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'?. vvV Gold Rey Some 100 Persons Evacuated During Height of Storm Mother Nature evened the score this week end when Jackson county-whtch receiv ed only relatively minor dam age in the Columbus day storm - was soaked by more than three inches of rain in 24 hours. Today county residents are cleaning up after the flood which forced the evacuation of persons in the Eagle Point area. Gold Hill, Sogue River, Grants Pass, and other lowly ing areas. Additional storm pictures are on pages 3A, 5A and 9A. Ironically, between 400 and 500 Medford residents were without water for about 30 minutes Sunday afternoon when an eight-inch water main under Bear creek broke. Major damage was to busi nesses and homes was caused by small streams overflowing, flooding streets. A total of 3.77 inches of rain fell during the week end according to the Medford office of the weather bureau. In Eagle Point almost every home along Little Butte creek from north of the city through town itself south to Highway 62 had to be evacu ated, starting at 8 a.m. Sun day. Small Buildings Many trees and small build ing were washed away by the overflowing creek and many walls of homes on B and C sts., the two streets parallel ing the creek in Eagle Point, were damaged. Numerous basements were flooded. One house was moved off its foun dation. Red Cross officials report ed 100 persons evacuated from their homes at the peak of the flooding Sunday throughout the county. The majority of them have return ed ta their homes today. In Phoenix, Coleman creek, which runs west of the city, flowed down Fourth st. Sun day morning. Trash and sticks plugged two six-foot road pipes causing the creek to overflow at that point. Many residents reported having to put sandbags in areas to turn water into irrigation ditches. Water was reported in some of the Phoenix stores. Within the city of Medford many downtown stores re ported water in their base ments and some of the first floors were flooded. Water was several feet deep in places along Central ave. and Riverside ave. early Sunday. High water forced closure of the major bridges across Bear creek within the city, but had subsided sufficiently so that all barricades were re moved and streets have been tllMS OM Rains Can (JEWSrChBRIEFS TAFT-HARTLEY LAW INVOKED IN STRIKE C'owd from the city oi Wahington-aTli-Pridnt Knndy today invoked the!R!?"e River to the Savage Taft-Hrt!y Law in th labor diiput inoling th Lock-1 RPicis dam aUhe couniy line h a Aircraft Corp. tnd th International Auociation of and there was considerable Machinists. NAVY CARRIER. PASSENGER SHIP COLLIDE Lono Beach, Calif'tf!-Th Ny carrier Kesrsarg col lided with the peisenger liner Orient in the fog today, but one building was swept away, the Hay eid there were no immediate reports of cuualtiet. Hardest Hit j In Grants Pass itself, hard- MOTION FOR HOFFA ACQUITTAL OVERRULED lest hit was the southwest area, Na'hrille, Tenn.-HPI-Federal Judge William Miller today ! where numerous homes were overruled motion for directed verdict of acquittal in the evacuated. Civil defense au Sl million conspiracy trial of Teamsters Union President thorities reported evacuating lemes Hotf a. 1 2dhome, but other residents U'V bridge spanning the Rogu r. m. y vA t H i i mmta s eans Up After Week End se NEED A BOAT This picture was taken Sunday after noon across from the Medford Shopping, center looking west towards Hawthorne park. This scene was repeated throughout Medford and the county yesterday as flood re-opened, according to Ver non Thorpe, city engineer, A number of box drains and culverts throughout the city were damaged or washed out, Thorpe said. Pipe culverts at Springbrook and Roberts rds. were washed out completely, he added. Exceed 1955 Flood It will be several days be fore flood damage to city and county property will be known.. City Manager Rob ert Duff said that the damage to the city would exceed the flood of 1953-1956, but would probably not be as great as the damage sustained in the 1927 flood. Both Duff and Thorpe stat ed that it was not Bear creek which caused the major dam age, but rather flood waters which came into the city from the northwest part of town. One of these crossed town and flowed across the Eighth st. bridge, flooding the area at the east end of the bridge. The Medford water main which broke, is near the north end of Jackson st. bridge, ac cording to Robert Lee, city water superintendent. The main was closed off and serv ice restored, but the main will not be repaired until next spring, he said. Damage to Interstate 5 was limited to erosion and wash ing near box culverts except in Medford. Top soil was the major loss, some having been seeded. Under the Main st. bridge, some 100 feet of curb ing was washed sway. AROUND THI OlOlt - le nver Flooding in South Pacific railroad tracks were washed out in two places near Elk Lumber company and for one-quarter