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Newspaper Page Text57th Year Price 10 Cents tyreaon sues Tribune EDFORD doho Power 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1962 No. 211 Regional Edition M $2.3 Million Demanded For Alleged Fish Losses Salcm-fllPD-Oregon Atty. Gen. Robert Y Thornton revealed today he has filed a com plaint demanding $2.3 million from Idaho Power company for alleged fish losses re sulting from construction of Oxbow dam on the Snake river. Thornton brought the action in his own name but "on behalf of the sovering state of Oregon." He charged Idaho Power and Morrison Knudsen Co., builders of the dam, were guilty of negligence and carelessness in construction of a fish trap during work on the dam, The action was filed with the Federal Power Commission Oct. 10. Idaho Power already has filed an answer and a petition to dismiss the action. The company contends Thornton has no power to bring the action, and denies any negligence. Thornton seeks to have Ore gon compensated for the "loss of several thousand salmon" killed during construction of Oxbow during August of 1958. No hearings have been set yet by the FPC. For the past several years Thornton has attempted to en list the aid of Washington and Idaho in a joint action against the power company. Thornton said Washington Atty. Gen. John J. O'Connell has been ready to act, but Idaho Atty. Gen. Frank L. Benson hasn't been interested. Request Ignored On Jan. 3, 1961, Thornton wrote Oregon Gov. Mark Hat field and asked him to include tlie matter in a "summit meet ing" on fish of the governors of Oregon, Washington and Idaho called by Hatfield. This was not done. Then on Oct. 12, 1961, Thornton asked Hatfield for permission to hire a special attorney jointly with Wash ington to file suit in federal district court in Portland for $5,000 damages. Hatfield refused, and point ed out the loss was a contin uing one, and that such a set tlement would deprive Oregon of the chance to gain further damages. Thornton 'Forgot' The case remained inactive until last month, when Thorn ton filed his petition with the federal agency. Thornton, a Democrat who lost his bid for the governor ship to Hatfield in the "Nov. 6 election, said he "forgot to mention the matter in the press of pre-election activity," when asked why the FPC fil ing had not been announced earner. Thornton said he based his action on a provision of the federal power act which makes a licensee liable for damage occasioned to the property of another as the re sult of construction of a dam. Medford Firm Bids Low on Fire Alarm Federal Automatic Alarms, 389 Madrona lane, Medford, was the apparent low bidder on providing an automatic fire alarm system for the Jackson county farm home. The company's low bid was $1,915, including equipment and installation. Other bidders were Fire Fyter Sales and Service, Med ford, $2,440; Electronic Serv ice, 124 South Fir st., Medford, $3,495; and Western Electric Fire Alarm company, Van couver, Wash., $3,514. The county court directed Purchasing Coordinator Wil liam Cochran and Bill Robles, Grants Pass, deputy fire mar shall to check specifications submitted and make a recom mendation. Installation of the closed circuit automatic fire alarm system was recommended by the deputy fire marshal fol lowing an inspection of the farm home. Freight Train Hits. Loaded Oil Truck Chandler, Tex. -0IPD- A Cot ton Belt freight train hit a truck loaded with 6,000 gal lons of crude oil today, setting off an explosion and fire that destroyed the locomotive and truck and killed three train crewmen. PORTUGUESE TRANSPORT S!EWS(!)BRIEFS ITIMJ FROM M0UNB TH' 0l" Sao Tome. Portuguese Weil Alrica-'IPI'-A Portuguete ir tore four-engined transport crashed shortly alter taking off from this Equatorial island off West Africa today, killing 18 of the 32 persons aboard. LOCKHEED, UNION RESUME NEGOTIATIONS Burbank. Cslif.-m-Lockhed Aircraft Corp. and the International Association of Machinists resumed negotiations today in last-ditch effort to evert a strike scheduled for Wednesday. NUCLEAR ENERGY AS FUEL DISCUSSED Washington rPI The Atomic Energy Commission has laid down guidelines for the development of nuclear energy is he nation's industrial fuel by Jhe 1980s. Policy of India On Uneasy Truce Remains Clouded New Delhi tUPD The Indian army is still patrolling and still "in contact" with the Chinese along the cease fire line established by the Com munists on the northeast fron tier, a Defense Ministry spokesman said today. The spokesman refused to say whether there was any shooting by the Indian pa trols, continuing the policy of not revealing the Indian stand on the cease fire. But it was apparent that the uneasy truce put into ef fect by Peking Wednesday still Ftood as United Stales and British fact-finding mis sions arranged defense aid talks with Indian officials. A brief communique said "there is nothing else to re- Cubans