Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 11, 1963, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIraq Rebel Regime Executes Officers mm Kegional Edition MEDFORD 18 Pages Two Sections INVESTIGATION ASKED The Coast Guard in New York says il has asked the State Department to investigate "rumors" that a missing tanker with 39 men aboard is in Cuba. The Coast Guard refused further com ment, pending results of a State Department inquiry. The tanker, Marine Atlantic Ocean Searched in Vain For Missing Tanker With Crew of 3 9 Inquest Scheduled Regarding Dealh Of Area Woman An inquest into the death of an Ashland woman whose body was found near the Sis kiyou summit Feb. 3 will be held in the Jackson county district court at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to Dis trict Attorney Alan B. Holmes. The grand jury wiir consid er the case later, Holmes said. In charge of the inquest will be Jackson County Public Health Officer Dr. A. Erin Merkel, as county medical ex aminer, instead of by a coro ner under the old system. Earlier il was reported both preliminary and detailed au topsies indicated that Mrs. La Nelda Nan Marlow, 31, of 108 North Second St., Ash land, died of natural causes. A man, who admitted to be ing with the Ashland woman Saturday evening before the body was found, has been questioned and released. No charges have been filed against him, the district at torney said. Mrs. Marlow's body was found in a ditch near the Colestine rd. by a Phoenix man and his son. About three hours later Mrs. Marlow's husband reported to the state police that the woman was missing. Thirty-Nine Pairs Of Trousers Found Thirty-nine pairs of men's trousers, presumably stolen, were found on the Little Switzerland rd. Sunday after noon by a Medford resident, according to city police. The trousers, valued at about $311.22, were apparent ly new. They were tagged and placed in the city police prop erty room. 62,920 Drivers Added In State During 1962 Salem- t?D-The Department of Motor Vehicles said today that 62.920 drivers were add ed to the state's driving popu lation during 1962. Department Director Vern L. Hill said the state's total driving population is estimat ed at 950,000. POLOHIS MISSILE SCORES SUCCESS Capt Canavtral, Fl.-'in-Th Navy today fired its new Polaris A3 miiiila, th most powerful submarine weapon ever built, on a successful flight of 1,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATORS CONFER Geneva-4P!U.S. and Soviet negotiators conierred today en Tuesday's opening of disarmament talks amid Soviet warnings that renewed U.S. undergound nuclear testing "hinders" agreement on a test ban treaty. AFRICAN MINERS DIE OF SUFFOCATION Potchefstroom, South Africa-TrT - Twenty-one African miners died of heat suffocation today when the elevator went out of order at the 7.000-foot level. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1963 i f . ' I . - ft t I . ' t rwww Senate Asked To Stop Work On Constitutional Revision Salem-IUPli-A resolution ark ing the Senate to kill consti tutional revision for this ses sion of the legislature was an nounced today by Sen. Thom as Mahoney (D-Portland). Its chances were uncertain, but it met with disapproval from three legislators who Large Water Main Being Installed Way was cleared for con struction of the 24-inch south feeder water main last week with the arrival in Medford of the steel pipe from the manufacturer in Livermorc, Calif., according to Water Superintendent Robert L. Lee. Some preliminary excava tion work was done during January, Lee said, but the $239,484 project will official ly get under way with the first laying of the pipe on Gar field st. about 500 feet west of Kenyon ave. The project is ex- 1 pected to take three months. The purpose or ine souin feeder main, according to the water superintendent, will be to transport large quantities of water from the source at the Capital Hill reservoirs to the west side of Medford. The first Dhase of the pro ject was begun in 1957. The new 24-incri main will begin on Black Oak dr. at the new St. Mary's High school and cross Interstate 5 at Bear Creek. The pipe will be buried under Bear creek and will be encased in concrete, Lee said. The main will cross South Pacific highway, the Southern Pacific railroad tracks at Bel field St., across King highway and South Peach st. to South Columbus ave., where it will be terminated for the present, Lee said. State, County Offices To Close Tuesday State and county offices will be closed tomorrow for Lincoln's birthday, it was an nounced. Medford city hall and fed eral offices will be open. Liquor stores will be closed for the holiday. IBRIEFS AlOUNO THI OlOll carry some weight in the Sen ate. Mahoney said the Senate probably will vote on the reso lution in a oay or so. It calls on the Senate Com mittee on Cor Hitutional Re vision to stop further consid eration on the proposed new constitution written by the Oregon Commission on Con stitutional Revision. Mahoney was a member of Ihe 17-mcmber commission and one of its two main dis