of a mile south of Medford near Phoenix. Some 2,000 feet was washed out on the branch line between Tolo and White City. Some parts of the valley escaped with very little dam age. In Central Point and Prospect some streets were flooded. Highway Closed Green Springs highway was the only main route clos ed this morning, according to Oregon State police. Emigrant creek bridge was washed out and traffic is be ing detoured over Dead In dian rd. Motorists were ad vised to carry chains as there is snow on the road. Brownsboro road 3'i miles north of Eagle Point was washed out and Sams Valley highway, Lake of the Woods and the road between Eagle Point and Lake Creek are closed. Bob Carstensen, county en gineer, reported crews work ing throughout the county. Irrigation district officials are surveying damage to their ditches. Some 1,500 acre feet of water was added to How ard Prairie lake. Emigrant lake was shut off early Sun day, reducing the flow of Bear creek. Josephine county was not as hard hit by flooding as Jackson county, but the Rogue river overflowed its banks west of Grants Pass, necessitating evacuation of many homes and closure of Lower River rd. on the north bank. East of Grants Pass in Jack son county, the Rogue River highway, old Highway 98, damage to recreation area es tablishments along that road. At Bob's Marina, seven miles east of Grants Pass, all but .is. waters crossed highways. The high water didn't stop the curious as police were hampered in many areas by motor ists. (Knackstedt photo) Hood River Youth Edits Father Who Murdered Mother Hood River - ftfPB - A 50-i year-old log scaler shot and killed his wife and then was kiiied by their 13-year-old son here Saturday. The victims were Stanton Lyons and his wife, Jose phine, 47. Sheriff Rupert Gillmouthe said Lyons shot his wife with a .22 caliber automatic pistol and then died when Robert Lyons fired a shotgun blast into his chest and shot him under the chin with a .22 bul let from an over-and-under type weapon. No charges will be pressed against the boy, the sheriff said. Gillmouthe said Robert and his i 6-year-old brother, Bruce, told this story: Lyons started drinking early in the day and got in an argument with Bruce. Bruce left the home and went to radio station KIHR nearby. Lyons then locked himself in his bedroom and told his wife through the door that he was loading his gun. Robert went into his room and got his own evacuated themselves. Mer chants donated the use of trucks to aid in the evacua tion, and county officials opened up the county fair grounds buildings to store evacuated items. In the northeast section of Grants Pass, Jones creek spilled over info irrigated ca nals, flooding driveways and lawns in the area. City crews sandbagged the water away from most homes, however. r.ratit Pass auihnritipi naid 2.98 inches of rain fell in the 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Sunday. The Redwood highway, U.S. IS, was reported partially blocked by a slide in Califor nia, a few miles south of the Oregon state line, near Idyl-! flooded furnace, according to wild. Trucks were reported j The Very Rev. Cari Mai, par getting through but autot j ish priest. He said the aehooi were being held up tempor-j could not b opened before Jriiy. i Wednesday at the earliest. Willi J.',L . OHMHMPV Eighth t. bridge Sunday noon Areas gun, then went into the bath room. He told sheriff he heard his father come out, heard some shots, and then looked up to see his father pointing tiie pistol at him. Robert shot his father in the chest with the shotgun, but Lyons kept firing until he emptied the pistol. Robert then shot his father again, this time with the ,22 barrel of the weapon. Lyons fell and the boy ran to the radio station to teil his bro ther. The boys were placed in the homes of friends. Bruce was wounded in snooting in the home about a year ago, the sheriff said. He was hurt while attempting to take a gun away from his mother. Three Area Schools Forced To Close Public schools tn Eagle Point and Rogue River were closed today, as was St. Mary's High school in Med ford. St, Mary's grade school was open. Most of the closed schools except St. Mary's high, were expected to be open tomorrow providing there was no heavy rain to night. In Eagle Point and Rogue River the closure was caused by the inability of school buses to travel rather than ! W damage to We school 1 themselves. Numerous roads in the Eagle Point and Rogue River Evans Valley areas were washed out or were otherwise impassable. The closure of St. Mary's high school was because of a .1; 'r.. Lumber-Laden Vessel Smashed On Coos Jetty Coos Bay -iW- The Alaska Cedar, a 256-foot vessel load ed with lumber, was dashed onto the north jetty in heavy seas here Sunday but its crew of 24 men was rescued, . A helicopter helped in the rescue. The vessel, owned by W, R. Chamberlin Co, of Portland, was carried onto the jetty aft er crossing the bar. It