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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1962
No. 226
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FARMERS FIGHT COLD
smudge fires hang over
farmers fight to save crops
Minufeman
Missile Ready
For Use in War
Great Falls. Mont.-WPll-The
Minuteman "instant" inter
continental missile is ready
for war.
In a ceremony at Malm
strom Air Force Base here
today, declaring the solid fuel
missile operational, the Air
Force revealed that 20 of the
slender 54-foot rockets are in
place in underground silos in
central Montana aimed at spe
cific Communist targets and
ready for firing on a mo
ments notice should war
come.
Ten of the missiles were
ready for combat during the
Cuban crisis.
The ceremony marked the
official turnover of the first
two Minuteman flights of 10
missiles each from the Air
Force ballistic system division
to the Strategic Air Com
mand. Maj. Gen. W. Austin Davis,
commander of the ballistic
system division, turned the
20 missiles, their underground
launch sites and their two
underground control centers
over to Lt. Gen. Archie J.
Old, commander of SAC's
15th Air Force.
Officials Present
The ceremony was attend
ed by high-ranking military
officials, newsmen from
throughout the nation, politi
cal officials, and representa
tives of industries that put
the Minuteman together.
The three-stage Minuteman,
capable of delivering a nu
clear warhead to targets 6.300
miles away, is the nation's
first solid-fuel missile.
Traffic Signals To
Operate Wednesday
Newly installed traffic sig
nals at Jackson and Haw
thorne sts. will be placed in
operation at 8 a.m. Wednes
day, according to City Engi
nced Vernon Thorpe.
Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
daily, the signals will be in
normal operation. From 10
p.m. to 6 a.m., the signals
will operate on flashing am
ber, the city engineer said.
Installation of the signals
was necessitated by the heavy
traffic flow at the intersec
tion, Thorpe said.
Albany Man Sentenced
To Penitentiary Term
Albany - it'Pli - Perry Far
Icy, 34, Albany, pleaded guil
ty to a manslaughter charge
Monday in connection with
the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law
and was sentenced
to 12 years in the state penitentiary.
HSffiBRIEFS
ITEMS FROM
DE GAULLE REPEATS NUCLEAR DETERMINATION
Parii-'IPI-Preiidenl Charlei de Gaulle repeated hit de
termination today that France mutt have ill independent
nuclear ttriking lorce.
RUSSIA WARNS WEST ON NUCLEAR TESTING
Geneva-1 1'l-The Soviet Union warned the West today
that if Britain and the United Statet go on letting nuclear
weapons beyond the end of the year "other nuclear power!
will lake corretponding action."
BRITAIN MAY REAPPRAISE DEFENSES
London-ll'l-A defense spokesman laid tonight Britain
would have to make an "agonising reappraisal" of its whole
detente et-up if the United Statet iailt to provide it with
Skybolt missiles. There were hintt (hit might include lott
of U.S. baset in Britain.
MUSEUM DISPLAY DESTROYED BY FIRE
Bellingham, Wtth-lPIFire twept through the 7J-yer-old
Bellingham Muteum Monday evening, damaging or de
stroying $10,000 Hulled bird display, tome old paintings
end other historical exhibitt.
- Clouds of black smoke from
South Florida's farmlands as
from freezing weather. This
Committee to Study
Flood Damage Area
For Disaster Loans
Eagle Point Plans to
form an organization to seek
flood control measures on Lit
tle Butte creek were initiated
at a public meeting here last
night, attended by more than
100 persons.
A temporary three - man
committee was set up to spear
head organization of a flood
protection organization in the
Eagle Point area as an
outgrowth of the Dec. 2 flood
which forced numerous area
residents to evacuate their
homes.
A second committee was
formed to make a survey of
flood damage in an effort to
have Jackson county declared
a disaster area, to enable res
idents to obtain disaster loans.
Named to the first commit
tee were volunteers George
McDonald of Las Creek, Don-
District Suffers
$20,000 Damage
Damage to the main Med
ford Irrigation district system
is estimated at $20,000, MID
Manager Jack Hoffbuhr said
today.
"This is a little more than
we originally anticipated, but
we have found several places
which require more work," he
said.
