some "so-called" catalog housei should not fool consumers, ac cording to Don McNeil, Med ford Chamber of Commerce manager. "According to the National Better Business bureau, with which the chamber is affiliat ed through membership, many of these claims are as phony as the proverbial three-dollar b i 1 1," McNeil said. McNeil said the warning is not directed at catalog selling, President Notes National Week Presentation of a child's painting to President John F. Kennedy last week marked National Retarded Children's week which started Thursday. The presentation was made by David Jordalen, nine-year old poster child for the Na tional Association for Retard ed Children. The painting was to show the child's progress in school. W. W. Smith, president of the Jackson County Associa tion for Retarded Children, welcomed the presidential rec ognition of National Retarded Children's week as "one more indication of the great forces now at work in behalf of the mentally retarded." In Jackson county there are an estimated 250 retarded children and adults. The local association is working in their behalf to provide them wilh a well-rounded program to meet their needs. County Selected as Conference Location Jackson county will be the site of the 1963 fall conference of the department of class room teachers of the Oregon Education association, the OEA has announced. The county was chosen be cause of interest shown by the educational leaders of Jackson county in the OEA department. The department of class room teachers in the largest OEA department with about 16,000 members. Any class room teacher with OKA mem bership is automatically a member of the department. Jackson county was repre sented with 22 delegates at a conference in Bend this year. Gunn Elected Head Of Last Man's Club Ororpp Ctunn was circled president of the Last Mans club at a recent mcetini;. H, Rnrnhart was elected vice president, and Fred Knox, .secretary-treasurer. A moment o silent prayer was observed and a toast given 1n members who have died. Thirty-five of the oris inal lflfi members are still active. Twenty-eight members have died. The club was organized in Medford May 211. 19H7, and holds its annual meetings in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. This year's banquet was held at the' Grotto. UNICEF Halloween Drive Nets $952 The United Nations' Chil dren's Emergency Fund raised $952 from Medford and neigh boring towns during the Hal loween trick or treat collec tion. Ashland provided $93 of this. Sixteen Sunday schools took part in the program. Some had parties and work shops for children. The St. Mary's school, as well as classrooms in the Medford school district, help ed considerably, and some youth groups and many neigh borhood mothers assisted in thr Halloween collections. The local UNICEF commit tee consisted of Mrs. Rease Braley, Mrs. Mans Gibbons, Mrs. R. B. Thierolf. Mrs. Ar thur Barber and Mrs. Don W'halin. COMPLETES ORIENTATION Army Second Lt. Fred W. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Greene, route 1, Eagle Point, completed an eight-week officer orientation course recently at the Armory Center, Ft. Knox. Ky. Lieutenant Greene is a 1957 graduate of Medford High school and a 1962 graduate of Oregon State university. Hp is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Preicnt occupancy has mads it necessary to activate our third patient wing. To provide a complela community tarvica, initial planning in cluded In this wing taction epcilly adapted to th naedi of th ged parton who l capabl of moit details of self cart, but who finds It untdvitabl to attempt a horn situation. This area it adjacent ts lounging, patio and garden areas. Capabl parsonnxl diractad by th professional nursing itaff will ha In constant attandanca. Wa offar this accommodation at two-hundred dollars per month. Your inspection Is Invited. HAWTHORNE CONVALESCENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER 625 Stevens Street Medford Phone 773-7711 since It Is a respected form of merchandising. But it does pinpoint those houses which misrepresent savings through use of inflated regular prices. For example, he said, an article offered for a "special sale price of $2.24" is de scribed as selling regularly for $9.95. The difference of $7.71 is misrepresented as a saving. The regular price Is actually fictitious, McNeil pointed out. In a recent complaint, the Federal Trade commission charged that a catalog house's alleged "wholesale" price ac tually