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PLANE LOSES ENGINE Eleven of the, 17, ,men, aboard , (bey are Terry Gallagher, D.' J: Hansen, Jack Baker and
a Navy RD5 transport plane pose at? Galveston,. Tex., "be, Jerry Williams.' From left in the back row are Scott John
fore the wing from which an engine fell while the plane son. Gene Bell,, Earl Mutchler, J. C. Varzal, Ernest Thorn
was flying over the Gulf of Mexico. From left, front, row, fiij H. .R. Eilera'and' A; J. Casser. (UPI) ,
Vessel Dispatched
For Evacuation of
Eruption Victims
Jakarta, Indonesia-(UPD-The
Indonesian navy today ' an
nounced it had sent a ship to
help evacuate residents of the
coastal town of Karangasem,
Isolated by a volcano eruption
that killed at least' 1,500 per
sons and possibly hundreds
more on the island of Bali.
The official news agency
Antara said the death toll in
the eruption of sacred Mt.
Gunung Agung had reached
more than 1,500. It said most
were either trapped and burn
ed to death by floods of lava
or killed by baseball-sized
rocks spewed out by the vol
cano when it erupted last Sun
day. Higher Death Toll Feared
W. R. Kerns, a free lance
writer from La Jolla, Calif.,
predicted the final death toll
"would be in the thousands."
Kerns flew over the devastat
ed region, twice last week. He
said on his arrival in Singa
pore today that it was still
"too dangerous" for search
crews to check the north and
northeastern slopes "where
there likely have been thou
sands more buried by the lava
or hot ashes."
Government officials also
feared that hundreds of vil
lagers may have fled into the
sea to avoid the eruption and
drowned. They said "many"
bodies had been recovered
from the sea by Indonesian
army units in motorboats.
WSCBRIEFS
ITIMS WOM ttJ MO" 01OM
AGREEMENT CONCLUDED FOR BRAZILIAN AID
Washington-itPlt-Pretidenl Kennedy and Brasilian Finance
Mlnitttr San Tiags Dantai today concluded a financial agree
ment involving up to S62S million in help for Branl't be
leaguered economy.
POLARIS SUBS DUE IN MEDITERRANEAN
Washington-W-Tht first of several U.S. Polaris sub
marines earmarked for operations in the Mediterranean is
expected to be on station there about the first of April, the
State Department said today.
DRUGS SAID NO. 1 CALIFORNIA PROBLEM
8acramento-an-Atty. Gen. Stanley A. Mosk said today
thai use of dangerous drugs had become California's No. 1
law enforcement problem during the past three years.
SOVIET UNION CLAIMS THE U.S. RENEGED
Genve-lPt-Tht Soviet Union charged today that the
United States had agreed to accept "two or three" on-site
Inspections under a nuclear test ban treaty and then re
neged on its alleged promise.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
822,263
. .... J- Hirifi::
For County-Budget
So Far in Meetings
The Jackson- county budget
committee will meet at 9 a.m.
tomorrow, but no interviews
have yet been scheduled;
So far, the committee has
approved a total budget allo
cation of $822,263 compared
to total proposed allocations
of $857,159 presented. , ..
County Purchasing Coord
inator William Cochran esti
mates the committee! is- one
fifth the way through the
budget requests.. So far the
commitW has trirnnied $34,
896 off all approved budgets.
Multiplying the $34,986 by
five, it would appear the com
mittee would be able to keep
the total ' budget allocation
well under the $112,000 they
estimated would have to be
trimmed to meet estimated in
come for a balanced budget.
However, a number of budget
requests are coming up which
can be trimmed little if at all.
Budgets to Ba Approved
The committee has yet to
approve budgets for the sher
iff, assessor, court house ex
pense, miscellaneous general
county, surveyor, watermas
ter, district attorney, fruit in
spection, county agents, board
of equalization, constable,
planning, commission, parks
and recreation, print shop,
weed control, dog control,
Jackson county library fund,
emergency fund, building im
provement and maintenance,
capital improvement fund,
county school fund and Jack
son county historical fund.
Tribune
MONDAY,' MARCH 25,
Approved
V
I
The capital Improvement
fund includes money for con
struction of the public health
center at the fairgrounds and
tentative allocation of $80,000
for a basic ball park develop
ment on the Cheney field .it
the fairgrounds. ,',
,: Most of these budgets have
been covered by interviews al
ready. The sheriff's depart
ment and road department are
the only major budgets left.
