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Another Girl
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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.
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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
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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
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liter RESPIRATORY DISEASES
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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.
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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.