Some of the more serious
places include the wash-out at
the South Fork of Little Butte
creek diversion dam leaving
only the concrete structure
and part of the canal.
Hoffbuhr noted a two-mile
section where 21 places along
a canal were overrun by flood
waters.
Bradshaw drop, where MID
and Rogue River Valley dis
tricts separate near Browns
boro, had washes and slides
and the canal was full of
debris. The Antelope creek
diversion also was washed
out, Hoffbuhr said.
The South Fork of Little
Butte creek had the highest
gauge reading on record. It
peaked at 8.32 feet and esti
mated flow was about 6.000
cubic feet per second maxi
mum, according to County
Watermaster David Hendrix.
Gates were not opened at
Fish lake causing the flood in
the South Fork of Little Butte
Creek, Hoffbuhr pointed out.
The storage facility at Fish
Lake is only half full at this
time. 4,175 acre feet compared
to capacity storage of 8.200
acre feet, Hoffbuhr said. The
reservoir only picked up
about 760 feet during the
storm, he added.
MOUND THI OlOH
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picture shows farmers near Homestead, Fla., burning old
tires to fight off the cold, which reached the upper 20s in
the mucklands. (UPI)
aid Bieberstedt of Brownsbo
ro and John Ousterhout of
the Eagle Point area.
Committee Members
Members of the second com
mittee are Charles C. Hoover,
Ben Mouchett, Clem Ault and
Earle Jossy.
Persons at the meeting de
cided to form the two com
mittees after hearin reports
from representatives of vari
ous agencies, including the
Small Business administra
tion, Federal Housing admin
istration and county depart
ments. Many of the reports indi
cated that residents of the
area would have to form an
organization and have the
county declared a disaster
area before much progress
could be made either in pur
suing flood control measures
or in obtaining disaster loans.
Declared Disaster Area
Both Del Putnam of the
Small Business administration
and Gene Denney of FHA told
the group that the county
would have to be declared
disaster area before low-in
terest federal disaster loans
could be made to residents
who suffered flood damage.
Henry Stewart, represent
ing the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, said the county
would have to be declared a
disaster area and a request
made by a local organization
before another survey of Lit
tle Butte and Bear creeks
could be made relative to
flood control measures.
The corps of engineers com
pleted a study about a year
ago, he said, at which time
it was determined that flood
control measures on the two
creeks were not necessary or
advisable.
Persons attending the meet
ing came from all parts of the
county. Requests were made
by Lloyd Silvers of the Ash
land area and George McUne
of Jacksonville to have the
whole county included in the
diasaster area designation.
McUne, owner of the Pioneer
Village in Jacksonville, noted
damage to his property.
Outlines Aid Offered
A representative of the Red
Cross outlined aid being of
fered to persons who suffered
damage. Deadline for applica
tions for this aid, which is in
the form of gifts rather than
loans, is Dec. 14. A temporary
office has been set up in the
Eagle Point Lumber building.
Persons planning to deduct
losses on their income tax re
turns were advised to contact
the Medford Internal Revenue
office. Evidence of the dam
age suffered is necessary to
declare it a loss, it was noted.
The group offered a vote of
thanks to all agencies which
have helped flood - stricken
residents. Also singled out for
praise was Hoover, who spear
headed setting up last night's
meeting.
Earlier the Jackson county
court praised Jackson County
Civil Defense Director Joseph
Hicks for the way he and his
assistants set up a communi
cations network during the
flood. The court also praised
the sheriff's reserves, the Red
Cross and citizens for their
work during the period.
CUIDE APPROVED
Salem IT The Stale
Board of Education today ap
proved the study guide "Our
Living American Heritage,"
to intensify the teaching of
American patriotism.
TRAIN DERAILED
Spokane --I'M Thirteen cars
of a 1 10-car freight train were
derailed Monday nisht east ol
I Mead. Several hundred yards
j of track were ripped up. No
I one was hurt.
Walfonians Told
Cooperation Is
Needed for Parks
Cooperation is needed
among all agencies to achieve
use of water resource devel
opment of the bureau of rec
lamation projects, according
to a speech prepared by T.
