Eternity in a Coffin
13 East Germans Flee To West Berlin Through 20-lnch-High Tunnel
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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
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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
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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
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SWTSTaK. Vlom
parole.
KENNEDY'S POLARIS PLAN
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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.
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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
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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.
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