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aker Valley Ranches Threatened by Ice-Clogged Powder River Slsry Column 6 Rogue Valley Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORD Tribune 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1963 No. 273 N't"-, TV r ' C r ? & t ? "V- " c s i - z CARGO PLANE CRASHES This aerial view shows smoke pouring from the foam-covered wreckage of a Slick Airways cargo plane as it burned on the runway of San Fran Russian Missiles Remain in Cuba, House Informed Washington - ftlPH Rep. Donald C. Bruce . (R-Ind.) charged on the House floor today that the Russians sent 82 to 88 offensive missiles to Cuba rather than the 42 which the Soviets removed after the October crisis. Bruce told the House that the larger number had been reported by diplomats of friendly nations stationed on the Communist island. "I challenge the State De partment to deny that it has been given this information," he declared. Bruce said reports of the larger total meant that there were still "40 or more" offen sive Soviet missiles hidden on the Caribbean island. Officials Said Aware "And the highest officials in the United Stales govern ment know il," Bruce told the House. Bruce asked "how long will Ihe Slate Department con tinue hiding the facts from the American people? His remarks reflected in creasing congressional con cern about the Soviet buildup in Cuba. Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.). who has warned re peatedly of the Russian arms buildup, said "sooner or later we will have to decide to put an end to it or see the Com munists take over South America." Sen. John C. Stennis (D Aliss.V whnp preparedness subcommittee is investigating the Cuban situation, said the United States might have to demand that Russia remove its present forces just as it demanded rcmova! of offen sive missiles and bombers. ntMJ FROM IHrWjBBEFS LANDSLIDE STRIKES TOWN IN ANDES Biblian, Ecuador I PI-A landslide struck thu Andei Moun tains town Sunday shortly after grief siricken villagers hd attended a man tuneral (or 10S nuns and children who died when a school building collapsed. A river of mud and rocks, slorm which undermined the ihe mountainside into the Turubsme section of town. The landslide destroyed seven houses, but caused casualties. MISSING AIRMAN SOUGHT IN OREGON Hamilton AFB. Calif. -IP'-A search ws under way in Oreqsn today for in Air Force enlisted men miir.g on ft. .hi nr,t. nlm. ih Wnlin Air Rescue Center reported. The pilot was Airmen il. nonaia v. Myers, who left PorlUnd Saturday en route lo Williams Air Force Bit la Ariior.t. He took off In serere ait turbulence and frfs:no ri.-.. cisco International airport. Skid marks lead ing to the burning wreckage are clearly visible. (UPI) Four Die as Cargo Airplane Crashes At San Francisco San Francisco -HIPP- A four engine Slick Airways cargo plane, which had made . an emergency landing in" New Mexico Friday night, crashed and burned Sunday while at tempting to land at San Fran cisco International airport. Four of the eight men aboard the Super Constella tion died in the accident the first fatal crash involving a commercial plane at the busy Roseburg Woman Hurt in Accident Cave Junction-A Roseburg woman is in Josephine gen eral hospital following a one vehicle accident on Highway 199 yesterday in which her right arm was temporarily pinned against the dashboard. Mrs. Jack Russell, 42. was driving north about three miles south of Cave Junction when the pickup truck she was driving skidded across the pavement and rolled down an embankment. Charles Tucker, a nearby resident, witnessed the acci dent and called a sheriff's deputy. After attempts by the deputy and volunteers to free Mrs. Russell from the wreck age were unsuccessful, a wrecking firm was called. Mrs. Russcl! was taken to the hospital by L. B. Hall ambulance. She suffered fa cial lacerations in addition to the arm injury. Brown, Yagner Named To Demo Committee Washington - CTI' - Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of California and Mayor Robert F. Wngncr of New York City have been elected vice chair men of the Democratic Na tional CommiUce. MOUND THi GlCit triggered by the same winter school building, plowed down no airport In 25 years. Federal Aviation Agency officials at the San Francisco lower said the cargo plane made its landing approach without radar control, al though a heavy ground haze limited visibility to about three-quarters of a mile. The pilot. Capt. Richard MacCallus. 