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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1963
No. 244
TRADITIONAL WELCOME Despite the frigid weather
crowds throng New York's Times Square to welcome the
new year in traditional sty'e. Police described the New
Year's Eve crowds as "the smallest and coldest in years".
Police, who declined to estimate the number o hardy
souls who braved the 10-degree weather for the gathering,
said that about 15 minutes after midnight the crowd had
dissipated into the normal pedestrian traffic. (UPI)
United Nations
Troops Control
Katanga Positions
Leopoldville -IUPII- United
Nations troops look control
of more positions around bat
tered Elisabeth ville today in
sporadic fighting against Ka
tangese forces.
UN patrols were reported
to have killed five Katangese
gendarmes in the skirmishes
which broke out while Elisa
bethville was under a new
UN-imposed 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
curfew.
UN officials awaited word
on the whereabouts of Moise
Tshombe, president of seces
sionist Katanga province, to
see whether he will bow to
UN military might cr lead a
guerrilla force in a counter
attack.
Return Roported
Tshombe was reported un
officially to have returned
from Southern Rhodesia to
the Katanga copper mining
town of Kolwezi, site of a
major Katangese air base 150
miles northwest of Elisabcth
ville. But UN sources could
not confirm his return.
Nor was there any indica
tion whether Tshombe came
back to fight the United Na
tions or negotiate an end to
his secession as demanded by
UN Secretary General Thant.
Gold Hill Man Still
In Critical Condition
Dnminn Estremado, 59, Gold
Hill, remained in critical con
dition in Rogue Valley hos
pital today after he was in
jured yesterday morning when
his car was struck by a train
lit the Sardine Creek rd. rail
road crossing west of Gold
Hill.
Estremado was reported suf
fering from a fractured arm,
head and chest injuries, ae
cording to a hospital spokes
man. The accident occurred
About 9:45 a.m. not far from
Estramado's home' on Sardine
Creek rd., according to re-ports.
Santa Monica Float
Wins Sweepstakes
In Rose Parade
Pasadena, Calif. - IUPD - The
City of Santa Monica with a
float depicting in blossomed
beauty the wonderful moment
of childhood, the "First Love,"
today was nar.-ed sweepstakes
winner for the most beautiful
entry in the 74th annual Tour
nament of Roses.
The grand prize went to the
Florists Telegraph Delivery
association for its graceful
float that included more than
10,000 orchids in an entry ti
tled "A Moment of Happi
ness." Santa Monica's entry was a
beautiful garden with pink
camellias and carnation pet
als. A small boy and girl, rep
resenting first sweethearts,
sat in a swing beneath a flow
ered urn.
Rose Blooms Added
The grand prize winner was
one of the largest single dis
plays of orchids in the history
of the pageant. Over 25.000
rose blooms added to the dis
play that carries the message
of happiness when one re
ceives flowers.
Announcement of the win
ners was made as the majes
tic floats began their course
down Colorado blvd. before
a million and a half specta
tors. The mercury climbed
toward the 70-degree mark
after a dawn reading of 45.
The crowds had gathered
during the night in a carnival
WEATHER
FOKFCAST: Vallry (be or low
clmidinf as, thrmifh rdiifsdav.
wllh possible brief aftrrnonn
clrarlnc In few pfneev Fair
above the foe. I.ow tonight 28
to 33. lllch tomorrow 35 to 40.
45 to 5 1) above the fog.
Temp.
Hlchrtt Yesterday 4
Lowest This Morning 28
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset todav 4:4R p.m.
Sunrtte tomorrow .... 7:41 a.m.
Moonset lonltht ... 11:1$ p.m.
First Quarter Jan. 2
This year there will be five
eclipses, two of the Sun and
three of the Moon. Two of
these will he visible over
North America, a total eclipse
of the Sun on July 20 and
a total eclipse of the Moon
the ni(ht ,( nee. :,9-i0.
NEWSMIEFS
ITIMJ FROM
AR0UN9 THI OLOII
spirit with the mild weather
presenting a contrast to mil
lions of television viewers
watching the pageant in the
chilly East and Midwest.
Legion Post Wins
The prize for the float most
fittingly presenting the theme
of the parade, "Memorable
Moments" went to American
Legion Post 707. It was an
imaginative entry dramatiz
ing the trail-blazing over the
Atlantic ocean in 1927 of
Charles A. Lindbergh with a
flowered replica of the Lone
Eagle's plane, "Spirit of St.
