m rani W H B
Roads. Railway
Tracks Blocked;
Airport Closed
Carson City
Also Isolated
PARK DESTROYED This
until the Hooding Truckee
Oregon Weather
Wet and Sloppy;
Traffic Hampered
Portland - UPI) - Western
Oregon's weather could be de
scribed in two words today -wet
and sloppy.
Warm air moved in to melt
the snow and ice which cov
ered much of the northwest
part of the state, bringing
sizeable amounts of rainfall
with it.
The Portland area experi
enced difficulties with num
erous power outages reported
and high water hampering
traffic at many intersections.
About 100 customers were
without power in the Benton
county area, where some 2,000
had no power Thursday.
Snow On' Ground "' "
The warmup in Portland
was slower than elsewhere.
Snow still covered the ground
and some streets were icy
this morning. Freezing rain
fell much of the day Thurs
day and many small trees
bent in half from weight of
the ice.
The Portland zoo was with
out power this morning and
officials expressed concern
for animals from warmer
climates.
Newport got 1.58 inch of
rain in the 24 hours ending
at 4 a.m. PST. Medford had
1.35, Astoria 1.25, Salem one
inch and Portland .89.
Eastern Oregon got consid
erable snowfall and had un
usual temperature contrasts.
Baker had a low of 42. The
Dalles had a high of 20 Thurs
day and a low of 19 this morn
ing while Pendleton had a
low of 17. Redmond's low v;is
35 at 4 am. and Klamath
Kails had 42.
Springlike El
North Bend on the coast,
which got 1.21 inches of rain,
had springlike high of 61
Thursday. Salem had an over
night low of 40 while Port
land's was 30.
The rive
en lice
for rising stages in all streams
of northwest Oregon, but
there was no major iioooins
as rivers wrie luw fioni the
prolonged dry spell. How
ever, the five day outlook
called for more than normal
rain in Western Oregon.
The warm weather ended
a mid-winter "vacation" for
school children. Most schools
reopened today.
WARNING DOSE
Washington -Hit- The fall
out shower from Russian nu
clear tests continued to de
crease in December but raini
er. Alaska, still was getting
a warning level dose of radio
active iodine, the Public
Health Service reported.
NCffdLLJDniI.ra
items from
KENNEDY MAY VISIT GREAT BRITAIN
London in-Preiicient Kennedy may visit BriUin this
sprinq for new look at the Western alliance with Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan, diplomatic sourcci reported today.
FILIBUSTER FIGHT GETS
Wahing!on-lPt-Democralic Leader Mike Mansfield hoped
today that a week end "breathing tpell" might clear the
outlook for ending the Senate's anti-iilibusler rule light.
FDR JR. APPOINTED BY KENNEDY
Wathington-in - President Kennedy Thursday named
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.. ton of the late preiident, Is be
the No. 2 man in the Commerce Department.
was a park in Reno, Nov.,
river dashed it to pieces this
Rusk Calls for
Unity in Europe;
Cuba Said Concern
Washington -IUPII- Secretary
of State Dean Rusk called on
Europe and French President
Charles de Gaulle today to
get on with the "great tasks
confronting the West." He
said these include building a
multilateral nuclear force and
economic unity.
The secretary said these
Western tasks are based on
the "harsh realities" of the
threat from the Soviet Union.
; He made the statement at a
news conference at which he
also:
-Said President Kennedy Is
ordering preparations for a re-
sumption of underground nu
clear testing in Nevada follow-
Sunday Closing
Proposal Planned
Salem -W1MU A tough "Sun
day closing law" will be intro
duced in the House Monday, it
was announced today by the
"Save a Day of the Family
Committee."
Committee Chairman Dr. G.
Herbert Smith, president of
Wilainette university, empha
sized the proposed measure
would have no effect on the
sale of food, beverages, drugs,
gasoline, real estate or sport
ing goods. Nor would it hinder
the operation of restaurants,
places of entertainment or
sporting events. All of these,
he said, would be free to con
tinue as usual.
"The measure has the sup
port of an overwhelming ma
jority of the state's retailers
who have been polled on the
proposal," Dr. Smith said.
.Mast ,..f these, retailers are
I closed now on S'jndny
I would prefer to remain so, lie
Portland Firm Given
Jackson Caijnty P.ights
Salem -4'Pll- St. Johns Mo
tor Express of Portland has
been authorized to operate in
and out of Jackson county.
Fublic Utility Commission
er Joncl Hill said it assures
transportation service to the
new Reichhold Chemical Co.
plant at White City.
