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Newspaper Page TextEternity in a Coffin 13 East Germans Flee To West Berlin Through 20-lnch-High Tunnel Ifsrlin AFP!! . Thiftna, ...U. 11 i -1 ihtl. 1 : .... .... Berlin - OIPD - Thirteen refugees who dug a 60-yard tunnel to escape to West Berlin said today the hours they spent in it were like "eternity in a coffin." The East Germans spent two hours huddled at' the Western end of the tunnel, only eight yards from bor der police, afraid to leave it until friendly police ar rived. The refugees included a blind woman who was guid ed through by her sister, a 70-year-old grandmother who was pulled alone un "The last five yards we 42-vcar-old Hans V., said. to disclose their last names a one-family house without It ran under three rows rooms and at the end it was packed with the sand re moved from the tunnel. "Obviously, we could not get rid of the sand because the Communists would have noticed It and discovered we were building a tunnel," Niels said. "So we filled everything in the house with sand. We had 60 cubic yards of sand in the house. We fill ed closets with sand, bu reaus with sand, kitchen conscious by a rope tied to her legs and two boys who were told to pretend they were playing groundhog. The refugees came to West Berlin Sunday at 2 a.m. jn a tunnel it took five months to build. They told their story today at the Maricnfelde refugee camp. All the work was done with a spade by a 42-year-old handyman, who can not work regularly because of ill health, and a 20-year-old medical student. cupboards with sand. dug with our hands because we were afraid Communist police above us would hear our spade," the handyman. The refugees were shak en by their experience and were still in fear of the Communists. They refused although it was obvious the Communists know who was missing. The tunnel was built from a cellar owned by Niels Martin A.. 43, who worked in West Berlin before the anti-refugee wall was built. of barbed wire to a garden behind a shop in a suburban district of the French sector. The house had only four "We built partitions In the rooms so we could pour sand in. Wc raised floors to put sand under them. - "At the end we had so much sand that just before we made the breakthrough we were sleeping three on a couch." The tunnel was only 20 inches high. Getting through it was a problem for all, especially for the blind woman and the grand mother. Regional Edition 57th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORD Tribune 20 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1963 No. 305 FLOOD AFTERMATH Mud and debris-encrusted side walks on a downtown street in Harlan, Ky., present a vivid scene of the aftermath of heavy flooding that isolated Worst of Savage Flood Appears Ended in South By United Press International Hungry flood waters fell back today from cities and towns in five states where 12 persons had died and more than 40.000 had been made homeless. The worst of the savage flood onslaught which hit parts of Alabama. Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia Tuesday appeared over. Thundershowers still rumbled and there were threats of more rain, but not enough to start the floods roll ing again. The Red Cross rushed emer gency workers into the strick en areas and picas went out for more assistance. The latest came from Virginia's Gov. Al bcrtis S. Harrison, who said he would ask President Ken nedy to declare six counties federal disaster areas. High waters, landslides and washed-out bridges hampered efforts to get federal food into Kentucky, the worst stricken stale. Some National Guard trucks were able to get through to Prcstonburg and Paintsvillc, but officials said they would have to resort to helicopters to make food drops to isolated towns. One of the helicopter tar ccts was Hindman, Ky., where 100 families were homeless. In West Virginia. Army "ducks" brought food to Logan and Williamson, where 1.200 persons were out of their homes. MSBRIEFS rriMS hiom Cf ahouno thi oiom RUSSIA REJECTS INSPECTION OFFER Gneva-UTI-Tha United States today offered to permit Soviet officials to name defense areas to ba placed oll-limiti to international inspectors policing any East-Wait nuclear test ban agreement. Russia promptly rejected the compromise move designad to get stalled test-ban talks moving. U. S. PLANES MOVE SOUTH VIET NAMESE Saigon. South Viet Nam-iTU-United States planes and helicopters airlifted a massive South Vietnamese striking force of $,000 men into th eastern edge of tht Plain of Reads today to start the biggest attack on Communist rebels in months. LEOPOLD DISCHARGED FROM PAROLE Springfield, 111 ilPt Th Illinois Pardon and Parole Board . j i . - . i ....u t. i n i j ". u . 