Louis."
Union Oil Co. took the
President's prize for its float
e in p h a s i z ing "Birth of a
Rose," a huge multipetaled,
animated rose coming into
full bloom.
The impressive entry of
South Gate, Calif., titled
"G r a d u a t i o n," took the
Queen's trophy. Three young
ladies in traditional cap and
gown stood beneath arches of
white chrysanthemums to re
ceive their diplomas in a set
ting of roses.
Mexican Float Picked
The award for the most
beautiful entry outside the
territorial United States went
to Mexico for "Vacation in
the6Sun." The float present
ed an elegant stylizing of a
sun, whose rays of colored
flowers shine down upon the
colorful land south of the
border. A flower of Mexican
origin, the poinsettia, was
used to provide contrast.
Portland, Ore, won first
place in class A-4 cities, a
category including cities out
side of California between
350.000 and 500,000 population.
NEW SNOWS ISOLATE ENGLAND
London-'lTi-Ntw tnowt Isolated much of England today
Europe's wont winter liege in years continued into the
new year.
SKYBOLT SALVAGE PLANNED
Washington-iri-The administration is seeking to salvage
as much as possible from the cancelled Skybolt missile
project that employed 16.000 persons in work costing $353.2
million.
EAST GERMANS FIRE ON BORDER
Berlin-HT-Communist police eariy today opened (ire
twice on the American sector border, once at a woman
swimming to West Berlin and the second time at West Berlin
border police.
POLICY TOWARD CUBA SEEN
Washington-trt U.S. policy toward Cuba In the new
war is expected to emphasise optical and economic pres
sir on the Castro regime from Vne American republics.
Sen. Robert Kerr
Of Oklahoma Dies
Washington -(ITU- Sen. Rob
ert S. Kerr, 66, one of the
most influential men in Con
gress, died today in Doctors
hospital.
The Oklahoma Democrat
had been in the hospital about
three weeks. His office said
he entered the hospital for a
virus infection and a routine
physical checkup. It was later
announced that he had suffer
ed a mild heart attack.
Kerr's c o 1 1 e a gucs. both
friend and foe. called the ac
complished legislative warrior
"the uncrowned king of the
Senate" He was the man
President Kennedy relied on
to guide many of his legisla
tive proposals through Con
gress,
Kerr was chairman of the
Senate Space committee and
the No. 2 Democrat on the
powerful Finance committee
Men, Machines
Digging Maine
Out of Blizzard
Bangor, Maine-tUPIl - Men
and machines continued a gi
ant task today of digging out
northern New England from
an arctic-born blizzard which
piled snow to rooftops and
plunged the mercury far be
low the 2ero mark.
Three howland men, long
overdue on an ice-fishing trip,
were the object of an wide
spread search early today in
an isolated area near Endless
lake.
Conservation officials and a
helicopter from Dow Air
Force Base searched a 25-mile
radius late Monday and re
sumed the hunt today.
A Maine couple and their
two children were stranded
in a small camp seven miles
south of Lincoln. State police
said George E. Allen and his
family were cut off without
food.
An attempt to airlift them
to safety was planned today.
The paralyzing storm, pack
ing wind gusts up to 90 miles
per hour, was hardest felt in
northern and central Maine
where snow depths of 39 to
44 inches were recorded.
The surprise blizzard was
described as the worst of its
kind in modern times. More
than 2,000 persons were
stranded and three storm-attributed
deaths were reported.
Gov. John H. Reed declared
a state of emergency as every
available piece of snow-fighting
equipment was pressed
into use.
Twelve hours after the
storm was over and the sun
peered through the clouds,
state and local police assisted
by Air Force helicopters were
still searching for motorists
marooned in their cars.
Police said the hundreds
of abandoned cars made road
clearing difficult. Power and
telephone lines were still
down in several sections o?
the stale today.
Fifty-foot snow drifts buried
Bangor, a city of 50.000.
Body of Missing
Portland Child
Found in Ditch
Four Agencies
Seeking Slayer
Portland-fUPD-The man who
abused and strangled a six-year-old
"beautiful" girl was
sought today by detectives
from four agencies.
Little Mona Tie Minyard's
body was found partially un
clothed in a drainage ditch
by a road southeast of here
Monday. The grim discovery
came two days after she van
ished while going to a gro
cery store for her mother.
Clackamas County Coroner
Douglas Pratt said the child
had been raped. He said she
was strangled to death.
