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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1963
No. 245
39 Changes in Laws Proposed
By Highway Legislative Committee
Castro Ridicules
U.S. for Paying
'Indemnification'
Kennedy Compared
To Pirate Chief
Havana (UPD Premier Fidel
Castro lashed out at President
Kennedy today and ridiculed
the United States for paying
"indemnification" for 1,113
ransomed Cuban invasion
prisoners.
"They call it ransomj" Cas
tro said. "We don't care what
they call it.
"They had to agree to pay
indemnification.
"For the first time in his
tory, imperialism has paid
. war indemnification."
Anniversary Highlight
Castro's speech was the
highlight of his regime's ob
servance of its fourth anni
versary in power. He spoke
after a two-hour review of
Cuba's armed might before a
reviewing stand of 400 Com
munist notables.
Castro tried to poke fun at
Kennedy's action in welcom
ing home the invasion pris
oners and pledging that their
flag would be returned to a
"free Havana."
Castro suggested that per
haps there was a bar in Mi
ami called the "Free Havana"
and speculated that Kennedy
may have had "too much to
drink" when he spoke with
the prisoners. 11 v '
He said Kennedy "acted like
a vulgar pirate chief" when he
met with "the invasion cow
ards . . . They have hood
winked Kennedy," he shouted.
Castro said the only reason
the United States paid the
ransom he demanded for the
release of the invasion prison
ers was "because they were
defeated . . .
"At Giron Beach (a refer
ence to the April, 1961 Bay of
Pigs invasion attempt) they
(imperialists) suffered their
first defeat in Latin America."
Courts Invited to
Meeting on Monday
The Rogue Basin Flood
Control and Water Resources
association has invited the
Jackson and Josephine coun
ty courts to attend a meeting
of the group Monday, Jan. 7,
at the Rogue Riviera, Gold
Hill.
Progress last year toward
making the Rogue basin proj
ect a reality, and plans for the
new year will be reviewed by
the association's board of di
rectors. Association President Ben
Hilton said representatives
probably will fly to Washing
ton. D.C., in the near future
to request supple m e n t a r y
funds for planning.
"So far we are right on
schedule," Hilton commented
this morning. "The project
was authorized just before
Congress adjourned. Supple
mental funds would carry us
through on planning until
July 1, or the beginning of
the new fiscal year. If ap
proved, the annusl appropria
tion for further planning
funds would come about Sept.
1."
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ARCADE PLANS Plans for remodeling ing by Jack A. Edson and Walter J. Pappaa
of Edson and Pappas, architects, was made
this week. Small shops and business offices
will occupy the arcade which will extend
from Main st. to an alley.
the building formerly owned and occupied
by the Jackson County Federal Savings
and Loan association include an arcade
structure for the ground floor. Announce
ment of the purchase of the two-story build-
Arcade Planned for
Downtown Location
By Local Architects
The purchase of the former
office building of the Jackson
County Federal Savings and
Loan association at 126 East
Main st, by Jack A. Edson
and Walter J. Pappas of Ed
son and Pappas, architects,
was announced this week by
H. J. Field, association president.
The architects, who now
have offices at 44 North Front
st., plan to remodel the build
ing to include small shops or
business offices on the ground
floor served by an arcade
which will extend from Main
st. to an alley between Ginn's
Flower shop and The Fash
ionette apparel shop, it has
been announced.
The structure also will give
access to the parking lot be-
HEWSBRIffS
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LEMNITZER TAKES OVER AS NATO CHIEF
Paris-Wli-Gen. Lyman L. Ltmnliier took over a supreme
commander of NATO force, in Europe today with a pledge
to carry on the slliance ' collective defense "lor the preser
vation of peace and security."
SEARCH FOR STORM VICTIMS CONTINUES
Bo.ton-'iri'-Reicue team, today continued their round-the-clock
earch (or iamilie., motorist, and ice fishermen
trapped by the worst blui.rd ol the! century In northern
Maine.
hind the Robinson Brothers
store, from South Central
ave., to the arcade.
Offices on the second floor
of the building, formerly oc
cupied by the late Kenneth
Denman, attorney, and more
recently by his son, Donald K.
Denman, attorney, will be re
modeled to serve the archi
tectural firm.
