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M Ml cm Ul Rogue Valley Edition Two Sections 57th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORDJfeTBIBUNE 20 PAGES MEDFORD, umsville Another Girl las Building Gutted Firemen Search Ruins for Bodies Central, S.C. - IUPB - Two freshman girls, one who re portedly re-entered a burning dormitory, were believed kill ed today when flames swept through a 38-room building on the campus of Central Wes leyan Methodist College. The girls' bodies had not been found early today. They were Myrna Stewart, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dcl bert Stewart, Doraville, Ga., and Crystal Bennett, 19, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Lester Bennett, Aumsville, Ore. Returned to Building Firemen today probed the ruins of the three-floor Mc Donald Hall women's dormi tory for the bodies. Students huddling in the lobby of the men's living quarters said Miss Stewart left the build ing, then returned. 'When the fire first broke out," said Dean of Students Dr. Paul Wood, "you could go in and out. She left the building, then went back in. ... No one knows why. She must have been overcomeby smoke. I guess both were." There were 59 persons in the building, including 56 students and three counselors. All escaped without injury and fled to the men's dorm, where a head count .was taken. It did not take long to find out that two of their fellow students were missing. Some knelt and prayed for their safety. The fire was discovered by Carolyn Mattern, who smell cd smoke early today and opened her closet door. The flames leaped out. She fled down the third floor hall, tell ing her roommate and run ning downstairs to spread the alarm. There was no fire box on the top floor. The two girls who appar ently died in the blaze lived without roommate; in quar ters near where the fire was first reported at 2 a.m. (EST). The blaze spread through the top floor and down into the entire building. Later, when firemen began the mopping-up, only two walls and a portion of the first floor remained. The roof had caved in. and both major walls had collapsed. Firemen Respond To Elevator Blaze Central Point-Fire of unde termined cause broke out in the Grange Co-op elevator here last night, but damage was reported as "minor." Three Central Point Fire department trucks responded to the 7:38 p.m. alarm, ac cording to Fire Chief Don Turner. The automatic con trol in the elevator pinpoint ed the location of the fire, in a bin of ground alfalfa. Approximate! one year ago the Grange Co-op was heavily damaged In a fire that destroyed the upper portion of the structure. rrtMS prom INDIA NEARING TEMPORARY TRUCE New Delhi IP! Prime Miniiler Jewaharlal Nehru indicated today 'hat Indie is neering temporary truce arrangement with Communist China but cautioned mem bers of Perliament not to regard the terms n final. ADENAUER TO RESIGN NEXT FALL Bonn. Germany ITI1 Weil German Chancellor Kon red Adcneuer lei it be known today that he will reiign from office next fall and the! Economies Miniiter Ludwig Erherd, who U Tice chancellor, probably will succeed him. FEWER THAN 1.000 POLIO CASES EXPECTED Atlenta. Ga. ID There apparently will be leu than 1 000 cases of colio in the United States this year for the first time since the Public OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1962 No. 223 Coed s in Dorm Fire Allowable Timber Cut Increased in National Forests By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - (Special) - Medford area lumbermen who have joined the industry de mand for more timber at less cost from the national forests received good news today as Secretary of Agriculture Or ville Freeman announced that the allowable cut of Rogue River National forest has been increased by 50 million board feet. The amount of timber that can be cut from all Oregon national forests has been in creased by 170 million board feet. The cut from California forests was increased by 382 Flood Victims To Get Information At Monday Meeting Eaele Point - A meeting for all persons in the Rogue val ley who suffered flood dam age last week end has been srhprinlpH for Mondav at the Eagle Point grade school gym nasium at 8 p.m. At the meeting will be rep resentatives of various agen cies in a position to aid flood damage victims. Harry S. Anderson, loan specialist with the Small Business administration, Port land branch, will be present, as will Eugene Denny of the Farmers Home administration to discuss aspects of disaster loans. A representative from the Internal Revenue scrvic will explain how storm damage may be deducted on