exceeded the usual price at which the goods sold in the trade area where the claim was made, McNeil said. Dress for Dinner 7496 mmm Flight Engineer's Error Noted in Plane Ditching New York IUPD The pilot of the Flying Tiger Airlines Constellation that ditched In the North Atlantic last Sep tember testified Wednesday that his flight engineer made an "inadvertent mistake" dur ing the crucial moments pre- Mf. Angel Students To Attend Party Several Ml. Angel college students and faculty will ar rive in Medford today to host a "Sundae Party" at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Burich, 2303 Hillcrest rd. The party, which is being given for local high school juniors and sen iors, will be held from 2 to 4 o'clock this afternoon. Featured fare at Sundae Parties, which are held in cities throughout the North west, will be ice cream sundaes do-it-yourself varieties with mounds of ice creams and varieties of toppings. Some entertainment will be provided by college students and guests will be able to take a colored-slide trip through the college. Medford High graduate Marlene Klym, Gold Hill, will be among MAC students at the party. ceding the forced landing at sea. Capt. John D. Murray, 44. was the key witness in the : opening session oi a civu Aeronautics board hearing. His flight engineer, James E. Garrett, was one of 28 per sons died in the Sept. 23 trag edy. There we're 48 survivors, including three of the eight man crew. Stopped No. 1 Engine Murray said that when the No. 3 engine burst into flame, Garrett made an "inadvertent mistage" by pulling a switch which stopped the No. 1 en gine. "I glanced back over my shoulder and saw the flight engineer returning the shut off valve of the No. 1 engine," Murray said. "The engineer said some thing to me at this time that he had inadvertently pulled the No. 1 shut-off valve by mistake. We were in a critical situation down to two en gines then a fire warning light indicated trouble in the No. 2 engine, which was then shut off." He said he heard a "thud" from the left side of the plane and the "fire warning" light stayed on. That was when he knew they were going to have to ditch the plane into the ocean, so he radioed a Mili tary Air Transportation Serv ice plane circling overhead to try to fix his position. He said it was at this time that he "made an announce ment to the passengers that I was ditching." This testimony disagreed with a CAB report (hat Mur ray did not inform the passen gers of his plans to ditch the plane. The plane took off from MacGuire Air Force Base, N.J., as a MATS flight to Rhein Main Air Force Base, Frankfurt, Germany, Its pas sengers were military person nel and their dependents. FLYING A HEATING OIL Serviceman for repair & service of oil heat units. Thrifty Green Stampi if bills paid by 1 0th of month. WOOD Hardwood & Body Fir NAUMES EQUIPMENT & FUEL 2840 So. Pacific Hwy. 772-6223 3 Picture this apron In red, bright pink or yellow and while - cheerful, charming! Compliment - catcher! Rose garlands, plus contrast, dress up bib, half apron. Pattern 749(5; embroidery trans f e r; pattern pieces; directions. THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for 1st- class mailing. Send to Alice Brooks, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Needle craft Dept., P.O. Box 163, Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM BER. 1963's Biggest Ncedlrcrafl Show stars smocked acces sories - it's your new Needle craft Catalog! Plus over 200 fresh-to-you designs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroi der, quilt. Plus free pattern. Send 25c now! tar r Your Favorite Beverages in The Florentine Room C 0 L OUN Y Elegant Dining at Popular Prices" Plan a family dinner at Medford's newest and most beautiful restaurant. Family din ners served today from noon on (all chil dren under 12 half price). Complete dinners featuring a wide selection of favorite foods. Make your reservations now for Thanksgiving day. FOURTH and FRONT (Former Port o' Call Location) For Reservations Call . . . 779-1616 MM:iMumMk,-.ltlr JX 1 :7 V t NEVER A BETTER TIME . . . to start saving money The youngster who learns early that the differ ence between wishing and having is saving . , . is headed in the right direction ! Teach your child the importance of thrift by opening a savings account . . . and the sooner the better. JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN. Home Office - 2 East Main, Medford Ashland Branch - 337 East Main, Ashland JCF r
