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Pair Relates Incredible Story of 48 Days Spent in Frozen Yukon
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oardman
Hatfield Oeclares
AgreementSigned
By Engineers for
Industrial Park
Pact With Navy
Only Roadblock
'Salem -(UPD- Army Engi
neers hc.ve signed an agree
ment which puts the Board
man Space Age Industrial
Park in north-central Oregon
a step closer, Gov. Mark Hat
field said Monday.
Hatfield told an afternoon
news conference the only re
maining roadblock before fi
nal development of the proj
ect can proceed is an agree
ment with the Navy. This con
cerns costs involved in taking
over Navy-owned property in
the area.
He said he could not esti
mate when it would be set-
tied.
Details Given
Hatfield said the agreement
with the engineers would set
aside four miles of Columbia
river waterfront land for rec
reational use, and seven miles
for industrial use.
The state would give its
land in the area to the govern
ment, the government would
condemn some privately own
ed land along the river, then
give the entire block of prop
erty back to the state.
If the property goes unused
for 20 years, it is subject to
possible reversion to the gov
ernment. Hatfield said Boeing com
pany, which is "anxious" to
use the property, already has
.submitted its planned use of
the waterfront area to the en
gineers for review and ap
proval. ...- ,
Hatfield indicated there was
a possibility Boeing might be
gin work on its Boardman de
velopment before final agree
ment with the Navy is reach
ed. Other Topics
On other topics, the gov
ernor said he felt the public
utility commissioner should be
allowed to set regulations as
to the number of men in a
train crew.
The legislature is now con
sidering proposals to cut the
size of main line freight train
crews to live men.
He termed PUC control a
"sounder approach" then hav
ing the legislature set crew
size by law.
Hatfield said he had no spe
cific wording in mind for a
prayer in school amendment
to the constitution called for
in his inaugural address. He
said specific wording should
be left to the legislature.
He said he did not agree
with a House Alcohol Com
mittee move to increase liquor
commissioners' per diem to
$150 for three meetings a
month. They presently receive
$20 a meeting.
He said any increases in
per diem allowance should
apply to all commissions, and
should not be on a monthly
basis.
Oregon Sfofe Coed
In Central Oregon
' Corvallis - (UPIl Edna Pem
berton, 21 -year -old Oregon
State university coed missing
since last Thursday, is safe
in Central Oregon, her foster
father said today. Walter C.
Kraft, Corvallis, said he re
ceived a letter from the girl
mailed Monday at Sisters say
ing she had left "on an im
pulse." NEW DISASTER FEARED IN
Denpasar, Bsli. Indonesia -
NEWSBRIEFS
flooded roadt in low areas of volcano-ravaged sections of
Bali today, creating fears oi a poitible new disaster.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CUT PROPOSED
Washington - UPIl - House Armed Services Committee
Chairman Carl Vinton today proposed a $138 million cut in
t pending S1.8 billion military construction bill.
CUT EXPECTED IN FOREIGN AID REQUESTS
Washington - 1PP - Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H.
Humphrey said today he expects President Kennedy to cut
hit original S4.9 billion foreign aid request by an amount
"honestly attributable" to the Clay Committee report.
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST UNEMPLOYMENT
London-ilPl'-Cherging mounted politerren pushed back
a crowd of more than 2.000 demonstrators who stormed the
houses of Parliament today to protest British unemployment.
Several injuries end arrests were reported.
NO AGREEMENT YET Frank McGowan, president of the
Photoengravers Union, appears solemn as he talks to the press
in New York. A dispute between publishers and 320 photoen
gravers is keeping 20,000 newspaper employees from their
jobs and New York residents from the 5.7 million papers
they buy each day. The publishers and photoengravers re
turned to the bargaining table Monday, trying to come to
terms on a new contract keyed around the union demand for
a 35-hour week, the last and only hurdle in resolving the
108-day-old New York newspaper blackout. (UPI) '
Barton To
Cracking of Whip
Ove r State
Salem-IUPB-House Speaker
Clarence Barton said today he
would ask Gov. Mark Hat
field to "crack the whip over
feet-dragging state agencies"
that were not providing leg
islative committees with need
ed information.
Barton said the Board of
Higher Education was asked
more than two weeks ago to
provide a Ways and Means
subcommittee with anticipat
ed effects on enrollment re
sulting from higher academ-
requiremenls for out-of-
state students.