43. Walnut Creek. Calif., dropped the flaps and landing gear in the prescribed fashion. But instead of touch ing down on one of the field's Iwo main runways, the plane touched down between them. Witnesses said a wing caught on the uneven ground and the plane spun and broke up, catching fire moments later. The same plane, which was carrying classified Navy cargo on a flight from Washington, DC, made an emergency landing at Albuquerque, N.M., Friday night wnen us power converter failed. MacCallus was among the four men who burned to dealh in the fire, which firemen battled for two hours. The other dead were identified as 1st officer William Coryell. 43, Burbank, Calif.; Albert Aaron, 40, San Mateo, Calif., a company employee taking passage on the flig.it; and Lloyd Mulligan, 40, San Ma teo, foreman of Slick's main tenance shop in San Francis- Two State Police Officers Promoted Floyd Crafts, Oregon stale j police officer in charge of the Mcclford station, has been pro moted In lieutenant and nam ed assistant commander for dish id tliree, it was announc ed today by II, G- Maison. Salem, superintendent of the state police. Crafts joined the state po lire March IS, 1942 here and had been assigned to the Mod ford area since tna! time Hp was promoted to sergeant Feb. 15. 1918. He will assume the position vacated by Earle Tichcnor when he was promoted to cap tain of the district upon the retirement of Capt. Paul Mor- I zan Jan. 31 Named scrtieanl in charge of the Mediord station is Sgt. ! Tom Eaton, who has been pa- trol sergeant here. Eaton join- led the state police June 6. 1941!. in Mrrifiird Following his discharged from the Navy m 1946 he was asMgned to the ! I Pendleton area, reluming ; , here uoon his promotion to; serg. art April 15. 19"):i i i fraft.' promotion was ef-: teeth.' Feb. i. District three comprise .lacks-in. Jcisephine. Coo. Curry. Douglcs. Klam- ath ind Lake counties. Legislature Faces Distasteful Job, Eymann Declares Salem-lUPIl-"Thls legislature faces the distasteful job of raising an additional S65.5 million or . . ." House Tax Committee Chairman Richard Eymann (D-Marcola) said to day. He made the statement as the House Tax committee op ened a general survey of all the major tax proposals be fore it. Eymann said the needed money is equivalent to the cost during the next biennium of operating the legislature, courts, executive and adminis trative arms of government, the Labor Department, and all natural resource agencies. He said it also includes the cost of all proposed non-educational construction, opera tion of all state institutions, and about half the cost of the state police. Before the committee are the governors net receipts in come tax proposal, the Mos- ser income tax plan, the Musa income tax proposal, several 3-cent sales tax proposals, and the governor's 4-cent a pack age cigarette tax bill. Revenues Listed Eymann listed these need ed revenues: $49 million to balance the governors proposed S404.1 million general fund budget for 1963-65. To do this, the governor proposes the net receipts and cigarette taxes. The budget is based on keep ing slate services at their cur rent level. -$7 million that the gov ernor wants to budget but try not to spend. Eymann says the sum should be raised -$4 million to make up for a drop in corporation' exsisc taxes since the governors budget estimates were made, -$5.5 million in case the legislature is unable to trans fer such a sum from the vet erans sinking fund to the gen eral fund to make up for cur rent shortages. The legality of such a transfer has been ques tioned. Eymann nolcd the legisla ture would be unlikely to cut the legislature, executive, and judicial arms of government plus slate institutions and law enforcement. If revenues were not raised, most of the cuts would prob ably come instead from the bulk of the budgeted money: School and college funds. The committee will hear general testimony on the vari ous tax plans this week. Later, it will take up spe cific bills. Other Highlights Salaries - A bill was intro duced in the House to raise the salaries of district attor neys. The ton would be $16. 