income tax returns. Representatives from the Red Cross iind the Jackson county court will also be present. The Faglc Point urange is sponsoring the event, with Charles C. Hoover as chair man. All valley residents inter-osii-H in setting flood control projects on valley streams are invited to attend. Fog Cripples Air Traffic in State Portland -ll'PH- Foe crippled air traffic in Western Oregon again today. The Portland international Airnnrt was shut down most of the day Thursday and again this morning. The loa extended through out Western Oregon, hamper ing auto traflic as wen. How ever, Astoria reported clear conditions. Seattle's airport was re ported open but the fog ex tended into California and shut down air traffic at San Francisco and Sacramento. In California, the fog caus ed a minor ship collision in the Oakland Estuary, and numerous traffic accidents in the San Francisco Bay area. Land, air and sea traffic was disrupted. ) BRIEFS AROUND THI OlOtl Health terrlce began recording million board feet. Three other states were less fortunate. Allowable cuts in Washington state were reduc ed by 9 million, in Montana by 4 million and in Idaho by 1 million board feet. The biggest increase listed for an Oregon forest was Rogue River, with Willam ette's 49 million boost a close second. Klamath National for est, in California, was increas ed by 53 million board feet. Shasta - Trinity forest was boosted by 66 million board feet, and the Six Rivers forest on the California coast was increased by 42 million board feet. The impact of the revisions, then, was to offer lumbermen in the southern Oregon and northern California area the most generous increase in tim ber supply throughout thhe five Pacific coast and North west states in which commer cial logging is a major indus try. The revisions were worked out by the forest service, as directed by President Kenne dy last summer following a conference on lumher prob lems with Sen. Wayne Morse and other congressional Dem ocrats from the Northwest. Building Drawings Are Expected Soon Working drawings and specifications for the new county public health building will be prepared soon, the county court reported this morning. As soon as these are ready the building proposed for the county fairgrounds south of Medford will be put up for bid. The court noted that the state board of health has ap proved that part of the over all plans which include soil tests, title clearance and other information needed before the working drawings are started. Architect Robert J. Keency said the specifications and working drawings will take about 2V4 months to complete. Matching funds for the $144,000 public health center would come from a Hill-Burton allocation. The new build ing would house offices for administration, sanitation, nursing and family and child guidance. Vernonia Crash Takes Two Lives Vernonia, Ore. 'UPIi An el derly woman and her son-in-law were killed in a one-car accident on State Highway 47 about 10 miles south of here Thursday. State police identified the victims as Mrs. Laura Van Bearicom, 93, and John J. Hamner, 60. both of Portland. Police said they were pas scngers in a car driven by I Thomas Montefalcone. 78, of I Portland. The vehicle went off the highway and struck a tree. Montefalcone suffered minor injuries and was taken to a Portland hospital. Woman Slightly Hurt In Auto Collision A Medford woman was slightly injured in a two vehi cle collision on Highway 99, just south of Talent yesterday afternoon, slate police re ported. A pickup truck, driven by Lewis Vaughn Hunt, 42, of route 1. box , 237, Talent, stopped to turn into a drive way when it was struck by a car driven by Bonnie Groot, 18. of 4758 South Pacific highway, Medford, according to police. Bonnie Groot was treated for lacerations and bruises at the Ashland Community ho- piul and was released, state M'J ? JluS Scronton MINERS TRAPPED A cold rescue worker lifts a piece of heavy equip ment during a snowstorm just outside the entrance of Robena No. 3 mine Controversy Flares Between City and Local Flyinq Firm An outspoken controversy about conditions at the Med ford municipal airport has de- veloDed between the manager of Rogue Flying Service and city officials. The hassle' flared iulo the open at last night's city couiv cil meeting when Brian Doug- lass, manager of Rogue Flying Service, unfolded a list of grievances for which he sug gested the city administration was at least partly respon sible. The charges were made as the council considered an ordinance to cancel the lease held at the airport by Rogue Flying Service due to non payment of