One suspect agreed to sub
mit to a lie detector test.
Detectives combed the scene
where the body was found
for clues. Other detectives
questioned possible suspects
or persons who might furnish
leads. The suspects included
known moral? offenders who
might have been in the area
where the child vanished.
The blonde, blue-eyed child
was described by neighbors
as "very beautiful." Her moth
er said Mona was a good
child, and fearful of strangers.
The mother, Mrs. Joyce M.
Lane, 27, was place " under
sedation before the girl's
body was found.
The father, Robert Gene
Minyard, 30, of Sandy, sepa
rated from the mother, took
part in an unsuccessful search
Sunday and then identified
the body when it was found.
Mona left home late Satur
day morning to stop at the
home of a friend and then go
to the store. Investigation in
dicated the child never reach
ed the home o her friend.
Among leads under investi
gation was a report of a blue
and white station wagon
spotted by a deputy with a
man and small gir' inside.
Searchers failed Sundiy to
find any trace of the child
in the Southeast Portland
area.
The body was found Mon
day afternoon by two -en,
Harry Emerson of Clackamas
and Norman Morton of Port
land. It was lying face down
in a drainage ditch beside
Sieben Lane cast of Camp
Withycombe in Clackamas
county. The road Is a wooded,
dead-end road, serving a few
scattered farmhouses, off
Highway 212.
Detectives from Multnomah
and Clackamas counties, the
state police, and the FBI were
working on the case.
Family Missing 1
Near Mappy Camp
Yreka, Calif.-Two bodies,
believed to be those of two
members of the missing
Floyd H. Pettit family, were
reported found this morn
ning about two-and-a-half
miles west of Happy Camp.
The Siskiyou county shrr
iff's department said, how
ever, that exact identity of
the bodies had not yet been
determined.
JUDGES TO MEET
Seaside - VP1- Oregon Juve
nile Court Judges association
will hold its annual meeting
at Abe Seasiiicr Hotel here
JanT 16-18.
Two Men Injured in
Freeway Accident
Two men were in fair con
dition in Rogue Valley hos
pital today after they were
injured when their car col
lided with a state highway de
partment truck which was
sanding a sectien cf the Inter
state 5 freeway last night,
Medford police reported.
Driver of the car was Floyd
Everett McClurc. 42, Sweet
Home, who is reported suffer
ing from a broken arm and
head lacerations. A passenger.
William Ward Pattison. 24.
Orleans, Calif., suffered chest
injuries in the crash, accord
ing to reports.
Driver of the sanding truck
was Luther Perres Gann, Cen
tral Point. McClurc was cited
for violation of basic rule. The
collision occurred about 7:41
p.m. on the freeway overpays
liptwecn Jackson r i Main
sfts , according to city police.
Yreka, Calif. - HIPP. - An air
search was planned today for
a California attorney and his
two children, missing since
Sunday in the wilds south of
the Oregon border near here.
Floyd H. Pettit of Auburn,
Calif., and two children, ages
8 and 10, were reported miss
ing when they failed to return
from a hunting trip at Happy
Camp.
A search Monday failed to
turn up traces of the family.
Also missing was their late
model pickup truck.
Mrs. Pettit flew into the
area Monday with a picture
of her husband. Police also
were checking hotels and motels.
0CI Of IMf ItttOt
JOHN W. SNIDER
CITY OF MEDFORD
MEDFORD, ORCOON
MKWOftDt BUTE ClTVi
ALBA, ITALY
DECREE
By virtue of the authority vested
' in me, I hereby decreej the following'.
1. All political prisoners now
being held in the city jail are
ordered released.'
2. The poll tax is abolished.
3 . Possum hunting will be
permitted, within the city limits.
4.. Bear Creek is promoted to
the rank of Barely River.
JOHN W. SNIDER
Mayor
Vale Man Freed
In Death of Wife
Valc-flIHi-A Vale man has
been freed of any connection
with the death of his wife
Christmas night when the car
they were riding in smashed
into a downtown utility pole.
A coroner's Jury Monday
ruled that Leo Helcniak was
not guilty of any crime In con
nection with the death of his
wife, Rcgina Parker Heleniak.
BARN DESTROYED
Vale - ilPP - The Vale live
stock auction sales barn, office
anAcafe burned to the ground
MSiday.
FINAL DECREE Associates of Medford
Mayor John W. Snider during his 12 years
in city government can attest to his irre
pressible sense of humor. He has enlived
many a tedious city council meeting with
a spontaneous joke or remark. Consistent
to the end (he completed his final term of
office yesterday). Mayor Snider issued the
above decree shortly before leaving office.