Torkelson, chief of the lands
branch, bureau of reclama
tion, Boise, Idaho.
Torkclson's speech was read
by Francis O'Connor, local bu
reau of reclamation represen
tative, at a meeting of the
Izaak Walton League last
night. Torkelson was unable
to attend because of the fog.
Seventeen bureau of recla
mation reservoirs have been
constructed in Oregon and all
of them offer recreation op
portunities, according to Tor
kelson s speech. However,
there are but three in which
counties are involved.
Howard Prairie and Emi
grant reservoirs are adminis
tered by Jackson county, and
part of Prineville reservoir is
administered by Crook coun
ty.
Tliis is the kind of coopera
tion needed to develop the
recreational potential of the
area, it was pointed out, since
use has exceeded all expecta
tions. The federal reclamation
law docs not contain general
authorization for achievement
of full recreation potential,
but the bureau has followed
the multi - purpose develop
ment principle for the past
25 years, according to Torkel
son's speech.
During the last few years
such projects have included
minimum basic recreation fa
cilities. These are determined
by the National Park Service,
and include sanitary facilities,
boat ramps, parking area and
picnic tables.
"It's been the policy to
transfer recreation adminis
tration to suitable qualified
public agencies," according to
the speech.
Recreation management
agreements, such as those used
in Jackson county, are license
agreements, it was pointed
out. Grass roots administra
tion is most important. More
active participation of coun
ties is needed.
This takes money, but legis
lation may be enacted to per
mit construction of basic rec
reation facilities on older res
ervoirs with non-rcimbursca-ble
funds, according to Tor
kelson. Youth Arrested as
Burglary Suspect
A 17-year-old Medford
youth, admittedly the accom-1
plice in the week end bur
glary of the Leverettc build
ing, was arrested Monday aft
ernoon at Medford High
school.
Upon orders of juvenile au
thorities, the youngster was
released to the custody of Ins
parents pending possible for
mal charges against him.
The other youth involved.
Gregory Brian Wolfe. 18, of
j 55 Quince at., was apprehend
ed by officers at the time of
I burglary when he was dis
covered hiding in a restroom.
Wolfe was bound over to
1 the grand jury on charges of
: burtlary not in s dwelling.
i He appeared in Jackson coun
ty district court yesterday.
i He is being held in the
Jackson county jail in lieu of
I $1,500 bail.
Army To Call 4,000
Men in February
Waxhlngton-tTIi-The Army
will draft 4,000 men in Feb
ruary, the same number
called for Jauuisry,
Roads Blocked
By Heavy Drifts;
Schools Closed
Frost Threatens
Crops in Florida
By United Press International
A powerful snow storm
backed up by below zero cold
paralyzed towns and blocked
highways across a suffering
eight-state area today.
The mounting storm packed
a blizzard punch in Ohio. It
closed school by the thou
sands. Hundreds of motorists
were marooned. Scores of
communities called out all
their resources to battle drifts
as high as 10 feet. Towns
deep in the southland were
buffeted.
Both the snow and the cold
wave which followed it were
of record - breaking propor
tions. The icy blast shot all
the way to Florida and the
state's rich winter vegetable
crops were already severely
damaged by frost.
The temperature plunged to
26 below zero at Sawbill
Minn., to 17 below at Willis
ton, N.D., and a record-break
ing zero at Chicago. Temper
atures below or near zero
chilled snow-struck towns in
Indiana and Michigan.
The snow belt ranged across
Indiana, Michigan, New York
state, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, North Carolina
and Virginia.
Sound Bend, Ind., where
drifts were eight feet high,
was under a state of emergen
cy. More slates of emergency
were considered at Astabula
and Painesville, Ohio, where
the storm was of blizzard in
tensity. .,
Visibility sank to zero along
snow-blown New York State
roads where hundreds of mo
torists spent the night In res
taurants or joined a mile-long
convoy of snow plows.
Freezing cold covered all
of Florida except the Keys.
Miami vacationers shivered in
29-degree weather.
At least 86 deaths h.id been
blamed on the succession of
storms. They included 21 each
in Ohio and Michigan, 10 in
New England, 7 in New York
State, 6 each in Kentucky and
Pennsylvania, 4 in Indiana, 3
each in Tennessee, West Vir
ginia and Illinois, and 2 in
Kansas.