rental fees to the city. City Manager Robert Dull told the council that Rogue Flying Service owes the city $5,876.46 and despite repealed urgings has failed to make any attempt to arrive at a set tlement. No Profit Douglass admitted owing the sum, but explained his firm was "unfortunately not able to pay it at this time." He said his company has not made a profit for the last three years. He charged, however, the Juveniles Arrested For Theft of Car A telephone call to the Med ford city police department by an alert service station attend ant last night resulted in the apprehension of three juvenile boys from Gresham, Ore., on a charge of car theft. When the three boys, one aged 14 and the other two 15, drove into the station on High way 62 about 2 a.m. in a late model car, the attendant be came suspicious. He noted the car's license number and called police aft er the boys left. City police checked with state police and found the car was stolen. Officers picked up the car In downtown Medford and took the youths into custody. They were lodged in county jail on order of juvenile au thorities. WEATHER FORECAST: VilW Inr .-n'ftit Ihrmnh Saturday night, 1'alr and mrm ah. f". low t mcht 31-iS. illcv high f.tiir day 40-45. Irmp. IflKhnt V-stfMav 1 l owft Thi lnrptntr .:.' I'rfc. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Kunt t"rtav 4 1I p.m. iinrt, tnmnrfftw .... 7 7 am. !inn't tomorrow 4 1 a.m. f ull Mnom Her. ll I'KOMINF.NT STAR C ap'lla, high over head 12:20 a.m. VINIH1.E Pt.ANKTJI Haturn, low tn aouth- wt ;M p.m. Jtifiltrr, in tout h we it :IR pm Mara. In th nit ... U:S m nui. ftw .. 4:41 m continued loss was not due to mismanagement on his part but rather to an "unfortunate situation at the airport which no city representative has ever attempted to correct." After lengthy discussion, tho council voted unanimously to defer action for the present on the lease cancellation pro posal. Duff and Airport Man ager Gilbert J. Gutjahr were instructed by the council to meet with Douglass to work out some method whereby the sum owed the city would be secured by certain real assets of the firm. Statement Issued Gutjahr today issued a statement in which he accused Douglass of resorting to "half truths, misstatements of facts and distortions" at last night's meeting. (Continued on Page 3A) Skybolt Missile Threatens Chill Washington -IUPII- Threaten ed cancellation of the Sky bolt ballistic missile, now un der development for the American and British air forces, raised the possibility today of stirring up a domes tic controversy and throwing a chill over Anglo-American relations. The fnte of the bomber- launched rocked is certain to be a major issue wheu Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meets with President Ken nedy in the Bahamas Dec. 19 and 20. The Pentagon, meanwhile. announced today that Defense Secretary Robert S. McNa mara will leave for Europe Monday night, and expects to see British Defense Minister Peter Thorneycro't in Lon don Tuesday. A spokesman said the two officials un doubtedly will discuss the fate of the Skybolt. Shovel Ruptures Klamath Gas Line Klamath Falls - CPU - A steam shovel ruptured the main gas line coming into Klamath Falls today and some 2.000 customers were cut off from service. Students at the Ponderosa grade school were sent home as a precautionary measure. The breakage occurred shortly after 8 a.m. A spokesman for California Pacific Utilities Co. said It may be afternoon before serv ice was restored. Repairmen from the Soulh crn Oregon district were call ed in. Newport (L'PI Skippers of the first two commercial crab vessels to make deliveries her Kennedy Praises SAC for Airborne Alert in Crisis Omaha, Neb. -IUPB - Presi dent Kennedy today praised the Strategic Air Command for achieving a "unique ac complishment in the history of air power" In its continual airborne alert during the Cu ban crisis. The President, touring Western and Midwest missile and atomic bases on the 21st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, presented a special safety plaque to the commanders of SAC at their Offutt Air Force Base head quarters here. Strategic Posture Kennedy was also expected to announce that the Minute man, a new and powerful instant-firing intercontinental ballistic missile, will become an operational part of the na tion's defenses arsenal next week. The President, in a long ci tation, said the airborne alert lasted from Oct. 22 until Nov. 21 and "provided a strategic posture under which every United States force could op crate with relative freedom of action." Details of Flights During the