Kennedy Attends
Orange Bowl
Football Game
Palm Beach, Fla.-IUPD-
President Kennedy flew to
Miami today to watch the
Orange Bowl football game
between the universities of
Oklahoma and Alabama.
The Chief Executive and
some guests took off by heli
copter from a landing area at
the Palm Beach Country
Club, near Kennedy's vaca
tion home.
Kennedy made a similar
trip to the Orange Bowl sta
dium last Saturday, to ad
dress a rally of about 40,000
Cuban exiles in honor of the
Bay of Pigs invasion brigade
just released from Fidel Cas
tro's prisons.
A flip of the coin by Ken
nedy was to determine which
team kicked off but there
were no indications Kennedy
was rooting for one over the
other.
Guests in Box
The advance list of Ken
nedy's guests in a 14th row
box on the 50-yard line in
cluded Senate Democratic
Leader Mike Mansfield; Adm.
George Anderson, chief of
naval operations; Rep. Dante
Fascell and Rep.-cect Claude
Pepper, both Democrats from
the Miami area, and Grant
Stockdalc, former U.S. am
bassador to Ireland.
Monday night, the Presi
dent and Mrs. Kennedy wel
comed the new year at an
ultra-exclusive party hosted
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.
Wrightsman, who live several
seaside villas away from the
vacation White House.
Presidential house guests,
including M r s. Kennedy's
brother-in-law and sister,
Prince Stanislas and Lee Rad
ziwill, were reported to have
been among the socialites at
tending the event. Wrights
man, an oil magnate and pa
tron of the arts, is a close
friend of the Kennedys.
Mayor Snider Ends
12 Years Service
To City of Medford
-The
Klamath Basin
Socked in by Fog
Klamath Falls UPH
Klamath Basin was socked in
by a dense icy fog for the sec
ond consecutive day today.
Officials said the roads
were ice-covered and ex
tremely dangerous, but by
early Tuesday, only two mi
nor accidents had been reported.
The airport was closed to
jtrafc for an Indefinite
John W. Snider yesterday
concluded 12 years of service
to the city of Medford, six as
councilman and three two
year terms as mayor.
At mid-afternoon, he paid
his last visit to the mayor's
office in city hall. He sat
down in the swivel chair be
hind the big curved desk and
spent nearly an hour talking
with a few friends about Med
ford and its government, to
which he has devoted over
third of his life.
Medford Is Different
'I used to think that all
small cities were pretty much
the same, he said, "but that s
not true. Medford is differ
ent."
Snider pointed to the city's
excellent public school sys
tem, the many laurels its ath
letic teams have won, the
number of offices its citizens
hold on state boards and com
missions and in various civic,
professional and fraternal or
ganizations. He disclaimed personal
credit for the accomplish
ments and advancements of
the city during his tenure of
office.
"No individual can take
credit in these matters," he
said. "What we have accom
plished has been done by close
cooperation between the eight
man city council, this office,
and the city employees.
"I have a gieat respect for
the career people in city gov
ernment," he said, "they have
done a great job."
Among the most important
actions which have taken
place during his work in city
government, Snider cited the
development of the park and
recreation program ( A re
sponse to public need"), and
the decision about the loca
tion of the Interstate 5 free
way through Medford.
"I favored the present site
of the freeway," he recalled,
"and I think it has been, and
will be, good for our community."
Snider said hi was still con
cerned about conditions in the
core area of the city.
"We have an old downtown
business district," he said,
"and it will take something
dramatic to rejuvenate it. But
the leadership for that effort
must come from downtown.
City government should help
with the rehabilitation by of-
jing assistance in planning
engineering.
Adequate off-street parking
was a problem when he took
office as mayor, Snider said,
and while "the miracle of
Park and Shop" helped con
siderably, the city is still "de
ficient" in off-street parking.
He glanced up at some pic
tures of Alba, Italy, Medford's
sister city, which were hang
ing on the wall of the office.
He spoke with pride of the
relationship that has develop
ed between the two cities.
Las Day of School
"It's a good feeling to be
ending my work as Medford's
mayor," he said, "it's like the
last day of school.
"I leave office with the
feeling I haven't accomplish
ed all I'd like to have, but
I've given it my best.
"I'm truly confident that
Medford's city government
will go on, and possibly be
even belter than it has been.