The roads department budget
is yet to be turned in. The
sheriff is asking for $137,522
compared to the current
year's $110,704 for the crim
inal department; $30,929 for
the tax department compared
to $29,029; $23,337 for the
civil department compared to
$21,430 and $63,082 for the
jail compared to $56,855. Ma
jor increases in the overall
budget are for two new. dep
uties, two new clerk-stenos
and replacement of four ve
hicles, i
Application Sought
For Built Facility
Because of changes in the
rulings of the Federal Power
Commission, the Pacific Pow
er and Light is seeking an ap
plication for a license for con
struction which already ex
ists. When the Prospect plant of
the California Power com
pany (predecessor of Pacific
Power and Light here) was
constructed, Rogue river was
not included in the list of riv
ers for which federal licenses
were required before power
facilities could be con
structed. The classifications have
been changed and the Rogue
is now listed as one of 'the
streams for which federal li
censing is required before any
construction is permitted. The
application for a license from
the Federal Power commis
sion at this time is to fulfill
that requirement in respect to
the existing Prospect plant of
Pacific Power and Light.
It is not concerned with
any proposed construction,
power company officials here
noted with filing of the notice
of application.
OFFICE BURNED
Greenwood, Miss. - 1TD -Negro
leaders said a voter
registration office in this rac
ially troubled Mississippi Del
ta town was burned early
tndsy by two white men.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
1963
No. 3
Travel Requisifc
Board Criticized
Salem - (UPI) - Sen. Thomas
Mahoney (D-Portland) today
criticized the Board of Higher
Education's" requests, for out-of-state
travel, funds. ( : !
Mahoney said on the Sen
ate floor" that higher educa
tion has . asked $877,657' for
out-of-state travel for the com
ing .two years. He said higher
education had spent $838,266
during the 1961-63 biennium.
'I suggest we put the
brakes on this," Mahoney said.
- Sen. , Ward Cook (D-Port-land),
cochairman of the Joint
Ways and Means committee,
said the committee "has been
looking with a careful eye" on
travel requests. ,
Sen. Tom Monaghan (D
Milwaukie) called upon sena
tors to take action on his
proposal to outlaw profession
al boxing in Oregon. He cited
the case of Davey Moore who
died after being injured in a
California match last week.
He said he may amend his
bill so it would got to the peo
ple for a vote.
The Senate today approved
a bill to repeal a law which
prohibits more than three per
sons to occupy the front seat
of an automobile. The meas
ure, which earlier won House
approval,, now goes to the
governor.
Musn't Obstruct View
The bill would remove re
strictions on the number of
persons in the front seat so
long as the driver's view is
not obseructed and his ability
to operate the vehicle is not
impaired.
The Senate also approved
a House bill outlawing the
firing of bows and arrows or
firearms over highway or rail
road rights of way.
The senate Committee on
Alcoholic Control approved a
bill to do away with the per
sonal permits required for
purchase of liquor.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Varlahl rlourllnni
with ehanre of few showers
mm Mr over mountains tnnlfht
and Tuesday. Low tontbt H-i2.
Hifh Tueiday lo-SS.
Temp.
Hllheit Yesterday
Lowest This Morning 22
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today . f:2K p.m.
Sunrlte tomorrow i:Ha.m.
In Moon set i 5 p m.
tontht and Is In Perigee.
First Quarter ...March 11
PROMINENT STARS
The Big Dipper, kifh In north
at midnight.
Vtftllll.r PLAVFTS
Mars. In fhe west 12:19 a.m.
flatnrn and Venus, rite 4:51 .n.
Oregon State Coed
Object of Search
Corvallis-OJPIi-Police today were extending their search
for an Oregon State University coed who disapparered
Thursday night.
Edna Pemberlon, 21, foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter C. Kraft, Corvallis, was last seen when she left
home for a Corvallis theater. She was driving a 1950 tan
Chrysler coupe.
. Her father said she was disappointed that she was unable
to begin practice teaching today. She also faced the possi.
bility of having to postpone her wedding this summer, he
said. She is engaged to David Heggiani. Oakland, Calif., an
OSU graduate now attending Navy officer candidate school
at Newport, R.I.
She is five feet two inches tall and weighs 105 pounds.
She was wearing a black cloth coat with iur collar and a
brown cotton dress with long sleeves.
California Man
Killed, Five Are
Hurt in Accidents
A California man was
killed and five persons were
hospitalized in two separate
automobile accidents in Jack
son county during the week
end.
Five more persons were
treated at hospitals and re
leased following the acci
dents.
