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WORKERS KILLED - Five men were Killed ana nine in- at Hillsboro, collapsed, plunging the men 60 feet onto con
jured when the dome of this reservoir, under construction crete and wood bracing below, (UPI)
n
ive Men uie
Structure
Workers Dashed
Onto Studding
As Dome Topples
Hillsboro, Ore. -IUPII- Five
men fell to their deaths short
ly before quitting time Wed
nesday when the concrete
dome of a new reservoir col
lapsed while it was under con
struction. Nine others were injured
when the recently poured con
crete gave way and sent them
plummeting some 60 feet onto
concrete and wood studding
below. r
Officials of Seahold and
Wolverton Construction Co.
said they were unable to say
immediately what caused the
collapse. The new reservoir
was being built for the city
of Hillsboro, about 20 miles
west of Portland. There was
no water in it.
The dead were Arnold E.
Johnson, 53. and Ward Har
rington, both of Milwaukic,
Ore., and Charles W. Stewart,
35, Bernard A. Lebold, 50,
and Vidal Sedillo, 48, all of
Portland.
Four Ambulances Called
Four ambulances from Port
land, Hillsboro and Beaver
ton, Ore., rushed the injured
to hospitals here and in Port
land. One of the workmen who
escaped serious injury said
there was no warning of the
disaster. Rich Kavncy, Port
land said he didn't realize
anything was happening until
he heard a slight crack and
felt the wind rushing by him.
Bob Clement, a nearby res
ident, was looking out the
window of his house.
"The house shook and then
everyone disappeared," he
sain
The collapse occurred at
5 08 p m.. just 22 minutes be-
fore the shift was scheduled j
' I .
Others injured in the acci
dent were Loren Rcmy, Battle
Ground. Wash.: Fred C. Wy
att. Lyle Kuehn and Carl
Cornilson, all of Hillsboro;
Roland H. Wold, Beaverton;
Joe Ficker, David Reichel,
Richard Chilson and Hosea
Wilson, all of Portland.
HEARINGS TONIGHT
Two public hearings
scheduled to
be held at a ;
meeting of the Medford plan
ning commission at 7:30
o'clock tonight in city hall.
HEWSd)BRIEFS
fflMl FROM WOUND THI OlOII
TRIAL OF COMMUNIST PARTY RESTED
Washinglon-'IPI-ln a surprise move, both the government
and the detente reiled today in the trial of the U.S. Com
munist perty for failing to regiiter with the attorney general
at n agent ol the Soviet Union.
DAILY RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CONDUCTED
Washinalon-iirt-The United States it conducting daily
reconnaittance to mke ture
beck to Cub. and it preparing
world iraae wun
RELAY LAUNCH SCHEDULED TODAY
-... tlTh llniUH filatM waa In rw thii
.ll.rnoon lo .hoot into orb.t . new t.t.llit. that could link
America and Europe via "lire" televi.ion for a year or more,
The 172-pound t.tellite. called Relay, wat tucked in he
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Self-Admitted Killer Links
Airman With Double Slaying
Mountain Home, Idaho -IUPD
- Theodore Thomas Dickie
told an Air Force investigator
recently he went to a Moun
tain Home residence eight
months ago to see a woman
and found her slain.
John W. Peters, an Office
of Special Investigations
agent, testified at a military
hearing today he interviewed
Dickie Dec. 7. He said on
.that day Dickie told him he
saw Al-C Gerald M. Ander
son at the scene.
Anderson, 25, San Diego, is
accused by the Air Force of
premeditated murder of Mrs.
Nancy Joy Johnson, 22, and
her son, Daniel, 2Vi.
Earlier, he was charged
with first - degree murder in
Idaho civil court in the death
of Mrs. Johnson but was
cleared of that charge when
Dickie confessed he and not
Anderson committed the slay-
mgs.
Story Related
According to Peters this is
what Dickie told him:
The evening of last April B
Dickie said he was in Boise
robbing a store. He said he
returned lo Mountain Home
about 11:30 p.m. where he
had been living with his
brother. Al-C Russell Dickie.
Dirkie said he went to ine
Johnson residence because he
had met Mrs. Johnson betore
and she had given him her
address.