TIME GRANTED
Portland -UTS'- Dr. Harry
j Scmler Thursday was granted
at least 14 days before en
forcement of a revocation of
his dental license ordered hy
the State Board of Dental Ex
aminers. AR.OUNO THI OlOII
I
BREATHER
morning. Muddy floodwaters covered a 30-block area of
downtown Reno today and the city was isolated. (UPI)
ing the breakup of test ban
talks with Russia.
-Sought to smooth over
ruffled relations with Canada,
brought on by a firm State De
partment statement Thursday
urging Canada to go through
with nuclear armament of Bo
marc missiles it has already
received from the United
Stales.
-Said the continued pres
ence of 17,000 Soviet troops
in Cuba is of "great concern
to us." But he said he docs
not believe there has been a
continued Soviet military
buildup there as charged by
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R
N.Y.) and others.
Rusk made what he called
an informal statement" on
European unity and the crisis
brought on by De Gaulle's
veto of Britain's membership
the European Common
Market.
To Reassess Situation
He said members of the At
lantic alliance are now in a
period "in which governments
will be reassessing the situa
tion to how to get on with the
great tasks confronting the
West."
While not belittling the
problems raised by De
Gaulle's stand against military
and economic unification, the
secretary said "I do not think
that on underlying security
matters, there is a split that
could be exploited by the
Soviet Union."
Casualties High
In Mid-Air Crash
Anakara, Turkey -il'TO- Two
.planes collided in flight to
day, raining flaming wreck
age on the Turkish capital's
business district and causing
scores sit casualties.
Official estimates put the
death toll at fiom 54 to 60
with at least 50 ethers in
jured. The number of casualties
on the ground appeared to be
the largest in the history of
commercial aviation.
One of the ranes was a
Middle East Airlines Viscount
turboprop airliner with 16
persons aboard-11 passengers
and five crewmen. The other
was a Turkish air force C47,
the military version of the
American-built DC3, long-retired
from must of the world's
air routes. The number aboard
the military plane was not
known.
Witnesses said both planes
caught on fire after they col
lided and crashed onto the
roofs of the buildings in the
heart of Turkey s ultramod
ern capital c;ty.
Wreckage was spread over
an area half a mile wide.
Explosion Causes
' Fire at Portland
Portland - 'I PI' An cxplo
! sion in a shingle dryer at the
Shakc-A-Ply Co. today result
ed in a two-alarm fire and
caused damage estimate at
S20.000.
j Four men in the building
'escaped without injury. A
I company official said the
I plant may be closed for more
j than a month. He said a spark
' may have ignited lint in the
Idryrr.
Regional Edition
Medford
20 Pages Two Sections
School, Park Plan
Endorsed by City
Council Informally
The Medford city council
yesterday informally endorsed
the school park approach to
future park development in
the city.
Mayor James Dunlevy call
ed for an expression of opin
ion from the councilman at a
joint luncheon meeting of the
council and the city park and
recreation commission.
The council is expected to
give formal approval to the
school park development ap
proach at its next regular
meeting on Feb. 7.
The "straw vote" came
after Park and Recreation
Chairman James Sullvian told
the group the commission had
to have ' some expression of
either approval or rejection"
of the school-park concept
from the council before it
could proceed with its future
development plans.
Avoids Duplication
In essence, the school-park
approach involves integrating
city parks with school play
grounds and facilities to avoid
costly duplication of facili
ties. A Medford example of the
school-park concept is in the
development stage at Jackson
school, where the city has
constructed a swimming pool,
baseball diamond and play
area, as well as considerable
landscaping, adjacent to the
school facilities.
Under the program, the city
and School District 549C
would cooperate closely in an
effort to ' integrate iuiuie
school and park sites.
Dunlevy told the group the
city has had assurances from
the school board that "they
would cooperate in future
school-park planning."
Turquoise Sweater
Gets Free Cleaning
Because of Mistake
About noon Wednesday.
Monna Victoria Lubbers,
route 3. box 60-A, reported
to Medford police that a
turquoise sweater valued at
S15 had been stolen from
her car while it was parked
on West Main st.
A lew hours later, an
embarrassed delivery man
from Dumas Domestic Laun
dry returned the sweater -fresily
cleaned and pressed
- to her with hit profuse
apologies.
The delivery man. it
teems, had been instructed
to pick up a coat from a
car which, as it turned out.
was parked directly in front
of Mrs. Lubbers' car.