Enter Innocent Pleas In Sabotage Plan New York - (UNI - Twj Cu bans arrested last weeH end after the FBI uncovered a plot by the Fidel Castro re gime to sabotage U. S. de fense installations, pleaded in nocent today. The case of a third Cuban was held over for a hearing next Tuesday after his attorney claimed he had diplomatic immunity. Mario Sueiro and Jose Gar cia Orellana were held in lieu of $50,000 bail each after they pleaded innocent before Federal Judge Edward Wein- feld. Held Without Bail Roberto Santiesteban, an at tache to the Cuban UN mis sion, was held without bail after his attorney, Leonard Boudin, moved for the hear ing next week to determine whether his client had diplo matic immunity. The three were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury. Santiesteban was named a defendant because the United States claimed the State Department had not yet granted him diplomatic im munity. He had been sent to the United States only re cently. Diplomats Return Two Cuban diplomats in volved in the alleged sabo tage ring returned to Cuba Monday after the State De partment, which had granted them immunity, demanded their removal from the coun try. Hie indictment named them as part of the conspiracy but could not name them as defendants because of their immunity. Santiesteban was reported to be the leader of the ring. The other two diplomats al legedly supplied the weapons with which the ring was to carry out the sabotage. The weapons cache was un covered last week end in a Manhattan store. If convicted, the three could receive maximum sentences of 10 years in prison and $15,000 fines on the two counts. PLANE CRASHES port," indicating there is now no shooting by either side. Communist China, in a Peking Radio broadcast heard in Tokyo, charged that two Indian air force planes took "provocative a c t i on" over Communist positions Thurs day in the western sector of the border, but said the Chi nese did not fire on the planes "in accordance with their or ders to cease fire." Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru avoided taking a stand on the Chinese cease fire and offer of talks, but it was ap parent that Indian as well as Chinese troops were observ ing the truce. Nehru warned in a speech Thursday night, however, that "the war with China will be a long drawn out affair and it may take years." Nehru today told parlia ment there had been no fir ing and no movement, either to retreat or advance, by Chi nese forces since the procla mation of the cease fire. But he still left unanswered whether Indian forces have been ordered to hold their fire. The U.S. mission, headed by Assistant' Secretary of State W. Averell Harriman, includes Paul Nitze, assistant secretary of defense for in ternational security, and Gen. Paul Adams, commander of the U.S. Strike Command. Gen. Sir Richard Hull, chief of the imperial general staff, heads the British mission. Line Use Planned To Help Stranded Tillamook - fUPn - Sheriff's deputies planned to rig a breeches buoy today to send food and medicine to three families isolated after Tues day's flood of the Ncstucca river. The Tillamook county Sheriff's office said the fami lies were in the Blaine area, east of the community of Beaver. They were cut off when the river waters swept away private bridges serving their homes. Sheriff's Deputy Ed Zim merman said all three fami lies were contacted by loud speaker Wednesday. He said all were short of food, and that one woman under treat ment for illness, was running short of medicine. The flood came Tuesday afternoon when a dam at Meadow Lake at the head waters of the river in the Oregon Coast range gave way. The waters swept away at least seven bridges and inun dated a number of low-lying homes. Three Persons Die In Oregon Crashes By United Press International Three persons died in traf flce accidents during the Thanksgiving holiday period in Oregon. The victims were Raymond Leslie Wallis, 17, Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Ellen Lusby, 43, San Jose, Calif., and Doyle Hale, 60, Hermiston. The Wallis youth was killed Thursday evening when the car in which he was riding went over a 20-foot bank and struck two trees on a county road north of Myrtle Creek in Douglas county. The driver, James Alvin Byford Jr., 17, Medford. was treated for mi nor injuries. Mrs. Lusby was killed in a three-vehicle accident 47 miles north of Klamath Falls Thurs day. A station wagon in which she was riding collided with a sports car and overturned. A truck trailer then hit '.he sports car. Hale died in a one-car crash on a Umatilla county road one mile south of Hermiston Wed nesday night. He was a pas- ! sengcr in a vehicle which I struck I bridge abutment. Jeamace Freeiaira Stayed j "' H M TO l NewExecution M l On November 30 IwM . t. Vi" -wMi Wmm f1 I; 1 : hW' . M; 1 Lk. iv- FESTIVITIES DAMPENED The "Happy Dragon" soared high above Times Squar in the annual Macy's