Dickie said he went to the
back porch and saw the body
of Mrs. Johnson on the floor
between curtains of the door.
He said he went in and saw
Mrs. Johnson and the son
dead.
He told Peters he heard
sobbing and went into the
livinB room. There, he said.
Anderson sat m ."
his elbows on his knees, his
face in his hands. He a.d
he went back into the kitchen
and saw a knife sticking out
of Mrs. Johnson's chest.
Dickie said it was his knife
and he had loaned it to An
derson previously.
He went back into the liv
ing room and he said to An
derson: "Is this your job?"
He said Anderson replied,
"Yes."
Reaion Said Given
He said Anderson told him
he had to do it because Mrs.
Johnson was going to 'tell
his wife" that he had been
at the house.
Soviet we.pont ere not tent
new regulation. di.cour.g.
vncuuica nip miQ ipact arouna
a
in uo
at Hillsboro
Dickie said he took a sock
and pulled the knife out of
Mrs. Johnson, turned the
sock inside out and wiped off
the knife. He said he took
a hammer, a saw and lamp
base which Anderson told
him had fingerprints on them
and put them in his car.
Dickie then said he took
the items to a reservoir out
side Mountain Home and
threw them away.
Dickie said he took the
knife and threw it in a gar
bage can several doors from
the home of his brother. Then
he went to his brother's home,
met his sister-in-law and told
her should anyone ask he had
been home all night.
Dickie later was arrested
Park Consulting
Firm Will Discuss
Barnett Planning
A member of a San Fran
cisco park plan consulting
firm will be in Medford Tues
day, Dec. 18, to discuss a de
velopment plan for the re
cently acquired 78-acre Bar
nett park site.
City Park and Recreation
Director Robert Haworth
made the announcement at
last night's meeting of the
Medford park and recreation
commission.
The park consultant is Asa
Hanamoto of the firm of Roy
ston, Hanamoto and Moyes.
Haworth said the San Fran
cisco firm was the depart
ments' first choice to do the
parksite development plan
At its last meeting, the city
council approved an appro-j
priation of $7,500 from the i
park improvement fund to li-1
nance the development plan
Will Request Plan
Haworth told the commis
sion he will request the firm
to draw up a bcautification
pian ior ucar creek mrougn :
luemuru. ana a reaesign plan
for Hawthorne park, in addi
tion to the Barnett park site
plan.
The director said no con
tract has been signed with the
firm yet. Hanamoto and Ha
worth will discuss the matter
The fire occurred about 5,
TlilOOrlu Mam Of! Mow 500 'cet c'evation. Someprob
IWCCUy ndlllcU ncWjlcms were caused by the high
, ... j velocity winds.
IJirPf TnT m Hrtrtlfl A fo;est service spokesman
UIIGUUI Ul IIUIIIC said that flrcj ao occur every
I month of the year, and that
Lawrence L. Tweedy has: ret.ent wjnds and brlgM Bun.
been appointed new director , snjne above tne fog have dried
of the Jackson county juvc- oul the forcsts.
nile court and detention home. , ..
1 The appointment by Circuit
'Judges Edward C Kelly and
'James M. Main followed the
recommendation of the Jack
son county juvenile court ad
visory council. The appoint-
ment was effective Dec. 11.
I Tweedy has acted as tempo
rary director since the resig
nation of Mrs. Kay Crowell
Q . . sh , '
fn jult probation work in
California.
Tweedy has been with the
juvenile department since
Jun! 957 "e '"ved both as
i Probation officer and intake
: eounselor-During the last few
I vears he wit assistant H i rnr.
-
tor.
anse
for the slaying of a young
girl.
Dickie said Rick Raphael,
Boise television news m a n,
told him he believed the OSI
and the Air Force extracted
confession from Anderson
illegally.
He quoted Raphael as say
ing Raphael was against capi
tal punishment and "this is
a chance to do something
about it." He said Raphael
told him if he made the con
fession to him he would pos
sibly get a few years in
mental hospital.
The Air Force resumed Its
hearing today after failing
Wednesday night in Boise to
got Dickie to repeat his earlier
confession to the killings.
during the consultant's visit
Dec. 18.
