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Icy Flood Waters
Cause Havoc in
Eastern Sections
Three-Day Death
Toll Rises to 21
By United Press International
ley flood . waters sped
death and destruction through
out the East today.
Drinking water was con
taminated, power !i es were
driven down by high winds
and towering ice floes,
swept down rain-swollen riv
ers to drive thousands of per
sons irom ineir Homes.
The death toll from three
days of flooding rose to 21.
At least eight other persons
were dead after a late-winter
snow storm hit the Midwest
and flayed the Northeast with
55-mile-an-hour winds, snow
and sleet.
Emergency Declared
Nearly all Ohio streams,
with the exception of the
Ohio river, were receding to
day, but a state of emergency
was declared on the Ohio uni
versity campus at Athens.
A midnight curfew was im
posed on men students for
the first time. More than
1,500 persons - including 700
university students-were tak
en from the flooded area.
The Ohio river, which crest
ed at Pittsburgh Wednesday,
continued to surge toward a
crest 'downstream and offici
als at Cincinnati, Marietta,
Portsmouth and smaller Ohio
communities made emergency
preparations. The Ohio was
expected to crest at Cincin
nati at 60 feet, or eight feet
above flood stage, by Sunday.
In Pennsylvania, serious
flooding continued today from
Newport to the mouth of the
Juniata river, and Duncannon,
Pa., Mayor John Wells de
clared a state of emergency.
Fescue workers helped resi
dents from their homes at
Duncannon, Amity Hall and
Newport.
Ice jams towered 30 feet
high on the Juniata river
where it meets the Susque
hanna. Court Agrees to
Accept Home .Lease
The Jackson county court
will write University of Ore
gon officials agreeing to ac
cept a one-year lease on the
C. C. Beekman house in Jack
sonville at $400 a year.
Following a meeting with
representatives of the Siski
you Pioneer Sites Foundation,
administering agency for the
home, the court wrote the
university suggesting a five
year lease at $200 a year.
However, university officials
have indicated they need at
least $400 a year to finance
the professorship of Pacific
Northwest history.
The will of the late Carrie
Beekman, daughter of the
early day banker had deeded
the house and property to the
University of Oregon for that
purpose.
During its first year of op
eration the Beekman house
had more than 5,000 visita
tions by tourists and interest
ed local people. The annual
report from the Sites Founda
tion including this informa
tion and operating costs and
revenue will be mailed by the
court.
Jehovah's Witness
Meted Prison Term
Portland OiPH A member
of the Jehovah's Witnesses
from Prineville received a
six-month federal prison sen
tence Wednesday for refusing
to submit to the military
draft.
Judge William East gave
the sentence to James Warren
Hawkins, 23, despite a plea
for leniency.
tlE'St BRIEFS
ITEMS nOM k AHOUNO THl OlOH
DE GAULLE RULES OUT MEET WITH JFK
Paris-ari'-Pretident Charles de Gaulle wet reported
today to have ruled out any idea of meeting with
President Kennedy In the near future.
Responsible French government sources said De
Gaulle leelt such a meeting would be pointiest because
American and French thinking on major issues is hope
lessly far apart.
AMERICAN COMMUNISTS CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE
Tokyc-W-Americsn Communists were caught in the
cross-fire of the Communist ideological war today when
Red China criticised their stand in the Cuban crisis and
accused them of "eagerly tifirming their loyalty to the
U.S. ruling class."
TESTS WITHOUT DETECTION POSSIBLE
Washington-TPI-Two government scientists testified
today that Russia could conduct further underground
weapons tests without fear of detection under proposals
pending at the Geneva itslban negotiation.
SOVIETS CONDEMN EXTREME DOGMATISTS
Motcow-'tPI-The Soviet Union, in en apparent new
Ideological slip at Communist China, today condemned
extreme "dogmatists" who favor war over peaceful co
existence to promote communism.
MANNED SPACE STATION - This artist's
concept shows a manned space station with
"instant earth gravity" that was announced
by Douglas Missile and Space Systems in
Los Angeles today. Using current fabri
cating techniques and "off-the-shelf" hard
Program To Help Released
Offenders Will Be Tried Here
A pioneering Oregon pro
gram designed to help offend
ers who have been released
from prison is going to get
one of its first tryouts in the
Medford area shortly.
Ted J. Holdt, director of
rehabilitation and employ
ment for ex - offenders, a de
partment created one year
ago under the state board of
control, outlined the plan dur
ing a stop in Medford earlier
this week. ;
'Ex-offenders are people,"
Holdt pointed out, voicing the
opinion that many of them are
well qualified to become good
citizens after release from
prison.
Rehabilitation Process
"Employment is the com
pletion the fulfillment
of the rehabilitation process,"
he added. "Denial of employ
ment to these men results in
loss of human resource and a
waste of the talent, skill and
time expended in an effort to
prepare them to become use
ful and respected members of
the community."
