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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
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Rains Can
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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
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bridge spanning the Rogu
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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
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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
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Medford
IS Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1962 No, 21?
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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.
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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
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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