The building has been own
ed by the association since
1932 when it housed the
Model Clothing store. In 1934
the association offices were
moved into the building
where the firm continued in
operation until December,
1960, when a new building at
I bast Main st., was com
pleted and occupied by the
association.
RED CHINA PLEDGES TO SUPPORT CUBA
Tokyo-'IPI-Communiii China, in a New Year's blast at
the United Stales, today pledged it. lull support to Cuba
in maintaining a foothold lor communism "en the American
continent."
THIRD BLIZZARD HITS WESTERN ENGLAND
London-IPI-The third bliitard since Christma. gathered
force In we.tern England today bringing new woes to Britain,
already sutlering its worst winter in 82 years.
Two Freeway Jobs
Planned in County
Two Jackson county proj
ccts, both on Interstate 5, are
among state highway projects
scheduled for contracting in
1963, according to the high
way department', annual sum
mary of completed and pro
posed projects.
The two projects will total
an estimated $7,900,000. They
are for grading and paving of
the South Ashland-Wall Creek
section of Interstate S and for
grading, paving, and struc
tures ol the Wall Creek-Siskl-
you station section of the
freeway.
The South Ashland-Wall
Creek addition to the Inter
state S construction was an
nounced at the highway com
I mission's meeting in Medford
Dec. 20.
No Indication
Seen of Major
Milk Price War
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
dairymen were watching and
waiting today but so far no
major milk price war had de
veloped as the result of the
expiriation of the milk stabil
ization act.
The milk price control law
expired at midnight Dec. 31.
Kenneth Sawyer, chief of
the milk audit and stabiliza
tion division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, said this
morning that no other notices
of price reductions had been
received.
Last week he revealed that
one distributor had filed no
tice for a price cut to be ef
fective Jan. 1.
Meanwhile, Orcgion dairy
industry committee members
were preparing for a meeting
to be held here next Monday
at which a proposed draft of
a new milk marketing law
will be presented.
If approved by the industry
committee, the new law would
be proposed for enactment by
the legislature.
The committee meeting will
take place on the first tiay
of the three-day Oregon Dairy
men s Association meeting
scheduled here.
Reports of possible milk
price cuts caused concern
throughout the dairy industry
last week, just before the
temporary stabilization law
expired.
Sawyer said today he doubt'
cd there would be any im
mediate major price cuts.
"I have no crystal ball,
however, he added.
"I think probably everyone
in the industry is watching
ana waiting.
An emergency meeting of
producers from throughout
the state, called for Thurs
day, was canceled because of
next Monday'i meeting.
Traffic Safety,
Drunk Driving
Proposals Listed
Report Submitted
To Gov. Hatfield
Salem-flffD-Thirty-nine leg
islative changes including
establishment of speed laws
and drunk driving regulations
- were proposed today by the
Oregon Legislative Highway
Interim committee.
Rep. Norman R. Howard
(D-Portland) submitted the
committee's report to Gov.
Mark Hatfield today.
Seven of the proposed
changes involved traffic
safety.
One would set the speed
limit at 25 miles per hour in
school and business zones, 30
miles per hour in residential
zones, 65 miles per hour on
open highways other than
freeways where the limit
would be 70.
Retention of Basic Rule
'The proposal contemplates
a retention of the basic rule
in its present form," the com
mittee said. The basic rule
makes it illegal to drive in a
manner that is unsafe in view
of weather and road condi
tions.
The drunk driving provi
sions call for arrest on "prob
able cause for drunk driv
ing. Another would permit
chemical tests for intoxication
of a person ' arrested for
drunken driving. A third
would make it unlawful for
a person to drive or be in
physical control of a vehicle
while drunk.
The committee ureed the
legislature to adoDt standards
ior seat belts, even though
present law does not require
installation of seat belts.
Wrong Way Unlawful
Another recommendut i o n
would make it unlawful to
drive the wrong way on a
one-way road or one-way sec
tion of a freeway. At present
there is no statute which
clearly lists wrong-way driv
ing as a violation, the commit
tee stated.
Authorizing the use of
flashing amber lamps on state,
county or other political sub
division vehicles when used
for official business also was
recommended.
Other members of the In
terim committee include Sens.