If an ex-offender is denied
employment, one of two
things will happen, Holdt said.
He will revert to illegal acts
Public Hearing on
Council's Agenda
A public hearing to con
sider a change of zone from
single and two family to
multiple family at 16 South
Peach St., is included in the
Medford city council's agenda
for its meeting at 7:30 o'clock
tonight.
Among other items to be
considered will be an amend
ment to the building code to
permit a rear door on prop
erty abutting railroad right
of way, approve plans for
widening Ivy st. between
Eighth and Ninth sts. to per
mit diagonal parking on the
east side and to award a con
tract for equipment at the
sewage treatment plant.
ware, the station could be operational by
1965. The cutaway shows a spinning centri
fuge couch that would create an artificial
gravity for astronauts to combat the effects
of prolonged weightlessness. (UP1)
to obtain subsistance and will
eventually return to prison,
or he and his dependents will
have to rely on public assist
ance.
"It Is just plain good busi
ness to employ these men
and make of them taxpayers
rather than tax-consumers,"
he concluded.
Set Up Organizations
What Holdt is. attempting
to do is to set up a network
of volunteer community or
ganizations throughout the
state to assist ex-offenders in
securing employment and
making a successful rehabili
tation. He is contacting representa
tives of service clubs, cham
bers of commerce, PTAs, per
sonnel managers organiza
tions and other groups in an
effort to recruit members for
community councils for the
rehabilitation and employ
ment of ex-offenders.
Medford and Eugene are
the first two areas in the
state in which he is trying to
set up the community coun
cils. Proposes Council
He proposes that represent
atives of community organ
izations meet together and
organize such a council, which
would then become a perma
nent self-sustaining and au
tonomous unit. Participants
would hold regular meetings
to discuss problems, progress
and other matters.
The activities of such coun
cils would be divided general
ly into five categories:
1. Publicity and education
disseminating information
relative to the importance of
acceptance of qualified ex
offenders by the labor market
and the public.
2. Employment assistance
enlisting the cooperation of
employers in the hiring of ex
offenders. 3. General assistance pro
viding food, shelter and medi
cal attention for limited pe
riods in cases where an ex
offender is unable to get a
job.
4. Counseling of ex-offend-
Abbott Resigns as
Member of Board
C. W. (Bill) Abbott. Med
ford businessman, has resign
ed as a member of the Jack
son county board of equaliza
tion, the county court noted
yesterday.
County Judge Earl M. Mil
ler said he and Arnold Bohn-
ert, Central Point area farm
er, will have to appoint an
other member. The county
court accepted Abbott's resig
nation with regret. Miller
Abbott, who is employed by
J. Henry Helser and com -
panv. investment managers.
said his reason for resigning
was due to a promotion in ;
charge of his company's of- i
ficcs in the Willamette valley, j
He will spend most of his
time there.
Abbott was formerly Cen-
tra! Point postmaster. Prior;
to joining the Helser firm, he
was In the insurance business
here.
'
ers providing counseling,
information, friendship and
in some cases advice for ex
offenders who may need it.
5. Any other services as
community councils might
from time to time deem nec
essary
His department deals only
with prisoners who have been
discharged, Holdt emphasized,
and not with parolees. Rough
ly two-thirds of all persons
who leave state institutions
are discharged after serving
their terms rather than pa
roled, he explained.
Ex -offenders are already
being employed by various
firms in Medford and other
areas of Oregon, Holdt point
ed out. The proposed commu
nity councils would help ex
pand the program and in
crease its effectiveness. They
would make it possible to ac
complish objectives that oth
erwise would take a large
staff of paid state employees
to accomplish, thereby ren
dering an obvious savings of
tax money to the people of
Oregon.
Biggest Saving
The biggest saving to the
taxpayer from the program,
however, Holdt feels, would
come from reducing the rate
of recidivism that is, re
ducing the percentage of re
peat offenders. If the ex-offender
can become a well
balanced, self-sustaining mem
ber of society again, then the
cost of his subsequent detec
tion, arrest, trial and reincar
ceration can be eliminated, he
argues.
"The humanitarian aspects
of the problem, while not
measurable in dollars and
cents, must be considered,"
he added. "It must be remem
bered that these ex-offenders
are human beings, many of
whom want to make good,
and that their repeated in
carceration frequently has
grave and far-reaching effects
on family and children."
There arc no other organ
izations in the United States
quite like the proposed Ore
gon community councils,
Holdt said. "Some stales have
attempted It without a great
deal of luccess, while others
have different types of pro
grams to help ex-offenders
that have met with success,"
he commented.
John Howard Society
The Oregon plan will, how
ever, bear quite a bit of simi
larity to a group in Canada
called the John Howard so
iciety. Holdt has a film con
cerning the organization and
achievements of the John
Howard society which he is
eager to present before any
organization or club in the
, ale imeresica in seeing ii.