In other business, Haworth
reported to the group that a
drainage system has been in
stalled in the play apparatus
area at Hawthorne park. In
addition, the west bay of the
parking area in Hawthorne
park, which has a 34-car ca
pacity, will be blacktopped
today, the director said.
10-Acre Forest Fire
Being Mopped-Up
Mopping - up operations
were under way this morning
ion a 10-acrc fire that broke
out yesterday on Winburn
ridge about four miles south
of Ashland, Rogue River Na.
tional forest officials said to
day. The blaze started, officials
said, when a 50-mile per hour
wind came up suddenly yes-
tcrday and carried sparks
from 8 slash fire into an area
of selective cut slash.
Three loads of borate were
dropped on the fire, and a
40-man forest service crew
was rushed into the area. The
blaze was controlled about 4
p.m., officials said.
SH0PPIK8
DAYS LEFT
CHRISTMAS SEiLSflktTliil
Itkir RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Rogue Valley Edition
Medford
40 PAGES Four Sections MEDFORD, OREGON,
Peace Group
Founder Takes
Witness Stand
Wouldn't Block
Communist Leader
Washington - OiPII - The
founder of a national women s
peace group told congression
al investigators today that she
would do nothing to prevent
Communists from gaining po
sitions of leadership in the
organization.
Mrs. Dagmar Wilson, a
Washington, D.C., housewife
and originator of the Women
Strike for Peace movement,
bluntly told the House Com
mittee on Un-American Ac
tivities that any women, re
gardless of their beliefs, were
welcome to join the antinu-
clear war movement.
'Unless everybody in the
world joins us in this fight,
then God help us!" she de
clared. The hearing room, jammed
with hundreds of women sup
porters of Mrs. Wilson and
other spectators, loudly ap
plauded her statement.
Some Refuse Testimony
The committee has been
conducting a three-day inves
tigation of whether the wo
men's group and other peace
organizations have been in
filtrated by Communists.
A number of women recog
nized as leaders in Women
Strike for Peace have refused
on constitutional grounds to
testify whether they were or
had been Communists.
The committee made clear
that as far as Mrs. Wilson was
concerned, there was "no evi
dence of Communist party
membership, support of Conv
munist front groups, or pro.
Communist sympathy" on her
part.
Mrs. Wilsons appearance
followed the refusal of two
New Yorkers to tell the com
mittee they joined peace
groups to carry out Commu
nist policy. They were Dr.
William Obrinsky, Statcn Is
land, and John W. Darr Jr.,
New York City.
r
Counties To Get
Disaster Status
The Small Business Admin
istration has decided to desig
nate Jackson and Josephine
counties as disaster areas as a
result of the Dec. 2 flood con
ditions, Sens. Wayne Morse
and Maurine Ncuberger said
today.
By being designated a dis
aster area, businessmen,
homeowners, churches and
charitable organizations will
be eligible for 3 per cent
Small Business Administra
tion loans, they said.
Arrangements are being
made, they added, to open a
part time SBA office in Med
ford to handle applications for
loans. Meanwhile, loan appli
cations may be made through
the Portland SBA office.
Declaration of the area as
a disaster area was one of the
points discussed at a meeting
earlier this week in Eagle
Point.
Del Putnam of the Small
Business Administration and
Gene Dcnney of the Federal
Housing Administration told
about 100 people at the meet
ing that the county would
have to be declared a disaster
area before low-interest fed
eral disaster loans could be
made available to residents
who suffered flood damage.
A committee of Charles C.
Hoover. Ben Mouchett, Clem
Ault and Earlc Jossy was
named to survey flood damHge
in the area in an effort to
have the county declared a
disaster area.
WEATHER
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FOOD DONATED - The Christmas tree at
Jackson school looked more like a super
market Wednesday as hundreds of cans of
food, destined for needy families on Christ
mas, were prepared for delivery. Similar
food drives, sponsored by the Junior Red
Cross, are being conducted in other Med
ford schools. The children themselves han
Douglas
To Grants Pass Chrome Deal
Testimony Says
Former Governor
Sought Extension
Washington -IUPII- A former
assistant interior secretary
testified today he submitted
lo congressional pressure in
recommending extension of
chrome purchases in Oregon
at prices more than twice
those in the world market.