The Coquille Democrat also
cited an incident Monday in
which Racing Commission rep
resentatives failed to appear
at a meeting of the house plan
ning and development com-
District 6C Board
Members Note Plans
Central Point-Two present
members of the District 6C
school board will run for re
election in the May 6 elec
tion, it was announced today.
J. W. Fitzgerald of Sams
Valley, ' chairman of the
board, will run for another
five-year term, and Charles
L. Ghelardi of Central Point,
who was appointed last year
to replace Dr. Alvin Roberts,
will run for the remaining
three years of Dr. Roberts'
term.
Fitzgerald is an orehardist.
He has lived all his life in the
Sams Valley area and attend
ed the Sams Valley school.
Ghelardi has lived in the
Central Point area since 1946.
He owns Southern Oregon
Bearing Sales company of
Medford.
BALI
tlMt - A drenching cloudburst
Nearer
Request
Groups
mittee although they had been
given a five - week notice.
The committee announced it
would subpoena the commis
sion secretary to appear April
1. .
Barton said Hatfield "may
not be aware of the reluctance
on the part of some commis
sions to cooperate with the
legislature." He predicted the
governor would "be coopera
tive.", Barton said he expects the
full- Ways and Means com
mittee will approve a sub
committee action to trim the
20-man civil defense agency
to a three-man staff with a
$50,000 budget.
Not Impressed
He said "1 am not impressed
with the argument that we
may lose federal funds be
cause of the new civil defense
proposal. It seems strange to
me that some people think
federal aid is all right for
civil defense, but not all right
for education."
Hatfield has voiced oppo
sition to federal aid for Ore
gon's schools.
Barton said Democrats
were anxious to provide tax
relief for senior citizens, and
an expanded medicare pro
gram for the aged.
Ashlander Appears
On Burglary Charge
Melvin Edwin Snodgrass,
23, of 803 North Main St., Ash
land, was arraigned in district
court this morning on a
charge of burglary not in a
dwelling. Circuit Judge . Ed
ward C. Kelly served as dis
trict court judge.
' Harry Skerry, Ashland,
was appointed as attorney
and the case was continued.
Snodgrass has admitted in
a signed statement to burglar
ies In this area including
schools. A Washington offi
cial was questioning him yes
terday regarding burglaries
in that state. Another officer
from that state is scheduled
to question Snodgrass today.
District Court Judge L. L.
Sawyer is on temporary Navy
duty at Seattle, Wash.
Jury Being Selected
To Hear Damage Suit
A Jackson county circuit
court jury was being selected
this morning to hear the dam
age suit of Jackson County
Rollarena, Inc., vs. Medford
Irrigation district.
The Rollarena is suing the
district for a total of $10,366
as a result of an irrigatiun
ditch overflowing Nov. 24,
1960, damaging the Indoor
rink and forcing a temporary
closure.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloud. -nei
will a few ihowers tonight
and Wednesday. Low tonight
35-49. High tomorrow 55 -HO.
f tmp.
Highest Ye tier day 65
Lowtkt Thit Morning 40
Free, to 10 a.m. Today .01
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today :29 p.m.
Sunrlte tomorrow .... 6:04 a.m.
Moomet tonight 8:16 p.m.
Flm Quarter March 31
EVENING PLANET
Mary, now about 85 million
miles from the Karth. goes
around the Sun In 687 dav at
an average speed of 51,000
miles per hour.
Anti-Pollution
Law Given Teeth
In Senate Vote
Salem-IUPD - A bill which
puts more teeth in the state's
anti-pollution laws won ap
proval of the state Senate to
day. It now goes to the House.
Sen. Tel Hallock -Port
land) termed the measure a
"splendid bill that meets the
objectives of industry and the
requests of the governor."
. Major feature of the bill is
to give the State Sanitary
Authority the power to move
promptly in courts to control
air and water pollution prob
lems. Hallock. said the au
thority will continue to seek
voluntary cooperation, but
the new bill gives the author
ity the power It needs to take
action where there is no vol
untary cooperation.
Open Burning Control
The bill also gives coun
ties and cities more control
over open burning and other
activities which lead to air
pollution.
Voting against the measure
were Sens. R. F: Chapman
(D-Coos Bay), Thomas Mahon
ey (D-Portland), E. D. Potts (D
Grants Pass, and Daniel
Thiel (D-Astoria).