had picked up a load of lumber at the Georgia-Pacific Corp. at Coos Bay and was headed for Crescent City, Calif. One witness said the ship appeared to lose power snd floundered in the heavy seas. Seven crewmen were taken to a hospital st North Bend with minor injuries. California Crew They were Capt. Noren Hall, 47, Anaheim, Calif.; James Morris, 43, and Aaron Todalm, 39, both of San Ped ro, Calif.; Arthur VineiS, 58, Long Beach, Calif,; Charles Caristed Jr., 36, Paccima, Cal if., and James Berry, 34, and John Hoy, 80, both of Wil mington, Calif. The stricken ship, which was built ta 1843, was badly damaged. It was being smash ed by heavy waves. Earl McKiilop, 38, Stiver ton, a crew member, nearly was drowned aboard the ves sel. He said water poured into hig cabin through a porthole. Water Up to Neck "I thought I was a goner," he told a newsman, "I cauidni get the door ta my cabin open and the water was up to my neck. Thank God, someone opened the door from the oat- side." Helping in the rescue was Jim Klotz. a pilot for the Evergreen Helicopter Co. of MeMinnviiie. Klofz had been working in the area and was eaiied in to heip. He secured a tine from the ship to the jetty and then ferried the crew members to a Coast Guard lifeboat station, Boiling of Wafer Urged in Areas Residents of Phoenix and Gold Hili were urged to boil their water today. In Gold Hilt, Mayor Milton Steinmetz said a water con servation order he issued yes terday is still in effect until further notice. Residents here are asked to help conserve the water supply that is in the city s two reservoirs. The present water supply must be conserved for both domestic and fire protection use," he stressed. He urged s-opie to boil their water. Tests are being made io deter mine whether or not the wa ter is contaminated. No water has been pumped from the Rogue river into the reservoirs since yesterday be cause of the high water level. The water pumps and water chtorinator system has been pulled out of the river. In Phoenix residents were asked to boil their water un i til tonight. The city water sys tem come from wells. The city watermaster was advised to increase the amount of chlorine in the wa ter for about one week. In Medford water suppiy, the amount of chiorine is ex pected to be cut in half today, Robert Lee, city water super intendent said. Mart Questioned in Carvallis Robbery Eugene - KfS - A man heid here on a Clackamas county robbery warrant was ques tioned today in the Saturday night robbery of a Corvaiils store fn which five persons were fled up in a back room. Held here was Mareeflu; Winters, 38. Police arrested him late Saturday night st he returned to his residence hcret Mfev:.? 5Rt-;.T7T Regional Edition Medford IS Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1962 No, 21? ussia Stevenson Trade Story Brings Angry Reaction Washington - W - The! White House reacted angrily to a published report that Am bassador Adiai E. Stevenson had favored trading U.S. mt& slle bases in Turkey, Italy and Britain for Soviet missile sites ta Cuba during the Cuban crisis. . 1 White House Press Secre tary Pierre Salinger said he could "stats flatly" that Ste venson "strongly supported the decision taken by the President on the Quaran tine Tile charge was made ta an article in the Saturday Eve ning Post written by Stewart Aisap, Its Washington editor, and Charles Barletl, corres pondent, columnist and inti mate friend of President Ken nedy. Caliad Inaceurafa A spokesman for Steven son in New y&rs. sunaay night denied the report as Inaccurate and untrue. The arflcie led today to a discussion in Salinger's of fice not only about the posi tion and status of Stevenson, but of Kennedy's relations with a close personal friend who also writes for newspa pers and magazines. Stevenson was at tne White House during the morn ing for a meeting of the Ra tional Security Council Ex ecutive Committee, Reporters saw him as he ieft the Pres ident's office and asked him if he had discussed the Satur day Evening Post article with Kennedy, "The President brought it up and toid me about the statement he is going to is sue," the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said. "I had cot read the article carefully, but I've read it enough to find five inaccu racies in rapid succession." The statement to which Set venson referred came not from Kennedy, but from Sal inger. The press secretary said; Proceedings of the Nation al Security Council have been secret since Its founding in 1947 and will continue to be The various positions of mem ber of the NSC taken during deliberations must also re main secret in order to per mit access by the President to the frankest expression o views. "I can state flatly, however, that Ambassador Stevenson strongiy supported the deci sion taken by the President on the quarantine ana eriS iiantiy developed the United States position at the United Nations during the days which followed. He