senters. Problems Many His resolution says many "preplexing problems" re main to be determined. "The matter of a new constitution for Oregon is not one of im mediate urgency, but rather rhould await further study, deliberation and opportunity for public discussion," he said. Mahoney said it is ex tremely improbable" that ihe Group To Study Proposed Budget Tonight the Jackson county rural school district budget committee will study the pro posed $46,650 budget for the county's special education program. The recommended budget includes salaries increased for the three instructors and pro poses the addition of two new teachers. Increases in teaching sup plies, transportation and class room rentals are also noted. This is due to the increased staff proposed, explained County School Superintend ent Alt B. Mekvold. At the last week's meeting the budget committee pre viewed the salary schedule, for the county school office and studied the curriculum materials center budget, but took no action. Salary increases had been recommended for all of the office personnel except for the superintendent, his assist ant, and the special programs director. Total recommended outlay for the curriculum materials center is $112,010.75. Largest increase in total teaching sup plies is $19,800 for films and film strips, up from $5,450 for the current budget. Saturday Sessions Scheduled in Senate Salem-IPI'-The Senate will begin Saturday sessions abo 'l March 1. but no date for House sessions on Saturday has yet been announced. Senate President Ben Musa said the would be Saturday sessions called to speed up consideration of the hundreds of bill? now in various Sen ate committees. SALES TAX PAYS New York - t'PIi - General sales lax collections soared to more than $5 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1962. topping all other sources of revenue in 30 stales, ac cording to Commerce Clear ing hriusc. Tribune Sulphur Queen, shown above, has been missing for eight days on a trip from Beaumont, Texas, to Portsmouth, Va. Cuba has denied that the ship is there and added they "will keep an eye out for it." (UPI) Senate would muster the two- thirds vote needed, along with the same vote in the House, to send the document to the people. He also said 1'ie legislature should devote "full time and energies toward matters of immediate concern." Sen. Walter Pearson (D Portland), chairman of the Senate Committee on Consti tutional Revision, said, how ever, he feels committee -tiring of the document should continue. Sen. Donald Husband (R Eugene) said it would be a "disservice" for the Senate to stop studying Ihe document. He said although it contains many controversial elements, "it can be sold, but it will take time." Ylurri Comments Senator Minority Leader Anthony Ylurri (R-Ontario) said even if the legislature fails to approve a new con stitution this session, '"the ed ucational values of studying it are worthwhile." All three senators are on the Senate committee, and Husband and Pearson were on the commission that wrote the new document. Meanwhile, a bill was in troduced by Rep. Winton Hunt (R-Woodburn) that would amend the constitution to provide for annual sessions of the legislature. Annual sessions also are called for in the proposed new constitution, but this would be a separate amendment in case the new document fails to gel anywhere. The Hunt proposal calls for sessions in even-numbered years to consider only budget and revenue matters. A companion bill by Hunt would limit sessions to 100 days. Five Oregonians Killed in Traffic By United Press International Five Oregon residents lost their lives in traffic accidents during the week end. Three were killed in the state. Timothy DeMotts. 19. and I his sister, Carolyn, both of IUiP.on-1-recwatcr, died in two-car head-on I miles southeast I Mont., Sunday. Also killed in the accident was Margo Vogt of Stevens - i vine, mom., a scnooi icacner at Milton-Freewalrr. The vic tims all were in one of the cars. Ralph Killham, 22. Salem, died when his car went off the Pacific Frecwav near . Woodburn and struck an over - ! pass pillar Sunday. He was a former Oregon College of Ed ucation track star. j JETTY REPAH1S DUE Robert Bailey. 31. Arling-j Washing! n TPI' "en. Mau ton. was killed in a Iwo-caririne Neuberger (D-Ore.) said collision on U.S. Highway 3') seven miles cast of Arlington Saturday. j Frank Carpenter. 24, Em- j ; pire. died in a two-car crash on Cape Arago Highway De-I ! tween Empire and Charleston n Cons rounly Friday nigh'. 