1 1 SWTSTaK. Vlom parole. KENNEDY'S POLARIS PLAN l PK-Tk. Unil.il port (or Pretidtnt Kennedy's plan for a NATO surface fleat : The Hedrick Junior High carrying Polaris nuclear missiles. school annual this year is bc- , j ing dedicated to and in mem- UDALL, NEUBERGER TO VISIT DUNES ory of Mr. Hedrick. The an- Portland-in-Secrtary of Inttrior Stewart L. Udall and j naul will include a page re Sn. Maurine Neuberger flew to Southwest Oregon today to viewing some of Mr. Hcd visit the sit of tht proposed Oregon Dunes National Sa- rick's work in the field of shore Park. education. k Three Department Budgets Approved By County The Jackson county budget committees PT r p v e.d three budgets yesterday afternoon and held some others in abey ance for further examination. The committee approved a budget of $14,312, for the vet erans' service officer. He had requested $15,442. The new budget is slightly higher than the current year's allocation of $14,121.25. The committee also approv ed the elections department budget of $24,160, which is about $4,000 under the cur rent allocation of $28,537.50. The committee approved the county farm home budget at $143,568. Requested budget total was $157,814. Farming expenses had been removed and placed under a separate budget. Seek Mort Information The county court was ask ed to obtain further informa tion on the proposed special investigator for the district attorney's office at a request ed salary of $5,148. The committee asked the county court to study salaries of four positions in the county clerk's office as to possible reclassification. Yesterday afternoon, Coun ty Assessor Thad Haltcn ask ed for a budget of $174,066, an increase of $16,885 over the current allocation of $157,178. This does not allow for possible future purchase of new computing machines. As in other budgets, the bulk of the increase is reflect- SUPPORTED Slat., todn. wan Brill. h ,,.. the eastern Kentucky city Tuesday. Muddy waters rose to four-foot depths on this street at noon. Tuesday. (UPI) Group ed in requested salary In creases. ' Increases asked for appraisers range from $240 to $480. , ' . A major item in the asses sor's budget is $7,500 request ed for mapping of assessed areas during the new fiscal year. In his request, Hatten ex plained conditions have devel oped over the last eight years since the reappraisal comple tion which make it impossible to continue to use the present tax lot numbering system. Map enlargements also arc needed in many areas of heavy population growth and expansion, he added. Hatten noted an increased work load over the past year of 7,463 recorded instruments of transfers and segregations of property processed this year, a 14 per cent increase over the previous year. Seven teen new subdivision plats have been recorded. He also noted that the six year reappraisal program is 75 per cent complete in Mad ford and 65 per cent com plete in the county. Modford and the balance of the Mcd ford school district will be completed this year. The allocation for machines, equipment and maintenance has increased from $2,400 to S6.100 in the proposed budget. Rental for computing ma chines is set at $300 a month with 50 per cent of the rental to go toward purchase price. Memorial Fund Is Made for Hedrick An E. H. Hedrick Memorial Student Loan Fund was au thorized by resolution of the School District 549C board last night. The loan fund, which will exceed $1,100 by transferring present student loan funds and adding new contributions, will now qualify for income I tax exemptions, Supcrinten jdent Leonard B. Mayfield pointed out. i Contributions to the fund may be deducted from income taxes. Mr. Hedrick, who served as Mcdford public school super intendent for more than 30 years, died recently. The ooard last nigni approved a paihy. The resolution will be forwarded to Mrs. Hedrick, and be included in the min- uies oi me meeting. Preliminary Plans Started for Space At Local Schools The School Distrct S49C board last night authorized drawing up preliminary plans for' classroom additions at Wilson and Lone Pine elemen tary schools and temporary classrooms at Mcdford High school. Jack Edson, Mcdford, is working on preliminary plans for an