Plane Lands After
Seeding Airport Fog
A Mercy Flights, Inc., plane
landed at Medford airport at
12:32 o'clock this afternoon,
one hour after Pilots George
Milligan and Dennis Connor
seeded the fog over the air
port with 100 pounds of pul
verized dry ice.
The plane was one of two
stranded at Prospect because
fog prevented their return to
the Medford airport. Milligan
and Connor this morning flew
the twin-engine Cessna air
craft. After seeding the fog, visi
bility Increased from one-sixteenth
of a mile to one half a
mile, enough for the plane to
land. About 30 minutes after
the dry ice was released,
visibility had increased to a
quarter of a mile, and the sun
appeared as a faint disk in
the sky.
Mercy Flights, Inc., of
ficials wanted one plane at
the Medford airport to be
available for emergency serv
ice if needed.
CHURCH FIGURE DIES
Salem -(UPli- The Rev. II. A.
Schlatter, 83, well known In
Oregon and Washington
church life, died Monday.
CHRISTMAS SE1LS fight Tl iM
llttr RESPIRATORY DISEASES
WEATHER
FORKCAST: Fog and occasion
al drliile through Wednesday.
Increasing rluudinets above
the log late Wednesday night.
Low tonight n-32. High to
morrow 35-40.
Temp.
Highest Yesterdav 36
Lowest This Morning 31
Tree, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:39 p.m.
sunrise tomorrow .... T:31 a.m.
Moonrise tonight .... 3:24 p.m.
Last quarter Dec. IS
PROMINENT STAR
Vega, low in north
west 9:12 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, low In south
west 6:37 p.m.
Jupiter, in south
west 8:04 p.m.
Mars, rises 9:58 p.m.
Venus, rises 4:46 a.m.
American Supply
Force in India
To Tolal 100 Men
New Delhi - 0IPD The
American military supply
group advising India on arms
assistance will reach a
strength of about 100 officers
and men by early next year,
well Informed sources said to
day.
The group, under the com
mand of Brig. Gen. John E.
Kelly, will consist of about
45 officers and a still unde
termined number of enlisted
men. It will be concerned sole
ly with supply, and not with
advice or training.
Galbraiih To Return
Meanwhile U.S. Ambassador
John K. Galbraith prepared
to return to Washington Wed
nesday for conferences with
President Kennedy following
a new assessment of the Sino-
Indian situation. Galbraith or
iginally had been scheduled to
return Monday but postponed
hia . departure following issu
ante of a threatening' 8,000-
word statement in Peking
Sunday.
He held a two-hour session
with Prime Minister Jawahar-
lal Nehru and conferred with
the embassy staff. Sources
close to the embassy said Gal
braith was worried about the
possibility that the Comma
nist Chinese would not carry
through on their promised
withdrawal from Indian fron
tier territory.
Seekt Return of Troops
Meanwhile, India disclosed
it is seeking the return of 9,-
000 to 6,000 troops serving
with the United Nations forces
in the Congo.
Dinesh Singh, parliament1
ary secretary for Prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru, told
Parliament the request had
been submitted to Secretary
General Thant in view of In
dia's border war with Red
China.
Waterworks Group
To Meet in City
About 20 perrons are ex
peeled to attend a regional
meeting of the Pacific North
west Section of the American
Waterworks association in the
Medford city hall this after-
noon, according to Robert L,
Lee, city water superintend
ent.
The meeting, the first of
its kind ever to be held in
this area, will be attended by
association members from Jo
sephine, Jackson and Klam
ath counties. Interested per
sons are invited to attend.
Lee said the purpose of the
meeting is twofold: to find
out how the northwest sec
tlon of the association can
serve waterworks people bet
ter, and to determine local
opinion on what should be
the ei i ms and objectives of the
section.
Such meetings arc being
held throughout the Pacific
northwest area at part of an
overall program by the asso
ciation, Lee said.
Association Trustee Archie
Rice. Corvallis, will attend
the Medford meeting.