Thanks giving Day parade in Nqw York. An estimated 250,000 persons stood in doorwayj and under umbrellas to watch . , Heavy Traffic Death Toll Mars Thanksgiving By United Press International Americans settled down tOman of ne Jackson county normal routines and meals again today following the cele bration of Thanksgiving, 1962, which was marred only by a heavy traffic death toll. The menu in millions of homes, however, may not dif fer much from that of Thurs day. Leftover turkey, ham, pumpkin pie and other fare from traditional feasts filled pantries and refrigerators. Aside from big dinners, the centuries-old pilgrim holiday was marked by special church services, parades in many cities, family outings, parties, and football games. Tragic for Some For most - even the service men and women stationed around the world, the under privileged, the shut-ins - it was a festive occasion. For a few, it was tragic. At least 182 persons ware killed in traffic accidents dur ing the 30-hour holiday period that started at 6 p.m. Wednes day and ended last midnight, a United Press International count showed. Fires took 17 lives, and 22 others died in miscellaneous mishaps for -jn over-all fatality toll of 221. The death rale on the roads topped six an hour. California led the carnage with 19 deaths, followed by Texas with 16 and New York with 12. Above Estimate Judging from a normal pe riod of the same length last November, the National Safe ty Council had said 123 per sons could be expected to perish in auto accidents. Five persons, including three sailors reluming to Houston for the holiday, were killed in the nation's worst crash - a two-car, head-on col lision near Livingston, Tex. Roseburg Blood Donors Recruited Roseburg api- Local blood donors and the Civil Air Pa trol will lake part in a medi cal mission next week when the Red Cross bloodmobile visits here. Twenty-four donors with type O positive blood are be ing recruited to provide blood for use in open heart surgery to be performed on a 6-year-old Portland girl. The blood will be flown to Portland by the CAP. The operation will be next Tuesday morning. Espey Working Out Program for State Parks Association Laurancc V. Espey, chair- parks and recreation commis sion, and newly elected presi dent of the Oregon County Parks association, said today he is working on a program for the parks association for the new year. Espey was elected at the recent association meeting in Portland. General theme of the asso ciation meeting featured the services of parks and recrea tion development available to counties from various state and federal agencies, and how and where these could be ob tained. Representing the Jackson county parks and recreation commission were Mrs. Ben Day, Gold Hill, J. F. Eberhart, Ashland, County Commissioner-elect Donald Faber, Cen tral Point, Neil Ledward, parks and recreation director, and Espey. Lucrative Field Glenn Jackson, Oregon state highway commission chair man pointed out that recrea tion is' one of the lucrative fields for the stale. He predict ed a 12 per cent Oregon pop ulation increase in the next 10 years. Oregon is rapidly becoming the vacation land of the west, he added, and parks and recreation areas must be expanded to meet the popula tion and tourist increase ex pected. Jackson also spoke on the various phases of the recrea tion program which must he implemented by the state and counties, such as long-range planning and personnel train ing. Mark J. Pike, Pacific North west regional administrator for the new federal bureau of recreation, discussed the pur pose of state parks and how the state can act as a coordi nating agency between the counties and federal govern ment. WEATHER rnRi:t'AT: Inrrmlnt rlnuill nrt Innlrhl and nrmtlnnul mln Naturriav. I.nw tunlsht 35 40 HUh Saturday nrar V Tf mp. Illth-M VMtrrdav 10 Lowrtl Trill Morning 29 Our Skies Tonight fluntM lodav 4:M p m. Sunrlt inrmtrrnw . VII a rn. MnnnrUr tomorrow . 4 : - H a.m. Nw Mnnn . Nov. Ift Th planrl, Mt-rcurv, It n'w almost dirrrllv hrhlnd the Sun and It InvMnlf. Mrrrurv't dlttanrr from th Kartti today It about 134 million mllci. the rain-spattered 36th annual affair. Wind gusts reached 20 miles per hour and huge helium-filled balloons threat ened to break away until some of the 2,000 marchers help ed hold on to the two lines. (UPI) David Talbolt, recreation di rector for the state highway commission, noted five public agencies have allocated $12, 400,000 for recreation devel opment in Oregon, according to a recent survey. The agen cies include counties, state, forest service, park service and bureau of reclamation. Relates Background R. W. Holloway, chief of information and education for the stale game commission, related the commission's back ground and how it is attempt ing to acquire areas for im provement of water fowl habi tat and boat launching sites in Oregon. Dr. Lynn S. Rodney, chair man of the department of rec reation