addition to Lone Pine school, and Wayne Struble, Mcdford, is working on plans for Wilson school. The board authorized Du nne Richardson, M e d f o r d High school drafting instruc tor, to draw up preliminary plans for temporary ' class rooms at Medford High school. After preliminary plans are drawn up, the services of an architect may be secured if it appears advisable, Super intendent Leonard B. May field said. Dependent Upon Budget , Construction of the addi tions, however, are depend ent upon the proposed budget for 1963-64 being approved by district patrons In an elec tion April 3. The additions were includ ed in the operating budget for next year because there was not sufficient time be tween now and the time school starts to meet bond is sue legal requirements and have classrooms ready. Four classrooms are planned at Wilson, one of which will replace a substandard con verted band room being used by 20 students. One classroom Is planned at Lone Pine school, and six additional teacher stations arc scheduled at Medford High school. Temporary classrooms at Mcdford High school will be designed for. resale, school ad ministrators noted. The de sign will be so the structures may be used for cabins, ga rages or utility buildings when they are no longer needed by the district. irl Locked in Store at Closing A 15-year-old Ashland girl was rescued from Gallon Kamp's Shoe store In the Med ford Shopping center shortly after 5:30 p.m. yesterday, aft er she had been locked in the store. According to Mcdford po lice, they received a telephone call from an unidentified per- son who said that the girl was I locked in the slore. Officers contacted the store manager who unlocked the building. 1 The girl, Stcphani Lynn ' Peterson, Slar route, box 90, Ashland, told officer that she was looking around the store when the lights went out and she discovered she had been I lucked in. Railroads Cut Off Negotiations UII lyidMULIC Ull r UdUIBrUOHQ Hatfield Voted Emergency Civil Defense Powers Salem-IUPD-Tho House voted the governor emergency civil defense powers for two more years despite charges the pow ers were too broad. The bill, passed 46-13 and sent to the Senate, extends the emergency powers first voted in 1955. It has nothing to do with the Civil Defense Agen cy budget that a Ways and Means Subcommittee wants to cut. Rep. Richard Eymann (D- Marcola) objected to sections in the law saying the "gov ernor may assume control and direction of ... . conduct by ci vilians. He also objected to section empowering the governor to procure ... by condemnation. 'I believe the powers are too broad," he said. Powers for Emergency Rep. John Mosser (R-Port- land) said the bill merely gave the governor powers that might be needed in an emer gency today. Rep. Winton Hunt (It-Wood- burn) said that without a con tinuing law the - legislature might pass more drastic leg' lslation in the neat of an emergency. Gov. Mark Hatfield today signed into law the 1963-69 budget for the Patton home and two bills relating to ap peals and to checks that ac company bids. The House committee on judiciary and state and fed eral affairs were urged to amend . a Senate-passed bill that would give a legislative interim committee the power to suspend rules issued by boards or commissions. Former Gov. Charles Sprague and Sen. Edward Fadelcy (D-Eugcne) said an interim committee should only review, not suspend, reg ulations. An attorney general's opin ion just issued has termed the senate-passed bill unconstitu tional. Kelly Reversed in Condemnation Case The Oregon Supreme Court reversed Circuit Judge Ed' ward C. Kelly in a state high way commission condemna tion case, it was learned by united Press International to day. The right-of-way judgment against the commission for $24,500 plus $4,000 in attor ney's fees was reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. - Joe Rccdcr, of the Mcdford legal firm of Jones, Rccdcr and Bashaw, said today his firm docs not know yet what the supreme court's reasoning was behind the decision, but should receive a copy of the decision tomorrow. The firm represented property owner James Nuncs in the case. The state highway commission took 11 acres and severed 10 acres of the property on Bar nett rd. and offered $7,800 for the land required for the new freeway, including damage to the remaining property. WEATHER FORECAST: Increislnf clnudl nes, tonight. Mostly cloudy Thursday with possibly a few showers In the valley ind mow flurries to low levels 111 the mounulm. Not null m rold tonight hut cooler Thursday. Low tonight 2131. High Thurs day Temp. Highest Yesterday ... Lowest This Morning 21 Our Skiet Tonight flu met today , :! p.m. unrie tomorrow ... 