The House passed and sent
to the Senate a bill enlarging
the Port of Portland to take
in Multnomah county east of
163rd st.
The measure would give
the port a broader financial
base. Rep. Edward Whelan (D
Portland) said the port serves
the entire metropolitan area
and its support should be
broadened.
The House also approved a
memorial urging the Federal
Power Commission to speed
approval for natural gas
line between Eugene and
Grants Pass.
Rep. John Dellenback (R
Medford) said if the FPC
would authorize the line, con
struction could start this
spring.
Residents Reminded
Of Fire Season Start
The annual fire season
starts April 1, the state for
estry department reminded
area residents today. All reg
ulations pertaining to the fire
season will be in effect on'
that date.
Under the regulations, a
permit must be obtained be
fore any burning is done on
or within one-eighth mile of
any forest land. Burning per
mits and incinerator permits
may be obtained by contact
ing the Oregon state forestry
department, 5286 Table Rock
rd., telephone 664-1213.
Logging and sawmill oper
ators must meet all require
ments pertaining to fire tools
and equipment in order to
operate after that date. They
are also reminded that they
must have an operation per
mit before they being log
ging or sawmilling.
Operators who have any
questions as to the necessary
requirements should contact
the forest inspector for the
area, Curtis Neshelm, district
warden, stated.
Hatfield Reveals
New Industry
Salem -fUPD Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Monday a new
industry which will use pine
tree stumps is scheduled to
begin operations soon in Ore
gon. He said it would employ
about 100 persons and con
struct a chemical distillate
plant somewhere in the Bend
Klamath Falls region.
Heyden-Newport Chemical
company was successful bid
der, at $2 27 a ton, for two
million tons of pine tree
stumps.
The 20-year contract Is for
use of stumps from the De
schutes, Winema and Fre
mont National forests. ,
Old pine stumps are a pri
mary source of chemical ex
tracts such as turpentine and
rosin.
Hatfield said first interest
in locating in Oregon was
shown by the firm at an eco
nomic development meeting
in New York in I960.
Rep. Duncan littroduces
June's Seashore Proposal
Regional Edition
Medford
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CRASH VICTIMS SAVED An Injured man lies on the
wing of a plane forced down in swamp land near Mill
ville, N.J., as the arm of another occupant, arrow, reaches ,
from the cabin. The two passengers were saved after a '
third man, William Deveney, Folcroft, Pa., crawled a mile
Guidance Clinic
Budget Checked
By County Group
The Jackson county budget
committee reviewed the pro
posed Family and Child Guid
ance clinic budget this morn
ign. Tentative budget total, after
cuts, now is $38,636, up $458
over the current allocation.
However, further cuts were
indicated this morning. ;
The committee as of this
morning had cut the salary of
a psychiatric social work from
a recommended $7,650 to $7,-
200, $150 less than allowed
currently. :
The salary of another
was cut from a recommended
$7,500 to $7,200 $300 more
than the current year's allo
cation. ' 1
These salaries were the fo
cal point of this morning's
discussion.
Some committee members
continued to object to the pub
lic health officer's salary in
crease for some of the clinic's
professional personnel In mid
year over what was allocated
in the current county budget.
Said Increases Adequate
Dr. E. Erin Merkels expla
nation of the mid-year Increas
es under the state merit sys
tem (different from the coun
ty's) was adequate, according
to Commissioner Edwin Tay
lor. .
The United Medford Cm-
sade allocation and payments
from patients who can afford
the clinic services are deduct
ible from the total budget.
Then the state pays half the
remaining cost.
. The committee also consid
ered the public health depart
ment budget this morning. Dr.
Merkel's salary was held at
$15,000. The committee said
Dr. Merkel was the second
highest paid public health of
ficer in the state, although
two or three counties paid an
equivalent salary. Multnomah
county pays the highest.
The budget committee mem
bers considered granting in
creases for nurses' salaries,
noting that Dr. Merkel has
had a recruiting problem to
fill vacancies.
WAREHOUSE BURNS
i Nyssa, Ore. - IUPI) - Author
ities investigated a gutted
Simplot produce warehouse
today to determine the
amount of damage a raging
fire caused late Monday
night. Estimates ran to $130,
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1963
Bidault Believed
To Be in Portugal
Under False Name
Lisbon, Portugal-IUPII-Fugi
tlve former French Premier
Georges Bidault, 63, refused
political asylum In West Ger
many on his own terms, was
believed in Portugal today to
continue his fight to over
throw President Charles -de
Gaulle.