Killed Sunday was Willis
W. Waters, 68, of Ft. Jones,
Calif His southbound ve
hicle attempted to pass a
a slowed vehicle at the inter
section of Highway 99 and
Crowson rd. south of Ashland
and met a pickup head-on, ac
cording to Oregon state
police.
The accident occurred
shortly after 1:30 p.m. and
four persons, a passenger in
the Waters vehicle and three
persons in the pickup truck,
were treated at Ashland Com
munity hospital. . -
Hospitalized Saturday night
at Rogue Valley hospital were
Velva Novella Lumpkin, 20,
of 832 North Central ave.,
driver of the westbound ve
hicle; John Jensen, 18, of 1121
South Oakdale ave., operator
of the second vehicle; William
Bradley Heyerman, IS, of 125
Winema way; Michael Wright,
18, Sacramento, Calif.; and
James Stanley Yoder,, 18, of
1624 Stafford way, all passen
gers in the. Jensen ear.- .,., .s.
idefcwafc.duicnajged -Sun?.
aay mormnu, Anoiner passen
ger, David Todd Elmgren, 19,
of 3300 Jacksonville highway,
was . treated . and . released.
They all were reported suf
fering from contusions and
abrasions.
According to state police,
the Jensen vehicle was mak
ing a left turn into a private
drive when it was hit by the
westbound vehicle. The acci
dent occurred on Highway
238 near Janney lane.
Treated for cuts and abras
ions Sunday were Wesley Ken
Zufelt, Durango, Colo., a
Navy man serving aboard the
USS Salisbury, passenger in
the Waters vehicle; Carl
Bailes, 87, of route 1, box 80,
Rogue River, driver of the
pickup truck; his granddaugh
ter, Rita Jane Bailes, 16,
Rogue River, and Sue Robert
son, 17, of route 1, box 722C,
Eagle Point, both passengers
in the pickup truck.
According to police, a car
operated by Robert Lyle San
derson, 32, of 582 South Holly
St., Medford, was southbound
on - Highway 99 when it
slowed, waiting for traffic to
clear before making a left
turn onto Crowson rd. The
Waters' vehicle, also south
bound, attempted to pass the
Sanderson car, meeting the
Bailes' pickup truck head-on.
Neither Sanderson nor his
passenger, John L. Flynn, 136
Sherman St., Ashland, were
injured.
The fatality was the second
in Jackson county this year.
Sanitary Officer to
Assist on Ordinance
R. E. Hatchard. Portland,
state sanitary officer, will be
invited by the city of Med
ford to assist it in compiling
an ordinance to control air
pollution, according to City
Manager Robert A. Duff. The
air pollution committee met
this morning.
The city has been check
ing into the possibility of writ
ing such an ordinance since
the city, in cooperation with
the Oregon state sanitary au
thority, conducted tests here
several years ago. The report
on Medford's air pollution
problem was received Febru
ary. 1960.
During the tests here, the
city maintained several test
ing sites throughout the city.
STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE
Istanbul (UPt More than
3,000 student demonstrators
stormed the Ankara head
quarters of the opposition
Justice party Sunday to pro
test the release from prison
of former , President Celal
Bayar. a Justice party leader.
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(UPI)
EDNA PEMBERTON
Police Extend Hunt
Oregon Medical
Care for Aged
Declared 'Flop'
Salem fUPD Oregon's med
ical care for the aged pro
gram .was described as "a
flop" today as a House com
mittee opened hearings on
ways of improving it.
"Will it be a flop again this
biennium, or will it really
reach the people it is intend
ed for?" asked ' Reo. Grace
Peck' (D-Portland). chairman
of the House Committee on
fiH8dthnd.-Waifrerw,-r!y
. Oregon s program was start
ed two years , ago under the
federal Kerr-Mills act. Feder
al grants are combined with
state money to finance It.
Estimates then were that
some 55,000 persons over 65
with small incomes would par
ticipate, only a fraction of
that number did so.
The bill now before the
committee would expand the
program and increase bene
fits. It also would enable the
Public Welfare commission to
provide nursing home care
for elderly patients under the
medical care for the aged pro
gram. Dr. Ennis Keizer of North
Bend, chairman of the Wei
fare commission, estimated
such a transfer would have
gained Oregon some $1.7 mil
lion in federal aid during the
current biennium.
SP, Clerks End
Automation Dispute
San Francisco- (UPO -Southern
Pacific Railroad and the
Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks have ended their five
year dispute over automation
with binding agreement on
final issues.