57th Year Price 10 Cents No. 279 Vessel Carrying Molten Sulphur 8 Days Overdue Jacksonville, Fla. - (IIP!) Planes and ships searching the Atlantic looked in vain to day for a single clue that might solve the mystery of the tanker Marine Sulphur Queen and its crew of 39, missing for eight days. Planes took off from Coast Guard installations from Flor ida to Virginia and cutters re newed their patrols off the Florida coast in hopes of un raveling the deepening mari time mystery. Routine Trip The 5'24-foot vessel, carry ing a cargo of molten sulphur, left Beaumont, Tex.. Feb. 2, bound for Norfolk, Va., on a routine trip. It last was heard from the following night and a search started five days ago when it failed to reach Nor folk. There was earlier specula- i lion the World War II ves sel might have put into Cuba, perhaps disabled or driv en there by the Atlantic coast al slorm last week. The Cuban government promised the United Slates it would notify this country if it learned any thing about the ship, it was reported today in Washington. Substance Not Connected Moderate seas were report ed in an area about 240 miles southeast of J a c ksonvillc where three search planes concentrated. Reports of a "yellow substance" on the sea sent vessels to the vicinity Sunday but the search was in vain. A careful check revealed thai the "yellow substance" was seaweed and the tossing debris was not connected with the lankcr. A small fishing boat, with three men aboard, also was missing off Jacksonville and the search planes and ships kepi an eye out for il. A Coast Guard officer spe ulated that if the hot sulphur had come in contact with the water, a steam explosion would follow, causing "the whole thing lo go up like an atom bomb. ' Not Dangerous Job The ship transports sulphur in heavily insulated steel tanks that are kept at 2t'5 de- grecs by steel coils. The ship's ollisinn 15"' , V, . . Libby, .r?.- cr. l h 1 : '"s fU"."' 'o ous than hauling other car- 1 Tnc disuppearance of the ship recalled another great maritime mystery in the At-lantic-thc US Navy supply ship Cyclops which vanished in 1918 with 309 men aboard. The Cyclops, carrying a I... ., ,!, 1 ..V r,..u...i.. ,i.L ..nj I : coal at Barbados, then sailed, never lo be heard from again today j ci a Army Engineers will S1.4H3.200 conln ct to Jairtes F. Richards Construc tion Co.. ?''mcapolis, for re pairs to the north jolty at Tillamook Bay. Ore. The work includes placing about Full Story of Cuban Situation Felt Not Told McNamara Evidence Said Unsatisfactory Washington-OOT-A top Re publican member of the House Foreign Affairs committee said today that despite ad ministration explanations on Cuba "There is uncertainly that the full story hasn't been told the American people." Rep. E. Ross Adair of Indi ana said that Cuba as a po tential Communist enemy just won t lie down and play dead nor go away with a few well- chosen words." Adair said he still does not regard the evidence presented by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and the Central Intelligence Agency as "fully satisfactory." "The feeling persists that there is a mighty military ma chine in the hands of Castro and that sooner or later this menace must be dealt with," he said. Rep. Ed Foreman (R-Tex.) warned in a similar statement that Cuba is now making "dangerous moves" to set up armed camps on the mainland of Latin America. "Two ships steamed out of the Cuban port of Mariel last week, loaded with arms des tined for British Guiana," said Foreman. He also said guer rilla bands have been sent into Venezuela. The Texas Republican said "il is high time that Presi dent Kennedy take the bull by the horns and invokes the time-honored Monroe Doc trine." He said Kennedy has "back ed down" from his 1960 presi dential campaign stand against any expansion of the Cuban Communist foothold in the hemisphere. The new charges came de spite the plea of a high admin istration official for an end lo public debate over Cuba. Undersecretary of State George W. Ball said Sunday night that it was "a little bit extraordinary thai we keep on hectoring one another over this Cuban problem. . .. Bloodmobile in Medford and CP The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Red Cross chap ter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., today from 2 lo 6 o'clock and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 P-"'- Quota for the visit is 350 pints in Medford and 95 pints in Central Point Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Jewett school. It was stressed by Mrs. J. W. Burba, blood program chairman, that the Bloodmobile will not visit Ashland this month. Two valley residents are in need of blood, It was report ed. Mrs. E. W. Seggessenman, Shady Cove, who was injured in an automobile accident in British Columbia last year, and J. L. McCollum, Medford, who recently underwent surg ery in Portland. Persons may donate blood in Ihe name of cither of these persons or the name of any either person or organization they wish. Appointments may be made by telephoning 773-3813 and drop-in donors will be wel come, Mrs. Burba explained. Persons between 18 and 59 years of age are eligible to donate, but those between 18 and 21 years old must have a written consent from their parents or guardian. Drought Ended In California By United Press International More than eight inches of i rain have washed nwav Southern California's 300-day i Cynla Rarhurn rare unt 1 VI inches of rain Sunday and some areas were flooded by up to 8 62 inches. More fell today. In the higher elevations snow, nut rain, caused trou bles, closing most roads in the Sierra Nevada between North- 1 ern California and Nevada. BIG BITE New York - UPH - Taxes imposed by all governments in the United States now take about 29 per cent of the to la! Bonds and services nro- i dumj tn tne ni,tion, according i to Tax. Foundation, inc. DIES IN FIRE Raymond, Wash.