Names of former Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay and
cx-Scnute Interior Committee
Chairman James E. Murray -both
now dead-were brought
into testimony on the chrome
program which cost the gov
ernment a paper loss of $11.5
million.
The former Eisenhower Ad
ministration official who tes
tified today was Felix E.
Wormscr. He was accused by
Chairman Stewart Symington
of "misleading" the stockpile
investigating subcommittee In
part of his testimony.
Symington said Wormser
did not read part of a letter
by the late Sen. Murray which
which was critical of
Wormser.
Grant. Pat. Mentioned
The committee disclosed
that McKay, who left the
Eisenhower cabinet and in
1056 ran for the Senate, ap
pealed for extension of the
chrome buying program for
Grants Pass, Ore, during his
campaign. One week later,
Defense Mobilization Director
Arthur S. Flemming advised
McKay he was announcing a
three-year extension of the
program against the advice of
subordinates.
Symington said he would
not criticize McKay for trying
lo help the chrome miners in
his itate while running as a
candidate for the Senate. But
he said he felt Wormser took
"unusual liberties and was
certainly misleading the com
mittee" when he skipped that
part of Murray', letter critical
of him.
On Campaign Letterhead
McKay', letter to Flemming
on June 18, 105H, was written
on his campaign letterhead.
He wrote that extension of
the chrome buying program
for the depot at Grants Pass
"may mean so much" to the
industry and the miner. In his
slate, he hoped it would be
continued without any break
which would cause a .hut
down. Wormscr told the commit
tee that he also wa. subjected
to pressure by member, of
Congres. from California, Ore
gon, Washington, Alaska, Ne-
Ivada and Arizona.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
McKay's Name Tied
Altered Ballots
Chimed Found in
Columbia
St. Hclcns-Wn-Three worn
en who served on the Colum
bia County Election board
Youth Cited After
High Speed Chase
A 10-year-old Medford
youth received two citations
from city police yesterday aft
er he lost control of his car
and ended up on the front
lawn of a White Oak dr. resi
dence, climaxing a high speed
chase through the east side of
the city.
The youth, Arthur Hill
Shackleton Gillmor, 45 South
Barncburg rd., was cited for
reckless driving and for not
having an operator's license
in his possession.
According to police, an of
ficer noticed the Gillmor
vehicle being driven in an
erratic manner about 10:35
a.m. on East Jackson st. near
Lindlcy st.
! When the officer attempted
lo stop the car, it picked up
speed, went through two stop
signs, and was outdistancing
the police car when it spun
out of control near the Inter
section of East Main st. and
White Oak dr.
Gillmor told officers he
fled when he saw the police
car coming after him because
his license was already in
jeopardy and he did not want
to lose it.
Salem lUPH A Cave Junc
tion man, O. Robert Martin,
was named president of the
Oregon Stale Holstcin associa
tion Wednesday.
Florida's Crops
By United Pre.. International
One of the greatest cold wave, on record
dealt a crippling blow to Florida's citrus,
vegetable and tourist Industrie, today and
froze the .outhland with temperature, far
below zero.
The cold wave wa. the worst of the cen
tury in Florida and the most severe ever for
December In many parts of Dixie. Records
which had stood for decade, tumbled along
with the temperature.
The weather new. wa. grim for Florida
farmers. Most of the state'. 500 million
citru. crop wa. frozen by temperatures
which fell a. low a. 10 above. Both tender
and hardy winter vegetable crop, had been
wiped out In all area, except along the
lower cast coast. Final estimate, of the dam
age depended on how long the cold lasts
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
13, 1962
No. 228
dle the program and many youngsters
bought canned goods out of their own lunch
money. Above, Jackson school students
Richard Keene, Larry Funk and Ronald
Phillips help Mrs. Norman B. Smith, Red
Cross representative, carry the food to her
car.
Recount
testified Wednesday they saw
a number of altered ballots
turn up in a recount in the
disputed sheriff's race.
The testimony came on the
first day of a civil trial in
which Republican Sheriff
Candidate Roy Wllburn seeks
to overturn a recount which
favored Democratic Incum
bent Spencer Younce. Wil
burn has charged vote fraud
between the time of the ini
tial count, when he won by
100 votes, and the recount,
which showed him losing by
41.