997 Students Enroll
For New SOG Term
Ashland-There were Indi
cations that Southern Oregon
college registration would hit
another all time hign tor
spring term when the first
day's figures were turned in
by the registrar's office. ;
There were 997 students en
rolled on Monday, the first
day of registration for the
new term. On the first day
in 1962 there were 914 stu
dents registered and the reg
istration continued and in
creased to 1,527 for a record
spring term enrollment be
fore registration closed.
The closing date for this
year is April 8.
The men outnumbered the
women In the first day's en
rollment this term. There were
538 men and 459 women stu
dents.
Classes started at the col
lege today.
Fears Voiced Over
Beer, Wine Tax Hike
Salem - lUPli - Fears that In
creases in beer and wine
taxes might drive Oregon's
one brewery and one winery
out of business were voiced
at a hearing of the House Tax
Committee Monday.
The committee - is consid
ering proposals to double the
present 23 cents a gallon wine
tax, and $1.30 a barrel beer
tax to produce an additional
$3 million a biennium.
Distributors, labor organi
zations, and brewers opposed
increases in the tax.
John Barnick of the Ore
gon Liquor Control Commis
sion said he would oppose the
tax increases "if it would
hurt" Oregon's one brewery
and one winery,
Salcm-lUPIi-The new build
ing at Columbia Park State
Home at The Dalles will be
named for former Secretary
of State Samuel E. May, the
Board of Control has decided.
Tribune
and a half in six painful hours with a broken back to bring
help. This picture was taken by Philadelphia Inquirer
staff photographer William Augustine, who was in one of
the planes which located the two-engine craft which crash
ed Sunday. (UPI) ,,. , .' '. '.
Portuguese police launched
an all-out search for a mys
terious French visitor believ
ed to be Bidault. A police note
said an Investigation was be
ing made into reports that
Bidault entered Portugal from
Switzerland Monday night un
der the name of "Maurice
Rene Auberger."
Would Be Curbed
The police note said the
sworn enemy of De Gaulle
could not possibly have en
tered Portugal unless he used
a false name. However, it said,
if Bidault entered Portugal
illegally, he would be pro
hibited from carrying out po
litical activities here.
Airline officials in Zurich
said Bidault actually was
traveling under the name of
Auberger. A Lisbon airport
spokesman confirmed a' pas
senger with that name ar
rived Monday night aboard a
K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines
plane from Switzerland.
Foreign observers in the
Portuguese capital do not be
lieve that Bidault, if he is
here, intends to stay.
They are convinced he is
merely stopping over on his
way to some destination in
Latin America. It was thought
he would contact leaders of
the antl-De Gaulle movement
who are believed to have
come to Portugal from Spain.
Bldault's aides quoted the
former premier as saying he
wants to continue his battle
to topple De Gaulle "until
freedom in France has been
re-estbalished so I can carry
on politics on French soil
again."
Clerk-Stenographer
Hired by Police
Miss Dixie Dupray, 3475
Lone Pine rd., Medford has
been hired by the Medford
police department as a clerk
stenographer. She will do gen
eral clerical and community
Hons work, according to Chief
of Police Charles P. Champ'
lin.
Miss Dupray Is a graduate
of Medford High school and
is one of 12 women who were
tested by the department for
the position in October. At
the present she will work
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Miss Dupray is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Dupray. Her father Is a cor
poral with the Oregon state
police assigned to the Med
ford station.
58th Year Price 10 Cents
No. 4
OSU Graduate
Dies in Accident
On Mf. Everest
Katmandu,; Nepal '-. (UPIl -Hopes
of conquering massive
Ml. Everest and two towering
sister mountains : ended, in
tragedy for a Jackson, Wyo.,
climber, it was learned today.
The Stale Department said
It had received word from
Nepal that John Breltcnbach,
27, a graduate of Oregon State
university, was killed after he
was buried under an ice fall
at the base of Mt. Everest 70
miles from here Saturday, ,
Breltenbach was on a team
of 20 crack mountain climbers
engaged in setting up a base
of operations for the assault
on 29,028-foot Everest sched
uled1 for May 1. Informed
sources said the accident hap
pened as Breltenbach was im
proving a trail across the
Khumbu glacier.