He mistakenly want to
the wrong car. saw the
sweater lying on the seal,
picked it up and took It otf
in his truck to be cleaned.
The laundry did not
charge Mn. Lubbers tor
cleaning her sweater, ac
cording to the police re
port. V
YARDS DRAINED Residents near the south city limits
of Redding, Calif., dig trenches to drain their yards which
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,
WEATHER
FORECAST: Intermittent rain,
moderate to heavy at time;),
through Saturday. Snow level
near 6,000 feet. Low tonight
naer 40. High Saturday near 50.
Highest Yesterday 41
Lowest This Morning 39
Precip. to 10 a.m. Today 1.X3
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:21 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:25 a.m.
Moonsel tomorrow 2:00 a.m.
Full Moon Fell. 8
Highlight of the phenomena in
the skies above this month will
be the prominence and brll
liance of the planet Mark, which
now outshines all the stars but
Sirus.
While Retires as
Head of Station
Harold White retired today
as superintendent of the
Southern Oregon Branch Ex
periment station here.
He has been in government
agricultural service for 47
years and was superintendent
of the local station on Hanley
rd. near Jacksonville for 18
years.
Yesterday White turned in
his final report on experi
ment station work to the
county court. In his report he
said "It has been a pleasure
to work for and with Jackson
county to promote greater
efficiency in the agricultural
industry of tl.e area."
All members of the county
court praised White for his
work here and unanimously
passed a resolution commend
ing White and regretting his
retirement.
White is succeeded by Tor
ter Lombard, former assistant
horticulturist in research al
the Riverside, Calif., experi
meln station. Dr. Lombard
studied at Washington Slate
university and Michigan Slate
university.
Macmillan Fiies To
Italy for Talks
Rome -'UPli- Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan flew into
Italy today for talks with
leaders of one of the nations
that tried to get Britain into
the European Common Mar
ket. Premier Aminlore Fanfani
and Foreign Minister Attilio
Piccior.i were at Leonardo da
Vinci Airport to greet Mac
mMInn and Lord Privy Seal
Edward Heath, Britain's chief
Common Market negotiator.
It is Macmillan's first prob
ing action to determine Brit
ain's ultimate relationship
with Europe now that France
has barred it from the Com
mon Market.
Air Search Launched
For Hermiston Men
Salem-(liPI-An air search
was launched early today for
two Hcrmirton men feared
down on a flight between
Oregon and Nevada.
Burley Redifer and Dale
Abney took off from the
White Horse ranch in the
southeast corner of Orego i
Tuesday lo fly to MiDennuii
on the Nevada state line.
REPRESENTATIVE QUITS
Salem - il'PIi - J Richard
Smurthwnitc Jr., Bcavcrton.
retired Thursday after 27'.
years as Oregon's veterans'
employment representative.
I
Bills Designed To
Protect Consumer
Offered in Senate
Salem (UPI Two consumer
protection bills, one regulat
ing retail installment sales,
the other prohibiting retailers
from placing a quantity limita
tion on advertised merchan
dise, were introduced today
in the Senate.
They were submitted by the
Senate Committee on Finan
cial Affairs.
In the House a bill to per
mit school districts to fur
nish free textbooks to secon
dary school pupils was intro
duced al the request of the
Oregon School Boards associ
ation. At present, free textbooks
are provided only through the
eighth grade.
Would List Charge
The retail installment bill
would require time purchase
contracts to include a listing
of the credit service charge
in addition to the price of the
item sold.
The other measure would
prohibit retail sellers from re
fusing lo sell for the stated
price. It also would prohibit
a retail seller from advertis
ing merchandise with a limi
tation on quantity which any
one ptirchasei may buy al the
advertised price.
A bill by Sen. Thomas Ma
honey (D-Poriland) adds to
the list of gubernatorial ap
pointments subject to senate
confirmation.
The confirmation require
ment would be extended to
all members of the Public
Welfare Commission, Tax
Commission, Industrial Acci
dent Commission, Highway
Coivunision, Kacing Commis
sion, Liquor Control Commis
sion, Board of Agriculture,
Fish Commission, Came Com
mission, Board of Parole and
Probation, supcrintendei.t of
stale police, public utility
commissioner, corporation
commissioner, superintendent
of banks, and real estate com
missioner. Bill Permits Zoning
A bill by Rep. Gerald Dct
ering (R-Harrisburg) would
permit zoning of land exclu
sively for farm use. Such land
California Man
Arraigned Today
Philip Dcuti rtunklc, 33, of
Del Paso Heights, Calif., was
arraigned before U. S. Com
missioner Frank J. Van Dyke
this morning on a charge of
transporting a stolen car
i across slate lines.