Relay Satellite To
Be Launched Thursday
Cape Caneveral-H'PD-Amcr
lea plans to Install a new ra
dio relay station in space this
week to replace its dead Tel
star communications satellite.
The new satellite la a 172
pound eight-tided package of
assorted electronics named
"Relay." It is scheduled to
be launched from Cape Ca
naveral Thursday everuuev
Kennedy Orders
Foreign Aid
Un-American
Group Denounced
At Peace Hearing
Witnesses Invoke
Fifth Amendment
Washington-IUPD-The House
Committee on Un-American
Activities opened an investi
gation today into American
peace movements and found
itself denounced by an angry
woman, a former FBI agent,
and a Democratic congress
man. In rapid fire order:
A Scarsdale, N.Y., wom
an, Mrs. Blanche Posner, in
voked the 5th Amendment
and refused to tell the investi
gators if she was an official
of the Women's Strike for
Peace Movement.
A former FBI agent,
Jack Levine, jumped up dur
ing the hearing and demanded
that the congressmen stop
their investigation of the
peace groups. "It's just dis
graceful," Levlne yelled at
the committee.
Hustled From Room
Levine, who spent 11
months with the FBI in 1960
and 1961, resigned and subse
quently wrote an article criti
cizing FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover, was hustled from the
hearing room by three capital
policemen. He told reporters
he Jumped up because "I just
became so aroused. '
Before the hearings started
Rep. William F. Ryan (D-N.Y.)
issued a statement saying "the
hearings apparently are in
tended to discredit the Wom
en's Strike for Peace and to
cast doubt upon the loyally
of those active in it. The ac
tion of the committee induces
conformity of thought and ac
tion and intimidates citizens
who are seeking lo express
their concern for peace."
Denies Affiliation
Another woman witness,
Mrs. Ruth E. Meyers, Roslyn,
N.Y., Invoked the First and
Fifth amendments when ask
ed if she was a Communist
party member. Later, outside
the hearing room, she told
reporters she had never been
Communist.
On the witness stand, she
denied she had ever signed
a nominating petition for a
Communist party political
candidate and answered ques
tions about her personal ac
tivities in the peace move
ment.
But she rcsfiicd to answer
questions whether she was a
Communist or had joined the
peace movement to further
Communist policy as "Insults
lo an American citizen."
Soviet Troops in
Cuba Now Issue
Washington - (UPD - Having
succeeded in getting Soviet
bombers and offensive mis
siles out of Cuba, the United
States Is now raising the Is
sue of the continued presence
of Soviet troops there.
Secretary of State Dean
Rusk told a news conference
Monday the American hem it
pherc "could not accept as a
normal situation any Soviet
military presence in Cuba."
Rusk said there were "sev
eral thousand" Soviet mili
tary personnel in Cuba "and
some of them are organized
In what appear to be Soviet
combat units."
'Modest" In Site
These unitt, he said, were
modett" In size but "well
armed" and their purpose in
Cuba is of very great "con
cern to us and something we
will follow very carefully."
FUNERAL SLATED
Portland-ftiPH-Funeral ierv
leei will be held Wednesday
for Hugh G. Stout, 60, who
founded the Portland Teach
ers Credit Union In 1032. Ho
died Sunday after a brief ill-
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LUCIUS CLAY
'Names' Included
British Troops
Discover Brunei
Hostages Sate
Singapore - HJPD - British
troops, who recaptured t h e
vital oilfield
GEN.
Other
citv of Serial8"11 8es UP. "P. "Pi"
from Brunei nationalist reb-
eis, nave rouna iuu r.uio- mediately review the aid pro
peana safe and sound, it was Rram to determine whether it
reported today. contributes "materially" to
A spokesman for Shell Oil
I Co. in Singapore saia 4U per
I sons, mostly Europeans, held
hostage by the rebels had
been freed.
An earlier report that one
European at Sena had been
shot was "not correct, the
Shell spokesman said.
All others in the Sena
area who were continea in
their homes are reported do
ing well," he said.'
The rebels took Serla, about
50 miles from Brunei Town,
in an uprising against British
domination Saturday.
