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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.
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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.
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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
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Wa offar this accommodation at two-hundred dollars per month.
Your inspection Is Invited.
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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.
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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.
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