Runkle waived the right to
i a preliminary hearing and
bail was set at $2,500. He was
j taken to Portland this morn
ing by tne U. a. marshal.
Runkle was stopped by Ore
gon state police Thursday dur
ing a routine check. He did
not have an operator's license
and after further questioning
indicated that the car had
I been stolen in Fontana, Caiif.
flooded during a heavy rainstorm Thursday. Many creeks
and rivers in the area have gone over their banks. (UPI)
57th Year Price 10 Cents
Tribune
1963
,No. 271
would be assessed as farm
land and not at the value of
other potential use.
A bill to create a depart
ment of natural resources, as
urged by Gov. Mark Hatifeld,
was submitted by Rep. F. F
Montgomery (R-Eugene).'-
A bill submitted by Rep
W. O. Kelsay (D-Roseburg)
would raise resident hunting
license fees from S4 to S5
and from S4 to S6 the fishing
license fee.
Queen Welcome
Guest of Vancouver
Vancouver, B.C. - WPD - A
smiling but exhausted Queen
Elizabeth, her flight lo the
sunny Fiji Islands twice in
terrupted by bad weather, to
day was the unexpected but
welcome guest of Vancouver.
The Queen and her hus
band, Prince Philip, appeared
in good spirits when they ar
rived at Vancouver Interna
tional Airport at 9:55 p.m.
Thursday despite the fact that
their travel hazards had most
of the British Commonwealth
on tenterhooks.
The royal couple's British
Overseas Airway Corp. Boe
ing 707 jetliner was about 800
miles over the Pacific Thurs
day night when the pilot de
cided to turn back because of
high winds at Honolulu.
ihe Queen was Scheduled
to -stop briefly in Honolulu be
fore proceeding to Australia,
.New 7-alanH and the Fijt In
lands. The turn - around was
the second time the plane
made an unscheduled landing
in Canada.
Petition Filed
For Larry Shipley
Portland 'L'PP A spokes
man for the American Civil
Liberties Union said today a
petition has been tiled with
he U.S. Supreme Court seek
ing a review of the conviction
of condemned slaver Larry
West Shipley, 21.
Shipley is scheduled to die
in the gas chamber at Salem
Feb. 28 for the slaying of
Linda Jean Stevens, 16, Wil
lamina. Charles Davis, Oregon
ACLU chairman. ;ajH gtrtr.
ncys also would probably
seek a stay of execution, as it
was doubtful the court would
act nn the petition before the
execution date.
Alusa Names Four To
Legislative Committee
Salem-OT-Senate President
Ben Musa (D-Thc Dalles) has
named lour Senate members
of the Legislative Counsel
Committee.
They arc Sens. Donald Hus
band (R-Eugpncl, Thomas Ma
honey (D Portland), Harry
Boivm (D-Klamath Falls) and
Robert Elfstrom (R-Salem).
i
ian Creek Rd.
Landslide Blocks
Happy Camp Area
A storm which left consid
erable amounts of rain in
northern California caused a
slide in the Happy Camp area,
caused a power outage in the
Murphy area and left 1.19
inches of rain in Medford yes
terday.
A slide across Indian Creek
rd. north of Happy Camp,
Calif., left as much as one-
third of the population of the
town cut off from places of
employment, schools and
stores today.
The slide began gradually
last night, after the area had
been soaked by nearly con-
slant rain since Monday. First
one lane was blocked. By mid
night last night the road was
barely passable. This morning
it was completely blocked. At
the outer edge of the road is
an abrupt 75-foot drop into
Indian creek.
An estimated 150 children
were unable to attend school
because of the slide, about a
third of the enrollment of
Happy Camp's schools. About
250 families live north of the
slide. There are no stores in
the area.
Indian Creek road even
tually comes out at O'Brien,
Ore., on Highway 109, but
portion of the road between
the isolated families and
O'Brien are blocked by snow,
it was pointed out.
Tree Blown Down
A pine tree was blown
across Highway 238 south of
Murphy about 5 p.m. yester
day, halting vehicle traffic be
tween Grants Pass and the
Williams-Provolt area.
The tree fell about one hour
after heavy winds started in
much of Josephine county
about 4 p.m.
Electric and telephone fa
cilities were interrupted pe
riodically throughout the
night in the Williams area. A
portion of the West Fork rd.
residences were without utili
ties tills iliuiYiiiiK.