000 for a district attorney in a county with a population of 20,000 or more. Testimony - A bill request ed bv Portland psychiatrists in private practice was spon sored in the House. It pro vides for court-appointed psy chiatric experts in criminal action cases wherever there is an issue concerning a de fendant's mental state. The expert's report would be available to both sides. Annex - The interim com mittee on local government's bill wis introduced in the House to make il easier fur cities to annex adjacent territories. Geographic Names Board Makes Names Official The U S Board on Geo- Oregon names, the U.S. board graphic Names has made of- te he name Beaver filial the names tmigram lake'' and "Howard Prairie j lake." The action is noted in the moat recent decision list is sued by the board, which is the official federal agency ! charged with approving and j keeping Irai k of the names of geographical features Ihrouh- out the country The two lakes were given ' official names upon the rec- ommendalion of numerous local officials, and later by the Oregon Geographical Names board, which is tht ol- final state agencv. The Ore - noo board can recommend. but onW the I'.S board can make names official, hubie- qnently, they are used on all federal maps In other action on southern Liquor Bills were read in the house to overhaul the liquor control act and to in crease annual fees. Holiday Repeal of Francis E. Willard day as a public school holiday whs proposed in a House bill. The holiday is rarely celebrated. The bill had 19 House sponsors. Budgets The Senate pass ed budgets for the Capitol Planning commission, the T'.a turopathic Board of Examin ers, and the Board of Exam iners in watchmaking and clockmaking. They passed the House earlier. Sunday Closing The Sun day closing law proposed by the "Save a Day for the Fam ily Committee," was given its first reading in the House. Railway Clerks Prepare Strike Against SP San Francisco -IUPH- Offi cials of the Brotherhood of Railway clerks were in San Francisco today to prepare for a strike which would idle 50,000 employees of Southern Pacific railroad from Texas to Oregon. The strike, which has been delayed twice in the past year by government intervention. could occur anytime this week, according to James Weaver, general chairman of the union s SP unit. "were not going to give the company any comfort in letting It know when we go 'oil," 'he said, but added tha a walkout by the 11,000-man clerks union was a "foregone conclusion." Weaver said his organiza lion delayed an immediate strike so that shippers could "clear their goods off the rails" and that the union had notified key shippers. "We want to protect t h e public interest in this matter, he said. "We're not going to sit down and trap a bunch of people." Items Delayed Perishable items aboard SP trains have been delayed in transit to their destinations across the country because of the recent heavy storms in the western states. Automation, and its result ant iob di'.placcmcnt. is the key issue in the dispute. The union threatened strikes in January, 1962, and again in August, but on both occasions government mediation efforts forestalled a ticup. A snecial presidential cmer gency board recommended early last month that SP share the savings of automation with those clerks who arc dis- placed by machines or new procedures. Pope Suffers From Cold, Sore Throat Vatican City - HOT - Pope John XXIII, suffering from a -..1,4 and sore throat he caught watching a rare Roman snow storm, was reported fccl'.n? better today and continuing his normal work load. A high Vatican source ajcj the Puniui s voice was deal er this morning and he ap-, peared in good spirits i , -iu i2 i creek) tor a 31: miic lonu steam flowing southeastward to Jenny creek at Pinohur-it, about 18 miles cast-southeast of Ashland: designated the name Grizzly creek 'not Bca - ver creek) for a 9' 2 mile long steam which is dammed to form Howard Prairie lake, and then joins Soda cick to form Jenny creek; designated the name Jenny creek (not Beaver creek, Grizzly creek or Jennie creek) for the 18 mile long stream formed by Grizzly and bona creexs. a tributary of the Klamath I river; and designated the I name Shrrpy creek (not .Jen- : ny rrrrkl for a 4 1 mile long i stream 11 e a a 1 11 g on buck mountain and flowing into j Johnson creek about 22 miles east of Ashland. Flood Danger To Baker Eased; Families Return Power Outages At Hood River Baker - fl'PD - The ice-clogged Powder river posed a threat to ranches in the Baker valley north of here today while immediate danger to the city of Baker was eased. Sheriff Delmar Dixon said he flew over the valley Sun day afternoon and had called a meeting of ranchers this af ternoon. The river was running high and free at Baker and the sheriff said families who evac uated have returned to their homes. Gov. Mark Hatfield had called out National Guardsmen to help in con trolling floodwaters earlier. They sandbagged low banks and dynamited the ice free. A