leadership instruction, University of Oregon, said the facilities of his department would be available to the counties for studies in the field of recreation manage ment. A discussion panel included Irving Anderson, chief of the division of land minerals and recreation, bureau of land management; J. Herbert Stone, regional forester, foiest service; Col. Sterling K. Ei siminger, district engineer, U. S. Army Corps of Engi neers; Thoralf Torkclson, U.S. bureau of reclamation, Boise; Robert A. Finlayson, Oregon field representative for the open space land branch, urban renewal administration; and William Cofield, Soil Conser vation Service, watershed work leader, Portland, 73.9 Per Cent of Voters Voted Nov. 6 Jackson county probably had one of the largest voter turn-outs In the state during the Nov. 6 general election, the county elections depart ment reported today. Local election officials re ported that 73.9 per cent of the registered Jackson coun ty voters cast ballots compar ed to the earlier state wide estimate of approximately 70 per cent. A total of 27,288 pcrons of the Jackson county voter registration o( 38,181 voted Nov. 6. The Republicans had the largest number with 13.783, Democrats 13.025 and miscel laneous was 480. 14 Persons Die As Miner Falls In Maryland Laurel, Md.-IUPII-A United Air Lines Viscount bound from Newark to Washington crashed near here today and state police said all 14 per sons aboard were killed. State Police Sgl'. Joseph Mclsaac said 11 passengers and three crewmen were aboard the flight, No. 297. He said that he understood from reports that the plane apparently blew up in the air. Flaming wreckage fell on a farm, he said. The crash occurred near Clarksvillc, Md., about half way blwecn Baltimore and Washington, and about 18 miles from the capital. Plane Disappeared The Federal Aviation Agen cy in Washington said the prop-jet Viscount disappear ed off the radar scope at Washington National Airport shortly after the pilot was cleared to make his final approach. The weather In the area was clear and sunny. The FAA said air traffic control at National Airport reported no indication of any trouble from the pilot. The area where the plane went down is predominantly farmland. The plane was re ported burning in a heavily wooded area. Solicitations for New Hospital Start The business and industry and special gifts committees of the new Sacred Heart Hos pital Development program started solicitations today. The business and Industry committee is under the chair manship of Murray S. Gardin er, and the special gifts com mittee is under the leadership of Paul W. Haviland. Goal for Gardiner's com mittee is $100,000, and for the special gifts group it is $250, 000, according to program of ficials. The new Sacred Heart hos pital, which is scheduled to start construction In July, 1063, at an estimated cost of $2,123,000, is now In the ad vanced phase of the develop ment program to raise $750, 000 from public subscription. The money will match a $750,000 mortgage to be as sumed by the Sisters of Char ity of Providence, and the le maining $623,000 will come from a Hill-Burton hospital gynt already received. Attorneys Consider Plans for Appeal Madras Circuit Judge Robert Foley today signed an order postponing the sched uled Dec. 6 execution date of Jeannace June Freeman. The Judge granted a petition by Miss Freeman's attorneys asking for postponement at least until Jan. 23. They re quested the time in order to decide whether to appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. Judge Foley ordered Miss Freeman to appear in court here Nov. 30 for resetting of her execution date. The date could be set any time after Jan. 23. Miss Freeman, now being held in Salem, was convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of one of two children thrown into the Crooked Riv er gorge in central Oregon. Would Be First If she is sent to the gas chamber, she will be the first woman executed in Oregon. MissN Freeman, 21, was con victed for the death of Larry Jackson, 6. Also killed was Martha Mae Jackson, 4. The children were those of Mrs. Gertrude Nunez Jackson, 32, who was convicted in the death of the girl and is serv ing a life term. The Oregon Supreme Court, which heard the case on auto matic appeal, affirmed Miss Freeman's conviction and death sentence. Waits Official Word Warden Clarence Gladden said in Salem he had no plans to notify Miss Freeman of her stay of execution, until he gets official word from the Jefferson County Circul Court. This is standard procedure, he said. But he noted that Miss Freeman probably will hear of the stay today unofficially on newscasts. She has a ra dio and a television set in her private cell in the peniten tiary. Leveretfe Building Offices Are Entered Three offices In the Lever ette building, 205 West Main St., were broken Into some time Wednesday night or Thursday morning, according to Medford police. Thieves