Melvin R. Goode (R-Albany),
Walter J. Pearson (D-P'ort-
land), and Anthony Yturrl
(R-Ontario), and Reps. Robert
L. Elfstrom (R-Salcm) W. O.
Kclsay (D-Roseburg), and Wil
liam Bradley (D-Gresham).
MISS 1963 The first baby born in Jackson
county this year, Susan June Yost, above,
seemed pretty blase about holding the title
of Miss 1963 when she posed for her pic
ture at Rogue Valley hospital Tuesday. In
fact, she slept through the whole procedure.
She is shown with her mother, Mrs. Fred
Yost, Delta Waters rd., Medford. Susan was
born at 6:07 a.m. new years day, weighing
7 pounds, 12 ounces.
Highway Toll
Edges Upward;
388 Dead Listed
By United Press International
The New Years holiday
traffic toll edged upward to
day, dashing hopes that the
nation's drivers had set a safe
ty record.
The National Safety Coun
cil, however, said the final
death count for the four-day
holiday week end still would
be below advance estimates.
The council estimated be
fore the week end began that
from 420 to 480 persons would
be killed in traffic accidents
between 6 p.m. local time Fri
day and 12:01 a.m. Wednes
day.
United Press international
counted 388 persons dead in
traffic accidents as late re
ports trickled In.
Fires Claim 73
- The' breakdown shows traf
fic claimed 388 lives, 73 riled
in fires, 12 in airplane crash
es and 132 from miscellaneous
causes for a total of 605.
California led the nation
with 47 highway fatalities,
Texas had 35, Illinois 20, New
York and Oklahoma 19 each,
and Pennsylvania 16. Florida
and Georgia reported 14 each,
Ohio and North Carolina 13
each, and Michigan and Vir
ginia 12 each.
No deaths were reported in
Alaska, Hawaii, Delaware,
Kentucky, Maine, New Hamp
shire, Rhode Island and Wyoming.
The record low in traffic
deaths for a four-day New
Year's holiday was 375 in
1951-52. The worst year was
the 1956-57 102-hour New
Year's observance when 409
persons were killed.
Flood Sufferers
May Contact Hoover
C. C. Hoover, Eagle Point.
chairman of the Jackson
County Flood Relief commit
tee, today urged persons who
suffered flood damage last
month but who have not made
arrangements to obtain loans
or aid to contact him.
Hoover pointed out that be
cause there are several or
ganizations and agencies Unit
can offer aid in cases where
property was damaged, some
individuals may be uncertain
which one they should contact.
Persons wishing advice of
this nature may call Hoover
at 826-9221.
City Receives No
Payment From Service
The city of Medford has re
ceived none of the more than
$8,000 owed it by the Rogue
Flying Service, City Manager
Robert A. Duff said this
morning.
WEATHER
FOttKCAHT: Cloudy and moky
with occasional period of mln
through Thurtday. Poatlhle
southerly wind, In Ahland and
other hlrher loallile tonight,
low tonight 25. High Ihuii
day 40-41.
Temp.
Highest Yeiterday 34
Lowell Thl Morning ... 30
Pret. to io a.m. Today, Trait
Our Skies Tonight
Muntet t'dy 4:50 p.m.
ftiinnt tomorrow .. 1:41 am.
Mooni't tomorrow 12:11 a m.
Hrt (fuartrr tonltlit . p.m.
The planet, Venua, goea around
the Hun tn 22S day and It now
In Perihelion or on Ihr point
of tta orbit nearest the Hun.
fin Friday tht tarlh will he. In
Perihelion.
Tshombe's Plea for
Cease Fire Vetoed
United Nations, N.Y. -0IPD-The
United Nations today re
jected Katanga President
Moisc Tshombe's request for
a cease fire in his secessionist
province.
"It is too late for negotia
tions," a spokesman said but
he added that UN troops in
Katanga will "resort to fire
only when fired upon."
In replying to a Tshombe
plea for negotiations in the
current clash between United
Nations and KatanRa troops,
a UN spokesman said that
secretary general Thant "Is
definitely not seeking a re
sumption of negotiations over
the Katanga problem."
He "sees no need for furth
er discussions except at the
technical level, ' the official
statement said.