A three-man arbitration
board announced the settle
ment Saturday and said key
issues in the settlement in
cluded: -Positions abolished during
an emergency will be re-established
and filled within 30
days of the end of the emer
gency. -Agreement on Job security
provisions.
-Establishment! of "waiting
time" compensation and per
diem allowances for out-of-town
work.
-Job retraining opportu
nities without reduction In
pay or seniority.
Bill Would End
Permits for Liquor
Salem-iWIi-The Senate Al
coholic Control Committee to
day approved a bill to elim
inate the personal liquor per
mit. The committee approved
another bill to change the
food sale requirement in li
quor establishments to 15 per
cent of sales instead of 25
per cent.
The committee also gave a
"do pass" recommendation to
a bill growing out of last
year's Seaside riots. It would
empower the State Liquor
Control Commission to cut
off sales in a community dur
ing riots or threatened riots.
It has passed the House.
Out-of-State
Accidents Kill
Two Oregonians
Ashland Collision
Kills Californian I
By United Press International
Seven persons lost their
lives in Oregon traffic acci
dents during the week end.
Out of state accidents killed
a Portland man and a Univer
sity of Oregon student.
Willis Waters, 68, Fort
Jones, Calif., was killed in
a three-car collision on U. S.
Highway 99 half a mile south
of Ashland Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Thelma Welker, 46,
and Jery Hobbs, 19, both of
Gresham, died In separate
one-car accidents in Multno
mah county Sunday morning.
Mrs. Joan Atkins, 28, Burns,
was killed when a car in
which she was riding collid
ed with another car on U. S.
Highway 20 at Hines Saturday
nignt.
Mrs. Annie Meserve, 53,
Portland, was killed in a two
car crash in Portland Satur
day afternoon.
Theodore Stringfield, 36,
Prineville, was killed early
Saturday when lite loaded
lumber truck plunged off U.S.
Highway 26 and overturned
15 miles east of Prineville. .
Richard Butterworth. 23.
Albany, died Saturday from
injuries suffered in a three
car accident at Albany Friday
night.
In addition, a University of
Oregon student was killed and
two others critically injured
when their car collided head-
on with a diesel truck and
trailer on U. S. Highway
one mile south of Orland,
Calif., Sunday.
Killed was John Lee, 20,
Burlingame, Calif. Mark
Smith, 21, Los Altos, Calif.,
and ' Rowena Polak, 20, San
Rafael, Calif., .were critically
injured. They were en route
to the Eugene school from
their homes for the resump
tion of classes after spring
vacation.
Leroy Rundberg, 36, Portland,-was
killed early Sunday
when' his car overturned on
a city street at Spokane.
Three People Held
In-Burglary Caser
Two people, are. being held
in the Jackson .county jail to
day on charges of burglary
involving local schools, and
a third is being held in Grants
Pass on traffic violation
charges. ,
Being held are Melvln Ed
win Snodgrass, 23, of 803
North Main st Ashland, and
a 17-year-old girl, also of
Ashland.
Snodgrass has admitted in
a signed statement, the sher
iff's office said, to 10 burg
laries in this area within the
past month. I
The third member of the
trio, now In- Grants Pass, is
wanted on a second degree
burglary charge by Okanogan
county, Wash., authorities, the
sheriff's office reported. Of
ficials from another Washing
ton county are interrogating
Snodgrass this morning con
cerning burglaries in that
area.
Engravers Delay
Strike Settlement .
New York IUPD - A dead
lock between publishers and
320 striking photoengravers
today pushed the New York
newspaper blackout into its
108th day, despite a 3-2 vote
by printers to end their walk
out. The printers, who had re
jected a $12.63 weekly pack
age Increase proposal a week
earlier, reversed themselves
Sunday and voted 2,562 to 1,
763 to accept the contract
terms.
The photoengravers are de
manding a cut in the work
week from 30t hours to 35,
which they claim would be in
line with their craft's work
week in commercial firms.
Publishers contend that re
sulting increases In overtime
pay would be too costly.
Two Rescued
Weeks in Sub
Winnipeg, Man. - (UPt - A
man and a young woman were
rescued today from a seven
week ordeal during which
they lived off the land after
their plane crashed In Cana
da's frigid Far North.
The two were tentatively
identified as pilot Ralph Flor
cs of San Bruno, Calif., and
Helen Klaben, 21, of Brook
lyn, N. Y. They disappeared
Feb. 4 en route from White
horse, in the Yukon, to Fort
St. John, B. C, and were
bound ultimately for the Unit
ed States.