Must Be Crossed ,
The glacier must be crossed
by any mountain, climbing
team seeking to scale the
world's highest mountain
from the south side. The trail
Breitenbach was- Improving
had been carved out the day
before, and the team was to
move up from a base camp.
Breltenbach graduated from
Oregon State in 1961 with a
bachelor degree in science and
was an honor student. His
widow, Mary Louise, also at
tended OSU in 1961.
Breltenbach was on Mt.
McKlnley mountain climbing
expeditions in 1958 and 1959.
He was born in Aberdeen,
Wash., and also attended
Colorado and Washington uni
versities and Dartmouth col
lege:
Police Study Evidence
In Death of Socialite
Phoenix - fUPB - Sheriff's
detectives today investigated
the possibility Texas social
ite jane Langdon, 21, was
sexually assaulted before she
was shot to death and aban
doned .in a prospecter's tun
nel. .
A medical examiner's re
port on an autopsy Monday
said evidence indicated the
Texas Christian coed was as
saulted and that the murder
weapon may have been a .38
caliber revolver.
Such a weapon was sent to
FBI agents In Washington for
further ballistic tests. The re
volver was found by Arthur
Brown Jr., an Arizona State
university student, a few
Congressman
Hopes Boundary
Can Be Resolved ;
Fall Target Date '
For Oregon Hearings ,
Washington (UPD A bill
to establish the Oregon Dunes
National Seashore was intro
duced in the House of Repre-
sentatives by Rep. Robert
Duncan (D-Ore.).
Duncan said his bill set the
boundaries of the area to pre
vent interference with private
property, tree farms and
wood products industries.
The boundaries of the pro
posed Seashore are the only
serious difference between his
plan and those of Sen. Mau
rine Neuberger (D-Ore.) and
Secretary of Interior Stewart
Udall, Duncan said. -
"I am hopeful that this can
be resolved so that the entire
park issue can be solved," the
freshman congressman added.
Under the Duncan bill, the
park would extend from the
Siuslaw river on the north to :
a point opposite the commu-,
nity of Lakeside on the north.
The park would not Include
three fresh water lakes east
of U.S. Highway 101 - Woa
hink, Siltcoos and Tahkenitch
- but Duncan said public ac
cess to the three should be
guaranteed.
After talking to property
owners In the area, Duncan
said ne believed access could
be obtained on a trade or pur-
cnase basis along the south
end of Woahink lake, the
southwest side of Siltcoos and
the' Bouthwest side of Taken
itch. ; i . '. - .-.
" - Sen.l Neuberger has pro
posed a larger Seashore which
would include the three lakes.
"It would preserve the
Dunes in the hands of the Na
tional Park Service,' Duncan
said of his bill. "It would give
substantial access to fresh wa
ter lakes., Aside from county
property, state property, na
tional forest property , . ..
there are only about 14 par-,
eels of private property in-
volved, and that all west of '
the highway.1' ; 1
He promised to press for :
hearings by the House Com- '
mittee on Interior and Insular ,
Affairs as soon as possible. He :
set, this fall as a target date
for holding hearings in Ore
gon, v
The Oregon Democrat also
urged county courts to set up
zoning regulations that would
prohibit "undesirable devel
opment" along the borders of
the proposed park.
Swiss Seeking Source
Of Typhoid Epidemic
Zermatt, Swltzerland-flJPB-
The commander of the Swiss
army medical team fighting
Zermatt s spreading typhoid
fever epidemic said today this
ski resort village will remain
closed to visitors until the
source of the infection Is
found.
Maj. Gustav E. Raeber said
his men, in cooperation with
local health authorities, are
going all out in their efforts
to wipe out the source of the
epidemic. ,
Bulletin
Washington - (DPI) - Ore
gon Sens. Warn Mors and
Maurin Neuberger h a v
asked the Bureau of th
Budget to appro an ac
celerated funding schedule
for preconstruction plan
ning of reservoir units ol
th Rogue River Basin Proj
ect. miles from where Miss Lang
don's body was found Satur
day. Funeral services were to be
held today at Fort Worth, Tex.
The body was flown there
Monday In a private plane
after an autopsy.
The search continued for
two pieces of luggage belong
ing to Miss Langdon, daugh
ter of Texas Judge Jack Lang
don of the Second Court of
Civil Appeals. She was last
seen Thursday by a taxicab
driver who dropped her and
the luggage off at a luxury
apartment. She had come here
to visit her mother, who un
derwent surgery Friday.
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