These technical talks would
concern implementation of
Thant's plan to reunify the
Congo.
Seven Persons Die
In Oregon Traffic
Durina Week End
By United Pres. International , bed. His body was found Tucs-
At least seven persons died
in accidents in Oregon during
the long New Year's holiday
week end. Four died in traf
fic, one person died In a fire,
an industrial accident took a
life, and a man was killed on
a private road when he fell
from a car.
The official 1062 traffic
death toll was 480, five less
than the previous year. One
person died on New Year's
Day.
Not Officially Listed
The Stale Motor Vehicles
Department safety division
said Waller Doran Frazier, 28
Bates, was killed on a private
road and his death is not
officially listed as a traffic
death.
Mrs. Anna May Shadey, 80,
Eugene, was the new year's
first official traffic fatality.
She was killed when the car
in which she was riding was
struck from behind by anoth
er car on the Willamette Pass
highway east of Goshen.
A fire at Tigard early Tues
day took the life of Mrs. Vir
ginia Grey, 84. She was
trapped inside an old frame
house when the fire broke
out.
Edmund W. Currier, 59,
Newbcrg, was killed Monday
when a pile of sawdust fell
and suffocated him as he
worked to load It into a truck
Two Burglaries Are
Reported in City
The Public Library of Med
ford and Jackson county was
one of two buildings entered
during the long week end, ac
cording to Medford police.
The entry at the library was
discovered Tuesday afternoon
by Librarian Omar E. Bacon.
Police said a rear window
in the building was broken to
gain entry to the structure.
Burglars pried open seven
locked doors to enter various
offices. Nothing was reported
missing or ransacked, offi
cers noted.
In the other entry, reported
at 8 a.m., the Cash and Save
OH company, 3802 North Pa
cific highway, lost approxi
mately $100 in cash and some
auto accessories.
City police reported that an
overhead door was opened to
gain entry. The money was
taken from a cash box in the
office.
Also checked by police
Tuesday was a case of mali
cious mischief at Snidcr's
Dairy, 28 North Bartlctt st.
The door handle on the ex
terior of the office was report
ed bent.
day.
Three persons died in traf
fic Saturday.
Leslie Peterson, 6, Kettle
Falls, Wash., was killed in
one-car crash near John
Day. Guy L y, 66, Eureka,
Calif., died when struck by
a car near Lakeside.
Agda Johnson, 21, Port
land, was killed in .a head-on
crash near Dayton.
The Motor Vehicles De
partment said 47 persons died
in December, 1962, compared
to 40 traffic deaths in De
cember, 1961.
Railroad Crossing
Hearing Is Slated
The public utilities commis
sioner Tuesday will hear new
evidence on an application for
a grade crossing of the South
ern Pacific railroad tracks at
Barnctt rd. by the city of
Medford.
The hearing is scheduled in
Salem at the PUC office at
1:30 p.m. Attending from
Medford will be City Manager
Robert A. Duff, and Citv En
gineer Vernon Thorpe.
further evidence also will
be presented by the city re
garding safety at all present
railroad crossings in the city
showing that it will not de
crease with an additional
grade crossing.
The hearing Is the first
scheduled on a new applica
tion for the crossing filed by
the city with PUC in July.
The PUC, In an earlier appli
cation, ruled in favor of the
crossing on the condition that
the 11th st. crossing be closed.
The city appealed the ruling
to Jackson county circuit
court.
Earlier this year Southern
Pacific and Medford entered
into a stipulation agreeing
that the circuit court could
remand the matter to the
PUC. The order was signed by
the court.
Forest Service
Mistakes Result
In Large Gains
Values Declared
Under-Estimated
Washington-dlPO - Govern
ment auditors disclosed today
Forest Service mistakes had
resulted in windfall profits to
unidentified private interests
that acquired timber lands in
the Rogue River National For
est in Oregon.
The general accounting of
fice reported to Congress a
review of two land exchanges
showed that the forest service
had under-estimated timber
values. The result, it said, was
that private parties were able
to sell timber lands they ac
quired in the exchange for
$207,000 more than the ap.
praised value.
Sold for Profit
In one exchange, In Jan. '
uary 1960, timber lands were
acquired at the appraised
price of $76,060 and a month
later sold for $225,000, ac
cording to the report.