- r'PIi -Mrs. Jennie Strong, 73, died In an anartmeni bourse fire here 3r'y c"n',,y. LANDMARK BURNED This residence, known as the "old Brophy place," between Agate rd. and Crater Lake highway was purposely burned Sunday afternoon to make way for a shopping center. The controlled burning by Central Point rural fire department for White City Realty company was under the direction of Capt. Robert Walker, Central Point, president of the Jackson-Joseph ine Firemen Instructors as sociation. It served as a fire fighting drill. Several firemen from the city of Central Point, Grants Pass, Ashland and Medford took part along with the crew of rural district volunteers. Fuel oil, bails of straw and old lumber were used to ignite the blaze. Three fire trucks were on hand. Prior to becoming part of the Camp White military reserva tion during World War 11, the residence was the home of the Vern Brophy family. (Matthews photo) Move Awaited on Threatened Strike Of Railroad Clerks San Francisco - 01PD - The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks was expected lo make a definite move today In its oft-postponed threat to strike the Southern Pacific railroad in seven western states. The walkout, which has been in an off-and-on state since midnight Wednesday, has been averted only through the persistent efforts of Chair man Frank O'Neill of the Fed eral Mediation Service. In near-marathon meetings with representatives of both sides, O'Neill has gained five postponements in the threat ened strike which would idle 50,000 SP employees In Ore gon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. However, William McGov- em, a union vice president and special rcprescntalive of union President George Har rison, announced after a meet ing with O'Neill Sunday night that a decision would be made today. - . McGovern said O'Neill would meet with SP officials this morning and then present the company's latest propos als to the union. The 11,000-mcmbcr union, which claims the support of 39,000 other SP employees, WHiils the railroad to retain Musa Receives Briefing, Ash Tray Salem -IUPII- Senate Presi dent Ben Musa, governor while Gov. Mark Hatfield is out of stale, said today he got both a "briefing" and an "ash tray." Musa jokingly commented last week that there were no ash trays in the governor's off Ice. Musa assumed the chief executive's office while Hat field was in Washington, D.C. Musa also commented last week that Hatfield had not given him any briefing before leaving the state. When asked this morning about his earlier complaints, Musa replied "the governor dropped In to give me a short briefing before he left, and he also said he'd make sure there was an ash tray in the office for me." Hatfield left Saturday for California where he Is sched uled to deliver a series of speeches. Use of Mexican Coins Brings Arrest Portland - (UPI) - A man ar rested in Lebanon is being j charged with passing Mexican Ccnlavo coins in pay tele-1 phones in the Lebanon area, Frank Kennedy, special agent in charge of the local Secret Service otfices, said today. Ccntavo coins are the same size as U.S. quarters. Kenney said Jack Ellis Wheal, 30, Labanon carnival worker, was picked up last Friday night on a traffic charge. The secret service agent said more than 100 Mexican coins had been passed in the Lebanon-area pay telephones and vending machines In the past two months. He said Wheat was named In a misdemeanor complaint before the U.S. commission er here today under a law en acted in 1062. Ball was set at $1,300. CROSBY RELEASED Hollywood-tUPIi-Slngcr Bing Crosby was resting at home today following his release Saturdav from St. John's Hns- Ipltal in Smta Monica. Call men displaced by machines for other jobs within the com pany. The railroad maintains it cannot agree to a plan it thinks would retard technical advances and create unneces sary jobs. 23 Seniors Named To Honors Group Twenty-three seniors at Medford High school have been named to the 1963 aca demic honors group, the school administration has an nounced. Their ratings are based on seven semesters of work. The group, representing the top 5 per cent of the graduat ing class, is chosen Instead of the traditional valedictorian and salutatorian The custom was adopted at Medford High school four years ago because of the sim ilar ratings of a lurge number of students. The practice followed in a number of high schools across the nation Named to this year's group are Donald Anderson, James Arthur, Carl Farner, Martha Graham, Howard Haugcn, Garner Haupert, Sue House, Judith Hucners, Sue Jahn, Todd Jones, Sharon Koblik, Pamela Miller, Georgia Mitch el, Susan Myers, Heather Rode, Kay Ruck, Larry San ders, Sharon Smcts, Vicki Toenniges, Leslie Van Gor don, David