The witnesses were Mrs.
Grace Sonneland, Mrs. Martha
Richardson and Mrs. Anna
Levin. Mrs. Sonneland said
that In one precinct about 10
ballots with markings for both
candidates showed up "In a
bunch" In the first 20 ballots
counted.
All three testified that they
noted questionable marks on
several ballots at the time of
the recount and said they did
not remember seeing Ihem
during the initial count.
Circuit Court Judges J. S.
Bohannan and Glen Helber in
dicated they expect the trial
to last at least the rest of this
week.
Much of the first day was
taken up with a 06-pagc depo
sition by County Clerk Rob
ert Wellwood. The deposition
said the outer doors of a vault
In which the ballots were
kept did not work and a key
was available to the inner
doors. It also .aid the outer
doors had never been locked
until Wcllvvood found them
locked on the morning of the
recount.
Discussion of
Matters Claimed
To Be Unfortunate
President Praises
Stevenson's Work
Washington -DPD Partici
pants in proceedings of the
National Security council had
a public warning today from
President Kennedy keep
quiet.
"It is unfortunate if any
body discusses any matter
that comes before the Nation
al Security council because I
think it lessens Its effective
ness," the President said Wed
nesday. What elicited his feeling on
the National Security council
was a series of questions at a
news conference about the po
sition U. S. Ambassador Adlai
E. Stevenson took within the
NSC prior to Kennedy's deci
sion to blockade Cuba.
Alleged In.ide Data
An article in the Saturday
Evening Post, purporting to
offer inside information oh
evolvement of the blockade
decision within the NSC, pic
tured Stevenson as having fa
vored a soft line before Ken
nedy announced his decision
Oct. 22.
The President praised Ste
venson's work at the United
Nations but he declined to dis
cuss Inner , workings of the
NSC. He was- surprised that
anyone would Infer that he
was dissatisfied, with Steven
son.
Concerning Stevenson's no.
sition as reported in the maga
zine, jvenneay said he was
satisfied the details "did not
come from a member" ol the
NSC. In meetings leading up
io me DiocKaae announce
ment, there were from 15 to
25 officials present at times.
Kennedy rnand Involved
Kennedy said he had not
heard anyone characterize
Stevenson s position as it was
reported in the magazine.
The article was written by
Stewart AIsop, Washington
editor ol the maeazine. and
CharJes Bart le it. a close Der-
sonal friend ot Kennedy for a
number of years. The Presi
dent was asked whether he
agreed with Stevenson that
'the authors of this article
acted irresponsibly?"
I have never attempted to
characterize members of the
press," the Chief Executive re
plied. "I think that they have
to meet their responsibilities.
I have had some criticisms
with various points which
have been made, and I would
not attempt to characterize
writers of this article or any
other."
Girls Admit Taking
Concession Money
Three Medford High school
girls gave statements to city
police yesterday admitting
they took $23 while working
at concession stands during
football games at the high
school this fall.
Two of the girls also told
officers they took four blank
checks from a checkbook be
longing to the parents of the
third girl, and had cashed
them in four different stores
recently.
The girls, one 16 and the
other two 15 years old, wore
released to their parents
pending action by Juvenile
authorities.
School officials alerted po
lice to the matter when it was
discovered that several of the
concession stands at the foot
ball games were failing to
show the expected profit.
Several Items purchased
with the checks were recov
ered from the girls' locker, at
the high school, officers said.
Frozen
and how much of the frozen fruit can still
be salvaged.
A spokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual,
a producers organization, said a preliminary
estimate Indicated damage was greater than
in the disastrous winter of 1957-58, when
the citrus industry suffered a blow from
which It took years to recover.
The chilly prediction was for another
night of hard freeze and scattered frost in
most areas. Farmers near Tampa reported
their fields were solid sheets of Ice.
Miami resort owner, were no happier.
The temperature stayed above freezing at
Miami Beach, but It was a chilly 37 degree,
and vacationers sported warm sweaters and
topcoat, instead of bikinis.
New cold record. Included 10 at Talla
hassee, 18 at Tampa, 12 at Jacksonville, 35
at Miami.
(See itory on page 2A)
3:30 p.m. (PST).