It added that in the second
exchange, in May 1960, the
timber land was appraised at
$25,260 but the following
month sold for $83,500.
GAO examiner said that in
one case the ultimate pur
chasers of the timber lands
had cut 98 per cent more tim
ber than the forest service had
estimated.
The GAO report said Car
roll E. Brown, forest super
visor for the Rogue River
service, had told examiners
that the major part of the dif
ferences between estimates
and the actual cut had been
due "to the use of improper
volume tables."
Siu.law Exchanges Probed
The examiner said they
also had studied two ex
changes in the Siuslaw Nation
al Forest. Although they said
there was "erroneous and un
supported data" in reports of
the transactions, they did not
report significant under-esti-mates
of timber values.
The four exchanges review
ed by the examiners were
among nine made during Urn
period under study.
The GAO said it had recom
mended to Forest Service
Chief Edward P. Cliff that
appraisal methods be tighten
ed up to prevent inaccurate
estimates. -
Cliff agreed that the find-
ings showed a need for a re
view of appraisal procedures
but expressed fear that the
GAO comments on the two
cases would "reflect unfavor
ably on the land exchange
program as a whole."
He said land exchanges
had been "outstandingly suc
cessful" in providing a more
logical pattern of federal own
ership through acquisition of
private lands within national
forest boundaries.
St umbo Sentencing Is
Scheduled on Thursday
Sentencing of Harry War
ren Stumbo, 34, Wolf Creek,
who has been charged with
setting a forest fire, has been
set for 8:30 a.m. Thursday,
Circuit Judge Edward C. Kel
ly said this morning.
Stumbo's attorney, Robert
Boycr, Medford, has been out
of town and could not be in
court today.
Stumbo had pleaded guilty
earlier to the charge, which
arose out of a scries of forest
fires act last July in Jackson
and Josephine counties.
Bodies of Father,
His Son Are Found
Happy Camp-The bodies of
Floyd H. Pettlt, missing Au
burn, Calif., attorney, and his
10-year-old son were found at
the edge of the Klamath river
about three miles west of
here yesterday.
Authorities found no trace
of Pcttit's other son, age 8,
and the pickup, truck in which
all three apparently were rid
ing. They theorized that the
vehicle must have gone Into
the river, possibly with the
other boy still In it.
Pettlt and his sons were re
ported missing Sunday when
they failed to return from a
hunting trip In the Happy
Camp area.
The two bodies were dis
covered about 11 a.m. yester
day by Dick Bolkum of Hap
py Camp, the California high
way patrol said. The 10-year-old
son's body was found on
some rocks by the river, while
Pettlt was found in water at
the edge of the river.
A watch that had stopped
at 9:07 was found at the
scene.
Seven Bodies Discovered in Wreckage
Of Meat-Packing Plant in Indiana
Terrc Haute, Ind. -UPD- An
explosion shattered a meat
packing plant today, burying
dead and injured workmen
under tons of debris and en
dangering survivors and res
cue workers with deadly am
monia fumes.
At least seven persons were
known to be dead and police
feared the toil might rise to
17 In the blast at the Home
Paekinn Co. At least 4K Dcr-
tons were injured, some of
them critically. The plant was
a total loss.
Police Chief Frank Riddle
said 12 to 13 men were un
accounted for. Nine of the
missing were believed to be
trapped inside a freezer buried
beneath a stack of debris.
Riddle said any men trapped
In such a fashion were un
doubtedly dead.
Other missing men were
buried under the collapsed
east wing of the building.
They Included Donald Scott,
brother of tht- plant owner,
who was sitting at his office
desk when the explosion oc
curred. Rescue workers, many of
them wearing gas masks to
protect them from ammonia,
managed to clear the rubble
from the head and shoulders
of another trapped workman,
John Fisher. Fisher was still
alive and was given a shot of
morphine to dull his pain.
The known fatalities were
pronounced dead upon arrival
at two Terro Hau'e hospitals.
Of the 250 men reported
working in the plant when
the explosion occurred, 230
were accounted for four hourj
later.
The blast released lethal
ammonia fumes from ruptured
refrigeration units and the
gas spread over the wreck
age. I