High water was reported
receding In Williams creek
near the Williams store and
elementary school this morn
ing. The school grounds were
flooded and most irrigation
ditches overflowed last night.
Rainfall in Medford totalled
1.19 inches yesterday. Be
tween midnight and 10 o'clock
this morning, .18 of an inch
ieli. Cave Junction reported
a fall of 4.45 inches in a 36
hour period ending thii morn
ing. Crater Lake national park
had 2.65 inches of precipita
tion in the 24 hours ending at
8 o'clock this morning.
Tne weather bureau fore
cast moderate to heavy pre
cipitation falling intermittent
ly through Saturday for the
area.
Resumption of Nevada
Nuclear Tests Ordered
Washington-ITU - President
Kennedy is ordering prepara
tions for a resumption of un
derground nuclear testing in
Nevada following the break
up of lt bun talks with Rus
sia. Secretary of Slate Dean
Rusk announced today.
Kennedy temporarily sus
pended Nevada test prepara
tions last Saturday to facili
tate U.S.-British-Soviet nu
clear test ban talks.
By United Press International
Flood waters from a mas
sive Pacific-bred storm poured
through the streets of tha
gambling city of Reno today
and more floods, snows and
torrential rains battered much
of the West.
The storm, an import from
Hawaii, cut off Reno and Car
son City, Nev., with flood wa
ters. Southeast Idaho was
threatened with its worst flood
in History and hundreds of
persons fled their homes slnni
northern California rivers.
30-Block Area Flooded
The swollen Truckee river
surged out of its sand-bagged
banks today at Reno, whera
more than 30 square blocks
were under water anrt tha
muddy river ran three feet
aecp past tne city hall,
"Parking meters are slick
ing out of Ihe water like a
bunch of submarine periscopes
coming out of a lake," one
Reno resident said.
Heavy rain drenched the
up-stream watershed of tha
eastern slope of t h e Sierra
Nevada as the Truckee con
tinued to rise. Officials said a
crest was not in sight.
Nearly two inches of rain
fell at Reno.
A Civil Defense spokesman
oftimated the flood will bo
more severe than the $4 mil
lion 1955 flood which sent
water swirling five feet deep
around the gambling city's
luxury hotels.
It s just hopeless, said a
city engineer. "We can't con
tain it.
Reno Virtually Isolated
Reno was virtually isolat
ed. Highways and railway
tracks were blocked, the air
port was closed and phono
lines were restricted to emer
gency calls, which took from
two to four hours to complete.
Carson City, Nev., was also
ctit off by the flood.
Hundreds of families were
evacuated in Northern Cali
fornia when swollen rivers
menaced homes.
At Alviso, Calif., waler
was eight feet deep al poinls.
A high tide on nearby San
Francisco Bay threatened to
increase the waler level.
More than 200 persons were
evacuated from the winc-riclt
community of Napa, Calif.,
when the Napa river swept
over its banks.
Twenty-three major U.S.
and California highways weio
closed by snow slides and
floods. All major roads lead
ing from California to Nevada
were closed.
Negro Plans Suit
To Enter School
Jackson, Miss. -d'PU- Negro
Dewey Greene Jr. said Thurs
day night he would go into
federal court iu an attempt
to join James H. Meredith
el the Urivcrj-ly cf Mis;
sippi.
Greene, 22-ycar-old former
Navy weatherman, was turn
ed down by Ole Miss" regis
trar Robert Ellis Tiiursdni'
about the same time Meredith,
me scnool s lirsl Negro stu
dent, went through the proc
ess of registering for his sec
ond semester.
frrence here that he would
appeal the university s JCtion
to U.S. Distrclf Judge Sidney
Mize, the Jurist who issued
the order admitting Meredith
under the instructions from
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Disorderly Conduct
Charge Dismissed
A charge of disorderly con
duct against Rodney Franklin
Davis, 23, Talent, was di.o.
missed in Medford municipal
court this morning by Judgo
Justin Smith Jr.
The complaint against Davis
had been filed by Edward J.
Bcrgcson, 32, of 251 Hcatty
si., as a result of an alterca
tion between the two men at
a West 10th st. residence last
Dec. 22.
But Russia suddenly ended
the three-power talks In New
York Thursday. Negotiations
will resume at the 18-nation
Disarmament Conference jn
Geneva Feb. 12.
Rusk told a news confer
ence today that the Soviet
move apparently over tho
same old issue of inspection,
came as a surprise to tho
United SUte.