alert, the Presi dent revealed, SAC bombers and tankers flew 2,088 sorties requiring 48,532 continuous hours of flight, and airborne alert aircraft flew 20 million miles and transferred approxi mately 70 million gallons of fuel in 4,078 aerial rofuelings. "It was possible only be cause of the extraordinary dedication and professional skill demonstrated by the combat crews and support personnel of the Strategic Air Command," Kennedy said. Kennedy is to visit bases in New Mexico and Nevada be fore finishing up the week end at the Palm Desert, Calif., home of singer Bing Crosby. Tito, Khrushchev Hold Final Day of Talks Moscow - t'PD - Yugoslav President Tito and Soviet Pre mier Niklta Khrushchev held their third and final day of talks today in what the offi cial Tass news agency said was "a spirit of sincerity Rnd full mutual understanding." SHOPPING DAYS IEFI CHRISTMAS SEALS lljht TB md liter RESPIRATORY DISEASES 14 fPlHll at Carmichacls, Pa., where 37 coal men are underground. The inset map shows location Library Selected To Receive SI ,500 Cash Award in 1963 tor tne second consecutive year a Rogue valley library nas oeen aeiectea as one ,ot nine libraries in the nation to receive a Book-ot-the-Month ciud unrary casn awards nZ" r u.. ,u inc ruunt uiumiy 01 juua ford and Jackson county will receive $1,300, Roy Gilbert son, chairman of the library board of trustees, announced today. For 1362 Josephine County library received $1,000. Gilbcrtson was notified of the award in a congratulatory letter from Harry Scherman, chairman of the board of the Book-of-the-Monih club. The main award of $5,000 in the program, established in memory of Dorothy Can field Fisher, goes to the Beau fort County library in Beau fort, L.C. The award to be received here is listed as hon orable mention, which means that the local library was of the ten finalists in the contest. All awards will be present ed April 21, the first Sunday of National Library week. A ceremony will be held Gil bertson said, with Miss Eloisc Ebert, state librarian, invited to attend. The local library was chos en as the Oregon entry in the program. Its application was then sent to the central com mittee appointed by the Pub lic Library association. Those Mystery Surrounds Hoffa Conspiracy Trial Nashville, Tenn. -(UPC- The conspiracy trial of Teamsters' President James Hoffa took a mysterious turn Thursday when Federal Judge William Miller abruptly adjourned court for the week end. The adjournment followed a three hour and 20-mlnute secret closed session requested by special Justice Department Attorney James F. Neal. Blood May Logger During Bloodmobile's Visit Word has been received by the Red Cross that John Brat ton, route 4, box 316, Med ford, is undergoing surgery in the Corning hospital in California this week as a re sult of a lugging accident which occurred two weeks ago. He Is in need of donors to replace blood which he Is receiving. Bratton, an employee of the John Wheeler Logging com pany of Medford, was Injured Nov. 21 when a crawler trac tor ran over him while he was working In the woods. A transfusion given in the am bulance during his trip to the hospital Is credited with sav ing his life. His Injuries Included a com Jjund fracture of the left leg. i J trapped in a shaft 500 feet of the mine. (UPI) In turn were screened, with I a smaller group submitted to tne club as final arbiter. Librarian Omar Bacon, unlrl 1 he hoDed that then. iuriri . in some way . to recognize the (Participation of all library - isimt memDers, board mem- bore and frends of the library who mane it possible ror the library to Qualify for the honor received. The application submitted by the local board of trustees emphasized the growth of reader interest in the Rogue Klver valley during the past three years. The continuing need for more and more books was cited as justification for seeking the award, as the award money is to be spent in the purchase of books. In three years the use of books has increased by 71,125 229.65 per cent in the branches, and by 70,346 or 43.6 per cent In the central library for a total increase of 141,471 or 73.56 per cent. The number of users has Increased by 5,513 or 39.35 per cent in two years. Greater use of the library as a community center, In creased support by county and city officials, the creation of a county advisory board. Friends of the Library or ganization, and starting of the contest for selection of a new book pocket art symbol were listed in the board's letter giv ing reasons why members be lieved the award should be granted here. The official application em phasized that "Jackson coun ty is one of the fastest grow ing areas of Oregon," while listing the accomplishments and needs of the Public Li brary of Medford and Jackson county. Other awards were receiv ed by the Chchalis, Wash., Public library, and libraries in Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin, Be Donated for Injured double fracture of both bonoi of his right leg Just above the ankle, a broken pelvis and a severely Injured right arm. Surgery being performed this week is to reconstruct the right arm and skin grafting will be started at this time. Hopes To Return Here Bratlon'j family hopes to have him flown to Medford by Mercy Flights In a couple of weeks, at which time he will be admitted to a local hospital. Eight pints of blood have been used for Bratton to date and his family has advised he will probably be given ad ditional transfusions during and after surgery. Errsons may donate blood l!ftslr. Bratton't name, or in Rescuers Give Slim Chance for Survival in Shaft 47 Reach Safety After Explosion Carmlchaels, Pa. (UPD Weary rescue workers battled against time today in an effort to reach 37 men trapped 680 feet below the earth's surfaca by an explosion in the Frosty Run shaft of a U.S. Steel Corp. coal mine. Rescuers pushed to within 5,500 feet of an area where the men were believed trapped. At that point, prog ress was halted as a horizon tal shaft was sealed off to per mit further advances. Slim Chance Officials said there was a slim chance the miners had reached a safe area and sur vived the methane gas explo sion and a fire which appar ently followed. But no word had been received from tha trapped men since the blast. The blast occurred at 1 p.m. (EST) Thursday in the Robe na No. 3 mine owned and oper ated by the United State Steel Corp. Eighty-four men were in the mine at the time. Forty-seven fled to safety. The blast area was about 680 feet underground and be tween three and four miles from the mouth of the shaft. Thursday was th 55th an niversary of the worst mine disaster on record in the Unit ' " States - one which killprf 361 men Dec. 6, 1907, at ivionongan, w. va. James B. Girod, assistant general superintendent of the Robena Mine, said it was "dif ficult to say" whether there couia De any hope the missing miners were alive. Girod said that twn nsaUt. ant mine foremen who were among the missing men were cracK Tescue men ... if there were any chance, those two would nave accomplished something. Among the missing was 18- year-old Albert F. Bronakoskl ot Bobtown, Pa., a U.S. Steel student-trainee under a live- year engineering program op erated Jointly with Pennsyl-. vania State University. Fumes Encountered The rescue workers, operat ing Jn relays ot three eight- man teams, encountered traces of carbon monoxide fumes, indicating lire, and small amounts of methane gas which Girod described as ' be low the safety level." The rescue workers had to ig through rubble from rock falls and timber cave-ins. As they went along they shored p the walls and roof of the shaft and set up power lines to operate the ventilating sys tem. At midnight, Girod said it would be a "great many hours" before the rescue workers could reach the blast rea. Weather conditions at tha site were bad. Strong winds whipped a steady snowfall. hampering the movement ot emergency supplies to the site. State police reported many trailers jackknifed along tha main arteries leading to this soft coal mining area in south western Pennsylvania about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh. Minuteman Missile Tests New Nose Cone Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD The Air Force today fired a Minuteman "instant ICBM" missile 3,500 miles in a suc cessful test of a new nosa cone. ERROR CLAIMED London -1UPD- Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan said to day that former Secretary of State Dean Acheson had "fallen into error" when ha said Britain's role as an inde pendent power was "about played out." the name of any person or organization they wish during the Bloodmoblle visit next week. Hours for the Bloodmoblle visit at the chapter house In Medford, 60 Hawthorne ave,, will be Monday from 2 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Bloodmo blle will be at the Elks club In Ashland on Wednesday from 1 to 6 p.m. Transporta tion and baby-sitters will be available for those persons needing these services. At the present tne Rogue valley area Is in arrears on blood donations. A total ot 839 pints must be donated In the area during this last visit of the year to meeUhe annual quota. Case totals SO years ago. J pqTre said.