Warren, Michael Whinihan and Doris Young. School District Election Today Registered voters In School Districts 549C and Phoenix- Talent District4 will vote to day from 2 to 8 o'clock on pro posed consolidation of the two districts. Polling places in the Talent and Phoenix district are at the Talent elementary school gymnasium In Talent and the Phoenix elementary school gymnasium in Phoenix. Polling places in School District 549C are the 14 ele mentary schools Griffin Creek, Hoover, Howard, Jack son, Jacksonville, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lone Pine, Oak Grove, Rosevelt, Ruch, Wash ington, West Side, and Wilson. Council on Aging Will Convene Feb. 20 Salem - (UPI) - The next quarterly meeting of the state council on aging will be held in Portland Feb. 20, Execu tive Secretary Julia G. John son said today. The meeting will be held at Portland State college. Police Check Cars, Signs Vandals in Medford had a busy week end. An undeter mined amount of damage was caused as they tipped two cars over on their sides, broke out windows in five different buildings, set off a dynamite blast, and defaced two signs, according to city police re ports. The tipped over cars were discovered early Sunday. Curtis Eldon Mason, 716 West Jackson st., found his car on its side about 3:20 a.m. Robert Charles Llchtl, 344 Whitman ave., reported finding his car turned over about 7:37 a.m. An explosion, believed to hBve been caused by dyna mite, was reported by resi dents near the Medford High United States Joins Others In Recognition Baghdad Said To Be 'Dead Quiet' Beirut, Lebanon (UP Iraq's new rebel regime ex ecuted two generals and two oth'i officers today but trav elers arriving here from Bagh dad reported "dead quiet" in the capital for the first time since lighting erupted Friday. The United States, the So viet Union, Britain, and West Germany today recognized the new Iraqi regime. Russia call- for "further development friendship and cooperation" with Iraq, which had been increasingly Communist-Influ enced before the revolt. Few Shops Open West German Members ol Parliament Rudolph Werner said streets were empty and only a few shops were open. Tanks and armored cars mov- through the streets con tinuously. "Sunday, there was firing 11 over the city as troops smoked out Communists, but today I did not hear any shooting," he said. "Every thing was dead quiet today, Imost frighteningly so. ' Werner said that the people Baghdad appear to show no gns of joy over the end of Kasscm's four and one-half years of rule and his replace- - mcnt by pro-Nasser military leaders. "They're Indifferent and though there was no shooting today, the whole place does not smell good," he said. Other travelers reported pictures of the new leaders re now being distributed but few Iraqis are putting them up. Ships Start Moving in other developments, ship ping resumed on the Shatt-El- Arab River for the first time since the revolt, and tankers and barges lammed In Us channels began, moving out. The military governor gen eral ot Baghdad was reported to have relaxed the curfew hours. It is now in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. One eyewitness estimated about 1,500 persons were kill ed In the initial day ot the revolt. No official figures were available. ' . Baghdad Radio in a broad cast heard here said the four criminal traitors" were shot and killed because they "vio lated the people's rights and lived in corruption." Savings Reported n Printing Costs Salem -(UPS- A $20,000 sav ing in printing costs for the remainder of this legislative session was announced today by House Speaker Clarence Barton. Combined with earlier sav ings In handling the printing of bills, this will mean about $29,000 has been trimmed from printing costs for this session through economy measures. The $20,000 saving will re sult from a change In printing the dally legislative calendar. It has been the practice to print a complete new calen dar daily. The new system will have one complete new calendar printed each Monday, with supplements Issued the other four days of each week. Barton said "this will save 15-mllllon pages of printing for the rest of this session, that's $20,000." Fires Cause Heavy Damage in Idaho Boise IUPD Fire swept through seed company ware house and feed mixing plant at Burley and a church at Nampa over the week end, causing damage estimated at more than $1.2 million. Damage To on Week End school football practice field about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Of ficers found a hole 14 Inches wide and about 2 inches deep. Broken windows were re ported Friday and Saturday at 131 North Bartlctt St., 737 Stevens at., 3 West Sixth St., 221 East Main st., and at 710 South Grape sU The windows were broken, police said, with rocks, bricks and pieces of wood. A school zone sign was re ported pulled up and thrown on a sidewalk In front of 816 Dakota ave. It was found about 11:33 p.m. Friday. A directory sign at 41 Haw thorne st. was damaged and the letters scattered cn the ground some time Friday night.