week of freezing temper atures caused extensive lor mation of ice in the river. It started moving downstream when warmer weather ar rived Saturday. The sheriff said one ranch, that of Fred Warner, already was flooded and others were threatened. It was raining here today. Weather Changes The flood threat was one of a scries of crises caused by the changing weather in Ore gon over the week end. Warm air and a southerly wind moved into the Portland area late Saturday, sending the thermometer climbing from 39 at 4 p.m. to an official high of 59 at midnight. Cor ncll rd. west of Portland was closed by a slide and the wind snapped several power lines The temperature got up to 64 in Portland Sunday after noon. A week end silver thaw at Hood River caused wide spread power outages, as di an earlier one in the Pendle ton area. The weather man forecast more rain and warm temper atures in the next five days. Gale warnings flew on Ihe coast today. there was some minor flooding Sunday at the con fluence of the Clackamas and Willamette rivers south of Portland. Other streams also were ris ing. The weather man forecast continued slow rises in Ihe main stem of the Willamette below Albany, the Tualatin river and in the middle and lower Columbia during the next one to two days. Falling stages in tributary streams and in the Willamette above Corvallis were forecast. The Willamette was at 14 feet at Corvallis this morning, six feet below flood state. while the Sanliam at Jetfer- son was at 14.4 feet, half a foot below flood stage. Happy Camp School Closed Happy Camp The Huppv Camp elementary school was closed today as a result of slide conditions on Indian Creek rd. north of the com munity. The high school re mained uuen. The road itself was rcport i ed open this morning, but lucre was a possibility that more rod; and mud could slide down at any moment. A crew from the Siskiyou ounly road department plan ned to set off a dynamite blast this aflenioon in an effort to bring down all of the poten tial slide material. The slide began Thursday night after the area had been soaked by nearly constant rain since last Monday. At one r-j-ittit l;n rr.'H completely blocked by mud and rock, culling off nearly a third of the Happy Camp area's population, j j0,n sugden, principal of nhe elementary school, indi- cited he plans lo check the slide area daily. School will not reopen until the road is ;afc. More than 100 studenis at the elementary school about a third of the enrollment live on the other side of the sj(P on tnc other hand, only j l i high school students are 1 affected, so the high school (has remained open. HIGHWAY CLOSED Forest Grove - HPli -The Tualatin Valley highway south of here was closed by high water today. I ense Hatfield Talks Boardman Project With Engineers Governor Travels To Washington, D.C. Washington - IUPH - Oregon ov. Murk Hatfield met today with Army engineers to dis- uss the stale's plans for port facilities for the Boardman Space Age Industrial Park. Hatfield met with Maj. Gen. R. G. MacDonncll, direc tor of civil works, and other fficers of Ihe Corps of En- incers in Iho office of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Orc.). Also present were Glenn Jackson, of Medford, chair man of the Oregon State High way Commission, and Sam Mallicoat, Oregon director of planning and development. State officials and the Army Engineers have been at odds over the length of river front on the Columbia river asked by the state for access to the industrial site. Morse said in a statement that the conference had "laid a basis for a satisfactory solu tion" by "narrowing" the problems Involved. 'Both the governor and I are of the opinion that at a fu ture meeting which will be held In Oregon in a very short time, a final agreement com pletely satisfactory to the state of Oregon and the Army Engineers will be reached," Morse said. ' Morse said he and Hatfield would meet later with the slate delegation to make a re port on the conference with the Army Engineers. In Snlcm, the governors of fice said Hatfield made the un scheduled trip to Washington Sunday to help the delegation in "unraveling some compli cations relating to the Board man development." It said Hatfield tentatively was to return to Oregon sometime tonight. Travis Cross, Hatfield's press secretary, did not say which federal agencies Hat field was visiting. He also re fused to say what specific in cident sparked Hatfield's de cision to go to the .irtlion'a capital. Alan Given Probation By Municipal Court Earl Charles Buffinglon, 45. of 1018 West Eighth si., was placed on 90 days prol ation by Municipal Court Judge Justin Smith Jr. today as a result of an auto accident early this morning. City police said Buffinglon was the driver of a car which .struck a puwei pule guy wir? on West Eighth si. near Ham ilton st. about 2:03 a.m. Buffinglon was lodged in city Jail on a charge of being drunk in a public place. f eS. V Sy-l wmrn -.