27 am, The Moon rises ... t:4l p.m. tonight and Is In Apogee. I .a t Quarter March II VIKlBt.K Pl.ANKTf, Mars, the highest bright "star" In the sky at moon rise, Venus, rise MS a m. ha turn. rlsr 1:31 a.m. CHECK 8 THERMOMETERS BiH Rogers, , ers late thia afternoon and tomorrow. First meterologist of the Fruit Frost 'Warning orchard heating of-the season occurred "&Bvice; was Busy -early thia ing orcnara tnermometeri for accuracy. The , photo) thermometers will be returned to their own- ' ', ' : ' ;' ' Scattered Orchard Heating Noted in Valley Low Areas Scattered orchard heating occurred over the valley floor about 4 o'clock this morning. County Extension Agent Clifford B. Cordy said the temperatures dropped to 20 degrees in the coldest spots. It was reported at 23 degrees at the weather bureau station in Mcdford. The temperature was never difficult to hold, Cordy said. One orcliardist who was heating at the north end of the valley said the tempera ture dropped below 24 de grees, or what he considered a safe level, about 4:30 o'clock this morning, then it rose and dropped again about sunrise. There was considerable differ ence, depending on whether wind was noted in the or chards. Earliest date on record for orchard heating is March 1, Cordy said. No danger is predicted to night since a cloud cover is expected. All orchard thermometers will be checked by this after noon and will be available for return to their owners late this afternoon or tomorrow, the extension service reported. Kewin Firm Bids Low on Wall Creek Highway Section Salam - ItfD - Tht Stat Highway Department Tues day announced a low bid of t3.0S9.083 by Peter Ktwitt Sons for a section of th Pacific Highway in Jack son county. Tha contracts for this and other projacls will ba awarded at a Highway Commission mtsting Thurs day. Kawitt's bid was for th South Ashland interchange Will crtak saction of th Pacific Highway. Wall crk Is locatad slightly north of th Southern Pa cific undrpss on th high way ovr th Siskiyou mountains. Th construction will b 3.9 milts in ltnglh and will follow approximaitly th txitiing highway, which will bt converted to four Ian rout to mttl Infer 1st highway lyiitm stand ards. A ,t h WWW week -check- about 4 o'clock this morning. (Knackstedl Jefferson Problem Discussed By Board Four possible solutions to crowded conditions at Jeffer son school were reviewed by administrators and board members at a meeting of the District 549C school board last night. A fifth alternative was pre sented at a Parent-Teacher association meeting at the school recently, a plan which is being considered by school administrators for adoption to help relieve the teacher load. The problem of crowded elementary schools, Including the situation at Jefferson school, was reviewed after a delegation of six residents of the Jefferson school area told the board they felt that addi tional space was needed there, They asked, through Joe Hos- ick speaking for the group, specifically what can be done to acquire more space for the 1063-64 school year. U. S. Plywood Named In Anti-Trust Suit New York - (UPII - A $150 million antl-trust suit was filed in federal court Tues day by General Plywood Corp. against U.S. Plywood Corp. and two other firms and their officers, charging conspiracy to monopolize the multi-billion dollar plywood business. Storm Timber Worth The 21.387.000 board feet of Oct. 12 blowdown timber sold to date by the Rogue Ri ver National forest has a to tal value of $358,331, Super visor Carrol Brown said to day. The timber was sold in 27 separate tracts and Is one fourth of the Immediately ac cessible blowdown to be sold. The remaining 60 million is now being appraised and will be sold between now and June 30, Brown said. The Impact of the Oct. 12 storm In the forest timber sale program was severe. The sale program planned for the period Jan. 1 to June 30, 1983, originally was for 26 sales totaling 128.8 million board feet, he said. After "Frieda" made her ...... i '.';:. ' - ' ' School Patrons Petitions had been clrcu latcd in the area urging the board to consider adding an additional classroom at Jef ferson school. . Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent, said the four possible solutions would be: 1. Adding to the proposed budget (the school board, at the public hearing on the budget, can add up to 10 per cent by law); 2. Reviewing present plans and enrollment figures for the Wilson and Lone Pine school areas possi bly diverting funds planned for additions there (plans arc now to add four classrooms nt Wilson and one at Lone Pine, funds for which are pro vided in the proposed budget for next year); 3. Use money in the emergency fund (which for the coming year is $20, 000); 4. Adjust boundaries of the area served by Jefferson and Washington schools so some children now attending Jefferson would attend Wash ington. By acting on any one, or a combination of the alterna tives, it could relieve condi tions to prevent a combina tion class situation or provide space for an additional fourth grade class. These two points are the principle concern ex pressed by the delegation at tending last night a meeting (Continued on Pag 9A) pass through the forest, the new program is for SI sales totaling 176.9 million board feet. This program includes some of the original sales and all of the concentrated, acces sible blowdown. - In order to speed up sal vage of the blowdown timber before deterioration becomes serious, special authority is being received to advertise each sale for only seven days instead of 30, Brown said. In addition, four men from the Applcgate and Butte Falls Ranger districts are detailed to assist the hard-hit Union Creek district with Its timber sale appraisals. A special ground survey is being conducted in the inac cessible, roadless areas of the HUUg Decision Could Bring Nationwide Strike on Lines Chicago (UFO The nation's ' railroads today broke off ne gotiations with five on-train b r o therhoods in a "feather bedding" dispute which could end in a nationwide rail strike. . J. E. (Doc) Wolfe, chief railroad negotiator, said "the unions' refusal to face reality requires the railroads, in the public interest, to end this mockery of honest bargaining and move as soon as possible to make the work rules changes the Supreme Court nas ordered." I The breakoff came onlv a . few hours after the railroads and unions had got together across the bargaining table ior meir urst lace - to - face talks since July. . me Supreme Court last week granted the railroads permission to put into effect sweeping work rules changes which, could result ' In the I elimination of 65,000 to 80r representinB close to aoonnn 0n-traln rait X-ur. on-traln rail workers, have said they would strike If the rule changes go Into effect. -It had been exDectprf thai the White House would iten in with an emergency board to head .of . an . immediate strike. , The railroads bad an Atm I last week's Supreme Court ruling that they have the right to put Into effect work rule changes which would eventually eliminate un to 80,000 jobs. The roads insist they need these new work ; rules to eliminate "feather bedding" - their term for work which is not performed or Is not needed. ; The railroads offered and the unions agreed to start talking again after last week'i Supreme Court ruling. . At stake under - the pro posed rule changes are the jobs of about 40,000 firemen in diesel locomotives in freight and yard service on 19S railroads in the nation. The railroads term these fire men's jobs as unnecessary. In addition, other proposed changes involving moderniza tion would, over a period of years, trim possibly another 25,000 to 40,000 jobs from railroad payrolls. Crusade Dinner Is Slated Tomorrow The United Crusade annual meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Hedrick Junior High school cafeteria. . Speaker will be Dr. Arthur Kreisman, Ashland, director of general studies at Southern Oregon college. Music will be by the sophomore choir of Medford High school under the direction of Lynn SJo lund. $550,531 forest to determine how many trees are blown down and the volume, species, and location of the blowdown, he con tinued. This wilt provide in formation to assess the proba bilities of Insect epidemics, and the need for control mea sures, or the need for access roads to remove the more con centrated blowdown timber. Brown said that the fores try industry has been parti cularly cooperative in defer ring the cutting of green tim ber in order to salvage wind- ' throwh timber before deteri oration and Insect attack oc curs. With continued coopera tion between Industry and the forest service the losses and damage will be kept to minimum. ,1