"The future's in good
hands," he said.
New Judge Quits
Democratic Positions
C o n d o n (UPD James O.
Burns, newly elected judge
of Gilliam county, has re
signed two positions in the
Oregon Democratic party.
He resigned as chairman of
the Gilliam County Demo
cratic Committee, a post he
held for 14 years; and he
stepped down as chairman of
the Stale Credentials committee.
Burns said partisan activity
is not compatible with his
new office.
West Warned To
Stay Out of Spat
With Red China
Premier Speaks at
New Year Eve Ball
Moscow - IUPP - Soviet Pre
mier Nikita S. Khrushchev, in
half-peaceful, half-bellicose
New Year's toast, warned the
West today to stay out of his
spat with Communist China.
The premior also said the
Cuban crisis proved that the
Soviet a'tiy should be given
new modern weapons. He
did hot elaborate, but he
warned that any Western at
tack on the Soviet Union
would trigger a retaliation
causing the West's destruction
in a matter of hours - short
hours."
In Expansive Mood
Khrushchev made his com
ments to 1,500 members of the
Soviet elite and the Moscow
diplomatic corps at the annual
Kremlin New Year's Eve ball.
He was in a gay and expansive
mood and did not give the sig
nal for the party to break up
until 3:30 a.m.
Prior to the lavish banquet
in modernistic Palace of Con
gresses and the grand ball in
the St. George Hall of the
Kremlin palace, Khrurhchev
and Soviet President Leonid
Brezhnev sent a New Year's
message to President Kenne
dy, expressing the hope for
a "great improvement In re
lations during 1963.
Year of Joint Efforts
The message, one of many
sent to world leaders, said the
two Soviet leaders "hope it
will be a year of joint efforts
radically to improve the in
ternational situation in the in
terests of all humanity." The
message wished Kennedy, his
family and all Americans best
wishes in the new year.
In a message to Cuba, Khru
shchev and Brezhnev praised
premier ridel Captro and
pledged Russia's full support
to his nation. f
In his rambling toast at
the ball, Khrushchev admitted
there vcre differences in the
Communist world, but he said
the Communist nations will
stand together if capitalists
try to butt In.
he said. "But when some
capitalist tries to put his nose
in our differences, then we
will fight against him together."
Slick Pavement Is
Blamed for Mishaps
Fog, slick pavements and
excessive New Year's cele
brating combined last night to
produce an unusual number
of vehicle accidents in' the
city.
Icy conditions early this
morning on sections of the In
terstate 5 freeway overpass
through Medford were respon
sible for at least four crashes
within about an hour, city po
lice said.
Officers began halting traf
fic at both ends of the over
pass around 9 o'clock this
morning following a rash of
accidents. Motorists were per
mitted to drive on through
but were urged to exercise
extreme caution.
Public works department
crews began sanding the over
pass about 9 o'clock this
morning.
Three persons were injured
In five separate crashes last
night and early this morning,
according to police. One dri
ver was cited for failure to
leave information at the scene
of an accident and was lodged
in county jail on a charge of
driving while under the influ
ence of intoxicating bever
ages, police said.
QUITS WELFARE POST
Salem-WPIl-Dr. James Stew
art, medical care division di
rector of the Public Welfare
Comimssion, stepped down
Monday to take over today
as Washington county health
officer.
Minor Temblor Rattles
Windows in Northwest
Seattle - IUPD - A minor
earthquake shook the Pacific
Northwest Monday, rattling
windows from Portland, Ore.,
to Wenatchee, but there were
no reports of damage.
Residents of the region,
mindful of the quake that did
widespread damage and
caused several deaths on April
14, 1949, flooded newspaper,
radio and police station
switchboards, but the shake
was a mere nudge compared
to that one.
Dr. Howard Coombs, Unl
verslty of Washington scismo.
olnaist, said the temblor regis
ter an intensity of 4 on the
Mercalll scale of 12. "Minor
but moderately strong," he
said.
Coombs' equipment clocked
the temblor at 12:49.46 p.m.,
with a range from 50 to 60
miles.
The seismograph a Mt. St.
Michael's at Spokane regis
tered the quake at 12:50.25
p.m. as "moderately strong."
That reading lasted eight ml,
utcs and showed the center
225 to 230 miles distant.
Persons in Wenatchee, 98
air-miles east of here, said
their windows rattled, and
scattered reports also werst
received from Portland, wher
the quake was banTy felt.