Fresh troops and equip
ment poured into northern
Borneo today to bolster the
600 to 800 soldiers who re
captured Seria in a pincers
movement Monday. They se
cured the oil field and took
Andukl Airport north of the
coastal town.
An estimated 1,500 troops
have been dispatched by air
and sea to put down the re
bellion by nationalist forces
In the British protectorate of
Brunei and the adjoining
crown colonies of North Bor
neo and Sarawak.
Pershing Missile
Executes Maneuvers
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-fllPI)-
The Army gave Its new Persh
ing missile a good going over
In a test flight Monday night
and the rocket proved It
could take almost anything
dished up.
The needle-nosed Pershing
was fired on a grueling zig
zag course through the sky.
It pulled out of the planned
trouble without a hitch, and
parked Its nose cone squarely
on target downrangc.
Sale of Hospital Land
Gets Tentative Approval
Salem-lUPIi-Thc State Board
of Control today gave tenta
tive approval to sale of East
ern Oregon Slate Hospital
land at Pendleton to the newly-formed
Blue Mountain Col
lege. The sale would be made
pending agreement on price
after appraisals had been
made both by the college and
the state.
Wallace W. McCrac, acting
president of the college, ad
vised the board the school
would like to locate next to
the hospital if the state would
sell the land. The property Is
located east of the present
hospital residences.
In other action, the board
ordered a state owned house
at 475 North Summer st. In
the Capitol mall properly In
Salem to be torn down. The
Study
Clay Chosen To
Head Committee
Reviewing Efforts
Order Fails To
Impress Critic
Washington -TOPD- The lead
1 n g congressional critic of
foreign aid today scoffed at
President Kennedy's newly
ordered review of the pro
gram. Rep. Otto E. Passman (D
La.), chairman of the House
subcommittee that handles
foreign aid appropriations,
was not impressed with the
review, interpreted as an ef
fort to strengthen the admin
istration's hand when lt goes
before Congress next year to
argue for funds.
"They have taken anew,
hard look every year since it
started. Passman declared,
"and that's 16 years ago."
Cott Goes Up
Passman told UPI that sim
ilar studies have been made
In the past under the Truman,
Eisenhower and Kennedy ad
ministrations, "but the cost
hlnartisan cnmmitte tr, In.!
the seeuritv of the United
- states.
To head the non-governmental
group, the President
chose Gen. Lucius Clay, who
served recently as his repre
sentative in West Berlin.
Sen. John Sherman Cooper
(R-Ky), who recently urged
crentio': of a high-level com
mittee io make a country-by-
country review of the aid pro
gram, praised the President's
action.
May Remove Steam
A former U. S. ambassador
to India, Cooper told a re
porter he believed the Presi
dent's action will take some
of the steam out of congres
sional criticism of the aid pro
gram because the new com
mittee consists of "men of
great experience and influ
ence." Besides Clay, members are
Robert A. Lovett, former sec
retary of defense; George
Mcany, president of the AFL
CIO; Edward S. Mason, profes
sor of economics at Harvard;
Eugene Black, outgoing presi
dent of the World Bank; Rob
ert F. Anderson, former sec
retary of the Treasury; L. F.
McCollum, of Houston, Tex.,
president of Continental Oil
Co.; Herman Phlegcr of San
Franclsco.former legal advis
er to the Department of State,
andj Clifford Harden, chancel
lor of the University of Ne
braska. Douglas Denies Report
Of Retirement Plans
Washington -(UPD- Supreme
Court Justice William O.
Douglas denied today a pub
lished report that he Is plan
ning to retire from the bench
to join the Ford Foundation.
structure suffered heavy dam
age during the Columbus Day
storm.
The board ordered a study
of the advisability of demol
ishing another state-owned
house at 955 Marion Street
which is now rented to Alco
holics Anonymous. This build
ing also suffered storm dam
age. The board is also seeking
a replacement for Judge Ron
ald K. Rodman who has re
signed from the Mental
Health Board.
Gov. Mark Hatfield ex
plained the board wished to
name a judge to succeed Rod
man. Other members of the board
of control are Secretary of
Stale Howell Appling Jr. and
State Treasurer Howard Bel-loo.