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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1962
No. 211
Regional Edition
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$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
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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
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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.
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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.