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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
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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
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: 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.