1, Such organizations may
mm oy wrmuK
care of room 20 at the capitnl
building in Salem or by tele.
phoning 364-2171, extension
230. he said.
"The success of this pro
gram depends upon the
amount of public exposure
we can give the idea." Holdt
! commented. "We want to
reach as many service clubs
'and organizations as we can."
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Communist Editor
Granted Audience
With Pope John
Adzhubei 'Moved'
And Impressed
Vatican City - IUP1I - A pro
fessed atheist, Soviet Com
munist Editor Alexci Adzhu
bei, met Pope John XXIII,
head of the Roman Catholic
Church, today, and the atheist
came away impressed and
"very moved."
Adzhubei, son-in-law of So
viet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev, first attended a mass
audience in the Vatican's
Throne Room as "just anoth
er newsman." Then, at its end,
he was ushered into a private
room for an H-minute special
audience, an unprecedented
meeting between a member of
a ruling Soviet leader's fam
ily and the Roman pontiff.
Adzhubei's wife, Rada,
Khrushchev's daughter, ac
companied him to the history
making audiences.
Receives Pope's Blessing
When the Pope finished his
speech at the general audi
ence held to mark his accept
ance of the Balzan Founda
tion's Peace Prize, Adzhubei
bowed his head in a reveren
tial gesture as the pontiff be
stowed his blessings on the
throng.
Then, when he was ushered
into the Papal Library for the
special audience, a high Vati
can official said Adzhubei
bowed deeply to the Pope.
Mrs. Adzhubei covered her
head with a gold-lined black
scarf, as is protocol for wom
en at a papal audience.
The Russian couple was
alone in the library with the
Pope except for a Russian-
speaking priest who acted as
an interpreter. .
The audience was another
step in the Kremlin-Vatican
rapprochement of recent
months, which has led to
speculation of a possible
further easing of tensions,
establishment of some kind
of diplomatic relations and
even a meeting between the
Pope and Khrushchev.
Hatfield Reports
'Worthwhile' Talk
With MacArfhur
Portland - (UN) - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Wednesday
night that he and Glenn Jack
son had a "very worthwhile
visit" with Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in New York on
Portland's bid for the 1968
Olympic Games.
The governor and Jackson,
Medford and Portland finan
cier and one of the leaders In
the Olympics campaign, "in
formed the general of Port
land's bid and why Portland
offers certain unique ad
vantages," Hatfield said.
"Wo were successful ingot
ting him to indicate he could
make public comments on
what is best for the United
States in the foreign diplo
matic field, not a selection
made on the hard-sell pres
sure tactics on the part of
cities."
' Hatfield said Portland's
"unique" advantages includ
ed: A truer picture of Amer
ica than other cities offer.
A friendly city large
enough to retain western hos
pitality and friendliness.
A city with a history of
good racial, cultural and re
ligious background.
A climate that would be
comfortable for the games.
Hatfield said "I did not
ask him to make a pitch for
Portland, we primarily want
ed to apprise him of the unique
characteristics Portland had
to offer."
The governor explained
representatives of Los Ange
les and Detroit also had met
with the general.
He said the trip was not
announced in advance be
cause MHcArthur did not
want publicity.
Resolutions were adopted
Wednesday by both the Mult
nomah county board of com
missioners and the Portland
city council pledging support
of the games if Portland gets
them.
CONTRACT AVOIDED
Portland -in- McCormack
Construction company of
Pendleton has been awarded
a S229.000 contract to build a
new building for The Dalles
branch of the First National
'bank of Oregon.
Oam Burst Floods
Six Perish, Many
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TWO-MILE PATH-The Saplding Pond dam
at Norwich, Conn., burst late Wednesday,
cutting a two-mile path through the down
County Employee
Wages Discussed
By Budget
The Jackson county budget
committee spent almost all
of this morning discussing em
ployee wages and hours dur
ing its second session.
This afternoon the commit
tee will interview District At
torney Alan B. Holmes and
Robert Mucker, administrator
for the Jackson county farm
home.
The committee voted unani
mously to write Sen. Lyndcl
Newbry (R-Jackson county)
voicing opposition to House
Bill 1288 which would allow
all public employees to form
or join labor organizations of
their choice.
The budget committee mem
bers agreed that unions "have
no business in government at
all."
Both County Commission
ers Donald Fabcr and Edwin
Taylor said unionization of
county employees would
force the county to contract
out some work like road and
bridge construction.
County Judge Earl M. Mill
er said he docs not oppose
unions but opposes this bill
"on principle."
Taylor noted that "we arc
going to have to bring county
wages up to standard." Coun
ty equipment operators are
getting only about half the
hourly wage ol private con
struction men, he said. Taylor
felt that county common la
bor "is pretty well paid."