took an estimated $100 from the ABCO Credit office, room 210, and about $20 in cash from the United Medford Crusade office, room 405, officers said. From the Boy Scout office, room 218, a pair of binocu lars and a small statue of a boy scout were reported missing. A metal eagle, used as an ornament on the top of a flag standard, also was taken. Thieves gained access to the building by breaking the glass in the door on the Grape st. side, officers said. Entrance to the three of fices was made in the same manner. Thieves broke the glass in the office doors and then reached inside and open ed the locks. The burglaries were dis covered by Alvin Eugene Hartley, 726 Welch St., about 9:25 a.m. Thursday. Hartley, a representative of the Ore gon Liquor Control commis sion, also has offices in the Levcrette building. Bill Drafted Public Beach Salcm-WD-The Governor's Committee on Natural Re sources has drafted a bill to change the definition of Ore gon's public beaches. They would become "state recreation areas" rather than state highways. The change would afford Increased protection to the public beaches, according to the committee. The group will consider ac tion on this bill at a meeting here next Thursday, as well as other legislation to be sub mitted to the 1963 legislature. Other proposed bills would: -Increase the membership of the committee to take In thf director of the State Ma Chief Executive Discusses Cuba, Defense Budget Broad Range of Topics on Agenda Hyannis Port, Mass. -IL'PIW The White House said today a meeting between Presi dent Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Mae millan in the near future) was "highly probable." Hyannis Port, Mass.-TOPt)-" President Kennedy today tackled a broad range of gov ernment problems - from Cuba to the big defense bud get for fiscal 1964 - in a ser ies of high level conferences at his Cape Cod home. The chief executive met for an hour with the National Security Council Executive Committee for a general re view of the Cuban situation. This conference was recessed to permit a second meeting devoted largely to the de fensc budget. No New Crisis Acting White House Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher expected the Cuban crisis meeting to resume in tha early afternoon, possibly over lunch with the President who is spending the Thanks giving week end here with his family. The White House said "no new crisis" moved the Chict Executive to call his key con sultants to Cane Cod on a blustery, cold holiday week end. Acting Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher said Ken nedy wanted "a general re view of the Cuban situation." Later in the day the Presi dent also planned another im portant meeting - with De fense Secretary Robert S. Mc- Namara and Budget Director? David E. Bell - to discuss tha large defense budget for fiscal 19B4. Military spending is ex pected to hit another peace time nigh in the new budget which the President must sub mit to Congress In January. Speculation Involves Bell Bell continued to figure prominently in speculation about Kennedy's choice of a successor to Fowler Hamilton as head of the foreign aid pro gram. Announcement of a suc cessor is expected shortly. Hatcher was unaware of any connection between the recent speculation and Bell's pres ence in Hyannis Port today. Called In for the Cuban conference were McNamara. Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; John J. McCloy, head of a special Cuban crisis coordinating team; the under secretaries of state and de fense, plus McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy's special assistant for national security matters. OSU Quiz Team Leaves for East Portland -fliPIl- Oregon Stata University's College Bowl quiz team left here today for a Sunday appearance on a nationally-televised quiz show at New York City. The Oregon State scholars will match answers with Man hattanville Women's Collcga of New York on the General Electric College Bowl. Members of the team ara Clifford R. Dempster and Gary J. Ford, both of Cor vallis, and Fran Freeman and Mrs. Jlidy Wicks Torgerson, both of Portland. Philip J. Bernard Jr. o Sandy is the alternate. Coach Is Dr. James Groshong, a pro fessor of English. The winning team gets a $1,500 scholarship and a re turn appearance on the show. The losing team gets a $500 scholarship. To Change Definition rine Board, and the director of the State Department ot Planning and Development. -Increase control of offroad use of vehicles on public lands. The committee also will hear a report by Louis H. Footc of Forest Grove, of tha Oregon water resources board, on a proposal to permit for- -matlon of broad scale water- . shed or conservancy districts in Oregon. State Rep. Corneli us Bateson (D-Salcm), has . drafted such a bill. Such groups as water con trol districts and soil conser servation districts have rela tively limited power now, ac cording to supporters of tha bill.