also played the key role in the negotiations at the United Nations on the Cuban matter." Veteran Sank Robber Seized in Hofiyw&od Hollywood - CPS - Veteran bank robber John Kinehlose De Jarnette, who boasted he would never be taken aifve, was captured early today by TBI agent. The FBI only re cently placed him on its 10 mtt wanted list. ... -.r ' Barneit rJ. bridge dwrmg flood moving IPS rss-r Missile Barttett's coauthorship of I the article was noted with in- the Defense Department sn terest in Washington because f f of his eiose friendship p""--Kennedy over many years. Assistant Defense Seere The Washington Post thisltery Arthur Sylvester said morning noted that Bartlett, Ithat a Soviet gliip has been. iPultSier prize wtastag cer - respondent of the Chattanooga Times and other- newspapers, was the first to print that Ken- nedy wanted to remove Chest er gowies from the post of undersecretary of state. According to the While House, neither Bartietf or Ai- sop talked with either Ken nedy or Stevenson in prepara tion of the Saturday Evening Post article. Statistics Given On Valley Storm Big threat ef second heavy rain on the heeis of, the heaviest 24-hour downpour on record appeared over with the forecast from the REedfora station ot the U, S, weather bureau station at the airport. The weather bureau predicted rain iikeiy late Tuesday or early Wednesday, A total of 3,?7 Inches of rain feil here on Saturday and Sunday with 3.8S inches frost 8 p.m, Saturday ta 8 p.m, yes terday. Rainfall was 3.30 from midnight to midnight Sunday. Previous high 24-heiir precip itation was on Jan, 20 and 2i( 1843 when 3.IT were record ed. The 3.7? inches for the two days exemierl by 8.S of an inch the 3.88 for three days at the time of the December 1SS5 flood. The local wealher station recorded .33 of an inch from p.m. Saturday until mid night, .68 from midnight to 4 a.m. Sunday, I.B4 front 4 to IS a.m. yesterday, .88 from J8 s.m. to 4 p.m. and .02 from 4 p.m. to midnight Rogue river crested at 4:45 p.m. yesterday at iS.? feet at Gold Ray dam. This was 1,1 feet above flood stage. Crest was 27,2 at 8 pjn, at Grants Pass, 5.2 over flood stage. Last reading at Dodge bridge on the Rogue yesterday after noon 6.3. tis crest figure was obtained by the weather bureau. Flood stage is S feet. The Anniegaie river crested at 34.2 at 4 n.m. at the Apple gate store. Sank ieveS is eight feet. Soviet Union Neutral Tst Geneva-iW-The Soviet Un ion today rejected neutral na tions proposais for s nuclear test ban. Soviet delegate Semyon K. Tsarapfclrt turned down the neutrals plan when the 1T nation Disarmament Confer ence met In its 88th pieanary session. The neutral proposals. Tsarapkin said. So not re flect the Soviet position." He added that the neutrals pistf Jfss "an attempt to apply n Price 10 Cents Tribune PhofographsShow Fuselages on Decks of Ships Washington - tM - Russia has begun shipping lis IL28 jet bombers home from Cuia, 1 photographed and pictures showed the fuselages of three o the Reel bombers on its deck. The ship, identified ss the Okhopsk, was proceeding off the north coast of Cuba at the time if was photographed. Syivester said. That was Dse, i, Sitmsntiins Vniar Way. He also said that analysis of information avsilswe to the U.S. government shew that on Hoy, 30 the disman tling of IL28s was under way at San Julias Airfield, Under terms ef Soviet Pre mier Kikita Khrushchev's re cent promise to President Kennedy, all the 1L2S twin engine bombers, estimated at between 30 and 48, are to be off the isisnsi by Bee, 28, The IL28 is s subsonic Jet homber with a radius of op eration of about 750 miles, The bombers were detest ed tn Cuba at about the same time that American recon naissance pilots discovered the build-up of baiilstie mis sile base on the Island ta October, Kennedy placed Srst pri ority on removal of the mis siles but also categorised th bombers as offensive weapons and demanded their removal las well. On Western Tip The San Juiian Airfield where the lL28s were seen be ing dismantled is on the west ern Up U Cuba, The Defense Department said it was unable immediate ly to identify any other air fields where IL28s had been seen. A spokesman said that they had "appeared and reap peared in different places." He deeiined to say whether they had been seen flyfeg over the island. Uefoff Seeks To Biock Private Mh Sheep Washington - - I nterisr Secretary Stewart L. Udatt today sought to block private construction of the high Mountain Sheep dam on the Snake river between Idaho and Oregon, Rejects Bart Plan Western control measures io the proposed test ban agree ment and therefore guiie un acceptable to the Soviet Un ion. A Western delegation spokesman said the Soviet stand appeared to bioek any chance of test ban agree, ment before Christmas. The Russian turn clown came shertiy after the Unit ed States had said it is in terested in the neatrsl pro posals for resoiving th test ban deadioek, f