- - '"C? " sftrn r-ra-ir-recaa sssh. -.4r- . - I . :- r E U ri"" ere ewiM" v2 , Kfc-lem HOMES FLOODED Two children wade in fiont of their home in Spokane, Wash., when their parcnls were forced to evacuate after warm temperatures and two inches of rain 1 A M in Canada OS (I'M) DOUGLAS HARKNESS Submits Resignation Ashland Woman's Body Found Near' Siskiyou Summit Ashland The body of Mrs. LaNelda Nan Marlow 31 108 North Second at., Ash land, was found In a ditch near - the Siskiyou summit sunaay py a rnoemx man ana niS SOn. ' District Attorney Alan Holmes said an autopsy would 1 key post in Diefenbaker's cab- pe poriormoa. Authorities not Know wneuior me aeatn baker had turned down his is murder, ' suicide or . from repeated umaeetlons that thla natural causes. MVS, Marlow Uic mother of two children. R. J. Woe)" Wolfe, 328 OhK st.. Phoenix, and his son, Rich ard, 14,. were running hunt ing dogs near Colcstinc rd. when (hey came upon the body. They reported the dis covery to stale police, who with other area law enforce ment officials have been in conference with the district attorney until late this morn ing. The district attorney said no signs of violence were not ed. Mrs. Marlow was clothed in i. dress and sweater, but had no shoes. A coat was near by, but was not on the body. II has not been determined how long the body had been there, Holmes said. The body was taken to Litwillcr's Fun eral home. This is the first death to be investigated locally under Ihe new medical investigator act. This requires the public health officer or a designated deputy to make a personal investigation instead of 'he county coroner elected under the old. system.. idahoT'hreXtened Boise - IDPII - Thawing snow packs and torrential rains iooscned a flooding grip on Southern Idaho today, but wall-like ice Jams were re purled in rivers in the south west and southeast. )iv us nMMMeaeai inister Social Credit Party Offers To Save Government Group Demands Policy Statement Ottawa (UPll Defense Mln- ister Douglas Harkness quit the federal cabinet today at the peak of 'a crisis that threatened imminent over throw of Canada's Conserva tivc government. But the all important Social Credit party offered to save the govern ment's skin. As its price, the 30-membcr Social Credit group, which holds the balance of power in the 2H5-seat Parliament, dc. manded a "clear-cut statement of defense policy" from Primo Minister John Dicfcnbaker'a conservative minority admin istration. "An election In Canada pre cipitated by the events of the last three days, with an anti- American overtone; would bo a IrnDnrlu " Ika Gnnlnl P.ni I ,, 'M ..rrh h.,j ! states U our nearest neighbor and close friend, and only I damage could result from an I ciection campaign on this i basis." .1 Buonutlim. n.t.i. B. I - Harkness bowed out of his ao inet on grounds that Dlefcn- u country submit to U.S. pros- , I sure and equip its armed forces with nuclear weapons. Dicfonbaker had been reluc tant to' commit himself de spite a critical statement last week by the U.S. Slate De partment. The Social Creditors pre viously had been believer! likely lo side with the Liberal and Socialist New Democratic; parties in opposition to Dicf enbaker, although they had not committed themselves In that regard. SEES GREAT POWER Washington - IUPH - Rep. Thor C. Tollefson (R Wash.) warned today that the Soviet Union may become tho orld's greatest sea power by 1973. WEATHER FORECAHT: Occasional show. trn, some possibly hravy to night, and periods of pirtUI rlrartnir tonight and Tiifhrtay. Occasional rain lair Tuesday. Low tonight near 3. High Tuci dy 43-50. Temp. ltttfhmt Yentrrday !V5 Lowril Thin Morning 3!) Preclp. to 10 a.m. Today ui Our Skies Tonight ftiinnet today . ., S:7 p.m. Hunrlse tomorrow 7:2 a.m. Moontet tomorrow 5:13 a.m. r-ul! ftlnon - Kn, 8 PROMINENT STARS Nirlm, in thr southeast 7:00 pm, Aldcjaran. high tn south T:4S p.m. PROMINENT CONBTKIXATIon Orion, between Siriua and Aide-baran. .''' ------ j which fell on top of eight Inches of snow started to run off. All power and heating systems have been turned off in areas where basements ire full of water. (UPI) !