Faber took the opposite view
and arcued that the lower
wage brackets should be
raised.
Revised Schedule
The committee approved a
revised salary schedule set
tine S219 as the first step and
adding three more steps. Over
time was left to the discre-; aao mncs nonn oi saigon, an
tion of department heads to j American military spokesman
grant compensating time off. ; said.
Overtime pay would be too I The spokesman said, how
Indefinite to budget for in a i ever, that no one aboard the
lump sum. Sick leave was chopper was Injured.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963
3iav -ifvc-wn jka
a
-w
Group
mLsud from 45 to 60 days.
The Jackson County Employ
ees'' association had asked for
00 days accumulative sick
leave and overtime after 40
hours a week.
Purchasing Coord i n a t o r
William Cochran said the
committee's approval of a one
step salary increase "across
the board" would mean an
average per employee wage
increase of $20 for the 380
county employees, or an over
all estimated cost to the coun
ty of $S0,000, Including the
added social security and
workman's compensation.
Merit Increases
Merit Increases on top of
that would mean a $100,000
cost, Budget Committee
Chairman Arnold Bohnert
said.
Only salary adjustments
were made lan year plus a
few merit pay increases,
Bohnert noted.
A budget committee mem
ber said this morning he ex
pects a discussion on, the
county agricultural operation
when the county farm home
budget is presented this after
noon. Taylor has strongly support
ed the farm operation which
nipplics food to county Insti
tutions by using county pris
oners and some welfare work
ers when available. County
Judge Miller has questioned
the operation on the basis It
may be uneconomical.
Marine Helicopter
Downed Near Saigon
Saigon, South Viet Nam
il'PI'- Communist Vict Cong
ground fire todav shot down
a U.S. Marine H34 helicopter
- j in Quang Nam Proviee about
Tribune
MSw
town area.' Five persons died In the Turner
Stanton Twine mill (bottom right) and 'the
sixlh in the debris at lop left. (UP1)
Soviet Troops Said
Evacuating Cuba
Washlnglon-IUPIi-Thc State
Department said today that
some Soviet troops are mov
ing out of Cuba, but refused
to say how many or when.
"I think some are going
out, but the details must come
from the Defense Depart
ment," press officer Lincoln
White told reporters.
White said the movement
of Soviet forces out of Cuba
took place since Feb. 20, when
200 or so Soviet military per
sonnel were reported to have
left the Island aboard a Rus
sian ship.
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LIKED TO SAVE THINGS - Henry Cordes, 82. (shown in
this 1928 pasport photo), German-born newspaper-vendor,
liked to save things: enough shoestring to knot a regiment
of shoes; enough paper bags to equip a small supermarket;
and enough unmatched buttons to cope with centuries of
haberdashery mishaps. In his $7-a-week room In San Fran
no form of entertainment could be found. Cordes didn't smoke,
form of entertainment could be found. Cordes didn't smoke,
drink or use any synthetic solace. The result of his 30 years
of austerity is an accumulation of $89,815.14, and a 33-year,
old will leaving everything to a onetime friend, Henry ForU
mann of Oakland. Fortmann died In 1936. UPI)
57th Year Price 10 Cents
No, 300
City;
Hurt
Hundreds Forced
To Flee Homes in
Middle of Night
Damage Estimated
To Run to Millions
Norwich, Conn. - IUPD - An
earthen dam burst without
warning late Wednesday
night, flooding four square
miles of this city of 40,000
in waters up to 12 feet deep.
At least six persons were
killed. Many more were in
jured. Hundreds were forced to
flee when ice filled water
from two ponds cascaded
down upon them. The 15-acre
Spalding pond burst through
the dam and the rushing tor
rent swept away the waters
of the two-acre Mohican Park
pond below the dam.
Might Burst
For a while, officials feared
a second dam might burst be
cause of the pressure of high
water and foot-thick ice be
hind It. But the dam held.
The surging torrents col
lapsed, i buildings, . tumbled
utos as if they were toys and
left millions of dollars in dam
age.
1 nomas Moody was driving
with his wife, their three
young sons and a friend, An
thony Orstni, when the waters
rushed down the street and
overturned, their car.
"We all climbed out and
Rot Into a tree," Moody said.
"Then I looked around and
my wife was gone."
Mrs. Moody's body Inter
Was found near the wrecked
car. Their sons, Thomas, 6;
James, 4, and Sean, 10
months, were injured and hospitalized.-Smashed
Windows
The waters, c a r r y i n e
chunks pi ice weighing more
than a ton, coursed alone the
narrow streets, smashed plate
glass windows and roared
through homes.
The bodies of three of Ihn
victims were found in the
sodden rubble of a three-story
wing of a twine mill which
collapsed after chill flood
waters caused an explosion in
the boiler room. Four other
mill workers were rescued,
but one c(icd at a hospitul.
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