Royal Canadian Air Force
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BODY FOUND Jane Langdon, 21, a Fort Worth, Tex.,
socialite, has been found shot to death at the entrance of
mine tunnel near Phoenix, Ariz. She was en route to visit
her ailing mother. (UPI) .
Authorities Seek
Clues in Slaying
Of Texas
Phoenix, Ariz. - flJPll - An
autopsy report today may
shed some light on the slay
ing of a 21-year-old Texas so
cialite found at the mouth of
"a" prospector' " tunnel tn- the
desert.
June Langdon, daughter of
a Texas state judge, disap
peared last Thursday. Her
body was found Saturday by
two. men and a boy on a tar
get practice, outing. .
Forced To Walk -"- '
Sheriff's Capt. Ralph Ed-
mundson said evidence show
ed the Texas Christian coed
had been forced to walk to
the tunnel where she was shot
once in the foreneact ana
twice in the stomach. The au
topsy was expected to be com
pleted later today. -
She was last seen by a taxi-
cab driver who drove her to
the luxury apartment her fam
ily maintained in north cen
tral Phoenix, Edmundson said.
The brown-haired Fort Worth,
Tex., socialite had Just arrived
aboard an airliner to visit her
ailing mother.
The cab driver told officers
he let her off at the entrance
to the apartments after he
carried her baggage to the
door.
The sheriff's captain specu
lated Miss Langdon, a for
mer Arizona State university
De Gauffe Plagued
By Threat of Strike
Paris - (UPI) - Fresi dent
Charles de Gaulle; his hopes
of European economic leader
ship plagued by growing labor
unrest, faced the threat today
of a possible nationwide
strike by France's 2-milllon-
man nationalized labor force.
The stage was set Sunday
when union leaders of 200,000
striking coal miners rebuffed
government offer that
would boost salaries 8 per
cent over a 6-month period.
No new negotiations were
scheduled.
After Spending Seven
- Zero Cold of Far North
search and rescue officials
said wreckage of what appear
ed to be the couple's white
and yellow single engined
plane was located Sunday by
bush pilot Chuck Hamilton.
The plane was partly burned.
Two people, apparently a man
and a woman, were seen near
by. The wreckage was located
near Aeroplane Lake, about
65 miles from Watson Lake,
B. C, and near the Yukon
British Columbia border.
An Air Force spokesman
said an "SOS" was itamped
out In the snow near the
wreckage, and an arrow point
ed toward a small campsite.
Socialite
student.- mav have hnen rnn.
fused about which apartment
to enter since members of her
tamlly had previously stayed
in a different unit. .
Shrwas not seen again un
til the target shooters saw the
tunnel and decided to explors
it. '
Her father,' Jack Langdon
of the Texas Second Court
of Civil Appeals, and a Fcd
erall Bureau of Investigation
agent arrived here Sunday.
Orchard Heating
Widespread Sunday
- No orchard heating was re
ported last night or early this
morning.
However, heating was wide
spread, starting about 1 a.m.
Sunday and continued until
sunrise. Heaters were fired
throughout the valley.
Temperatures dropped to
25 degrees in the coldest
areas. Some buds were dam
aged in the colder, unheated
orchards, but nothing com
mercial, it was reported.
County Horticultural Agent
Clifford B. Cordy said the
amount of heating so far is
about average for this stage
of bud development, Buds are
generally showing pink and
white and will stand temper
atures at 27 degrees for Bart
lctt, Bosc, D'Anjou, and 26 de
grees for Cornice and Nelis for
30 minutes. Orchardlsts must
hold the temperature one or
two degrees higher when
heating.
Fire Claims life
Of Grants Pass Man
Grants Pass-IUPD-Ray Baker,
45. died When A ffra Hplrnv.
ed his house four miles south
of here Sunday.
Firemen uniH Rakpi. nnnnr.
ently suffocated. His body was
found in his bed. Firemen
said cause of the blaze was
believed to be smoker's care
lessness.
Hamilton, who works for
Yukon Air Services, radioed
his Watson Lake base and
another plane flew over the
area to confirm his find.
One person was seen at the
campsite, waving frantically.
Hamilton flew around a
while and reported seeing an
other person apparently re
luming to the campsite.
Flores was a civilian em
ployee at a Distance Early
Warning Line station In the
Far North. Miss Klaben work
ed for the U. S. Bureau of
Land Management at Fair
banks, Alaska.
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